Lecture Notes, Slide Shows and Resources Relevant to Dr. McAlister's Courses:
Fall 2009
ASTR 1000 - Introduction to the Universe
MWF - 10:00-10:50 am - 400 General Classroom Building
The final exam is at 10:15 am, Monday, December 7, in our normal lecture room.
Course Description/Syllabus/Calendar
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Test #1 Grade Distribution
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Test #2 Grade Distribution
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Test #3 Grade Distribution
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Test #3 Practice Problem Set
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Slide Set #1 - Celestial Motions
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PPT
Slide Set #2 - Light, Telescopes & Observatories
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PPT
Slide Set #3 - Properties of the Planets
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PPT
Slide Set #4 - Formation of the Solar System
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PPT
Slide Set #5 - The Earth and Moon
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PPT
Slide Set #6 - The Moon Through Binoculars
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PPT
Slide Set #7 - The Terrestrial Planets Mercury & Venus
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PPT
Slide Set #8 - The Terrestrial Planet Mars
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PPT
Slide Set #9 - The Jovian Planets and their Satellites
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PPT
Slide Set #10 - Uranus, Neptune and the Kuiper Belt
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PPT
Slide Set #11 - Other Solar System Bodies
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PPT
Slide Set #12 - Properties of Stars
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PPT
Slide Set #13 - Stellar Evolution
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PPT
Slide Set #14 - The Milky Way
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PPT
Slide Set #15 - Galaxies
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PPT
Slide Set #16 - Cosmology
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PPT
Slide Set #17 - Other Planetary Systems
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PPT
Test #1 with Answer Key
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Test #2 with Answer Key
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Test #3 with Answer Key
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Test #4 with Answer Key if you had the version where the answer to question #31 was
(a)
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Test #4 with Answer Key if you had the version where the answer to question #31 was
(e)
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Last updated on 4 December 2009
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