| Date | Topic(s) | Lecture Notes | Reading | |
| Jan | 16 | Lecture 1:
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PDF: Lecture01: Introduction | Chapter 1 |
| Jan | 18 | Lecture 2:
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PDF: Mercury Messenger Lecture02: It's a Big Universe |
Look over Appendix A |
| Jan | 21 | Martin Luther King Day:
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| Jan | 23 | Lecture 3:
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PDF: Tour of the Universe | Look over Appendix B |
| Jan | 25 | Lecture 4:
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PDF: The Night Sky | Chapter 2 |
| Jan | 28 | Lecture 5:
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PDF: The Night Sky (Continued) | Chapter 2 |
| Jan | 30 | Lecture 6:
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PDF: The Reason for Seasons | Chapter 2 |
| Feb | 01 | Lecture 7:
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PDF: The Motions of the Moon | Chapter 3 |
| Feb | 04 | Lecture 8:
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PDF: Eclipses | Chapter 3 |
| Feb | 06 | Lecture 9:
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PDF: Eclipses and the Calendar | Chapter 3 |
| Feb | 08 | Lecture 10:
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PDF: The Calendar and Archaeoastronomy | Chapter 4 |
| Feb | 11 | Lecture 11:
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PDF: Ancient Greek Astronomy | Chapter 4 |
| Feb | 13 | Lecture 12:
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PDF: Motions of the Planets | Chapter 4 |
| Feb | 15 | Lecture 13:
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PDF: Renaissance Astronomy | Chapter 4 |
| Feb | 18 | Lecture 14:
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PDF: Renaissance Astronomy 2 | Chapter 4 |
| Feb | 20 | Lecture 15:
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PDF: Newton's Laws of Motion and Gravity | Chapter 5 |
| Feb | 22 | Lecture 16:
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PDF: Newton's Laws of Motion and Gravity 2 | Chapter 5 |
| End of Material for Test #1 | ||||
| Feb | 25 | Lecture 17:
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PDF: Space Travel and Satellite Orbits | Chapter 5 |
| Feb | 27 | Test #1 | ||
| Feb | 29 | Lecture 18:
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PDF: Tides | Chapter 5 |
| Mar | 10 | Lecture 19:
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PDF: Atoms and Light | Chapter 6 |
| Mar | 12 | Lecture 20:
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PDF: Light | Chapter 6 |
| Mar | 14 | Lecture 21:
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PDF: Light | Chapter 7 |
| Mar | 17 | Lecture 22:
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PDF: Telescopes | Chapter 7 |
| Mar | 19 | Lecture 23:
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PDF: Space Telescopes, The Sun | Chapter 8 |
| Mar | 21 | Lecture 24:
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PDF: The Sun | Chapter 8 |
| Mar | 24 | Lecture 25:
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PDF: Solar System Overview | Chapter 19 |
| Mar | 26 | Lecture 26:
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PDF: Solar System Overview and Origin | Chapter 19 |
| Mar | 28 | Lecture 27:
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PDF: Solar System Origin | Chapter 19 |
| Mar | 31 | Lecture 28:
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PDF: Exoplanets | Chapter 19 |
| Apr | 2 | Lecture 29:
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PDF: Earth: Geology | Chapter 20 |
| Apr | 4 | Lecture 30:
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PDF: Earth: Geology and Magnetic Field | Chapter 20 |
| End of Material for Test #2 | ||||
| Apr | 7 | Lecture 31:
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PDF: Earth's Atmosphere | Chapter 20 |
| Apr | 9 | Test #2 | ||
| Apr | 11 | Lecture 32:
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PDF: The Moon | Chapter 21 |
| Apr | 14 | Lecture 33:
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PDF: Moon: Formation and Exploration | Chapter 21 |
| Apr | 16 | Lecture 34:
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PDF: The Moon and Mercury | Chapter 21 |
| Apr | 18 | Lecture 35:
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PDF: Venus | Chapter 22 |
| Apr | 21 | Lecture 36:
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PDF: Mars | Chapter 22 |
| Apr | 23 | Lecture 37:
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PDF: Jupiter and Saturn | Chapter 23 |
| Apr | 25 | Lecture 38:
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PDF: Outer Solar System, Comets, & Meteors | Chapters 24, 25 |
| Apr | 28 | Lecture 39:
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PDF: Asteroids, Meteorites, & Big Impacts | Chapter 25 |