I have retired from full-time teaching, but will still be available by email shildreth@chabotcollege.edu

 

Most recent classes

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Physics 5-001 (32086) Modern Physics 

18-week on-campus course,  with lectures and problem solving sessions Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:30 - 2:45 PM in the Planetarium,
starting Tuesday 16 January through Thursday 16 May, with final exams the week of 5/20. 

Online access to an accompanying homework and learning system (Mastering Physics) will be required.

Spring 2024 Physics 5 Syllabus 

Spring 2024 Calendar for Modern Physics

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Astronomy 20-001 (30998) Introduction to Astronomy: Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe  

18 week on-campus course, with lectures Mondays & Wednesdays from 10:30 -11:45 AM in the planetarium, from Wednesday 16 January through Wednesday 15 May.

Online access to an accompanying homework and learning system (Smartwork) will be required.

Spring 2024 Astronomy 20 Syllabus

Spring 2024 Astro 20 Calendar of Assignments

Participative Discussion Assignments

• Picture an Astronomer
• The Full Moon & Lunar Effects?
• Where was the Sun when you were born?
• Gravity vs. Magnetism
• Women Hold Up Half the Sky
• NASA's Budget and Benefits
• The Milky Way in Myth and History
• The Big Bang and Value of Research in Science
• Reasons for Seasons

Assignments from Astronomy 10 in Fall 2023

• Asteroid XF-11: Good Science or Bad Science?
• SETI & The Future of Humanity

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Astronomy 30-071 (30015): Introduction to Astronomy Laboratory

16 week on-campus course, with in-person activities on Monday evenings from 6:30 -9:20 PM in 1810, from Monday 22 January through Monday 20 May.

• Spring 2024 Syllabus
• Spring 2024 Lab Activity Calendar

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Chabot College Committees and Other Links of Interest

• Honoring Hispanic Scientists and Engineers - Building 1800 Portrait Gallery
•  Phase 1: Astronomy, Physics, Engineering 
  
  
•  Phase 2: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Engineering
  
  
• WW Norton Blog Post:

  At Play in the Classroom for Thirty-Five Years: Recollections and Recommendations for Keeping Our Spirits—and Our Students—Soaring

  
  
  

• Chabot Online Mapping Project (COMP) with Concept-3D

• Chabot College Bio Science Lab/Office Building Phase II Project

• Chabot's Facilities and Infrastructure Technology Committee

• Chabot's Technology Committee

• Chabot's Committee On Online Learning (COOL)
  
  

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NASA Grant Work

• Chabot College named as an Official NASA Host for the James Webb Space Telescope Public Image Release

• NASA Community College Network (managed by SETI)

  • Finding Resources (free membership required in NCCN - sign up here!)

  • Using Real Data in Astronomy Labs - Two Examples (PPT)

• NASA's Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors Program

  • The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Community College Lab Activities (2021-2022)

    • Part 1
    • Part 2
    • Part 3
  • SOFIA Presentation for Tennyson High School (May 2022)
    
    

• The Solar Dynamics Observatory Astronomy Lab: Using Data in the Classroom to do Real Science

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