ASTR 109 / PHYS 109
Big Bang and Black Holes
(Section 201/Honors and 501/Regular)
Teaching Assistants: Brian Sanders and Emre Duvarci
(There are two help mailing lists: 109QuizHelp@physics.tamu.edu and 109GeneralHelp@physics.tamu.edu)
List of Quick Links for the Course:
Material due before the next class date:
Course Material:
Syllabus - includes Course Topics, Reading and Approximate Due Dates for Regular and Honors Sections Assignments
Course Organization - More information about how the course is organized, as well as assignments
Class Schedule - Tentative schedule with due dates for Reading, End of Chapter Quizzes, Reading Quizzes Assignments and Papers
Honors Sections - Info about the honors section and the Outside-Topic Paper
Textbook Information - The required and recommended texts for the course (and a link to the first 4 chapters of the textbook if needed)
Lecture Readings - Required and optional reading by Chapter
Lecture Notes - Copies of the Lecture Notes
Lecture Videos - Video content shown with each chapter of the course.
Assignment Information and Help:
A Google Form designed to help you Request Additional Attempts. Step-by-step instructions on how to use the form can be found here
A set of common pitfalls people fall into when requesting additional attempts
Help for Canvas Technical problems (this includes for quizzes, TurnItIn and Peerceptiv)
Unit 3 Written Assignment
End of Chapter Quiz Information
Getting more attempts:
Step-by-step instructions on how to use the form can be found here
Another link to the Google Form designed to help you Request Additional Attempts.
Chapter 13 and 14 Materials
The Chapter 13-14 Worksheet (in Excel)- You will need to download this spreadsheet and fill it out. You will need to complete it prior to being able to complete the EOC quizzes for Chapters 13 and 14
Hints on how to write a good paper can be found here
TurnItIn Instructions for use when submitting the second copy of you papers
Instructions for submitting a Revision for a better grade, or requesting a re-grades by the TA
Also see our plagiarism policy
Other Stuff:
· Fun Stuff - Videos and written stuff students have sent to illustrate the science
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