Date

Topic

Chapter in Seeds

2 & 7 Sept.

Scale of universe , scientific notation, survey of planets

1

9 Sept.

Night sky, celestial sphere

2

14 & 16 Sept.

Motions in the sky

3

21 & 23 Sept.

History of Astronomy

4

28 & 30 Sept.

Gravity and orbits

5

5 Oct.

Light and telescopes

6

7 Oct.

Information from distant objects

7

12 Oct.

The Sun

8

14 Oct.

Test #1

1-7

19 Oct.

The Sun

8

21 & 26 Oct.

Origins of the Solar System

20

28 Oct. & 2 Nov.

the Earth, Moon and Mercury

21 & 22

4 & 9 Nov.

Venus and Mars

23

11 & 16 Nov.

Jupiter and Saturn

24

18 Nov.

Uranus, Neptune and Pluto

25

23 Nov.

Exam #2

8, 20-24

30 Nov.

Uranus, Neptune and Pluto

25

2 & 7 Dec.

Meteorites, Asteroids and Comets

26

9 Dec.

Origins of life in the Universe

27