Second week of classes

Greetings everyone!  On Monday I lectured on basic issues needed for the course. These issues included how astronomers measure scale, the units that are used, the seasons on Earth, what defines a year on Earth and other planets, and phases of the moon.  

In lab on Monday we performed a lab on the metric system.  I was very pleased to see you all working so hard and cooperating with each other so well.

Tomorrow we will begin our exploration of how the Solar System formed. This will take a few weeks of lecture.

See you all soon!

Welcome

Greetings everyone!  It was wonderful to meet you all on Monday.  On Monday we reviewed the topics that will be covered in the course, learned about each other, and set the basic rules for the course.  On Thursday we will being our lecture series with a discussion of the basics.  See you all tomorrow!