Sci-202: Science of Everyday Things

Brent Royuk, Instructor
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Week Of

Wednesday

Friday

January 9

Intro, Hello

Attendance Form

Microsoft Account
Helpdesk Link

 

Course Syllabus

Cloud Stuff
Links Page Requirements

January 16

Unit 1
Links Webpage Due

Unit 1

Difference between laws and theories

January 23

Unit 1
Unit 2 Slides

Unit 2


HW/Links 1 Due

January 30

Unit 2

Unit 2

February 6

Unit 2
Color Blindness Test


Unit 3
Gas Molecules Sim
HW/Links 2 Due   

February 13

Unit 3

Unit 3
Unit 4 Slides

February 20

Unit 4

Unit 4
HW/Links 3 Due

February 27

Unit 4

Unit 4

March 6

Spring Break   

Spring Break   

March 13

You're on your own while I'm on a field trip.
Group Activity Instructions

HW/Links 4 Due

Unit 5

March 20

Unit 5

Unit 5


March 27

Unit 5

Unit 6

Unit 6
HW/Links 5 Due

April 3

Unit 6
Youtube Video: How taking a bath led to Archimedes' principle - Mark Salata

Good Friday

April 10

Unit 6

Unit 7

April 17

Group Questions

Unit 7
HW 6 Replaced by Group Questions

Oral Book Report Deadline Friday 4/21 5pm
Creation Article by Pres. Barry

April 24

Unit 7

NO CLASS
Written Book Report Deadline Friday 4/28 5pm–via email
HW 7 Due Friday
All Links 1-7 Due Friday

Homework Deadline: 4/28 5pm

May 1


Final Exam: 2:30

Final Review

 

Links to Student Links Pages

Book Report Bibliography

Tutoring Schedule
Final Target Grade

--Herbert Nitsch, The Deepest Man On Earth - YouTube

--How I held my breath for 17 minutes | David Blaine - YouTube


Unit 

Topic 

The Nature of Science 

Color Phenomena 

Kinetic Theory, Gas Laws, Phases of Matter 

Phase Changes, Heat Transfer 

Pressure, Scuba Diving 

Gravity, Mass, Density & Weight, Buoyancy, Bernoulli’s Principle, Scaling 

Science & Religion:  Creation, Evolution & The Paranormal 

Matter Classification, Types of Crystals, Solutions and Suspensions 

 

Humanity’s Favorite Colors