NSCI 116 Spring 2004

Dr. Zellmer

Period

Week

Date

Day

Lecture

Assignments

1

0

01/23/04

Fri

Intro, syllabus, take roll, BLS and K-6 science & math

2

1

01/26/04

Mon

Presentation Sign-up, FOSS Kits, Intro 116 topics-kinds of energy, population & energy sources

Read Ch. 1 Energy Use in R&K

3

01/28/04

Wed

Intro 116 topics - Historical Fossil Energy & Technology, Electricity & Hydropower, USA Energy Sources, Inputs & Outputs, Cheap Oil

4

01/30/04

Fri

Intro 116 topics-Hydrogen Economy, Transportation, Energy Conservation, Communications, The Future.

5

2

02/02/04

Mon

History of Technology-inventions that created the modern world, Tesla in the 19th century

Read 5.1 and 5.2 Hydro power in R&K

6

02/04/04

Wed

Tesla-Powering the 20th century world and Big Business

7

02/06/04

Fri

Tesla-Communications-Wire and Radio; Digital and Analog

8

3

02/09/04

Mon

Communications-Robots in Space and Manned Spaceflight, then Quiz 1

9

02/11/04

Wed

Electricity Transmission by the Numbers, Power and Water, Fresno & LA

10

02/13/04

Fri

Teams 1&2

Holiday

02/16/04

Mon

Holiday-Presidents Day

11

4

02/18/04

Wed

Electric Circuits Hands-on, current, voltage, power, and energy. Calculating the cost.

12

02/20/04

Fri

Teams 3&4

13

5

02/23/04

Mon

Electrical Calcs reviewed, then Quiz 2

14

02/25/04

Wed

Grand Coulee Dam and Building Big, WWII, Dawn of the Nuclear Age

15

02/27/04

Fri

Teams 5&6

16

6

03/01/04

Mon

Grand Coulee continued…

17

03/03/04

Wed

Review for HE1

18

03/05/04

Fri

Teams 7&8

19

7

03/08/04

Mon

Hour Exam 1

20

03/10/04

Wed

Energy Sources and Uses in the USA-reliance on fossil fuels, Inputs and Outputs, alternatives to fossil fuels and costs

Review Ch1, Read Ch. 2 Fossil Fuels in R&K, Skim Ch. 9 Air Pollution & Ch. 10 Global Effects

21

03/12/04

Fri

Teams 9&10

22

8

03/15/04

Mon

Energy sources continued-renewable energy, past trends and future projections

Skim Ch. 4 Solar, Read Ch. 5 Energy Alternatives in R&K

23

03/17/04

Wed

Complete Energy Sources

24

03/19/04

Fri

Teams 11&12

25

9

03/22/04

Mon

Forms of Energy, then Quiz 3

26

03/24/04

Wed

Heat Engines and Playing the Efficiency Game

Read Ch. 3 Heat Engines in R&K

27

03/26/04

Fri

Teams 13&14

28

10

03/29/04

Mon

How Fossil and Nuclear Power Plants work, conserving energy vs. building more Power Plants

Read & Skim Ch. 7 Energy Conservation in R&K

Holiday

03/31/04

Wed

Holiday - Ceasar Chavez

29

04/02/04

Fri

Teams 15&16

Holiday

04/05/04

Mon

Spring Break

Spring

04/07/04

Wed

Spring Break

Break

04/09/04

Fri

Spring Break

30

11

04/12/04

Mon

Hybrid Cars, Electric Motors and Thermodynamic Cleverness

Read Ch. 8 Transportation in R&K

31

04/14/04

Wed

Review Heat Engines and Efficiency, then Quiz 4

32

04/16/04

Fri

Teams 17&18

33

12

04/19/04

Mon

Fuel Cells for Transportation and the Hydrogen Economy

34

04/21/04

Wed

Power Plants, Fuel Cells, and Distributed Power

35

04/23/04

Fri

Teams 19&20

36

13

04/26/04

Mon

Complete Hydrogen Economy, Review for HE2

37

04/28/04

Wed

Hour Exam 2

38

04/30/04

Fri

Teams 21&22

39

14

05/03/04

Mon

Solar Energy-Active and Passive, PV and Thermal Designs

Read Ch. 4 Solar Energy in R&K

40

05/05/04

Wed

continue Solar Energy

41

05/07/04

Fri

Teams?

42

15

05/10/04

Mon

Nuclear Power and Radioactivity

Read Ch. 6 Nuclear Energy in R&K

43

Last Day

05/12/04

Wed

Review for the Final Exam

Consult-ThF

05/14/04

Fri

No Class-Consultation Days ThF

Final

05/17/04

Mon

Final Exam 11 am - 1 pm