This semester I am a teaching assistant for Astronomy 103, a survey class for non majors.
A103 information is listed below.
Teaching
The powerpoint of the final review can be found here finalreview.ppt
Midterm 2 results can be found here midterm2_scores.txt. The file gives the last 4 digits of your ID number, your score out of 35 and then a string of numbers giving the answers you gave on the test.
Midterm 1 results can be found here sorted_results.txt. The file gives the last 4 digits of your student ID, your score (ignore the column with the zeros) and then a string of numbers giving your answers to each question.
Contact Information
6514 Sterling Hall
email: nelson@astro.wisc.edu
phone: 608 262 1298
Section Times
301 9:55am, Tuesday 3331 Sterling Hall
302 2:25pm, Tuesday 3331 Sterling Hall
303 4:35pm, Wednesday 2108 Chamberlin Hall
304 9:55am, Thursday 3331 Sterling Hall
305 2:25pm, Thursday 2116 Chamberlin Hall
306 9:55am, Friday 2108 Chamberlin Hall
You have until Friday, September 14th to request a change of section. Requests after this date will not be considered. If you cannot attend your normal scheduled discussion one week, please let me know so we can come to an agreement about handing in/returning homework. As a rule, homework will always be due on the day of your discussion, regardless of whether you are at discussion that day or not.
Office Hours
Monday 4 - 5:30pm
Tuesday 12:30 - 2pm
Wednesday 3 - 4pm
Thursday 3:30 - 5:30pm
Please come to my office at first. If there are too many people, we will move to the astronomy library, also on the 6th floor of Sterling Hall. I’ll put a note on the door if we do this.
Class Expectations and Grading
TA sessions will make up 10% of your overall course grade. Homework will make up an additional 10% of your grade. Your TA session grade will be based on attendance, participation, and in-session work. I will take sopt attendance checks throughout the semester, to keep you on your toes!
Homework
Homework will be handed out in lecture and collected at the beginning of lecture the following week, so you will have one week to do each assignment.
We will not do the homework in discussion, so make sure it is completed before you come to class!
Resources
Textbook: Pathways to Astronomy Schneider & Arny 1st edition
This site contains all of the class power point lectures as well as the course syllabus from Dr. Lazarian.
Homework Solutions
Homework 1: HW1sol.pdf
Homework 2: HW2sol.pdf
Homework 3: HW3sol.pdf
Homework 4: HW4sol.pdf
Homework 5: HW5sol.pdf
Homework 7: HW7sol.pdf
Homework 8: HW8sol.pdf
Equation sheet for Midterm 1