In-Class Lab Activities

In-Class labs are due at the start of class on the Monday following the in-class lab session. 

Lab 1: 9/7/18 – Intro to the Nature of Science

Supplemental Handouts: New Zodiac Signs, The Astrotest, An Astronomer Looks at Astrology

Lab 2: 9/14/18 – Intro to Observing (.docx, .pdf), Introductory Slides

Lab 3: 9/21/18 – Did Seasons lecture tutorial. Nothing to hand in.

Lab 4: 9/28/18 – Solar System Scale – Intro, Main Activity

Lab 5: 10/12/18 – Jupiter’s Moons

Lab 6: 10/19/18 – Cratering

Lab 7: 10/26/18 – Tour of the Solar System

Lab 8: 11/9/18 – Scale Models of Extrasolar Systems

Lab 9: 11/30/18 – Exoplanet Detection Methods + Microlensing Lecture Tutorial (not handed in)

Lab 10: 12/9/18 – The Drake Equation