Lecture	Date	Topic	Notes
1	Sept 28	Introductions. Course questionaire. Motion: position, velocity and acceleration.
2	Sept 30	More mechanics: acceleration, mass, and force (ILD). Application: the ubiquitous automobile.	(HW 1 assigned)
3	Oct 5	Mechanics: work, energy & power. Application: hydropower. Problem solving.	(HW 1 due)
4	Oct 7	Lab day.
5	Oct 12	Quiz on mechanics. Overview: Conservation in Transportation. Introduction to electricity.
6	Oct 14	Electricity: charges, current, voltage and resistance (ILD). Electrical energy.	(HW 2 assigned)
7	Oct 19	Electrical power. Magnetism: magnets & motors. Generation of electricity. Application: hydropower.
8	Oct 21	Problem solving. Special topics: Waves. Electromagnetic radiation. Applications: radiative heat energy transfer, photovoltaics.	(HW 2 due)
9	Oct 26	Lab day.
10	Oct 28	Quiz on electricity & magnetism. Overview: the Science of Spectra. Introduction to heat and temperature.
11	Nov 2	More thermodynamics: Molecular model. Adiabatic compression. First Law of Thermodynamics (ILD).	(HW 3 assigned)
12	Nov 4	Thermodynamics: Mechanisms for heat transfer. Application: energy conservation in the home. Problem solving.
13	Nov 9	Special topics: Heat engines. Second Law of Thermodynamics. Application: inefficiency in generation of electricity.	(HW 3 due)
14	Nov 11	Special topics: Weather and climate. The Hydrological Cycle.
15	Nov 16	Quiz on thermodynamics and special topics. Overview: Feedback Loops in Nature. Introduction to atoms.
16	Nov 18	A Very Important Aside: exponential growth and its implications
17	Nov 23	Atoms: the Bohr model. Electron state transitions (ILD). Absorption. More about spectra.	(HW 4 assigned)
	Nov 25	Thanksgiving Holiday
18	Nov 30	Special topic: Global Warming: a Model Involving Electromagnetic Radiation, Energy Conversion, and Absorption.	(HW 4 due)
19	Dec 2	Special topic: Scientific Inquiry Methods (how we do science). Its implications for global warming policy.
	Dec 7	FINAL EXAMINATION, 1PM

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