Supervising Professor: Jack
Baldwin, baldwin@pa.msu.edu, Office:
3270 Biomedical Physical Sciences Building, phone 355-9200 x2411. Office hour:
Tu 10-11
Teaching Assistants: Room 3265
BPS, phone 355-9200 x2445
Kim Dupczak (dupczakk@msu.edu) Lead TA, Section 3 (Wednesday)
Charles Kuehn (kuehncha@msu.edu) Lead TA, Section 4 (Thursday)
Thang Hun Le (lethang@msu.edu) Help Desk
Aparajita Sengupta (sengupta@pa.msu.edu) Lead TA, Section 5 (Friday)
Matt Steele (steele24@pa.msu.edu) Lead TA, Section 1 (Monday)
Angelo Varlotta (varlotta@pa.msu.edu) Lead TA, Section 2 (Tuesday)
Planetarium Personnel:
David Batch, Director
John French
Shane
Horvatin
e-mail Help Desk: isp205lab@pa.msu.edu
PowerPoint Presentation for Next Week (March 27-31)
This will
normally be updated sometime late Sunday. Feel free to print it out and bring
it to the lab session.
Homework
Assignments & Instructions for Sessions in Computer Labs (weeks of April
3-7, 10-14, 17-21).
These will become
available on Angel, one by one, during the preceding lab meeting of your
particular Section. For example, the instructions and homework for the meeting of Section 4 on Thursday
April 13 will become available at 4PM on the preceding Thursday (April 6).
Etc. You should download the
instructions/homework, print them out, and then read them and do the homework
well BEFORE the lab meeting that they apply to. The homework will be due at the
START of the lab meeting.
Sky Maps (pdf)
·
Less-detailed January map (used just in
1st lab meeting)
·
Regular fully-detailed January map
·
May
·
August
·
October
Meeting Place:
Usually in the Planetarium
(between the two halves of
First Meeting of
the Semester: In the
PLANETARIUM.
Syllabus (pdf format)
Supplementary Instructions for SkyGazer Homework
(pdf)
Constellations & Stars to know for the Sky
Quizzes (pdf)
Course Schedules
(pdf format)
Section 1 (Monday 3-5)
Section 2 (Tuesday 3-5)
Section 3 (Wednesday 3-5)
Section 4 (Thursday 3-5)
Section 5 (Friday 3-5)
Required materials:
Book:
Astronomy Media Workbook (Fourth Edition) for the Cosmic Perspective, by
Michael LoPresto.
Software:
Voyager Sky Gazer, College Edition (from Carina Software). Included with The
Cosmic Perspective textbook used in the ISP205 lecture course. Look for the
CD envelope inside the front cover. If you buy this textbook used, be sure to
find one that still has the CD in it. If you are not currently taking the
ISP205 lecture course, talk with your lead TA about how to best obtain a copy
of this software, which is needed to do the homework.
HiTT Infrared Clicker: Rebate coupons are bundled both with the Astronomy
Media Workbook and with the textbook for the ISP205 lecture course. The same
clicker may be used in more than one course. Either the 6 or 13 button
varieties will work.
Clipboard
or stiff notebook, so that you can
fill out papers and reports in your lap. Also, always bring blank sheets of
paper (lined is best), and a pen.