Week #
|
Class #
|
Date
|
Day
|
Text Sections
|
Topic
|
1 |
1 |
Aug 23 |
T |
Preface |
Introduction |
|
2 |
Aug 25 |
T |
|
Critical Role of Energy in 21st century |
2 |
3 |
Aug 30 |
T |
Sec. IV |
What is Energy? |
|
4 |
Sep 1 |
R |
|
What is Energy? |
3 |
|
Sep 6 |
T |
|
No lecture |
|
|
Sep 8 |
R |
|
No lecture |
4 |
7 |
Sep 13 |
T |
|
Energy Units |
|
8 |
Sep 15 |
R |
|
Conservation of Energy |
5 |
9 |
Sep 20 |
T |
Sec. II |
Energy Sources |
|
10 |
Sep 22 |
R |
|
Transporting Energy |
6 |
11 |
Sep 27 |
T |
|
Heat Engines |
|
12 |
sep 29 |
R |
|
Heat Pumps |
7 |
|
Oct 4 |
T |
Reading Day
|
|
|
Oct 6 |
R |
Midterm 1
|
8 |
13 |
Oct 11 |
T |
|
Electrical Energy |
|
14 |
Oct 13 |
R |
Ch. 4-6, 14 |
Fossil Energy |
9 |
15 |
Oct 18 |
T |
Ch. 2 |
Environmental Impact of Fossil Energy |
|
16 |
Oct 20 |
R |
Ch. 1 |
Radiation and Radioactivity |
10 |
17 |
Oct 25 |
T |
Ch. 11, 12 |
Nuclear Energy |
|
18 |
Oct 27 |
R |
Ch. 15 |
Energy from Earth and Moon |
11 |
19 |
Nov 1 |
T |
Ch. 8, 13 |
Indirect Energy from the Sun |
|
20 |
Nov 3 |
R |
Ch. 9 |
Direct Energy from the Sun |
12 |
21 |
Nov 8 |
T |
Ch. 10 |
Storing Energy |
|
22 |
Nov 10 |
R |
|
Cost of Energy |
13 |
23 |
Nov 15 |
T |
Ch. 3 |
The Science of climate 1 |
|
|
Nov 17 |
R |
Midterm 2
|
14 |
24 |
Nov 22 |
T |
|
The Science of climate 2 |
|
|
Nov 24 |
R |
Thanksgiving
|
15 |
25 |
Nov 29 |
T |
|
Future Climates |
|
26 |
Dec 1 |
R |
Ch. 7, 16-19 |
Remediations |
16 |
27 |
Dec 6 |
T |
Sec. V |
Review |
|
|
Dec 10 |
Sat |
1400-1700 |
Final Exam |
Revised: October 30, 2022