Read units 5, 6, and 8 in the textbook, list questions you have about week 1 instructor notes. Here's a very good explanation of solar and lunar eclipses, with excellent graphics (better than your text) to help visualize the answers to tricky eclipse questions. http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/why_solar.html and here is my own eclipse page: http://www.wwu.edu/depts/skywise/a101_eclipses.html 's a stunning set of pictures of the October 27, 2004 lunar eclipse sent by Mary Gargett, whose father took the pictures in Fairhaven and prepared the overall image: Oct 27 '04 Lunar Eclipse Week 1 Discussion Questions Respond with written answers to these questions.   I'll clarify them during class time. Week 1 DQ Responses Assess your responses by comparing with my answers on this website (posted Friday afternoon), as instructed on my responses page.  Turn these in the first day of week 2. Week 1 Quiz Print out the quiz and darken the oval for the letter of your answer for each question on a Scantron sheet (provided in class on Mondays).  I'll take questions about the quiz during week 1 class time.   Turn these in the first day of week 2.