Chapter 21/22 Assignment

Announcements _NOTE DATE CHANGE OF FINAL!

We will have an online final that will open on July 21 12:01 AM (just after midnight) and close on July 23 11:00 PM.  It will be timed and there will be two attempts available.  There will be more information as we draw closer to the end of the course.  

Instructions

1. Take a look at videos linked below that discuss the topics in these two chapters (a total of five sections).

2. Complete Discussion 21/22 found here.  Instructions for completing Discussion 21/22 found here. Download here.

3. Complete Chapter 21/22 Quiz found here.

4. Additional information  for Ch 21 found here Links to an external site. and for Ch 22 here. Links to an external site.

Sections

21-1. Fundamental Units of Distance - (Understanding Astronomical Unit and Light Year here), Links to an external site.(Parsecs, astronomical units and light years, distance units explained: fizzics.org found here), and Links to an external site. (Distances: Crash Course Astronomy #25 found here Links to an external site.)

21-2. Surveying the Stars* - (Stars: Crash Course Astronomy with Phil Plait here Links to an external site.), (Surveying the Stars here Links to an external site.), and  (Unit 7 Video 05 Surveying the Stars Part1 here Links to an external site.)

22-1. Evolution from the Main Sequence to Red Giants - (Stellar evolution from main sequence to red giant found here Links to an external site.), (Intro Astro: Main Sequence Stars to Red Giant Stars found here Links to an external site.), and (It’s About Time: Planet Evolution from Pre-Main Sequence to the Red Giant Branch found here Links to an external site.:  long ~1 hour)

22-2. Star Clusters - (Types of Star Clusters found here Links to an external site.) and (Star Clusters: Crash Course Astronomy found here Links to an external site.)

22-4. Further Evolution of Stars - (Low Mass Star Life-cycle found here Links to an external site.),  (Low Mass Stars: Crash Course Astronomy with Dr Phil here Links to an external site.), and (White Dwarfs & Planetary Nebulae: Crash Course Astronomy with Dr Phil Plait here Links to an external site.)