Week
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Class
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Date | Day |
Homework Due |
Wolfson
Sections |
Muller
Sections |
Topic |
1 | 1 | Aug 22 | T | Introduction | Introduction | ||
2 | Aug 24 | R | Critical Role of Energy in 21st century | ||||
2 | 3 | Aug 29 | T | Ch. 2 | Sec. IV | What is Energy? | |
4 | Aug 31 | R | Energy Units | ||||
3 | 5 | Sep 5 | T | Ch. 3 | Conservation of Energy | ||
6 | Sep 7 | R | Energy Sources | ||||
Sep 8 | F | HW-1 | |||||
4 | 7 | Sep 12 | T | Ch. 4 | Sec. II | Thermal Energy | |
8 | Sep 14 | R | Heat Engines | ||||
5 | 9 | Sep 19 | T | Ch. 11 | Heat Pumps / Electrical Energy | ||
10 | Sep 21 | R | Ch. 5 | Ch. 4-6, 14 | Fossil Energy | ||
Sep 22 | F | HW-2 | |||||
6 | 11 | Sep 26 | T | Fossil Energy | |||
12 | sep 28 | R | Ch. 6 | Ch. 2 | Environmental Impact of Fossil Energy | ||
7 | Oct 3 | T | Reading Day | ||||
Oct 5 | R | Midterm 1 (Lectures 1-9) | |||||
8 | 13 | Oct 10 | T | Ch. 7 | Ch. 1 | Radiation and Radioactivity | |
14 | Oct 12 | R | Radiation and Radioactivity | ||||
Oct 13 | F | HW-3 | |||||
9 | 15 | Oct 17 | T | Ch. 11, 12 | Nuclear Energy | ||
16 | Oct 19 | R | Ch. 11, 12 | Energy from Earth and Moon | |||
10 | 17 | Oct 24 | T | Ch. 8 | Ch. 15 | Indirect Energy from the Sun | |
18 | Oct 26 | R | Ch. 10 | Ch. 8, 13 | Direct Energy from the Sun | ||
18 | Oct 27 | F | HW-4 | ||||
11 | 19 | Oct 31 | T | Ch. 9 | Ch. 9 | Storing Energy | |
20 | Nov 2 | R | Ch. 10 | Cost of Energy | |||
12 | 21 | Nov 7 | T | Election Day | |||
22 | Nov 9 | R | Midterm 2 (Lectures 10-18) | ||||
13 | 23 | Nov 14 | T | Ch. 1, 12 | Ch. 3 | The Science of climate 1 | |
24 | Nov 16 | R | The Science of climate 2 | ||||
14 | 24 | Nov 21 | T | Ch. 13 | The Science of climate 2 | ||
Nov 23 | R | Thanksgiving | |||||
15 | 25 | Nov 28 | T | Ch. 14 | Future Climates | ||
26 | Dec 1 | R | Ch. 15 | Ch. 7, 16-19 | Remediations | ||
16 | 27 | Dec 5 | T | Ch. 16 | Sec. V | Remediations | |
Dec 7 | R | Final Exam | 1400-1700 |