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A310 COURSE INFORMATION

Get all the necessary information about the A310 course, including lecture and tutorial schedules, grading details, and contact information for TAs.

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A310 COURSE INFORMATION

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  1. A310 COURSE INFORMATION • Web Site www.astro.ubc.ca/people/richer/A310 • This site is password protected ID: a310 PW: mars (course messages placed on site - view often) • ALL COURSE INFO AT THAT SITE • Required Materials • Text: Voyages to the Planets: third edition by Fraknoi, Morrison & Wolff • Grades • Final exam: 30% (regular exam period, no early exams) • Midterm: 20% (date Feb 7), both multiple choice • 4-6 unannounced class quizzes: 10% • Three assignments: 15% + sky quiz 10% (March 2) • Tutorials: up to 15%, 3% for each one

  2. A310 COURSE INFORMATION TAs Kelsey Hoffman kelsey@phas.ubc.ca Laura Kasian kasian@phas.ubc.ca Jon Benjamin jonben@phas.ubc.ca Tyron Tsui ttsui@phas.ubc.ca Lectures and Tutorials Lectures: MWF 12:00 Hebb Theatre Tutorials: as registered. Alternate weeks beginning Jan 15 Hennings 312

  3. For Help H. Richer Henn 306 Thursday 11-12 Questions regarding overall course, problems etc TAs Henn 312 back room at times listed on web site Kelsey: Th 10-11, F 2-3 Laura: M 10-11 Jon: M 1-2, W 2-3 Tyron Tu 2-3, Th 11-12 Slides All slides posted on web site ~24 hours before class A310 COURSE INFORMATION

  4. Policy on working together, copying, plagiarism etc Cheating: This includes but is not limited to dishonest or attempted dishonest conduct at tests or examinations. Plagiarism: This includes but is not limited to the presentation or submission of the work of another person, without citation or credits, as the student's own work. When a member of faculty suspects that misconduct has occurred, he / she shall investigate it immediately. If satisfied that the misconduct did occur, he / she shall notify the student at once that he plans to report the incident, and he/she shall then report it immediately to the department head, or to the appropriate person in the faculty, who in turn shall notify the dean of that faculty or designate without delay. If after thorough investigation, during which the student shall be given an opportunity to explain the incident, the misconduct has been established, the academic aspects of the matter may be dealt with, and appropriate academic action taken by the department or faculty concerned. When the misconduct consists of cheating as described above, zero credit or some other mark may be assigned by the faculty for the examination or test in which the cheating occurred.

  5. Policy on working together, copying, plagiarism etc When the misconduct consists of plagiarism as described above, zero credit or some other mark may be assigned by the faculty for the plagiarized submission. The action thus taken shall be reported immediately to the President's Advisory Committee on Student Discipline by the dean of the faculty in which the misconduct occurred, together with a complete description of the evidence upon which the faculty action was based. To summarize, if you submit copied work, you will get zero for it and there will will also be an investigation which could result in further disciplinary action which could be as severe as forcing the student to withdraw from the University. YOU CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH OTHERS BUT WHEN THE TIME COMES TO WRITE THE MATERIAL UP, DO IT ON YOUR OWN.

  6. IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM HOW MANY KNOWN PLANETS ARE THERE? A) 7 B) 8 C) 9 D) 10 FLASHCARD

  7. IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM HOW MANY KNOWN PLANETS ARE THERE? A) 7 B) 8 C)9 D) 10 FLASHCARD

  8. FLASHCARD HOW MANY STARS ARE THERE IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM? A)An uncounted number B) About 100 Billion C) 9 that we know of D) 1

  9. FLASHCARD HOW MANY STARS ARE THERE IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM? A)An uncounted number B) About 100 Billion C) 9 that we know of D) 1

  10. Looking Down on the Solar System

  11. The Solar System in Perspective

  12. OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

  13. 4. What is Astronomy? 1. Introduction to Astronomy What? Where? How? Why? When?

  14. 4. What ? What is Astronomy? Cosmology, galaxies, stars, biology, geology, radiation, electromagnetism, high-energy physics, quantum mechanics, black holes, dead stars, explosions, general relativity, the beginning, the end … the meaning of life.

  15. 4. What ? Spot the Difference How is astronomy different from other sciences? Mass of a 747 = 276,364 kg Mass of Sun = 200,000,000,000,000,000,000kg Temperature in volcanic vents = 1500K Temperature in Sun’s core = 10,000,000K

  16. 4. What ? Spot the Difference How is science different from other subjects? How is astronomy different from religion?

  17. 4. What ? Who? Instrumentalist Observer Theorist

  18. 4. Where ? Where do we fit in? Diameter of Pizza (16’) 0.0004km across

  19. 4. Where ? x 30,000,000 Diameter of Earth =12,000km

  20. 4. Where ? x 125 Diameter of Sun = 1,500,000km

  21. 4. Where ? x 5,000 Diameter of Solar System = 7,500,000,000km

  22. 4. Where ? Diameter of Milky Way 1,000,000,000,000,000,000km x 100,000,000

  23. 4. Where ? Diameter of Local Group of Galaxies 30,000,000,000,000,000,000km x 30

  24. 4. Where ? Diameter of Galaxy Supercluster 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000km X 300

  25. Dec 19 First vertebrates 4. When? Dec 30 Dinosaurs Extinct 31 Late Dec 31 First humans 20 sec before midnight Agriculture invented 9 sec before midnight Alphabet Invented Sep 25 Origin of Life Sep 10 Earth & planets form. Jan 1 The Big Bang When are we in the big picture ?

  26. Scale of the Universe

  27. 4. How? How do we do Astronomy?

  28. 4. How? Challenges of Astronomy We can’t control what we observe We can’t look at objects when we chose to.

  29. 4. How? How can scientists check whether their theories are right? • They can’t • By looking in a textbook • By comparing with observations • By making predictions

  30. Andromeda 4. How? Andromeda Galaxy A bus traveling at the speed of light would take 2.5 x 106 years to reach our closest galaxy!

  31. 4. How? In the middle of the 18th century, nobody could say what was our Sun made of. In his "Cours de philosophie positive", Auguste Comte said that we would never know anything about its composition, because it was unbelievable to remotely determine its chemical composition.

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