Science-1A
Online Class Lesson and Communication News
August 8, 2021 9:57 PM: The Welcome e-mail messages have been sent out at this time with a link to the first lecture note .
The posting at Welcome Message has more detailed information then the Welcome e-mail message.
COVID-19 News
My younger daughter sent me the following link to a Washington Post article entitled "Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to 'flatten the curve'" which I feel is worth passing along to Science-1A students. I'm hoping that it can be viewed without any cost.
Virus Simulation
I'm sure you appreciate the connection between rabbit reproduction, our hydrogen-oxygen explosion, Walt Disney's ping-pong ball and mousetrap demonstration, nuclear bombs, and the current Coronavirus pandemic. When you understand one, it is much easier to understand the others. This is for your enlightenment. You will not be tested on it.
The following links have useful general information:
Clovis College COVID-19 Information Page
California Dept. of Public Health Web Site
Kaiser Permanente COVID-19 Advice
Miscellaneous Links
Handouts and Links
Online Lecture and Lab Notes
- Week 1 Lecture Notes for Monday August 9, 2021 - Welcome Message and Website Description
- Week 1 Lab Notes for Wednesday August 11, 2021 - Metric System Measurements and Signal Averaging
- Week 1 Lecture Notes for Friday August 13, 2021 - Crash Course Physics 1 to 4; Acceleration
- Week 2 Lecture Notes for Monday August 16, 2021 - Preparation for Quiz 1
- Week 2 Lab Notes for Wednesday August 18, 2021 - Preparing for Calculations Test
- Week 2 Lecture Notes for Friday August 20, 2021 - Crash Course Physics 5 to 9
- Week 3 Lecture Notes for Monday August 23, 2021 - Energy Conservation; Crash Course Physics 9 (again) to 12
- Week 3 Lab Notes for Wednesday August 25, 2021 - Dropping things and Pendulums
- Week 3 Lecture Notes for Friday August 27, 2021 - Crash Course Physics 13 to 16; Pressure
- Week 4 Lecture Notes for Monday August 30, 2021 - Preparation for Quiz 2
- Week 4 Lab Notes for Wednesday September 1, 2021 - Temperature; Animations of Gas and Evaporation; Ice to Steam
- Week 4 Lecture Notes for Friday September 3, 2021 - Crash Course Physics 17 to 19; Waves
- Week 5 Lecture Notes for Monday September 6, 2021 - Global Warming
- Week 5 Lab Notes for Wednesday September 8, 2021 - Static Electricity and Multimeter Use
- Week 5 Lecture Notes for Friday September 10, 2021 - Electric Current and Magnetism
- Week 6 Lecture Notes for Monday September 13, 2021 - Preparation for Quiz 3
- Week 6 Lab Notes for Wednesday September 15, 2021 - More Electromagnetism
- Week 6 Lecture Notes for Friday September 17, 2021 - More Electromagnetism
- Week 7 Lecture Notes for Monday September 20, 2021 - Optics
- Week 7 Lab Notes for Wednesday September 22, 2021 - Optics Demos, etc.
- Week 7 Lecture Notes for Friday September 24, 2021 - Relativity and Quantum Mechanics
- Week 8 Lecture Notes for Monday September 27, 2021 - Preparation for Quiz 4
- Week 8 Lab Notes for Wednesday September 29, 2021 - Quantum Waves and Disney's "Our Friend the Atom"
- Week 8 Lecture Notes for Friday October 1, 2021 - Additional Resonance and Quantum Phenomena
- Week 9 Lecture Notes for Monday October 4, 2021 - Preparing for the Physics Midterm Test
- Week 9 Lab Notes for Wednesday October 6, 2021 - Periodic Table and Atomic Bonding
- Week 9 Lecture Notes for Friday October 8, 2021 - Just reminder about Midterm preparation
- Week 10 Lecture Notes for Monday October 11, 2021 - Preparing for Quiz 5
- Week 10 Lab Notes for Wednesday October 13, 2021 - Miscellaneous Chemistry Notes
- Week 10 Lecture Notes for Friday October 15, 2021 - Atoms in Humans and Biochemical Pathways
- Week 11 Lecture Notes for Monday October 18, 2021 - Links to a few Crash Course Chemistry videos
- Week 11 Lab Notes for Wednesday October 20, 2021 - Biochemistry - Lipids
- Week 11 Lecture Notes for Friday October 22, 2021 - Chemical Equilibrium and Reaction Rate
- Week 12 Lecture Notes for Monday October 25, 2021 - Balancing Chemical Reaction Equations
- Week 12 Lab Notes for Wednesday October 27, 2021 - Molecular Handedness, Sugars, Starch, Cellulose, & Chitin
- Week 12 Lecture Notes for Friday October 29, 2021 - Moles, Acids & Bases, pH, and Flint, MI, disaster
- Week 13 Lecture Notes for Monday November 1, 2021 - Preparation for Quiz 6
- Week 13 Lab Notes for Wednesday November 3, 2021 - Amino Acids, Polypeptides, Proteins, and Oxytocin
- Week 13 Lecture Notes for Friday November 5, 2021 - DNA, Proteins & Enzymes, and Oxytocin
- Week 14 Lecture Notes for Monday November 8, 2021 - Chemical Equilibrium & Ocean Acidification
- Week 14 Lab Notes for Wednesday November 10, 2021 - Heme, Chlorophyll, Red Cabbage Indicator, Concentration Measures, Liquid N2
- Week 14 Lecture Notes for Friday November 12, 2021 - Oxidation-Reduction Reactions & Electrochemistry
- Week 15 Lecture Notes for Monday November 15, 2021 - Preparation for Quiz 7
- Week 15 Lab Notes for Wednesday & Friday November 17 & 19, 2021 - Nuclear Physics
- Week 16 Lecture Notes for Monday November 22, 2021 - Preparation for Quiz 8
Laboratory Activities
- Measurements and Falling Objects
- Rolling Objects and Pendulums
- Energy and Thermodynamics
- Waves
- Electricity: Multimeter Measurements and Simple Direct Current Circuits
- Electricity: Magnetism and Alternating Current Circuits
- Optics-Eye, Camera, Telescope, Microscope and Diffraction
- Bending electron beam, Camera Obscura, Sonic Booms, and Tsunamis
- Molecular Models - Simple Molecules
- Molecular Models - Fatty Acids, Soap, and Cell Walls
- Molecular Models - Sugars, Starch, and Cellulose
- Molecular Models - Amino Acids, Oxytocin Polypeptide, and Enzymes
- Molecular Models - Nucleic Acids and DNA
- Wet Chemistry and Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream
- Radioactivity and Cosmic Rays
Quiz and Test Preparation
Last updated: July 8, 2023
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