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----------------------- SyllabusThe Perils of Space: An introduction to Space Weather. The TA for ESS 7 is Mike Hartinger, a graduate student in Space Physics. His office is next to mine Geology 6705. His office hours are W 11 to 1. His email is mhartinger@igpp.ucla.edu. Feel free to see him with regards to assignments, Moodle Quizzes, or general questions about Space Weather. Extra Credit Opportunities: Can earn up to 5% extra credit for attending space related seminars and events on campus. Every Wednesday night at 7pm there is a planetarium show (http://www.astro.ucla.edu/planetarium/) and each week there is usually a space related seminar. I'll email announcements about upcoming seminars. You can also earn 1 point by visiting me during office hours. If you aren't able to make office hours make an appointment. I'll also be showing two one-hour videos during 10th week and Finals week. One extra credit point each. I'll announce the showtimes in class. ---------------------- AssignmentsA schedule of Assignments and Quizzes ordered by Due Date. Course Assignments Dorm Room Lab 1 (Due 4/23/2008) Dorm Room Lab 2 (Due 4/30/2008) Dorm Room Lab 3 (Due 5/28/2008) ---------------------- Moodle Web QuizzesEvery week a on-line quiz is due on the next weeks reading material. The quiz must be submitted by Sunday at midnight. You log in using your first-initial-lastname (i.e., my username would be mmoldwin) and UID number information. Quiz needs to be taken independently. See UCLA Honor Code for your responsibilities to academic honesty. Note that the username is CaSeSeNsItIve. If you can't log on try all caps. The Password is your UID number. Moodle Quiz Answer Keys ----------------------- Space Weather PresentationAll power-point presentations made in class will be uploaded on this page. This introductory Space Weather presentation contains images and movies from a variety of NASA satellites. Week1M (pdf) Week1W (html) Week1F (html) Week2M (html) Week2W (html) Week2F (html) Week3M (html) Week3W (html) Week3F (html) Week4M (html) Week4W (html) Week4F (html) Week5M (html) Week5W (html) Week5F (html) Week6W (html) Week6F (html) Week7M (html) Week7W (html) Week7F (html) Week8M (html) Week8W (html) Week8F (html) Week9W (html) Week9F (html) Week10M (html) Week10W (html) Week10F (html, sample Finals Questions) ----------------------- Other ResourcesLook here for other material introduced during the quarter including other powerpoint presentations, videos, and web resources that were discussed in class. Links of History of SpaceMoldwin's Timeline of Solar-Terrestrial Physics----------------------- Resource EXTRALook here for miscellaneous web sites that will allow you to explore topics discussed in class deeper. Also look under the LINKS page for additional resources. To keep up with the goings on in the world of science, Science News can't be beat. sciencenews.org A new electronic journal called Space Weather has the latest news and events relevant to this course. |
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