"Every day you play with the light of the universe" - Pablo NerudaAstronomy & Physics
Online Teaching & Learning
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My Spring 2024 schedule includes on-campus and online office hours. |
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Spring 2024 Classes
- If you are pre-registered, you MUST attend the first TWO class meetings on campus
to retain your position on the roster. For all classes, plan to participate actively each week (in person, and in Canvas)
to maintain your status. If you fail to attend, post or participate or contact me
after two weeks, you may be dropped.
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ADDs will not be issued until classes start, based on available space. If any pre-registered students do not show up on the first day, those wishing to ADD may be added to the class based on their position on the CLASSweb waitlist if they have contacted me, up to the capacity of the class.
If there are openings after all waitlisted students have had the chance to add, students wanting to ADD will be considered based on the date they contacted me by email. If you are still hoping to add the class, and you aren't on the waitlist, please attend the first two days, AND please email me - but understand that space probably will NOT be available. -
ADDs will not be issued beyond the ADD/DROP deadline of Monday, 4 Februrary 2024.
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Physics 5-001 (32086) Modern Physics
18-week on-campus course, with lectures and problem solving sessions Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 1:30 - 2:45 PM in the Planetarium,
starting Tuesday 16 January through Thursday 16 May, with final exams the week of
5/20.
Online access to an accompanying homework and learning system (Mastering Physics)
will be required.
Spring 2024 Physics 5 Syllabus
Spring 2024 Calendar for Modern Physics
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Astronomy 20-001 (30998) Introduction to Astronomy: Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
18 week on-campus course, with lectures Mondays & Wednesdays from 10:30 -11:45 AM
in the planetarium, from Wednesday 16 January through Wednesday 15 May.
Online access to an accompanying homework and learning system (Smartwork) will be
required.
Spring 2024 Astronomy 20 Syllabus
Spring 2024 Astro 20 Calendar of Assignments
Participative Discussion Assignments
- Picture an Astronomer
- The Full Moon & Lunar Effects?
- Where was the Sun when you were born?
- Gravity vs. Magnetism
- Women Hold Up Half the Sky
- NASA's Budget and Benefits
- The Milky Way in Myth and History
- The Big Bang and Value of Research in Science
- Reasons for Seasons
Assignments from Astronomy 10 in Fall 2023
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Astronomy 30-071 (30015): Introduction to Astronomy Laboratory
16 week on-campus course, with in-person activities on Monday evenings from 6:30 -9:20
PM in 1810, from Monday 22 January through Monday 20 May.
Chabot College Committees and Other Links of Interest
- Honoring Hispanic Scientists and Engineers - Building 1800 Portrait Gallery
Phase 1: Astronomy, Physics, Engineering 
Phase 2: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Engineering- WW Norton Blog Post:
At Play in the Classroom for Thirty-Five Years: Recollections and Recommendations for Keeping Our Spirits—and Our Students—Soaring
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Chabot College Bio Science Lab/Office Building Phase II Project
- Chabot's Committee On Online Learning (COOL)
NASA Grant Work
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NASA Community College Network (managed by SETI)
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Finding Resources (free membership required in NCCN - sign up here!)
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Using Real Data in Astronomy Labs - Two Examples (PPT)
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The Solar Dynamics Observatory Astronomy Lab: Using Data in the Classroom to do Real Science
