Astonomy

Small tutorial groups for Individual discussions each eek (Questions of the Week) Wel go to Astronomy/Origins 2803 Your instructor Dry. Christine Wilson astrophysics, relativity, cosmology Keep an individual Journal on the Avenue to learn site -Respond with your thoughts and questions (through the Avenue site) to the weekly topics Jeremy Webb (Head TA) Special guest lecturers & a team of excellent parturiency Your tutorial group meetings hook on Swept. 10th A bit about me Professionally I am an observational astronomer. My main interests argon gasolene and star formation in galaxies.I work primarily with radio and far-infrared data. A bit about the course Vie been a professor at overshadow for 22 years. Focus on big questions in physical sciences (with no math ) Last year I was on sabbatical working with the Tacoma deep Millimeter Array (ALMA) in Santiago, Chile and in Charlottesville, Virginia. The chance to discuss the big, fundamental questions of science space and t ime, the universe on large scales, the big bang, Acheronian matter Marking Scheme more details provided on Avenue Site 35% Final exam 15% 4% Clicker questions 22% understand 14% Participation in tutorials (not Just attendanceIndividual Journal First Mark in the course comes from logging into Avenue to Learn Tutorials are a key comp iodinent of the course tutorials lead off in the first full week of classes (10th) make sure you have signed up for one ** account for a significant portion of your final mark switching of tutorial sections can only be done with Solar Log onto Venezuelan and introduce yourself to the rest of your tutorial section and introducing yourself to the rest of your tutorial group Deadline September 1 5th Avenue to Learn Astronomy 2803 / ORIGINS 2803 Tutorial groups start Swept 10th.Heres how they work The discussion question of the week will be announced beforehand on Avenue Think about it overnight and come to your tutorial group ready to discuss it thoug hts, reflections, conclusions, further questions. Your TA will set up the question and divide you up into smaller discussion groups for fractional the period. Then, each subgroup summarizes its conclusions final round for general discussion. What youll find on the avenue page Course Materials (outline, detailed marking scheme, project lists) A discussion stadium for your tutorial group Place to write your Journals (only your TA can see your entries (more details to come) Calendar of important dates Place to ask questions Click on guinea pig -Clickers -Register using your MAGIC (not student ) -Write down your clicker serial number somewhere, it will wear off Discussion topic for next weeks tutorial meeting (tutorial groups start next week ) What are the ethical implications of colonizing impair or other places in the Solar System? Should we do it? What do you think about the Mars One Idea?