SC 211 Tentative Schedule

Date

Topic

Readings to prepare you for class

W e e k 1

Mon	Syllabus/ Overview
Wed	Scientific Method	Definition of Science: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science Philosophy of Science: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_science Scientific Method: Definition: http://teacher.nsrl.rochester.edu/phy_labs/AppendixE/AppendixE.html (readings/sciMeth01.html) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method Philosophy for: http://www.scientificmethod.com/smvsm.html Philosophy against: http://www.dharma-haven.org/science/myth-of-scientific-method.htm A different picture: http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/scimeth.htm
Thu	Lab day at ScienceWorks	Practice using the scientific method
Fri	Coordinate Systems	Coordinate Systems: Geographic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system Celestial: http://www.walter-fendt.de/a11e/celpoles.htm Polynesian Wayfinders: http://www.museum.upenn.edu/navigation/Intro.html http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/navigate/BrightStars.html
W e e k 2
Mon	Navigation	Navigation: http://www.tecepe.com.br/nav/inav_c11.htm Nautical Almanac: http://www.tecepe.com.br/cgi-win/cgiasvis.exe Plotting Sheets: http://www.efalk.org/Navigation/plot1.html A more poetic site (not required): http://www.celestialnavigation.net/
Wed	Navigation con’t
Thu	Lab 2	Navigation

W e e k 3
Mon	Wave Fundamentals	Wave Fundamentals: http://dev.physicslab.org/Document.aspx?doctype=3&filename=WavesSound_IntroductionWaves.xml http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/demos.html http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/waves/interference/intrfrnc.html Very simple: http://www.teachersdomain.org/resources/phy03/sci/phys/howmove/collage/index.html
Wed	Geodesic Discrete Global Grids – Guest lecture by Kevin Sahr	Platonic Solids: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solid Truncated icosahedron: http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/polyh.html A heavy site (not required): Geodesic Discrete Global Grids: http://www.sou.edu/cs/sahr/dgg/
Thu	Lab 3
Fri	Exam 1	Study Guide for exam 1
W e e k 4
Mon	Resonance, Standing Waves	Resonance, Standing Waves: http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/waves/standingWaves/standingWaves.html http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/waves/standingWaves/standingWaves1/StandingWaves1.html http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/microwaves/standing_wave2.html http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/reson.html Tacoma Narrows bridge: http://www.ketchum.org/bridgecollapse.html Make Waves of varying amplitudes and frequencies
Mon	Harmonics / Intervals	Intervals – musicians may skip these: http://cnx.rice.edu/content/m10867/latest/ http://cnx.rice.edu/content/m11808/latest/ Harmonics – required for everyone: http://cnx.rice.edu/content/m11118/latest/ Temperament: http://cnx.rice.edu/content/m11639/latest/ Pieces tuned in equal and adaptive just temperaments – listen to as many as you can – try the Glazunov near the bottom of the page http://www.wmich.edu/mus-theo/groven/compare.html
Thu	Lab 4	Harmonics / Intervals
Fri	Intervals continued	Email me your favorite sound next time, and we’ll look at the wave form. http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/why_is_that_thing_beeping_a_sound_design_primer Readings on Fourier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier_series Simulator: http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/web-pages/simulations-base.html choose “Sound and Waves” then Fourier: Making Waves

W e e k 5
Mon	Fourier Series and Timbre – theory	Fourier and visual images: http://cns-alumni.bu.edu/~slehar/fourier/fourier.html Explanation: http://130.191.21.201/multimedia/jiracek/dga/spectralanalysis/index.html http://130.191.21.201/multimedia/jiracek/dga/spectralanalysis/examples.html Another simulation: http://www.falstad.com/fourier/
Wed	Timbre con’t
Thu	Lab 5	Timbre
Fri	IPA and Human Vowel sounds	IPA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipachart.html

W e e k 6
Mon	Ohm’s law	Basic electricity: http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_1/2.html http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_1/3.html http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_1/4.html http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_1/5.html http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_1/6.html http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_1/7.html http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/lightning/electricity.html http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_2/1.html Ground: http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_3/3.html/ground AC vs DC – a picture: http://www.teachersdomain.org/resources/phy03/sci/phys/mfw/acdc/index.html
Wed	Series and Parallel circuits	circuit simulator - http://www.falstad.com/circuit/directions.html
Thu	Lab 6	Understand voltage, resistance, current
Fri	Exam 2 – sound	Study Guide 2
W e e k 7
Mon	Battery Chemistry	Lead Acid battery - http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_11/1.html Periodic table - http://www.chemicalelements.com/ batteries in general - http://science.howstuffworks.com/battery.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead-acid_battery Chemical Bonding - http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=55 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valence_electrons http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/chemical/bond.html#c1 Electrode potentials - http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/tables/electpot.html#c1
Wed	Battery Chemisty con’t	Ohms law applied to LEDs - http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/components/led.htm Why Li batteries explode - http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2004/02/29/the-inquirer-guide-to-exploding-batteries
Thurs	Lab 7	Build a battery
Fri	Batteries in series and parallel	http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_6/chpt_3/2.html http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_6/chpt_3/3.html
W e e k 8
Mon	Kirchoff’s voltage law	Kirchoff’s Laws: http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_6/1.html http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_6/2.html http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_6/3.html
Wed	Kirchoff’s current law
Thurs	Lab 8	Kirchoff’s laws
Friday	Kirchoff con’t
W e e k 9
Mon	Exam 3 – circuits and batteries	Study Guide 3
Wed	Polarization	http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/polarization/index.html http://polarization.com/index-net/index.html
Thu	Holiday	No school
Fri	Holiday	No school
W e e k 10
Mon	Polarization Transistors	http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_3/chpt_3/1.html (down to “Actually, forward voltage drop is more complex.”) http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_6/chpt_5/8.html (down to “COMPUTER SIMULATION”) http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/Exam/AMATEUR%20RADIO%20STUDY%20GUIDE%2007A/Course%20Files/Device%20Recognition/STUDY%20NOTES%20-%20DEVICE%20RECOGNITION.htm
Wed	Finish Transistors Review 1
Thu	Lab make up	Any labs you have not yet completed can be made up this day.
Fri	Review 2	Final exam study guide

Finals schedule