Lecture 30. Begin preparing for your final! exam (if you haven t already)! Astronomy 101: The Last 2 Classes

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1 Last Lecture: The Takehome Message Lecture 30 Begin preparing for your final! exam (if you haven t already)! Astronomy 101: The Last 2 Classes!! Finish all lecture material!! Answer your questions about cosmology!!! Discuss Final Exam!! Review MAJOR Course Concepts!! Philosophical Conclusion

2 In Course Reader, p. 101 (with several changes made*): Week #17 Handout, Astronomy 101, Professor Douglas Leonard Announcements Reading Quiz due tonight! Your final on-line Reading Quiz ( Quiz 12 ) is due tonight, Tuesday May 7, by 11:55 PM. As discussed last week, it consists of only *1* question, which is an essay of a rather philosophical nature. You will receive full credit (i.e., 100%) for any answer that you give, but you must take the quiz to get your 100%! Final exam next Thursday! As stated in the course syllabus (printed in the Course Reader), the final examination in this course will take place at the following time and location: Section 2 (9:30 AM class): Thursday, May 16, 8:00 AM 10:00 AM, Room WC-220 (normal lecture room). Details about the nature of the final exam are given in the Course Reader in the Exam Preparation Material section in the document entitled Final Exam Review Guide, and were discussed last week in class. Two points worth emphasizing: 1. The final exam must be taken at the scheduled time, and no makeup (or early) exams will be given. 2. The final exam will consist of 100 multiple choice questions. A reminder to please bring to this exam exactly what you brought with you to the two midterm exams: 1. A ParSCORE FORM No. F-289-PAR-L scantron form. These may be purchased at the campus bookstore and are pink in color. To save exam time, you may fill out parts of the form ahead of time. This includes: (a) Top of form: The Name (Last, First, Middle), Subject (Astro 101), Date, and Hour/Day your class section meets. (b) Right hand column of form: Write and bubble in your RED-ID number in the spaces for I.D. Number. Leave the Test Form and Exam Number sections blank. Do not write anything on Side 2 of the form. 2. A number 2 pencil and a good eraser! Note that no calculators will be permitted during the exam.. My final Office Hours of the semester will be held this, from (Note: If you have not yet picked it up your 2 nd Exam Score Sheet is available to pick up on the table by the FRONT doors.) In Course Reader, starting on p. 345 (and updated at course website): Astronomy 101: Final Exam Guide San Diego State University, Prof. Leonard As stated in the Course Syllabus, the final examination in this course will take place at the following time and location: Section 2 (9:30 AM class): Thursday, May 16, 8:00 AM 10:00 AM, Room WC-220 (normal lecture room). Details about the content of the final exam are spelled out in this document, but here are some highlights: 1. The final exam will consist of 100 multiple choice questions. 2. The final exam must be taken at the scheduled time, and no makeup (or early) exams will be given under any circumstances. 3. The final examination is cumulative, and will cover the entire course s content with roughly equal emphasis. 4. You will have the full 2 hours to work on the exam. Exam Day The exam procedure for the final is the same as it was for all of the midterm exams. Namely, when you arrive to class on the exam day, please do not take a seat until told to do so. Copies of the exam, with individual names on them, will be placed on all desks before you may sit down. Thus, before the room is set up, please wait outside the lecture room. Everything should be ready by the nominal start time for the exam. Please bring the following to the exam: 1. A ParSCORE FORM No. F-289-PAR-L scantron form. These may be purchased at the campus bookstore and are pink in color. To save exam time, you may fill out parts of the form ahead of time. This includes: (a) Top of form: The Name (Last, First, Middle), Subject (Astro 101), Date, and Hour/Day your class section meets. (b) Right hand column of form: Write and bubble in your RED-ID number in the spaces for I.D. Number. Leave the Test Form and Exam Number sections blank, and do not write anything on Side 2 of the form. 2. A number 2 pencil and a good eraser! Note that no calculators will be permitted during the exam. Final Exam: Thursday, May 16, 8:00 AM 10:00 AM, Room WC-220 (normal lecture room). All exam details in handout: In Course Reader, p. 345 (and updated at course website): Getting help:!! My Office Hours (Rm. P-239): Astronomy 101: Final Exam Guide San Diego State University, Prof. Leonard 3. The final examination is cumulative, and will cover the entire course s content with roughly equal emphasis.!! TA Help Room (Rm. 215 physics-astronomy building, unless indicated): Tuesday, May 7: 12 1 PM [PA-215a], 5 6 PM Wednesday, May 8: 10 AM 12 PM [PA-215a], 5 6 PM Thursday, May 9: AM, 12 1 PM, 6 7 PM Monday, May 13: AM, 12 1 PM, 6 7 PM Tuesday, May 14: AM, 12 1 PM, 6 7 PM Wednesday, May 15: AM, 6 7 PM In Course Reader, p. 101 (with several changes made*): * * My last office hours. My final Office Hours of the semester will be held this Friday, May 10, from 1:00 3:00 PM. TA help room hours (Rm. 215 or 215A, physics-astronomy building). The TA Help Room (Rm. 215 or 215A, physics-astronomy building) will be available during final exams week (Thursday, May 9 through Wednesday, May 15), but with a different schedule of hours from what they were during the semester (the TA Help Room will be staffed during normal hours through Wednesday, May 8). Here is the schedule of ALL available TA Help Room hours for the last days of this semester: TA Help Room Hours for the Rest of the Semester All Help Room hours will take place in PA-215, except for those indicated with an asterisk ( ), which will be held next door in PA-215A. Tuesday, May 7: 2 3 PM, 5 6 PM Wednesday, May 8: 10 AM 12 PM, 5 6 PM ->Thursday, May 9: 10:00-11:00 AM; 12:00-1:00 PM; 6:00-7:00 PM ->Monday, May 13: 10:00-11:00 AM; 12:00-1:00 PM; 6:00-7:00 PM ->Tuesday, May 14: 10:00-11:00 AM; 12:00-1:00 PM; 6:00-7:00 PM ->Wednesday, May 15: 10:00-11:00 AM; 6:00-7:00 PM -> Again, please note that the TA Help Room hours for Thursday, May 9 through Wednesday, May 15 occur at different times from what they were for those days of the week during the semester! Please make use of this valuable (free!) resource; you may ask questions, review your past midterm exams, or just sit and listen to the TAs explain concepts to other students!

3 In Course Reader, p. 101 (with several changes made*): No new reading assignment for this week. Your final reading assignments were included in last week s Weekly Handout; there is no additional reading assignment for this week. Optional Astronomy Podcast, from Astronomycast.com: Episode Episode 11: A Universe of Dark Energy, available at as well as through itunes. Covers and expands upon the exciting cosmological discoveries presented in the final class. Final Grades. Final grades will be posted to the SDSU Web Portal immediately after they are calculated; this will hopefully occur by Monday, May 20, but definitely by 11 PM Tuesday, May 21 (when grades are due!). If you would like more details about your grade, simply send me an and I will send you a list of all of your grades for the semester (including the final exam) once final grades have been calculated. Reading Guide and Homework Assignment (On-Line Reading Quiz #12 Due: Tuesday, May 7, 11:55 PM) There is no new reading being assigned for this week. However, an unusual reading quiz is being assigned! Astronomy 101: The Last 2 Classes!! Finish all lecture material!! Answer your questions about cosmology!!! Discuss Final Exam!! Review MAJOR Course Concepts!! Philosophical Conclusion 1. On-line reading quiz (Due: 11:55 PM, Tuesday, May 7 i.e., tonight!): Take the final reading quiz of the semester by clicking on the Quiz 12 assignment at the on-line From the Course Syllabus -- Page 1 of the Course Reader: Convince a fellow student who has never taken an astronomy class that it is possible to determine the chemical constituents of a star without ever visiting it, through the careful analysis of its light; Star: A ball of hot, dense gas surrounded by a rarified atmosphere that shines under its own power. Stars are made of atoms and emit light. Light as a wave: Light acts as a wave (i.e., an electromagnetic wave ) when traveling through space, but as a particle (i.e., a photon ) when interacting with matter. Light is characterized by: Wavelength:! [meter/wave] Frequency: f [waves/second] Velocity: v [meter/second] Describe the physical location of the Earth with respect to the other constituents of the observable universe, and articulate the process by which humans attained this understanding; Convince a fellow student who has never taken an astronomy class that it is possible to determine the chemical constituents of a star without ever visiting it, through the careful analysis of its light; Explain the process by which stars, like our sun, produce energy during their lives, and how and why they ultimately die; Present the currently favored scientific theory for what the ultimate fate of our universe will be, and outline the astronomical observations upon which the theory is based; Describe at least three major areas in which our astronomical knowledge is known to be incomplete; in discussions about them.

4 theupon chemical completing constituents this course, of a star youwithout should be ever ablevisiting to: it, through the careful analysis of its light; Explain the process by which stars, like our sun, produce energy during their lives, and how and why they ultimately die; Present the currently favored scientific theory for what the ultimate fate of our universe will be, and outline the astronomical observations upon which the theory is based; Describe at least three major areas in which our astronomical knowledge is known to be incomplete. Describe at least three major areas in which our astronomical knowledge is known to be incomplete.! Dark Energy: What is it?! Dark Matter: What is it?! Supermassive black holes: When and how did they form??? ( Education/CosmologyEssays/images/ WMAPPieChart.jpg)

5 in discussions about them; in discussions about them; From Sunday s News Headlines From the Course Syllabus -- Page 1 of the Course Reader: Describe the physical location of the Earth with respect to the other constituents of the observable universe, and articulate the process by which humans attained this understanding; Convince a fellow student who has never taken an astronomy class that it is possible to determine the chemical constituents of a star without ever visiting it, through the careful analysis of its light; Explain the process by which stars, like our sun, produce energy during their lives, and how and why they ultimately die; Present the currently favored scientific theory for what the ultimate fate of our universe will be, and outline the astronomical observations upon which the theory is based; Describe at least three major areas in which our astronomical knowledge is known to be incomplete; in discussions about them. Astronomy 101: The Last 2 Classes!! Finish all lecture material!! Answer your questions about cosmology!!! Discuss Final Exam!! Review MAJOR Course Concepts!! Philosophical Conclusion

6 You Are Here (approximately) " Final on-line Reading Quiz (philosophical essay): Due tonight, Tuesday, May 7, 11:55 PM! Final Exam: Thursday, May 16 8:00 AM 10:00 AM Room WC-220 (normal lecture room).