Web page for CCSF Astronomy 18, Spring 2012

 

Please click here for a link to the syllabus, if you have misplaced your original copy.

 

Important:  Exam #3 was given at the scheduled final exam time of 10:30 AM, Monday, May 21st.  Some enrolled students missed this exam, just one of whom contacted me in advance to explain the extenuating circumstances.  Please contact me immediately if you missed Exam #3 and need to schedule a make-up for Thursday or Friday.

 

Meanwhile, sixteen students who completed Exam #3 still need to take the Final Exam.  This exam requires 30 to 60 minutes.  The options for doing taking the Final Exam are Thursday, May 24th, starting at 9:30 AM, and Friday, May 25th, starting at 9:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, or 3:00 PM at the absolute latest.

 

For those who still need it, here is a study guide to help you prepare for the exams:  (With one major change in that I chose to make the Final Exam just 40 multiple-choice questions all worth double.)

 

Exam #3 and the Final Exam Study Guide

 

We have completed twelve homework assignments, eight pop quizzes, and three exams, for a total of only 280 points out of 360 for the semester (not counting some bits of extra credit that also have been available).  280 is not quite 78% of the total available credit.  Especially considering that I throw out the lowest homework and the lowest quiz score, this still leaves plenty of room to turn a grade around (for better or for worse) by your performance on the Final Exam.

 

Homework and pop quiz averages have straddled across the B and C grade ranges, and the two exam averages have been around C to C+, which is only slightly lower than my “average average” of exams over many semesters.  Individual exam scores have spread more or less evenly between A and F, which is also typical.  If you have not scored as well as you would have liked on the exams, then please review the list of study suggestions in my syllabus.

 

Here are the answers for all of the homework:

 

Homework Assignment #1 Answer Key

Homework Assignment #2 Answer Key

Homework Assignment #3 Answer Key

Homework Assignment #4 Answer Key

Homework Assignment #5 Answer Key

Homework Assignment #6 Answer Key

Homework Assignment #7 Answer Key

Homework Assignment #8 Answer Key

Homework Assignment #9 Answer Key

Homework Assignment #10 Answer Key

Homework Assignment #11 Answer Key

Homework Assignment #12 Answer Key

 

Since all answers are posted, I will not accept any late assignments. 

 

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