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Astro C10 / L&S C70 (Fall 2010)

Head GSI : Therese Jones

E-mail contact : tjones@astro.berkeley

Office : 753B Campbell Hall

Weekly Meetings (with Prof. Filippenko) : 6th floor lounge of Campbell Hall

Astro C10 FAQs : faqs

Information for the graders of Astro C10 : C10 Fall 2010 Graders

Josh Shiode and Aaron Lee's Ay300 Site : Ay300 Fall 2010

Electronic Big Red Binder : EBRB

Think Pair Share Forum : TPS Questions

Stray Homework : Stray Homework

Midterm II Review : Midterm Review II

Announcements

Old Announcements can be found here : Old Announcements

Things to be doing NOW

Friday Meeting Itinerary (not necessarily in this order)

HW collection

Star parties

Quiz– how did it go?

Websites Worth Mentioning to Students

Astro Dept. cheating policy: http://astro.berkeley.edu/academics/cheating.html

UC Berkeley code of conduct: http://students.berkeley.edu/uga/conduct.asp

DSP Students: http://dsp.berkeley.edu/sbin/dspACCESS.php?_page=BerkAcomPolicy

bSpace!: https://bspace.berkeley.edu/

Our GSI Oath

We, GSIs of Alex Filippenko's Astronomy C10 course, taught in the Fall of 2010, will make the utmost effort to

  1. have patience when communicating with our students.
  2. come to section prepared.
  3. talk to the class and not the board (or empty space).
  4. add variety to our sections to keep student interest.
  5. have a genuine interest in the subject matter we are discussing.
  6. aim to satisfy the middle level student, while giving ample opportunity for high level students to ask detailed questions.
  7. remain positive through thick and thin, regardless of our stress level.
  8. have flexibility in our teaching, allowing for the unknown.
  9. make it clear how the material ties in with lectures and allow students to ask questions about the lecture material that confused them.
  10. relate the material to the students and show how seemingly disparate concepts can lead to an understanding of bigger picture ideas.

Star Party Sites

http://www.skymaps.com/articles/index.html - Useful list of interesting objects and their relative positions.

http://www.skymaps.com/downloads.html - Monthly downloadable star chart.

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/skychart/ - Also check out the “Week at a Glance” section.

Useful Software (not free) : Starry Night Pro

http://badgrads.berkeley.edu/doku.php?id=private:ebrb:observing_labs_star_parties - EBRB Section

GSIs and UGSIs

Graduate Student Instructors

  1. Francesca Fornasini
  2. Therese Jones
  3. Garrett Keating
  4. Timothy Kwan
  5. Casey Stark
  6. Huanhuan Wang
  7. Jonathan Wright
  8. Mike Yee

Undergraduate Student Instructors

  1. Jess Allen
  2. Iok Chang
  3. Rachel Kennedy
  4. Michelle Kislak
  5. Allison Merritt
  6. Marin Anderson

Section, TALC, and Office Hour Assignments

TALC Assignments GSI 1 GSI 2
Wednesday
7 pm - 8 pm Garrett Keating Jonathan Wright
8 pm - 9 pm Jess Allen Casey Stark
Thursday
6 pm - 7 pm Therese Jones Iok Chang
7 pm - 8 pm Mike Yee Allison Merritt
8 pm - 9 pm Rachel Kennedy Francesca Fornasini

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Sections Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9-10 125: TK 104: AM 110: IC 102: MK 122: GK
10-11 126: TK 109: AM 119: IC 111: MK
11-12 105: FF 115: JW 107: CS
12-1 121: GK 112: JW 123: CS 113: MA
1-2 106: RK 103: RK 114: TJ Meeting
2-3 118: FF 101: MA 116: MY 117: TJ
3-4 Lecture 108: JA Lecture 124: MY Lecture
4-5 120: JA

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101 : MA 102 : MK 103 : RK 104 : AM 105 : FF 106 : RK 107 : CS 108 : JA 109 : AM 110 : IC
111 : MK 112 : JW 113 : MA 114 : TJ 115 : JW 116 : MY 117 : TJ 118 : FF 119 : IC 120 : JA
121 : GK 122 : GK 123 : CS 124 : MY 125 : TK 126 : TK

Office Hours

Name Office Hours Office
Therese Jones W 1-2 753B Campbell
Rachel Kennedy F 12-1 FSM Cafe
Michelle Kislak Th 3-5 FSM Cafe
Allison Merritt W 12-1 705 Campbell
Tim Kwan Th 2-4 Bear's Lair
Iok Chang F 2-3 FSM Cafe
Casey W. Stark W 4-5 753 Campbell
Marin Anderson W 4-5, F 11-12 Qualcomm Cafe

Weekly Schedule

Week (Dates) Important Events Other Notes
Week 1 (Aug 26 - Aug 27) Sections do not meet
Week 2 (Aug 30 - Sep 3 )
Week 3 (Sep 6 - Sep 10) Arc Lamp Demos Mon Sections do not meet (holiday)
Week 4 (Sep 13 - Sep 17)
Week 5 (Sep 20 - Sep 24) Quiz 1
Week 6 (Sep 27 - Oct 1)
Week 7 (Oct 4 - Oct 8 ) Reviews for Tues-Fri sections, Midterm on Monday 10/11
Week 8 (Oct 11 - Oct 15) Review in Monday sections
Week 9 (Oct 18 - Oct 22) Mid-semester Evals
Week 10 (Oct 24 - Oct 29) Quiz 2
Week 11 (Nov 1 - Nov 5 ) Reviews, Midterm on Friday
Week 12 (Nov 8 - Nov 12) Thurs Sections do not meet (holiday)
Week 13 (Nov 15 - Nov 19)
Week 14 (Nov 22 - Nov 26) Thur,Fri Sections do not meet (holiday)
Week 15 (Nov 29 - Dec 3 )
Week 16 (Dec 6 - Dec 10 ) Now Reading Week Mon,Tue,Wed,Thur,Fri Sections do not meet

Suggestions for Week 1

Review Josh's page about first sections: http://badgrads.berkeley.edu/doku.php?id=astro300_f09:your_first_section

Introductions and Ice-Breakers

Go through the syllabus for your section. Also, don't forget to announce TALC, office hours, star parties (if you have any dates yet), homework due dates, test/quiz dates, etc. You should also remember to tell your students what “TALC”, “star parties”, and even “office hours” are!

Activities:

  1. Horoscope Debunking
  2. Misconceptions in Astronomy
  3. Brief overview of topics in the course
  4. History of the Universe timeline
  5. Scale Models (Sizes, Distances)
  6. Calendar of History
  7. Add your own here!!!

Math review worksheets (for TALC) can be found here :