FINAL GRADES: University interpretation of Federal privacy law effectively
forbids the public posting of final grades by the professor. You may
obtain grade information directly from the University through MARS or TESTUDO.
Also try the on-line quizes available at the
web site of the textbook publisher.
After following this link, you
will have to click on our book (the first icon in the second row). This
should cause a new window to pup up. Choose a chapter and then "tutorial
quiz" at the end of the list of chapter resources. This should give you
a multiple choice quiz of material in the chapter, complete with feedback
on how you did.
Open House
Schedule and related information for the University Observatory's Open House.
Astronomical Programs specifically created for this course
by Prof.
Hamilton. Build your own solar systems,
learn about astronomical
distances and giant impacts,
practice scientific notation and working with equations, and more!
Watch the planets move around the Sun on their actual orbits!
Follow this link to the Inner Solar System and Outer Solar
System animations.
Check out the orbits of all 67 moons orbiting the planets in our
Solar System!
JavaLab for the curious.
Collide or cannibalize your own galaxies, explore the
expansion history of the cosmos, and more!
Supplementary Information for UMD Introductory Astronomy. This
site includes useful practice multiple choice questions which
the computer will grade for you.
The Really Cool Merger
Simulation which appeared
in the IMAX film Cosmic Voyage (courtesy of Chris Mihos).
Warning: may require excessive download time
Relativity Everything that you want to know about General
Relativity, curved spacetime, and gravitational radiation!
Cosmology How did the Universe begin? How will it end?
Anecdotes about
Tycho Brahe. SETI The search for
extraterrestrial intelligence. SETI@home
Download the screen saver that lets your PC join in the search for
extraterrestrial life.
