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

• Fridays from 1 pm - 2 pm

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

Old Announcements can be found here : Old Announcements

HW collection

Star parties

Quiz– how did it go?

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/

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.

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

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

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Office Hours

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 :

• Problems : talcmath_probs.pdf
• Review : talcmath_review.pdf