Lectures & Class Schedule
Videos of all lectures for the course are on Youtube at this link Links to an external site.
Tu Mar 31 Class Cancelled - Work on Rocketmix 1 Links to an external site.
W Apr 1 Discussion Cancelled
Th Apr 2 Class Cancelled - Work on Rocketmix 2 Links to an external site.
M Apr 6 Quiz 1 Assigned
Tu Apr 7 Lecture 1: Motivations, Imaginings, and the Meaning of Life (pdf)
W Apr 8 Discussion Cancelled (Sean Extra Office Hours this day)
Th Apr 9 Lecture 2: Life and our Place in the Universe (pdf)
F Apr 10 Quiz 1 Due
M Apr 13 Homework 1 Assigned
Tu Apr 14 Lecture 3: Revolutions in Matter and Earth (pdf)
W Apr 15 Discussion Cancelled (Sean Extra Office Hours this day)
Th Apr 16 Lecture 4: Deep Time and the Biological Revolution (pdf)
Tu Apr 21 Lecture 5: Sky Above and Earth Below (pdf)
W Apr 22 Discussion - Homework 1 Questions
Th Apr 23 Lecture 6: Earth's Atmosphere and Climate (pdf)
Homework 1 Due ASUCI-Stargazing-Night-Extra-Credit
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Tu Apr 28 Midterm1 Given in Class
W Apr 29 Discussion Cancelled
Th Apr 30 Class Cancelled
Tu May 5 Lecture 7: Life and the rise of Oxygen on Earth (pdf)
W May 6 Discussion Cancelled
Th May 7 Lecture 8: DNA and the Origin of Life (pdf)
Tu May 12 Lecture 9: Impacts and Extinction (pdf)
W May 13 Discussion Cancelled
Th May 14 Lecture 10: The Solar System (pdf)
Tu May 19 Lecture 11: Water and Life on Mars (pdf) - Homework 2 Assigned
W May 20 Discussion Cancelled (Sean Extra Office Hours this day)
Th May 21 Lecture 12: Life in the Outer Solar System (pdf)
Fr May 22 Rocketmix 3 Links to an external site. Assigned
Tu May 26 Lecture 13: Stars (pdf)
W May 27 Discussion - Homework 2 Questions
Th May 28 Lecture 14: Searching for Earth2.0 (pdf)
Homework 2 Due
F May 29 - Work on Rocketmix Links to an external site.4
Tu Jun 2 Lecture 15: Intelligent Life: Where is Everybody? (pdf)
W Jun 3 Discussion - Final Exam Questions
Th Jun 4 Lecture 16: The Search for Life (pdf)
T Jun 9 Final Exam