Week 3:  Gravitation and the Motions of the Planets

    Astronomy and Cosmologies, Spring 99
    with E.J. Zita
     
    Monday 12.April Tuesday 13.April
    Wednesday 14.April
    Thursday 15.April Friday 16.April
    (1:30-2:30  Zita meets with Physical Systems group contract in Lab I Rm 1050)
    Matter and Motion presents ARCADIA, a play about a brilliant girl who discovered fractals a century ago, FRIDAY  night 10. April in Lecture Hall building at 7:30... look for purple signs with details...  FREE 3:30-5:30  in Lib 1316 
    • Ch.3 HW due 
    • Read Ch.4
    1-3:00  Lib 4004 
    class governance 
    • research projects?
    • field trip ideas?
    • other items?
    3:30-5:30 in the Library 

    Meet Sarah Pederson at the reference desk for your second MANDATORY Library research workshop 

    Find two more high-quality journal articles on your research topic.  Read them and write brief summaries in your own words. 

    Also find a cosmologies article related to your topic that passes the Baloney Detection test.

    office hours 
    1-2 

    Read next week's syllabus today after 1:00. 

    Fill in an online research report with your teammate ("wk3 report")

    1-3:00  Lib 4004 
    group work, if you like
    6:30-9:00 workshop in CAL:  Jupiter's Moons and  Dark Matter  6:30-9:00  in Lib 1612 
     
    • Re-Read Ch.4.  Can you derive Kepler's laws from Newton's ?
    • Tell a story from Stars of the First People about your research topic
    • Share other good sources for cosmologies research
     
    HW due next Tuesday: 

    Ch.4 #4, 8, 12, 26, 28, 30 + OP #36

    Z ita's notes 9-11?  observe on Library Roof if clear 9-11? observe on Library Roof if clear
     


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