| NASC -1100-001 Our Physical World Course Syllabus Fall 2004 |
Class hours: MWF 2:00 - 2:50 p.m. Room: MH 2002
Hours: M 9:00
a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Instructor: Dr. Anatoly Miroshnichenko Office: MH 4010
T 11:00
a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
E-mail:
anatoly@physics.utoledo.edu Phone:
419-530-6117
R 2:00 p.m. -
4:00 p.m.
Course book:
The Physical Universe, Tenth Edition, by Konrad B. Krauskopf and Arthur
Beisler
Companion website: http://www.mhhe.com/krauskopf
(follow follow a link to the 10th edition)
Required course:
MATH 1180 or a higher Natural Sciences core course
Credit Hours:
3
Course materials on the Web: http://astro1.panet.utoledo.edu/~anatoly/nasc1100/
E-mail address to submit homework: nasc1100@yahoo.com
Lecture schedule
| Date | Chapter | Topic | Date | Chapter | Topic |
| Aug.23 | 1.1 - 1.2 | Introduction to the Course. The Scientific
Method. |
Oct. 18 | 11.6-11.15 | Fuels. Reaction Rates. Electrolysis. |
| 25 | 1.3 - 1.11 | The Solar System. The Universal Gravitation. |
20 | 12.1-12.9 | Carbon Compounds. Organic Molecules. |
| 27 | 2.1 - 2.6 | Motion. Acceleration of Gravity. |
22 | 12.10-12.17 | Polymers.
Chemistry of Life. |
| 30 | 2.7 - 2.15 | Force and Motion. Gravitation. |
25 |
7 - 12 | Test 2 |
| Sept. 1 | 3.1 - 3.7 | Work and Energy. |
27 | 13.1-13.8 | The Atmosphere. Weather. |
| 3 | 3.8 - 3.15 | Momentum. Relativity. Energy and
Civilization. |
29 | 13.9-13.14 | Climate. The Hydrosphere. |
| 6 | none | No class - Labor Day |
Nov. 1 | 14.1-14.5 | Rocks. |
| 8 | 4.1 - 4.9 | Temperature and Heat. Buoyancy. | 3 | 14.6-14.14 | Within
the Earth. Erosion. |
| 10 | 4.10 - 4.16 | The Gas Laws. Kinetic Theory of Matter. |
5 | 14.15-14.17 | Volcanism. |
| 13 | 5.1 - 5.11 | Electricity. |
8 | 15.1-15.7 | Tectonics. |
| 15 | 5.12 - 5.20 | Magnetism. |
10 | 15.8-15.12 | Historical Geology. |
| 17 | 6.1 - 6.7 | Wave Motion. Sound Waves. |
12 | 15.13-15.18 | Earth History. |
| 20 |
6.8 - 6.17 | Electromagnetic Waves. Wave Behavior. |
15 | 16.1-16.8 | The Solar system. The Inner Planets. |
| 22 | 1
- 6 |
Test 1 |
17 | 16.9-16.16 | The Outer Planets. The Moon. |
| 24 | 7.1 - 7.8 | Atom and Nucleus. Radioactivity. Nuclear Energy. | 19 | 17.1-17.7 |
Tools of Astronomy. The Sun. |
| 27 | 7.9 - 7.16 |
Fission and Fusion. Elementary Particles. | 22 | 17.8-17.11 | The Stars. |
| 29 |
8.1. - 8.7 |
Quantum Theory of Light.
Matter Waves. |
24 |
none | No class - Thanksgiving Recess |
| Oct. 1 |
8.8 - 8.14 |
The Hydrogen Atom. Quantum
Theory of Atom. |
26 |
none | No class - Thanksgiving Recess |
|
4 |
9.1 - 9.8 |
Elements and Compounds. The
Periodic Law. |
29 |
17.12-17.13 |
Basic Properties of
Stars. |
| 6 |
9.9 - 9.17 |
Atomic Structure. Chemical
Bonds. |
Dec. 1 |
17.14-17.16 |
Life Histories of Stars. |
| 8 |
10.1 - 10.9 |
Solids. Solutions. |
3 |
18.1-18.5 | Galaxies. |
| 11 |
none | No class - Fall Break |
6 |
18.6-18.9 | Evolution of the Universe. |
| 13 |
10.10 -10.14 |
Acids and Bases. |
8 |
18.10-18.14 | Origin of the Earth. Extraterrestrial Life. |
| 15 |
11.1 - 11.5 |
Combustion. Chemical Energy. |
10 |
1 - 18 |
The Course Summary. |
|
16 |
1 - 18 |
Final Exam, MH 2002, 12:30-2:30 p.m. |