Week	Dates	Hewitt Reading Assignment	Class Discussion Topics & Homework (For most homework assignments, your posts are due by Thursday evening, and your responses to others are due by Sunday evening)	Online Tutorials & Videos & Due Dates*	Chapter Quiz Due Dates
1	8/20 - 8/24	Prologue	Topics of the Week: Who are you?  What kind of learning matches your preferences best?  Key Question to Discuss: What do you think of Global Warming? Due Thursday 8/28 HW#1: Introduction to Blackboard and the Class	Create your own Physics Place Userid and password
2	8/25 - 31	Read the Prologue & Chapter 1	Topics of the Week: What do you think about science, the scientific method, and scientists? What do you picture when you think of "a scientist"? Could YOU be a scientist? Due Thursday 8/28 HW #2: Stereotypes of Science & Scientists Required On-Campus meeting, 2-3:30 PM; Wednesday, 8/27 or Thursday 8/28 Lab #1: Observation Post your responses to Question 5 By Tuesday, 9/2 at 11: 55 PM; Bring your Lab report to campus when you attend the second lab 9/3 or 9/4	Parachuting & Newton's 2nd Law Tutorial completed by Sunday 8/31 and... Watch at least one other demo video from Chapter 2
3	9/1 - 9/7	Read Chapters 2 & 3	Topics of the Week: Fact vs. Fiction - How do you tell "good" science from "bad"?  Does the full moon really influence human behavior?  How can you know for sure? Due Sunday 9/7 HW #3: Full-Moon Madness? Required On-Campus meeting: 2:30 PM Wednesday, 9/3 or Thursday 9/4 Lab #2: What Goes UP.....	Energy Tutorial completed by Thursday, 9/4 and... Watch at least one other demo video from Chapter 3	Quiz on Chapter 2 completed by Sunday 9/7
4	9/8 - 9/14	Read Chapter 4	Topics of the Week: Is there gravity in space? What were the results of the survey? Due Sunday 9/14 HW #4: Magnetism & Gravity Survey Home Lab #3: Dropping Cups!	Motion & Gravity Tutorial completed by Thursday, 9/11 and... Watch "Weight & Weightlessness" video	Quiz on Chapter 3 completed by Sunday 9/14
5	9/15 - 9/21	Read Chapters 5 & 6	Topics of the Week: Measurement and Uncertainty in Science Due Sunday 9/21 HW #5: Research - What do we really know about Global Warming? Required On-Campus meeting: 2:30 PM  Wednesday, 9/17 or Thursday 9/18 Lab #4: Projectile Motion!	Projectile Motion Tutorial completed by Thursday 9/18 Watch "Apparent Weightlessness"  video from Chapter 4	Quiz on Chapter 4 completed by Sunday 9/21
6	9/22 -9/28	Read Chapter 6 & 7	Topics of the Week: How can we possibly understand complex phenomena that occur much faster than we can see, or over much larger scales than we can ever measure? Due Sunday 9/28 HW #6: Building Scientific Models Required On-Campus meeting: Wednesday, 9/24 or  Thursday 9/25 Lab #5: Thermal Conductivity!	Orbits Tutorial completed by Thursday 9/25 and... Watch at least one other demo video from Chapter 6 or 7	Quiz on Chapter 6 completed by Sunday 9/28 Note the Chapter 5 Quiz is optional, available for extra credit, but not required.
7	9/29 - 10/5	Read Chapters 8 & 9	Topics of the Week: Who do you believe when the scientific results seem to contradict earlier studies?  Due Sunday 10/5 HW #7: Global Warming - So What do we do? Home Lab Lab #6: Electricity & Sticky Tape, Lemons & Vinegar	Electrostatics Tutorial completed by Thursday 10/2   and... Watch VandeGraff Generator Video	Quiz on Chapter 7 completed by Sunday 10/5
8	10/6 - 10/12	Chapter 10	Topic of the Week: Does gender matter in doing science? Due Sunday, 10/12   HW #8: Gender in Science  Required On-Campus meeting: Wednesday 10/8 or Thursday 10/9 Lab #7: More lemons, more circuits	Electricity & Circuits Tutorial completed by Thursday 10/9 and... Watch at least one other demo video from Chapter 9	Quiz on Chapters 8 & 9 completed by Sunday 10/12
9	10/13 - 10/19	Chapter 11	Topics of the Week: How do Science & the Media Work Together - or do they? Due Sunday 10/19   HW #9: The Doomsday Asteroid? Required On-Campus meeting: Lab #6 Wednesday 10/15  or  Thursday 10/16 Lab #8: Magnetism	Waves & Vibrations Tutorial completed by Thursday 10/16 and... Watch at least one other demo video from Chapter 10 or 11	Quiz on Chapter 10 completed by Sunday 10/19
10	10/20 - 10/26	Chapter 12	Topics of the Week: What is the difference between good science and bad science?  How important are ethics to the process of Science? Why? Due Sunday 10/26 HW #10: Ethics in Science Home Lab #9: Recording  Light Phenomena in Photography	Color Tutorial completed by Thursday 10/16 (not tracked automatically) and... Watch at least one other demo video from Chapter 12	Quiz on Chapter 11  completed by Sunday 10/26
11	10/27 - 11/2	Chapters 14 & 15	Topics of the Week: How much do we spend on Science in the US?  Is it worth the cost?  Due Sunday 11/2   HW #11: Science Funding & Society Required On-Campus meeting: Wednesday 10/29 or Thursday 10/30 Lab #10: Decoding Starchemistry with Light	Light & Spectroscopy Tutorial completed by Thursday 10/30 and... Watch at least one other demo video from Chapter 14 or 15	Quiz on Chapter 12  completed by Sunday 11/2
12	11/3 - 11/9 Last Day to Withdraw with a "W" online: 11/9	Chapter 16	Topics of the Week: Due Thursday 11/13 (NOTE CHANGE to our USUAL SCHEDULE) HW #12: Investigating Fuel Cells & Catalysts Required On-Campus meeting: Wednesday 11/5 or Thursday 11/6 Lab #11: Interferometry with Light & Microwaves	What is Chemistry? Tutorial completed by Thursday, 11/6 (not tracked automatically)   and... Watch at least one other demo video from Chapter 16	Quiz on Chapters 14 & 15 completed by Sunday 11/9
13	11/10 - 11/16	Chapters 16 & 17	Topics of the Week: Fuel Cells and Alternative Energy Sources Due Thursday 11/13 (NOTE CHANGE to our USUAL SCHEDULE) HW #12: Investigating Fuel Cells & Catalysts ALSO Due Sunday 11/16 HW #13: Research Paper Topics   Home Lab #12: Kitchen Chemistry	Bonds & Bond Polarity Tutorial  completed by Thursday 11/13 (not tracked automatically) Watch a videoclip related to your research topic on YouTube or The Physics Place	Quiz on Chapter 16 completed by Sunday 11/16
14	11/17 - 11/23	Chapter 18 & 21	Topics of the Week: The  role of water in regulating climate on Earth Due by Sunday, 11/23: HW#14: Research Paper Bibliographies Required On-Campus meeting: Lab #9 Wednesday 11/19 or Thursday 11/20 Lab #13: Are Fuel Cell Cars the Answer?	Chemical Reactions & Equations Tutorial completed by Thursday 11/20 (not tracked automatically) and... Watch at least one other demo video from Chapter 18	Quiz on Chapter 17 completed by Sunday 11/23
15	11/24 - 11/30	Chapters 23 & 24	Topics of the Week: How do can you deal with confusing science?  Isn't science supposed to be certain?   Write your research report this week.  Develop your presentation handout (1-2 pages with a list of good online references)	Nature of Acids & Bases Tutorial completed by Sunday 11/30 (not tracked automatically) and... Watch the Hydrologic Cycle	Quiz on Chapter 18 completed by Sunday 12/14
16	12/1 - 12/7	Chapters 24 & 25	Topics of the Week: What new technologies can we use to address the problems? Due Thursday 12/4  Research Paper Draft, Posted to the Discussion Area Required On-Campus meeting: Lab #10 Wednesday 12/3 or Thursday 12/4 Lab #14: Short Presentations on your research paper!	The Hydrologic Cycle Activity Tutorial completed by Thursday 12/4 (not tracked automatically) and... Watch the Adiabatic Process	Quiz on Chapter 18 AND Quiz on Chapters 21 & 23 completed by Sunday 12/14
17	12/8 - 12/14	Chapters 26 & 27	Topics of the Week: What have other planets taught us about the Earth? REQUIRED    On-Campus meeting: Final Exam Preparation & Class Survey Wednesday 12/10 or Thursday 12/11 Final Homework: Reviewing Research Papers of Others - And Completing Your Own!  Your review of at least 2 other papers is due by Tuesday, 12/16 The final exam window opens Sunday 12/14. The Exam MUST be completed by Sunday 12/21 at 11:55 PM PDT	Surface Temperature of Planets Tutorial completed by Thursday 12/11 and... Watch History of the Solar System video	All extra credit work due by Sunday, 12/14 please Quiz on Chapters 24 & 25  completed by Sunday 12/21
18	12/15 - 12/21	Final Exam Week	OPTIONAL On-Campus meeting; Final Exam Review Class Discussion Wednesday 12/17 or Thursday 12/18 The Exam MUST be completed by Sunday 12/21 at 11:55 PM PDT		Research Papers Revisions are due by 12/21.