1.  Read the assigned weeks in the textbook, list questions you have about the reading, and ask them during class time.

1a.  For my notes concerning week 5, see my week 5 instructor notes.

1b. For a very good, fascinating story about how Earth is likely to fare as the Sun's evolution continues, go to the following article:  Astronomy, November 2001, page 38, "Celebrating the Galactic Millennium."  To use WCC library online services to view contents of magazine articles, see the instructions for using Ebsco and Proquest (whether from on-campus or someplace else).

1c.  For additional information, go to the following list of websites about neutron stars and black holes.

1d.  Click here for more information and images of stellar explosions taken at various wavelengths.

1e.   An excellent short article, describing observations and a model for a very strange-acting star/neutron star binary system, is at the following reference:  Astronomy, March 2005, page 34, "The Weirdest Star in the Sky."

1f.  Here's a U. of Arizona website showing some 2006 computer simulations of an exploding star (type II):
http://uanews.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/UANews.woa/16/wa/MainStoryDetails?ArticleID=12170
Scroll down the page and click on "Computer movie - supernova simulation"

1g.  This story shows the weird effects on X-ray emission expected from a disk of material orbiting a quickly spinning black hole:
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=6479

2.  Respond with written answers to the week 5 discussion questions.   I'll take questions about these during class time.   Assess your responses by comparing with my week 5 DQ responses on this web-site, as instructed on my responses page.  Turn these in the first day of week 6.

3.  Print out the week 5 quiz and circle your answer choice for each question.  Turn these in the first day of week 6.