• Attendance Policy
• Materials and preparation for labs
• Lab notebooks
• Grading

Questionnaire [latex]

Lab one: Classifying Solar System Objects [latex]

Lab two: Measurement and Error: The Height of Pupin [latex]

• Precision, accuracy, and evaluating measurements
• Designing an experiment/measurement
• Measure the height of Pupin

Getting Started in Astronomy flyer from Sky & Telescope

Lab three: Introduction to the sky [latex 1, 2, 3]

• Indoor: visualizing the sky
• Indoor: constellations in the Milky Way
• Computer: using planetarium software
• Outdoor: A first look at the sky

Lab four: Rules of Thumb for Estimating Angles and Measuring the rotation rate of the Earth [latex 1, 2, 3]

• Indoor: Calibrate your hand to measure angles
• Indoor: Another calibration of your hand for angle measurement
• Indoor: Measure angles with your hand
• Indoor: Plan an observation
• Outdoor: Measure the rotation rate of the Earth

Examples of Gas Spectra [PS] (from this page)

Lab five: Introduction to Spectroscopy [latex 1, 2]

• Spectra of light bulbs
• Safety note on gas tubes
• Spectroscopy of known gasses
• Spectroscopy of unknown gasses

Flux vs. time for HD209458b [PS] | Velocity vs. time for 51 Peg [PS]

Lab six: Extrasolar Planet Detection [latex 1, 2]

• Doppler velocity curve for 51 Peg
• Eclipse light curve for HD209458b

Lab seven: Greenhouse Effect and Habitable Zones [latex]
Instructor version [latex]

• Part 1: Radiative equilibrium
• Part 2: Greenhouse effect
• Part 3: Habitable Zones

Article: The Threat to the Planet by Jim Hansen

Lab eight: Global Warming
Instructor version

Lab nine: Convection

Lab ten: Lenses and Telescopes