| PHYS 1050: Descrip Astronomy | |||||||
| Astronomy Today, Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan | |||||||
| Chapter 1: Overview of Astronomy, Measurement | |||||||
| 1A60.10 | Scaling | "Powers of Ten" Video | |||||
| 1A10.39* | Basic Units | Large "measuring" Wheel | |||||
| Chapter 2: Eclipses, Ancient Astronomy Heliocentric Model of the Solar System | |||||||
| Chapter 3: Kepler's Laws, Newton's Laws, Gravity | |||||||
| 1L10.10 | Univ. Gravitational Constant | Cavendish Video | |||||
| Chapter 4: Electromagnetic Radiation; Spectroscopy | |||||||
| 3B10.50 | Transverse Pulses and Waves | Vertical Rods | |||||
| 3B40.25 | Doppler Effect | Doppler Reed | |||||
| 3B10.10 | Transverse Pulses and Waves | Rope- Standing Wave | |||||
| Chapter 5: Atomic Picture of Matter | |||||||
| 3B40.25 | Doppler Effect | Doppler Reed | |||||
| 7B10.60 | Spectra | Spectrum Chart | |||||
| 6F30.10 | Dispersion | Dispersion of Light | |||||
| 7B10.10 | Spectra | Spectroscopes & various Discharge Lamps | |||||
| Chapter 6: Optical Telescopes, Non-optical Astronomy | |||||||
| 6F30.10 | Dispersion | Dispersion of Light | |||||
| Chapter 7: The Planet Earth | |||||||
| 5K10.21 | Induced Currents & Forces | 10/20/40 Coils with Magnet (Solenoid Overhead) | |||||
| 1Q40.10 | Cons. of Angular Momentum | Rotating Stool & Weights | |||||
| 1Q40.30 | Cons. of Angular Momentum | Rotating Stool & Bicycle Wheel | |||||
| 1D52.10 | Deformation by Central Forces | Flattening Earth | |||||
| 1A10.55 | Basic Units | "Mass, Volume, Density" | |||||
| Chapter 8: The Moon; Overview of the Solar System | |||||||
| Cinema Classics | Planetary Motion | ||||||
| 5H30.20 | Force on Current in Wire | E&M Tube | |||||
| 6F40.15 | Scattering | Powder Milk Sunset | |||||
| Chapter 9: Mercury; Venus | |||||||
| Chapter 10: Mars | |||||||
| Chapter 11: Jupiter; The Jovian Satellites | |||||||
| 7B10.10 | Spectra | Spectroscopes & Various Discharge Lamps | |||||
| Chapter 12: Saturn and Its Moons; The Outer Planets | |||||||
| Chapter 13: Asteroids, Comets, & Meteoroids | |||||||
| Chapter 14: Formation of the Solar System | |||||||