Wk |
Day |
Date |
Activity |
Assessment |
0 |
Thurs |
01/10/08 |
Get acquainted in A101 |
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0 |
Fri |
01/11/08 |
Course introduction and role call. Required material: scientific calculator. Useful: a digital chronograph. |
Pretest |
1 |
Mon |
01/14/08 |
1. Measurement 1.1. The Physical Sciences 1.2. The Scientific Method and Attitude 1.3. The Senses 1.4. Standard Units and Systems of Units 1.5. More on the Metric System 1.6. Derived Units and Conversion Factors Homework: 20.2 km in 2h45m |
Last day to add/drop |
1 |
Wed |
01/16/08 |
Review speed homework Mini-activity Your fundamental measurements. Your mass, height, and age in mks. Your derived measure: BMI. Homework: deathclock.com |
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1 |
Thurs |
01/17/08 |
Lab 01: Measurement: Uncertainty and Precision, statistics A204 required. |
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1 |
Fri |
01/18/08 |
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Quiz 1 |
2 |
Mon |
01/21/08 |
2. Linear motion 2.1. Defining Motion 2.2. Speed and Velocity 2.3. Acceleration Homework: 5.65 km in 1h22mm, how fast? 2.5 m/s, 12.7 km, how long? |
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2 |
Wed |
01/23/08 |
Mini-activity: your speed. 407 m in 55 s 407 m in 2 min 53 s |
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2 |
Thurs |
01/24/08 |
Lab 02: Linear motion: Ball roll A204 required. |
Class lists due |
2 |
Fri |
01/25/08 |
Lab notes and wrap-up. Wrte-up details. Reviewed homework. |
Quiz 2 |
3 |
Mon |
01/28/08 |
Reviewed quiz two and laboratory one. Due to the novel lab structure and mathematical weaknesses on quiz two, this took a whole period. Homework: instantaneous ball speed from lab 02 |
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3 |
Wed |
01/30/08 |
2.5.Mini-activity: Projectile Motion: ball arc exercise Homework: Plot the five projectile points, sketch the curve |
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3 |
Thurs |
01/31/08 |
Lab 03: Accelerated motion: g |
Grad app |
3 |
Fri |
02/01/08 |
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Test 1 |
4 |
Mon |
02/04/08 |
3. Force and Motion 3.1. Force and Net Force 3.2. Newton's First Law of Motion 3.3. Newton's Second Law of Motion 3.4. Newton's Third Law of Motion 3.6. Momentum 4. Work and Energy 4.1. Work 4.2. Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy 4.3. Conservation of Energy |
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4 |
Wed |
02/06/08 |
4.2 Mini-activity: conservation of energy Force of air: water in an inverted glass Force of air II: balloon balance. Set up as demo of equilibrium. Failure is all the sweeter. Banana leaf marble ramp: PE = KE Homework: 5g marble 60 cm high on banana leaf ramp |
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4 |
Thurs |
02/07/08 |
Lab 04:Marble momemtum |
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4 |
Fri |
02/08/08 |
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Quiz 3 |
5 |
Mon |
02/11/08 |
5. Temperature and Heat 5.1. Temperature 5.2. Heat 5.3. Specific Heat and Latent Heat 5.4. Heat Transfer |
Early warning |
5 |
Wed |
02/13/08 |
5.1 Mini-activity: boiling and freezing water temperatures Using foil to reflect the heat of the sun. Fall 2208: buy foil, try to focus the sun's radiation if sunny... And what else could we safely boil? Probably not coconut oil – but I could presolidify coconut oil and then measure the temperature at which it desolidifies |
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5 |
Thurs |
02/14/08 |
Lab 05: Heat transfer |
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5 |
Fri |
02/15/08 |
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Quiz 4 |
6 |
Mon |
02/18/08 |
passed out the marble momentum handout, covered also "what I think happened." Had the feeling of a brown bag lunch. |
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6 |
Wed |
02/20/08 |
Mini-activity: choosing graphs to match data types: graph choices mathematical patterns and models exercises |
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6 |
Thurs |
02/21/08 |
Lab 06: Midterm practical. Plans are afoot to drop this lab and add a static forces lab for distance = (1/force)*torque using stuff hanging off of rod, lots of local materials. |
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6 |
Fri |
02/22/08 |
Staff development day |
No class |
7 |
Mon |
02/25/08 |
Review of lab six 15. Place and Time 15.1. Cartesian Coordinates 15.2. Latitude and Longitude 15.3. Time 15.4. Determining Latitude and Longitude 15.5. The Seasons and the Calendar 15.5. Precession of the Earth's Axis |
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7 |
Wed |
02/27/08 |
Mini-activity: Latitude and longitude hide and seek. Three students who dual attend MS 150 Statistics and SC 130 Physical Science were given GPS units in the morning statistics class along with handouts containing my lat/long coordinates. The coordinates were for maintenance. Three groups took 20 minutes to find me, and learned the directionality of latitude and longitude in the process. Next run: a tougher hiding spot. Vietnam. |
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7 |
Thurs |
02/28/08 |
Lab 07: Lat/Long Weather lab activities. Google Earth. A204 required. |
Midterm practical due |
7 |
Fri |
02/29/08 |
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Midterm |
8 |
Mon |
03/03/08 |
Review midterm, lab 07. Begin chapter 19 with cloud observation. 19. The Atmosphere 19.1. Composition and Structure 19.2. Atmospheric Energy Content 19.3. Atmospheric Measurements and Observations 19.4. Air Motion 19.5. Clouds |
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8 |
Wed |
03/05/08 |
20. Atmospheric Effects 20.1. Condensation and Precipitation 20.2. Air Masses 20.3. Storms Highlight: Naming Typhoons 20.4. Atmospheric Pollution 20.5. Pollution and Climate |
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8 |
Thurs |
03/06/08 |
Lab 08: Clouds |
Middefs due |
8 |
Fri |
03/07/08 |
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Quiz 5 |
9 |
Mon |
03/10/08 |
Highlight: El Niño and La Niña |
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9 |
Wed |
03/12/08 |
6. Waves 6.1. Waves and Energy Propagation 6.2. Wave Properties 6.4. Sound Waves Activity: determining the wavelength, frequency, and velocity of a wave on a chain. |
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9 |
Thurs |
03/13/08 |
Lab 09: Sound lab |
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9 |
Fri |
03/14/08 |
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Quiz 6 |
10 |
Mon |
03/17/08 |
Doppler effect or wave activity? I need a noise making device and a string... |
LDTWWW |
10 |
Wed |
03/19/08 |
Spring break |
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10 |
Thurs |
03/20/08 |
No lab |
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10 |
Fri |
03/21/08 |
Good Friday |
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11 |
Mon |
03/24/08 |
7. Optics and Wave Effects 7.1. Reflection 7.2. Refraction and Dispersion 7.3. Spherical Mirrors |
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11 |
Wed |
03/26/08 |
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11 |
Thurs |
03/27/08 |
Lab 10: Reflection and refraction: Peoples in a mirror, penny in dishpan |
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11 |
Fri |
03/28/08 |
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Test 2 |
12 |
Mon |
03/31/08 |
Rahn en Tiahk |
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12 |
Wed |
04/02/08 |
6.3, 7.2 and chapter 7.2 highlight: The Rainbow: Dispersion and Internal Reflection. HSL color concepts. |
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12 |
Thurs |
04/03/08 |
Lab 11: The Rainbow and the Colors of Light using HSL CSS commands A204 required. |
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12 |
Fri |
04/04/08 |
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Quiz 7 |
13 |
Mon |
04/07/08 |
Review Test two, lab 11 |
Course sel |
13 |
Wed |
04/09/08 |
8. Electricity and Magnetism 8.1. Electric Charge and Current 8.2. Voltage and Electrical Power 8.3. Simple Electric Circuits and Electrical Safety |
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13 |
Thurs |
04/10/08 |
Lab 12: Circuits and conductivity: Batteries, bulbs, and materials |
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13 |
Fri |
04/11/08 |
8.4. Magnetism 8.5. Electromagnetism |
Quiz 8 |
14 |
Mon |
04/14/08 |
11. The Chemical Elements 11.1. Classification of Matter 11.2. Discovery of the Elements 11.3. Occurrence of the Elements 11.4. The Periodic Table 11.5. Naming Compounds 11.6. Groups of Elements |
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14 |
Wed |
04/16/08 |
12. Chemical Bonding 12.1. Law of Conservation of Mass 12.2. Law of Definite Proportions 12.3. Dalton's Atomic Theory 12.4. Ionic Bonding 12.5. Covalent Bonding 12.6. Hydrogen Bonding 13. Chemical Reactions 13.1. Balancing Chemical Equations 13.2. Energy and Rate of Reaction 13.3. Acids and Bases p331-332 10 edition |
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14 |
Thurs |
04/17/08 |
Lab 13: Acid or base? |
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14 |
Fri |
04/18/08 |
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Quiz 9 |
15 |
Mon |
04/21/08 |
17. The moon 17.1 General features 17.2 Composition and history 17.3 Lunar motions 17.4 Phases of the moon 17.5 Eclipses 17.6 Ocean tides |
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15 |
Wed |
04/23/08 |
15. The Solar System 15.1 Overview 15.2 Planet Earth 15.3Terrestrial planets 15.4 Jovian giants Planetoids and the demotion of Pluto 15.5 Other objects 15.6 Origins 15.7 Other planetary systems |
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15 |
Thurs |
04/24/08 |
Lab 14: Lab practical final |
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15 |
Fri |
04/25/08 |
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Quiz 10 |
16 |
Mon |
04/28/08 |
18. The Universe 18.1 A star called the sun |
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16 |
Wed |
04/30/08 |
18.2 Celestial sphere 18.3 Classifying stars 18.4 Life cycle of low mass stars 18.5 Life cycle high mass stars 18.6 Galaxies 18.7 Cosmology |
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16 |
Thurs |
05/01/08 |
Lab 15: Site Swaps |
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16 |
Fri |
05/02/08 |
Review by quiz |
Quiz 11 |
17 |
Mon |
05/05/08 |
Review |
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17 |
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TBA |
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Final |