Astro 18 – Planets and Planetary Systems – Fall 2010
Homework 1: Tell me a bit
about yourself
Due Tuesday September 28th, before class.
1) From the email address
you check most often, please email your responses to me at max@ucolick.org. Be
sure to put “Astro 18” in the subject line.
2) Attach a digital photo of
yourself to this email, so that Jenn and I can learn
to recognize you sooner. (It
doesn’t have to be a “good” quality photo: crummy cell-phone snapshots are
fine.) Include your name in the
filename of the photo, so we don’t get you confused with someone else.
1) What is your name and year?
2) Please list the
most recent two math courses you took in high school (by title and level).
Did you take a
physics course in High School?
Please list ALL the
math and physics courses you have taken in college (by title and level).
3) The most important
aspect of the course prerequisites is algebra. The weekly homework assignments will require that you be
comfortable doing algebraic manipulations at the high school level.
Do you have
concerns about your preparedness for this class? If so, please describe them
here.
4) Please list the
course numbers and titles of all college-level classes you've taken in
astronomy or planetary science.
List separately any courses you're currently taking (apart from this
one).
5) Have you ever
taken a science course that is project-based?
If you have, please
list the best and worst thing about the project-based approach, so I can learn
from your experience.
6) Do you have your
own computer? If not, do
you have access to a computer either at UCSC or at home? Can you
access this computer on a daily basis?
7) How comfortable are
you at using e-mail and the web?
How often do you
check e-mail?
How often do you
browse the web?
8) Have you chosen a major yet? If so, what is it?
If not, what areas
are you considering for a major?
9) What is the most
important thing you hope to learn from this class?
9) Please tell me a
bit about your long-term hopes & ambitions after graduation.
10) If you’d like,
please tell me about some of your main non-academic activities. (Not required,
but fun to learn about.)
Thanks!