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Fall 2024
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| ASTR 121 - Astronomy of the Solar System |
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Associated Term:
Fall 2024
Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: 1. Think and communicate based on familiarity with a wide variety of physical phenomena involving the solar system and the means by which it is described and explained 2. Think and communicate based on familiarity, in part through direct practice, with observational tools, chains of reasoning and exploration and knowledge of scientific methods that are part of the practice of this area of astronomy 3. Correctly use scientific reasoning regarding the formation of the solar system, and think and communicate with significant basic conceptual understanding of systems involved in present-day terrestrial and Jovian planets 4. Converse and comprehend making use of elementary descriptions and laws of mechanical motion and gravity applied to the motion of objects in our solar system 5. Engage this area of astronomy with an active scientific literacy, which includes use of public resources widely available as part of large scale astronomy investigation 6. Think and communicate based on an elementary understanding of exploration of the solar system, drawing conclusions from experimental data about possible explanations of physical mechanisms of the solar system and its constituent parts 7. Formulate questions to move their thinking forward concerning the subject matter of the class 8. Think and communicate with a familiarity with elementary applications of basic physics underlying the formation and structure of the solar system, as well as interplay of planetary systems such as plate tectonics, volcanic activity and atmospheric evolution 9. Reflect and communicate on possible uses and impacts of this physics knowledge regarding the solar system 10. Converse and write about the nature of science with increased sophistication and see physics/astronomy as a science, rather than a body of knowledge 11. Appreciate that the insights provided by Classical Mechanics and Newtonian Gravity are valuable and useful even though physics has developed beyond Newtonian Gravity and Classical Mechanics and beyond mechanical theories - of which Classical Mechanics is a premier example 12. Appreciate current efforts to create new insights in this area of astronomy and have a sense of currently open questions within the astrophysics community Required Materials: Technical Requirements: |
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