Pathways to Astronomy 3E
Pathways to Astronomy, 3rd Edition Stephen E. Schneider and Thomas T. Arny McGraw-Hill, 2009 ISBN 978-0-07-340445-5
Sections and Topics for Elementary Astronomy 107 - Spring 2012
9 January to 15 January Constellations
- Looking up at the front of the book
- Star charts at end of book
- Units 5.1-5.3, 6.1-6.2, 6.6
16 January to 22 January The Sun keeps us warm
- Units 6.3-6.5, 7.1-7.2, 38.2, 51.1-51.4, 52.1, 53.1-53.4 56.1-56.5
23 January to 29 January Telescopes, spacecraft, and the solar system
- Units 1, 34, 44, 48, 30, 32
30 January to 5 February The Moon
- Units 6.5, 8.1-8.3, 39
6 February to 12 February Mars, Saturn, and extra-solar planets
- Units 42, 45, 47
13 February to 19 February Comets, meteors, and meteorites
- Units 49, 50
20 February to 26 February Periodic table of elements and the Universe
- Units 2, 4.2, 67.4, 83.1-83.2 and review
Saturday, 25 February, through Monday, 27 February First exam
27 February to 4 March Subatomic particles, birth and death of stars, black holes
- Units 4.4, 52, 60, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 69.1-69.3
5 March to 11 March How to measure distances across the universe
- Units 3, 10.3, 54.1-54.4, 55, 64, 66
12 March to 18 March Spring break
19 March to 25 March The expanding universe and the beginning of time
- Units 66.3, 75, 80
26 March to 1 April Galaxies near and far
- Units 71, 74, 76, 78
2 April to 8 April Special and General Relativity
- Units 26, 27, 69.2, 79.3, 80.2, 82
9 April to 15 April Things beyond our understanding
- Units 77, 79, 80, 81
16 April to 22 April The story of the universe
- Units 83, 84 and review