(Updated June 13, 2022)
We encourage all of you to spend some time prior to the program in the study of astronomy to help set the stage for the week. Completing this is a requirement of the workshop, and it will prepare you well for the discussions to be held at the workshop.
Besides the two cosmology textbooks you received, there are several great websites that you can use as references. They include:
We have written a number of multiple-choice and short-answer questions for you to complete. Please provide a sheet with your multiple-choice answers when you arrive at the workshops. We intend this to be a formative assessment to help guide us in our instruction, so while we encourage you to do your best, we also do not want you to become discouraged at all if you do not know many of the answers.
PDF file of pre-course questions (short answer and multiple choice)
PDF file of a “Grade Cam” sheet you can use to record your multiple choice answers