CATALOG DESCRIPTION: (3 hour) This course is designed to acquaint the student with some of the problems encountered in teaching this subject at the secondary level.  A variety of instructional techniques will be used to introduce students to current curriculums in Astronomy.

INSTRUCTOR:
 

Dr. Joseph H. Jones
Office: 451 N&HS bldg (101 Rogers Hall)	Office hours:  0930-1100 TR, or by appointment
Office phone: ???-???? (864-1510)	Observatory phone (w/ voice mail): 864-1470
E-mail: jjones@northgeorgia.edu	Web: http://faculty.northgeorgia.edu/jjones/

SECTIONS:

SECTION A 0730-0910 MTWR 204 Education Bldg (232 Health & Natural Sciences Bldg)
NOTE:  This course meets with ASTR1010.

METHOD OF EVALUATION:

The student will attend the Astr 1010 lecture course and write the five in-class exams for the content portion of Phys 7013.  75% of the Phys 7013 grade comes from the average exam grade.  Click here to see the Astr 1010 lecture sylabus.  20% of the Phys 7013 grade comes from four (5% each) "night" labs or exercises derived from the Astr 1010L lab.  Moon Phases Lab, Mars Retrograde Lab (or other current semester "special lab"), Scale Model Solar System Walk and The Small Telescope Lab (modified).  The remaining 5% comes from your choice of an observing project (3-color CCD image, deep sky CCD image, etc.) or Astronomical Topics News Media Log.  (See the instructor for details for each exercise or project.)

Letter grade as follows:

A = 90 to 100; B = 80 to 89; C = 70 to 79; D = 60 to 69; F < 60