PSci 21 Elementary Astronomy - 2008 Fall
Office hours (between August 25 and December 12):
MW 2-3:15, TuTh
3:30-4:45.
If students need to see Dr. Ringwald outside office hours,
please call or e-mail
first.
Office: McLane Hall, Room 11, in the new Building J (or
"J-wing").
This is across the outdoor "hall" from McLane 149 and 151.
You don't need an appointment to come in during office hours.
This is time set aside for students, when Dr. Ringwald will be in.
You
can get homework help, free tutoring, or review sessions before exams,
personalized just for you.
Please feel free to contact me, if you have any problems whatsoever in
this course: or if you're doing well, and just want to talk about the
wonders and mysteries of the Universe. It's in my interest, and I care,
that you do well!
News, updated 2008 September 3:
- Homework 1 (the Math Exercise), on pages A3-A4 of the (solar
yellow) Class Notes, is due during the first five minutes of
class in class on Friday, September 12. Sorry, but no late work can be
accepted.
- Please bring your copy of the (solar yellow) Class Notes to every
class, and take notes in it during class.
- PSci 21 labs will begin on September 8-9.
Meet in the lab classrooms (McLane 258 and 264)
at the regular lab times (5:30 or 7:30 p.m.), and do:
Lab 1, Star Names, Maps, and Constellations.
Be sure to read the lab before arriving, well enough to be ready
for a quiz.
Bring to all labs:
- The blue PSci 21 lab manual
- The Stars, by H. A. Rey
- A clear plastic ruler
- A calculator
- A flashlight (even for labs in the lab classrooms like the September
8 and 9 labs), preferably with a red filter for night vision, although the
lab instructors should have red plastic for this.
- Read, by Wednesday, September 10:
-
Pages 39-61 of the (solar yellow) Class Notes;
-
Chapter 1 of Astronomy, by Dinah Moche';
-
Pages 9-35, 66-72, 108-121, and 127-135 of The Stars, by H. A. Rey.
Go to Dr.
Ringwald's home page
Web page by Dr. Ringwald (
ringwald@csufresno.edu )
Department of Physics,
California State University, Fresno
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