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Lecture Assignments Due
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1 |
1/4 |
1/5 |
1/6 |
Introduction; Curiosity and Scientific Inquiry; |
Read Chapter 1 |
Balloons and Home Inquiry I Discussion |
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2 |
1/11 |
1/12 |
1/13 |
Experimental Design; Error Analysis; Reducing Systemic Error |
Inquiry I write-up ; Read Chapter 2 |
Inquiry II
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3 |
1/18 |
1/19 |
1/20 |
Graphical Analysis of Data; Evaluating Inquiries |
Homework 1 Due |
Graphical Analysis of Data; Inquiry II |
Inquiry II Proposal |
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4 |
1/25 |
1/26 |
1/27 |
Statistics: Overview; Sampling and Averaging |
Homework 2 Due |
Inquiry II |
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5 |
2/1 |
2/2 |
2/3 |
Read Chapter 3 |
Inquiry II; Applying Statistics to Data |
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6 |
2/8 |
2/9 |
2/10 |
Homework 3 Due |
Inquiry III: Starting Off |
Inquiry II Drafts |
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7 |
2/15 |
2/16 |
2/17 |
Homework 4 Due |
Inquiry III, c2 Test |
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8 |
2/22 |
2/23 |
2/24 |
Inquiry II Presentations |
Homework 5 Due |
Inquiry IV; Planning |
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9 |
3/1 |
3/2 |
3/3 |
Scientific Literature: Existence; Searching |
Homework 6 Due by Friday 3/4/11 5PM ; Inquiry II Rough Draft Due - Submit to Inquiry II link online |
Inquiry IV; Proposal Review |
Inquiry III Analysis;Inquiry IV Proposal 1-Shopping List |
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10 |
3/8 |
3/9 |
3/10 |
Spring Break |
No Class |
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11 |
3/15 |
3/16 |
3/17 |
Modeling: Order of Magnitude; Examples; Dimensional Analysis |
Homework 7 Due; Inquiry III Due by midnight - submit to link online |
Inquiry IV |
Inquiry IV Proposal 2 |
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12 |
3/22 |
3/23 |
3/24 |
Modeling: Describing Physical Phenomena with Mathematics; Temperature Change - Big Idea of Calculus |
Read Chapter 4 |
Inquiry IV |
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13 |
3/29 |
3/30 |
3/31 |
Modeling: Temperature Change with Excel; Nonlinear Equations in Excel |
Homework 8 Due |
Inquiry IV |
Inquiry II Final |
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14 |
4/5 |
4/6 |
4/7 |
Modeling Continued |
Homework 9 Due by 5PM |
Inquiry IV |
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15 |
4/12 |
4/13 |
4/14 |
Debate Topic Preparation |
Inquiry IV |
Work on Inquiry IV Draft |
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16 |
4/19 |
4/20 |
4/21 |
Debates on Open Questions |
HW 10 - Debate Evalutations - in class Homework 11 - email electronic copy of Inquiry IV draft to grading partner no later than 5PM Tuesday 4/19 |
No lab Wednesday - Everyone attends Thursday for Presentations Inquiry IV Presentations Part I |
Inquiry IV Partner Grading = HW 11. Submit graded paper to partner and online no later than Thursday 4/21 5PM |
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17 |
4/26 |
4/27 |
4/28 |
Finals Week |
Final window Tuesday 10-12 Inquiry IV Presentations Part II |
No Labs |
Inquiry IV Final Draft due online no later than 5PM Thursday 4/28 |
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