(Above) Latest solar images, from various telescopes and spacecraft. Click on them for more detail.
(Above) Latest solar images, from various telescopes and spacecraft. Click on them for more detail.
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Instructor: Dr.
Ringwald E-mail: ringwald[at]csufresno.edu and replace [at] with @ |
Phone: 278-8426 |
Office hours: MTuWThF 1-2 (between August 25 and December 16)
Office: McLane Hall, Room 11, in the new Building J (or
"J-wing").
This is across the outdoor "hall" from McLane 149, 151, and 161, near the
Women's Room.
Please feel free to contact me, if you have any problems whatsoever in this course: or if you're doing well, and just want to talk about energy and the environment. It's in our interest, and we care, that you do well!
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Course Syllabus |
Writing Guide for Research Papers |
List of Presentation Topics and Times |
Links |
TENTATIVE Class Schedule (updated 2003 July 28).
Always do the readings before class:
| Week | M | W | Student Presentations on Technology or Science Teaching Kits | Chapters from Energy and the Environment, by Ristinen and Kraushaar, to read by Monday of the next week |
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| 1 | 8/25: Introduction: What is science? (see the Class Notes) | 8/27: What is science? (continued) and Math for This Course. | Sign up for topics. | Chapter 1. Also read all of New Energy Sources by Nigel Hawkes, and the entire Course Syllabus |
| 2 | 9/01: Holiday | 9/03: Movies | Sign up for topics. | The End of Cheap Oil, by Campbell and Laherrere (a copy of which should be in the Class Notes) |
| 3 | 9/08: Chapter 1: Energy Fundamentals and Use in an Industrial Society. | 9/10: Chapter 1: Energy Fundamentals and Use in an Industrial
Society; Topic Description due (see syllabus). | Turn in Topic Description, on 9/10. | Chapter 2 |
| 4 | 9/15: Chapter 1: Energy Fundamentals and Use in an Industrial Society. | 9/17: Chapter 2: Fossil Fuels | Teams 1 and 2 | Chapter 2 |
| 5 | 9/22: Chapter 2: Fossil Fuels | 9/24: Chapter 2: Fossil Fuels | Teams 3 and 4 | Re-read Chapters 1-2, New Energy Sources by Nigel Hawkes, The End of Cheap Oil, and the other Class Notes, covered up to and including 9/29. |
| 6 | 9/29: Review | 10/01: Mid-Term Exam 1, covering Chapters 1-2, all of New Energy Sources by Nigel Hawkes, and the Class Notes covered up to and including 9/29. | Team 5 | Chapter 3 |
| 7 | 10/06: Chapter 3: Heat Engines | 10/08: Chapter 3: Heat Engines | Teams 6 and 7 | Chapters 7 and 4 |
| 8 | 10/13: Chapter 7: Energy Conservation | 10/15: Chapter 4: Renewable Energy I: Solar | Teams 8 and 9 | Chapter 5 |
| 9 | 10/20: Chapter 4: Renewable Energy I: Solar | 10/22: Chapter 5: Renewable Energy II: Alternatives | Teams 10 and 11 | Chapter 8 |
| 10 | 10/27: Chapter 5: Renewable Energy II: Alternatives | 10/29: Chapter 8: Transportation | Teams 12 and 13 | Re-read Chapters 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8, and the Class Notes covered up to and including 11/03. |
| 11 | 11/03: Review | 11/05: Mid-term Exam 2, covering Chapters 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8, and the Class Notes covered up to and including 11/03. | Team 14 | Chapter 6 |
| 12 | 11/10: Chapter 6: Nuclear Energy | 11/12: Chapter 6: Nuclear Energy | Teams 15 and 16 | Chapter 6 |
| 13 | 11/17: Chapter 6: Nuclear Energy | 11/19: Chapter 6: Nuclear Energy | Teams 17 and 18 | - |
| 14 | 11/24: Presentations / Special Topics; Paper Titles and Summaries due (see instructions) | 11/26: Holiday | Team 19, 20, and 21 | Chapters 9 and 10 |
| 15 | 12/01: Chapter 9: Air Pollution | 12/03: Chapter 10: Global Effects | Teams 22, 23, 24, and 25 | Epilogue: Looking Ahead; Re-Read Chapters 1-10 |
| 16 | 12/08: Presentations / Special Topics | 12/10: Epilogue; Paper due (see instructions) | Teams 26, 27, and 28 | Re-read Chapters 1-10 and all other assigned reading for the entire course. |
Go to Dr. Ringwald's home page
Web page by Dr. Ringwald (ringwald[at]csufresno.edu and replace [at]
with @)
Department of Physics,
California State University, Fresno