Please do the following take home activities. ( Individually or with another student )
a) Written typed one page short reports on these activities are required individually or one report per two students.
b) All activities must be put together in a folder with a separate page on the top as follows:
i) Instructor: Dr. H.Tahsiri. Course: Astronomy 100.
ii) Your Name Capitalized: Last______ First______ Activity Numbers____
iii) Your partner's name Capitalized: Last______ First______ Activity Numbers______
c) Each take home activity is worth 10 Points.
d) These activities are due in class at the beginning of the final exam.
You must only do any Five out of (1-9) of the following take home activities . 10 points each. Optional: Do only one from (10,11,12, or 13) for an extra credits .
THA 1) Click The rotation of the Earth about its axis.
THA 2) Click The revolution of the Earth around the Sun.
THA 3) Click Apparent motion of the Sun.
THA 4) Click Apparent motion of the Moon.
THA 5) Click The Diameter of the Moon
THA 6) Click Kepler's Laws and the mass of the Moon ( Everyone must do THA 6 )
THA 7) On line Virtual Earthquakes , About Earthquakes , Stress/Strain
THA 8) Circumference of the Earth. See your lecture notes . Click on the Equinoxe Dates . Extra help Astronomy on line
THA 9) Click The size of the Sun
THA 10) How to estimate Saturn's Mass and Distance (Extra credit). Come to my office hours for help
THA 11) Measure the distance and speed of Comet Hyakutake (Extra credit). Come to my office hours for help
THA 12) Computing the Size and the Distance of the Moon by Means of Eclipse Observations (Extra credit). Come to my office hours for help
THA 13) Measure the size of Lunar Craters (Extra credit). Come to my office hours for help