NOTES:
| Date | Assignments |
| M, Aug. 29 | Start reading the first two chapters of your book. I will give a powerpoint overview of what we will talk about during the semester. Read chapters 1&2 for Wed. |
| W, Aug. 31 | Energy
Conversion Factors. Also look at Appendix B in your book. In class: Discussion Qs (p18): 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12. Extra credit: Problems 1&3. Homework: Multiple choice Qs (p18): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34. |
| M, Sept. 5 | Labor Day; No Class. Study for Quiz on Wed. |
| W, Sept. 7 | Quiz. In class: page 22 fill in the blank 1; Problem 2; page 35 discussion 1, 2, 3, 4 Extra credit 5. Homework: Page 35: Do all the multiple choice. Start reading chapter 3. |
| M, Sept. 12 | In class: Hand out sheet. Extra credit: 8, 9, page 35. Homework: Read chapter 3&4. Do all multiple choice on page 54. |
| W, Sept. 14 | Quiz In class: I talked too much! Homework: Read chapter 4. All multiple choice, page 73. |
| M, Sept. 19 | Chapter 4. In Class: p54 Essay questions 1, 3, 4, 5; page 73 1, 3, 4, 5. Whatever you didn't get to in class you can turn in as homework. Homework: page 107 multiple choice 1-15. |
| W, Sept. 21 | Chapter 5 In class: Simulations shown in class: 1, 2, 3. Homework: Read chapter 5 again. page 107 multiple choice 16-35. Quiz. |
| M, Sept. 26 | In class: Finish Chapter 5. Handout problems on heat numbers: list A: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 18, 45 list B: 1, 3, 4, 8, 14, 25, 28, 47, 53. Homework: Read Chapter 6. Discussion questions P105: 2, 3, 11, 15. |
| W, Sept.28 | In class: Handout problems on heat 2 list A: 1, 4, 7, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 28,
31, 34, 45, 37, List B 3, 5, 9, 40. Extra Credit: Discussion questions 4, 5, 6, 9 page 105. Homework: Read Chapter 6; do all multiple choice page 122. Quiz. |
| M, Oct. 3 | In class: page 122; Discussion 1, 5, 7, 10. We watched: http://www.storyofstuff.com/ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrAShtolieg Homework: Read chapter 7 Do all multiple choice, page 144. |
| W, Oct. 5 |
NOTE: It appears there are slightly different versions of the text with the pages different
by one or two pages. So if the assignment doesn't have exactly the right page number, do
the closest exercise. In class: page 144 essay questions 1, 2, 3, 4. Homework: All multiple choice in Chapter 8. Read Chapter 8. Quiz. |
| M, Oct. 10 | In class: I talked the whole time. Sorry. Homework: Chapter 8 Essay questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9. Climate in a nutshell (will be on the quiz). Look over some of the web pages of data I put together on Climate. Probably some of this will be on the next quiz as well. |
| W, Oct. 12 | In class: These discussion questions:
Quiz. |
| M, Oct. 17 | In class: Essay question, chapter 9. Homework: Multiple choice 1-20 in chapter 10. Please write on the top of your paper if you have 25 or 20 questions in this chapter (there are two versions of the book). |
| W, Oct. 19 | In class: Discussion questions, chapter 10. Homework: Do the first 20 multiple choice in chapter 11. Quiz. |
| M, Oct. 24 | In class: Essay questions from Chapter 11; 1, 2, 4, 5, 9 Homework: Start reading chapter 12. Finish the multiple choice in chapter 11. Extra credit. If you went to the lecture last Thursday you can turn in a half page report on what the talk was about. If you could not make the talk you can write a half page summary of the first section (pages 1-12) and the third section (pages 25-32) of this article. No you can't get credit for both. |
| W, Oct. 26 | In class:I talked too much. Homework: Read Chapters 12 again. Do all multiple choice in Chapter 12 (questions are the same in both versions of the book). Quiz. |
| M, Oct. 31 | In class: Essay questions chapter 12 (1-5) and
questions 4, 7, 16, 34, 37, 38, 24, 31, 32, 40 from this handout Homework: Read chapter 13 Do all multiple choice. |
| W, Nov. 2 | In class: Demos! Here is the
circuit simulation
we looked at in class. Homework: Essay questions p 278 (1-4). Quiz. |
| M, Nov. 7 | In class: Handout on Electricity
(questions 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0, 1, 7, 8, 31, 44, 46, 47, 35, 40) and
Faraday's law (questions 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 17, 21, 32, 34).
Summary of electricity and magnetism:
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| W, Nov. 9 | In class: We talked about energy storage. Homework: Multiple choice, chapter 14. Quiz. If you could not make the Oct. 20 talk you can write a half page summary of this article. No you can't get credit for both. |
| M, Nov. 14 | In class: Cars, car wrecks, other transportation. Homework: Chapter 14 essay questions 1-10. Read chapter 15. |
| W, Nov. 16 | In class: We will talk more about risk and possibly
get started on Chapter 15. Group work: 1. Essay Question 11 in Chapter 14;
2. For each of the following, describe how they work and make a list of
pros and cons: Internal Combustion cars,
Eclectic cars, Fuel cell vehicles, Hybrid vehicles; 3. How can we use
less energy for transportation? (list ways of making present day cars more fuel
efficient and alternatives to automobiles- what are the pros and cons of each?) Homework: Multiple choice chapter 15. Read Chapter 16. Quiz. |
| M, Nov. 21 | Review session (Thanksgiving week- this meeting is optional). |
| W, Nov. 23 | Thanksgiving holidays! Don't eat too much turkey. |
| M, Nov. 28 | In class: Essay Qs 1,2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10;
chapt 16. Homework for Wed.: Chapter 16 multiple choice. Read Chapter 17. |
| W, Nov. 30 | In class: For the following terms,
first write a definition, give an example of how it works and then
discuss the pros and cons:
1) Efficiency Standard, 2) Safety Standard, 3) Cost Benefit analysis,
4) Command and Control Legislation, 5) Cap and Trade, 6) Monitoring and
Enforcement, 7) Process Based Legislation. Essay Questions, Chapter 17:
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. Homework for Mon.: Chapter 17 multiple choice. Quiz. There is a talk tomorrow (Thur.) 6pm upstairs in the library by Dr. Hunt. Write a half page summary of what he talked about for extra credit. If you can not make the talk you can write a half page summary of this article. No you can't get credit for both. |
| M, Dec. 5 | In class: We will review the major
points from the semester (a few of these points will be on the quiz Wed.) Homework: None. |
| W, Dec. 7 | Last Class, last quiz, hand out take home final. We will go over the answers briefly. This is the last day to turn in any late work. |
| W, Dec. 14 | Last chance to turn in take home final exam by 2:30. If you email it to me BE SURE I RESPOND THAT I GOT IT. If you don't hear back from me within 24 hrs, call me or bring the final by my office and slide it under the door. I will be turning in grades Friday Dec. 16th; be sure to turn in the final on time. |