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Ast 105 Laboratory |
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September 14th through December 9th Online |
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Fall 2009 |
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Instructor: Dr. N. L. Markworth, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Email: nmarkworth@sfasu.edu
Office Hours: MW 01:30 - 03:30 PM Office
TR 02:00 – 03:30 PM TEC
Phone: 936-468-3001
Lecture Class Meetings: Online
Course Home Page: http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/markworth/ast105.html
Laboratory
Assistant: Katie Lynch
ASTRONOMY 105.502 LABORATORY
Fall 2009
Online Lab Schedule
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Lab Exercise Re |
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Lab |
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Sep 14 |
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Sep 21 |
7 |
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Sep 28 |
15 |
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4 |
Oct 05 |
21 |
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Oct 12 |
29 |
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6 |
Oct 19 |
37 |
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7 |
Oct 26 |
47 |
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8 |
Nov 02 |
55 |
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9 |
Nov 09 |
65 |
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10 |
Nov 16 |
79 |
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11 |
Nov 23 |
87 |
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Dec 09 |
Lab Exam |
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Each entry in underlined blue in the table above is a hyperlink. Click on the title to jump to that feature. There are 11 labs plus one night lab at the SFA Observatory. The due dates of the labs are listed in column two. The lab report forms are in the column labeled Lab Exercise Report Form. Choose the form of the report that you like (either html or WORD) and copy it into your word processor. Fill in your answers, and send a copy to my TA on Blackboard email. Page is the page number in the lab manual (available only in the BPSC bookstore). Lab Prep Videos have been prepared in the Real Video® format. Please look at these before attempting a lab. The Power Point® slides used in the lab prep videos are linked separately in the next column. The last column contains notes on each of the labs and should be read after the lab prep video is viewed. |
OutDOOR Night Lab Calendar
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Please read the following guidelines carefully, as they concern your grade and require your input to work properly. |
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» Students are required to attend one night lab. The lab for the online section is listed below. » Please do NOT use the night lab web site to sign up for a night lab. Your night lab is already scheduled. » If you are enrolled for a face-to-face lab section, use the guidelines for that section instead of these. » If you are so far from Nacogdoches that visiting the Observatory is impractical, please contact me for an alternate assignment. » The night lab (or alternate exercise) is a required component of AST 105 and will not be dropped. » On your assigned night, meet at the temporary commuter’s bus stop (located behind the Steen Library) a few minutes before the scheduled time. A bus will provide transportation to and from the SFA Observatory. The bus will leave promptly at the scheduled time - don’t be late! » The night lab will be cancelled if it is raining or the sky is completely overcast. I will make a decision by 5 PM and post an email on the Blackboard lab course page. We will pick another night if the weather causes a cancellation. Don’t get discouraged! » Observatory night lab exercises generally require three hours to complete. This is the time from leaving to arriving back on campus.
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Night Lab |
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Sep 21 @ 7:30 pm (Monday) |
SUPPLIES FOR NIGHT LAB
Each student MUST bring the following supplies to the night lab session.
1. Pencil and eraser
2. Clipboard or other hard writing surface
3. Clear ruler with centimeter scale
4. Laboratory Manual
5. Star Chart (print pages 1-3 at the Chart link here)
6. Calculator
LAB POLICIES
1. You may submit your lab by turning it in to my office (Science 322F),
as an email attachment (preferred), or FAXing (936-468-4448).
Be aware that faxing can produce poor results.
2. Due dates are more than merely suggestions. Labs are due by midnight
of the day listed. A point deduction of 5% per day will be assessed late work.
3. The two lowest grades are dropped, but I advise that you not automatically
skip two labs. Emergencies do happen!
4. You are responsible for missed lab material on the lab exam.
ASTRONOMY 105 COURSE GRADING POLICY
• Astronomy 105 (Lecture) and Astronomy 105L (Lab) are averaged into one grade
and THE SAME GRADE WILL BE RECORDED FOR BOTH LECTURE AND
LABORATORY. The FINAL COURSE GRADE is explained in your lecture syllabus.
• There are 12 grades that will be used to determine a lab average (11 regular labs
and the night lab). The two lowest regular lab grades will be dropped. The night lab
is a required lab and cannot be dropped. The lab exercises will count 75% and the
Lab Exam 25% of the FINAL LAB AVERAGE. The Lab Exam will be
given as part of lecture exam four. The FINAL LAB AVERAGE will be computed
as follows:
FINAL LAB AVERAGE = (Average of Lab Exercises X 0.75) + (Lab Exam X 0.25)
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
Academic integrity is a responsibility of all university faculty and students. Faculty members promote academic integrity in multiple ways including instruction on the components of academic honesty, as well as abiding by university policy on penalties for cheating and plagiarism.
Definition of Academic Dishonesty
Academic dishonesty includes both cheating and plagiarism. Cheating includes but is not limited to (1) using or attempting to use unauthorized materials to aid in achieving a better grade on a component of a class; (2) the falsification or invention of any information, including citations, on an assigned exercise; and/or (3) helping or attempting to help another in an act of cheating or plagiarism. Plagiarism is presenting the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own. Examples of plagiarism are (1) submitting an assignment as if it were one's own work when, in fact, it is at least partly the work of another; (2) submitting a work that has been purchased or otherwise obtained from an Internet source or another source; and (3) incorporating the words or ideas of an author into one's paper without giving the author due credit. Read the complete policy at http://www.sfasu.edu/policies/academic_integrity.asp
WITHHELD GRADES POLICY: Ordinarily, at the discretion of the instructor of record and with the approval of the academic chair/director, a grade of WH will be assigned only if the student cannot complete the required course work because of unavoidable circumstances. Students must complete the work within one calendar year from the end of the semester in which they receive a WH, or the grade automatically becomes an F. If students register for the same course in future terms the WH will automatically become an F and will be counted as a repeated course for the purpose of computing the grade point average.
The circumstances precipitating the request must have occurred after the last day in which a student could withdraw from a course. Students requesting a WH must be passing the course with a minimum projected grade of C.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: To obtain disability related accommodations, alternate formats and/or auxiliary aids, students with disabilities must contact the Office of Disability Services (ODS), Human Services Building, Room 325, 468-3004 / 468-1004 (TDD) as early as possible in the semester. Once verified, ODS will notify the course instructor and outline the accommodation and/or auxiliary aids to be provided. Failure to request services in a timely manner may delay your accommodations. For additional information, go to http://www.sfasu.edu/disabilityservices/.