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Astro 375 / Astro 300 (Fall 2018)

Basics

Class is held: Wednesdays, 6:30pm-8pm, Campbell 131

The Bootcamp is held: Thursday, Aug 17 (3pm-5pm, Campbell 121) and Wednesday, Aug 23 (6pm-8pm, Campbell 131)

Faculty Instructor: Eugene Chiang (echiang@astro)

Graduate Student Instructors: Carina Cheng (ccheng@berkeley), Michael Medford (michaelmedford@berkeley)

  • The Syllabus. Make sure you read this!
  • The Electronic Big Red Binder. An important resource for GSIs. Reuse and modification of any and all of the materials in these resources is highly encouraged! So is contribution back to the EBRB of your improved materials! There is also an older physical copy (The Big Red Binder), located in the library.
  • Assignments. Summaries of all assignments for Ay375.

Worksheets

Ay 375 Lesson Plans

(Any lesson plans for future dates are subject to revision, but feel free to peruse if you're interested.)

Class Number Date Lead Instructor Topics Lesson Plan Link
1 Aug 20 (Mon) Bootcamp Day 1: Sample Class, First Day Bootcamp Day 1
2 Aug 21 (Tues) Bootcamp Day 2: Board work, Review of Lesson Plans and Syllabi Bootcamp Day 2
3 Aug 29 Learning Objectives/Lesson Plans, Group Work Class 3
4 Sept 5 Writing Exams and Homework Class 4
5 Sept 12 (Peer visits this week) Grading Rubrics, Quiz Exchange Class 5
6 Sept 19 (C10 quizzes this week) Student Misconceptions Class 6
7 Sept 26 Motivation/Mindset, Midsemester Evals Class 7
8 Oct 3 (Section taping this week) Biases, Small Teaching Part I Class 8
9 Oct 10 Small Teaching Part II Class 9
10 Oct 17 Experienced GSI Q&A Class 10
11 Oct 24 (C10 quizzes this week) Faculty Q&A Class 11
12 Oct 31 Ethics, Teaching Statements & Portfolios Class 12
13 Nov 7 Communicating Science to the Public Class 13
14 Nov 14 “2-minute thesis” Talks, Celia's! Class 14

Handouts

Ay 375-specific and general pedagogy

GSI Assignments

Astro C10 (Filippenko) -

Members of Ay375 (teaching times)

C10: 121 Campbell

  • M 9AM-10AM
  • M 10AM-11AM
  • M 12PM-1PM
  • M 2PM-3PM
  • Tu 9AM-10AM
  • Tu 2PM-3PM
  • Tu 3PM-4PM
  • W 9AM-10AM
  • W 10AM-11AM
  • W 11AM-12PM
  • W 12PM-1PM
  • W 1PM-2PM
  • Th 9AM-10AM
  • Th 10AM-11AM
  • Th 11AM-12PM
  • F 9AM-10AM
  • F 12PM-1PM
  • F 2PM-3PM

Peer Visits

Section Taping

Week of 10/1:

Previous Semesters

  • Fall 2017 (Carina Cheng and Tom Zick)
  • Fall 2016 (Carina Cheng, Beth McBride, Michael Medford, Jason Wang)
  • Fall 2015: Ay375 resurrected mid-semester by Aaron Lee, Francesca Fornasini, Carina Cheng
  • Fall 2014 (Aaron Lee)
  • Fall 2013 (Aaron Lee and Francesca Fornasini)
  • Fall 2012 (Jonnie Pober and Therese Jones)
  • Fall 2011 (Therese Jones and Aaron Lee)
  • Fall 2010 (Aaron Lee and Josh Shiode)
  • Fall 2009 (Josh Shiode)
  • Fall 2008 (Jeffrey Silverman and Peter Williams)
  • Fall 2007 (Jeffrey Silverman and Daniel Perley)
  • Fall 2006 (Holly Maness)