Astronomy college course


 * This resource is currently being used in Wright State University Lake Campus
 * This resource is less than one year from being suitable for in any introductory college course, complete with 4 exams, writing assignments, and a final exam.
 * Labs are also available UnderCon icon black.svg But most are under construction (and badly in need of improvement).
 * Key to Category:Inline icons
 * The number after dash "-" tells you how many are on the test:Quiz 1-3 means 3 questions are randomly selected from Quiz 1

Unit 1: Introduction to astronomy

 * /Unit 1 study guide/ ... also in Pdf icon.png form collects all four pertaining to this unit.


 * How big is everything?


 * Wikipedia:Astronomy (reading)


 * Two Quizzes on w:Astronomy: WP Astronomy Quiz 1     ...and WP Astronomy Quiz 2


 * Discussion of WP:Astronomy (under construction)    ... Also, should we bring Wikipedia:Astronomy to Wikiversity?


 * Sidereus Nuncius (reading)      ...(discussion) ... and Quiz


 * Ptolemy, Copernicus and Tycho systems (reading) ... and Quiz


 * Optional: How do we know the Earth doesn't move? Also optional is Youtube's "Trombone Silliness"


 * Lunar Phases (reading)     Also, Learn to make this drawing before the exam ... and Easy quiz

-Under construction: /Saros cycle

Unit 2: The Renaissance and the solar system
(the number after the dash -# indicate the number of questions from each quiz on the test)
 * /Unit 2 study guide/ ... also in Pdf icon.png form collects all four pertaining to this unit.


 * Lunar Phases (reading)     Also, Learn to make this drawing before the exam ...and Harder quiz-6


 * Apparent retrograde motion (reading) ... and Quiz-5


 * Kepler and Newton (reading)UnderCon icon black.svg and Quiz-7


 * Wikipedia: Solar System and Quiz#1-8 and Quiz#2-5 ... and this optional discussion


 * Solar system scale model activity


 * Mercury and Quiz-4

Unit 3: Planets

 * /Unit 3 study guide/ pdf file


 * Planetary science and quiz-2


 * Volcanoes on Venus and Venus and Venus and quiz-6


 * Mars and quiz-5


 * /Why planets lose their atmospheres/ and quiz-4


 * /Galilean moons of Jupiter/ and quiz-4


 * /Miranda and Titan/ and quiz-4


 * /Jupiter/ and quiz-7


 * /Pluto and planetary mass/ and Pluto and quiz-3

Unit 4: Stars and beyond

 * /Unit 4 study guide/ pdf file


 * /Introduction to stellar measurements/ and quiz-7 and equations for this quiz


 * Star and quiz-8


 * Star cluster and quiz-8


 * /Sizes of white dwarfs, neutron stars, quasars/ and quiz-12

Final Exam Study Guide Spring 2016 WSU-Lake
The final exam is cumulative and consists of one question from most (but not all) of the quizzes already encountered.

--Unit 1: Introduction to astronomy--


 * Two Quizzes on w:Astronomy: WP Astronomy Quiz 1-4     ...and WP Astronomy Quiz 2-2


 * Sidereus Nuncius (reading)      ...(discussion) ... and Quiz-2


 * Ptolemy, Copernicus and Tycho systems (reading) ... and Quiz-3


 * Lunar Phases (reading)     Also, Learn to make this drawing before the exam ... and Easy quiz-2

--Unit 2: The Renaissance and the solar system--


 * Lunar Phases (reading)     Also, Learn to make this drawing before the exam ...and Harder quiz-2


 * Apparent retrograde motion (reading) ... and Quiz-2


 * Kepler and Newton (reading)UnderCon icon black.svg and Quiz-2


 * Wikipedia: Solar System and Quiz 1-3 and Quiz 2 ... and this optional discussion


 * Mercury and Quiz-1

--Unit 3: Planets--


 * Planetary science and quiz-1


 * Volcanoes on Venus and Venus and Venus and quiz-2


 * Mars and quiz-2


 * /Why planets lose their atmospheres/ and quiz-1


 * /Galilean moons of Jupiter/ and quiz-1


 * /Miranda and Titan/ and quiz


 * /Jupiter/ and quiz-3


 * /Pluto and planetary mass/ and Pluto and quiz-1

--Unit 4: Stars and beyond--


 * /Introduction to stellar measurements/ and quiz-3 and equations for this quiz


 * Star and quiz-3


 * Star cluster and quiz-3


 * /Sizes of white dwarfs, neutron stars, quasars/ and quiz-4

Scrapbook

 * Pages to include when the course is upgraded
 * 1) /Chasing Pluto/ (created by WSU-Lake Summer School 2015)
 * 2) Ecliptic/Quizzes/Quiz 2 This quiz was created for How things work but will be moved to Astronomy

Students are required to submit questions for future versions of this course. This summer (2015) the questions will not be placed on the final exam, but that policy might change next time this course is taught.
 * other pages


 * Astronomy college course/Quizbank
 * /Presidential sandbox/ is a good way to allow simultaneous IP edits from students in a campus computer lab. It can later be moved to a subpage of a Wikiversity resource in order to properly credit these IP contributions.

Four sample unit "midterms" and sample final exam:  T1    T2    T3    T4   final

Since these exams are posted on Wikiversity, they must be treated as samples not to be administered to students. To obtain randomized versions of these exams (with different questions), leave a message at User talk:Guy vandegrift] or send an email to guy.vandegrift@wright.edu. Instructors will be required to provide documentation to the proper authorities showing that they are teaching the course and are affiliated with a learning institution.

Index  /Sandbox/   Formula sheet   /Journal Sp15/   Category:Physics and Astronomy/Labs
 * External links, footnotes, and image gallery
 * http://study.com/academy/course/astronomy-course.html Summer 2015
 * UNL Astronomy This seems to be the best source of astronomy labs on the internet. User may copy and use freely for "non-profit" educational purposes (attribution requested but not demanded?)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin%E2%80%93Helmholtz_instability
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phases_of_Venus
 * Wikipedia Astronomy Book
 * 'Teach astronomy' website
 * General Astronomy Wikibook
 * http://sixdayscience.com/ Christain website with good science
 * http://epod.usra.edu/.a/6a0105371bb32c970b0154330dc330970c-pi montage of lunar eclipse
 * Astronomy college course/Lunar Phases/Obsolete quizzes


 * Image gallery