Astr 105G

Spring 2015

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Lab TA: Kathryn Steakley
TA Email: steakley@nmsu.edu
TA Office: Astronomy Building #107
TA Office Hours: Mondays at 10:30am and Tuesdays at 1pm

M03 Lab Time: Mondays 12:30-2:30pm Walden Hall Room 232
(Section M03 has lecture MWF 9:30)
M06 Lab Time: Wednesdays 12:30-2:30pm Walden Hall Room232
(Section M06 has lecture TTh 10:20)

Lab Syllabus Section M03: PDF
Lab Syllabus Section M06 : PDF
Lab Manual: PDF
Good Lab Summary: PDF
Bad Lab Summary: PDF

How Labs Work

Print out and read the lab before coming to class (see schedule below). You will work in assigned groups to complete the lab assignment. One person from your group must turn in a copy of the team work section by the end of the lab period. Each person must turn in their individual take home section one week after the lab is completed. Take home sections may be turned in at the end of the lab if you finish early. Always show your work and include units.

Attendance is Mandatory

Lab attendance is mandatory. We do not offer make up labs. If you know ahead of time that you will miss a lab, talk to me and we might arrange for you to attend a different section for that week.

Come prepared

Print out the lab and read it before coming to class. Bring a pencil and a scientific or graphing calculator. See the schedule below for a list of what labs we will do each week. Here is a copy of the complete lab manual: <PDF>

Absolutely no plagiarism

We encourage people to work together to complete homework assignments, but remember that each person must write their own answers in their own words. You may not turn in work identical to another students' work. You may not copy sentences or descriptions directly from the internet or textbook without citing a source. For class assignments, please site your sources like this:

"Cited material in quotation marks." -Author, website/article/book title, website URL

Plagiarism will result in a zero for the assignment; repeated instances of plagiarism will result in a zero for the class and a letter to the Dean. Be aware of the Student Code of Conduct.

• Jan19/21

  Lab #1

  Tools for Success (Take home lab - sections do not meet this week)

• Jan26/28

  Lab #7

  Density

• Feb02/04

  Lab #6

  Scale Model of the Solar System (Meet at Football Stadium, NOT at lab room)

• Feb09/11

  Lab #2

  The Origin of Seasons

• Feb16/18

  Lab #10

  M06 (Wed) Locating Earthquakes M03 (Mon) NO LAB

• Feb23/25

  Lab #3

  Phases of the Moon

• Mar02/04

  Lab #11

  Surface of the Moon

• Mar09/11

  Lab #8

  Estimating Earth's Density

• Mar16/18

  Lab #14

  Water Flow on Mars

• Mar/Apr30/01

  Lab #15

  Volcanoes on Io

• Apr06/08

  Lab #17

  M03 Exoplanets M06 Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet

• Apr13/15

  Lab #16

  Building a Comet

• Apr20/22

  Lab #18

  Our Sun

• Apr27/29

  Lab #19

  Review Lab

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