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Week
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Class
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Date | Day |
Wolfson
Sections |
Muller
Sections |
Topic |
| 1 | 1 | Aug 26 | T | Introduction | Lecture 0 & 1: Introduction / Critical Role of Energy throughout History | |
| 2 | Aug 28 | R | Lecture 2: What is Energy? | |||
| Aug 29 | F | Homework 1 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | Sep 2 | T | Ch. 2 | Sec. IV | Lecture 3: Conservation of Energy / Lecture 4: Energy Units |
| 4 | Sep 4 | R | Lecture 4: Energy Units | |||
| Sep 5 | F | Energy in the News 1 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | Sep 9 | T | Ch. 3 | Lecture 5: Energy Sources | |
| 6 | Sep 11 | R | Lecture 6: Thermal Energy | |||
| Sep 12 | F | Homework 2 | ||||
| 4 | 7 | Sep 16 | T | Ch. 11.1 | Lecture 7: Electrical Energy | |
| 8 | Sep 18 | R | Ch. 4 | Sec. II | Lecture 8: Heat Engines | |
| Sep 19 | F | Energy in the News 2 | ||||
| 5 | 9 | Sep 23 | T | Ch. 4 | Lecture 8: Heat Engines / Lecture 9: Heat Pumps | |
| 10 | Sep 25 | R | Ch. 5 | Ch. 4-6, 14 | Lecture 10: Fossil Energy | |
| Sep 26 | F | Homework 3 | ||||
| 6 | 11 | Sep 30 | T | Ch. 5 | Lecture 10: Fossil Energy | |
| 12 | Oct 2 | R | Ch. 6 | Ch. 2 | Lecture 11: Environmental Impact of Fossil Energy | |
| 7 | Oct 7 | T | Midterm 1 (Lectures 1-9) | |||
| 13 | Oct 9 | R | Ch. 7 | Ch. 1 | Lecture 12: Radiation and Radioactivity | |
| Oct 10 | F | Energy in the News 3 | ||||
| 8 | Oct 14 | T | Reading Day | |||
| 14 | Oct 16 | R | Lecture 12: Radiation and Radioactivity / Lecture 13: Nuclear Energy | |||
| Oct 17 | F | Homework 4 | ||||
| 9 | 15 | Oct 21 | T | Ch. 11, 12 | Lecture 13: Nuclear Energy | |
| 16 | Oct 23 | R | Ch. 11, 12 | Lecture 14: Energy from Earth and Moon | ||
| Oct 24 | F | Energy in the News 4 | ||||
| 10 | 17 | Oct 28 | T | Ch. 8 | Ch. 15 | Lecture 15: Indirect Energy from the Sun |
| 18 | Oct 30 | R | Ch. 10 | Ch. 8, 13 | Lecture 16: Direct Energy from the Sun | |
| Oct 31 | F | Homework 5 | ||||
| 11 | Nov 4 | T | Election Day | |||
| 19 | Nov 6 | R | Ch. 9 | Ch. 9 | Lecture 17: Storing Energy | |
| Nov 7 | F | Energy in the News 5 | ||||
| 12 | 20 | Nov 11 | T | Ch. 10 | Lecture 18: Cost of Energy | |
| 21 | Nov 13 | R | Ch. 1, 12 | Ch. 3 | Lecture 19: The Science of climate 1 | |
| 13 | Nov 18 | T | Midterm 2 (Lectures 10-18) | |||
| 22 | Nov 20 | R | Ch. 13 | Lecture 20: The Science of climate 2 | ||
| Nov 21 | F | Homework 6 | ||||
| 14 | 23 | Nov 25 | T | Ch. 14 | Lecture 21: Future Climates | |
| Nov 27 | R | Thanksgiving | ||||
| 15 | 24 | Dec 2 | T | Ch. 15 | Ch. 7, 16-19 | Lecture 21: Future Climates |
| 25 | Dec 4 | R | Ch. 16 | Sec. V | Lecture 22: Remediations | |
| Dec 5 | F | Energy in the News 6 | ||||
| 16 | 26 | Dec 9 | T | Ch. 16 | Sec. V | Lecture 22: Remediations / Closing Thoughts |
| Dec 16 | T | Final Exam (comprehensive) | 1400-1700 | |||