Tentative schedule of eventsWeek f

(Monday)

Reading assignments and other news

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Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Friday

1/17

No class: Great Albion Contraction™

1/24

Introduction

TS Ch. 1: Science as a way of knowing

TC Ch. 1: Thinking Scientifically

TS Ch. 2: The Ordered Universe

1/31

Filler

Project #1 due

TC Ch. 2: Probabilities

TS Ch. 3: Energy

TS Ch. 4: Heat and Thermodynamics

2/7

TC Ch. 3: Calibration

TC Ch. 4: Physics

TS Ch. 5: Electricity and Magnetism

TS Ch. 6: Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation

2/14

TS Ch. 7: Einstein and The Theory of Relativity

Filler

TS Ch. 8: The Atom

TS Ch. 9: Quantum Mechanics

2/21

 Review

EXAM #1

TC Ch. 5: Chemistry

TS Ch. 10: Chemical Bonding

2/28

TS Ch. 11: Materials and their Properties

TS Ch. 12: The Atomic Nucleus

TS Ch. 13: The Ultimate Structure of Matter

TC Ch. 9: Astronomy

3/7

Spring Break

3/14

TS Ch. 14: The Stars

TS Ch. 15: Cosmology

TC Ch. 8: Geology

TS Ch. 16: Earth and Other Planets

3/21

TS Ch. 17: Plate Tectonics

TS Ch. 18: Earth’s Cycles

TS Ch. 19: Ecology & the Environment

Filler

 Project #2 due

3/28

TC Ch. 6: Evolutionary Biology

TC Ch. 7: Molecular Biology

TS Ch. 20: Strategies of Life

TS Ch. 21: The Living Cell

4/4

Filler

TS Ch. 22: Molecules of Life

Review

EXAM #2

4/11

TDH Ch 1-10

TDH Ch. 11-20

TDH Ch. 21-29

TS Ch. 23: Classical and Modern Genetics

4/18

TS Ch. 24: The New Science of Life

TS Ch. 25: Evolution

NIOC Ch.1: The Once And Future Intelligent Design

NIOC Ch. 2: The Fallback Antievolutionist Strategy

4/25

NIOC Ch. 3:Theology, Religion, and Intelligent Design

Resource notebook due

NIOC Ch. 4: From Classroom to Courtroom

NIOC Ch. 5: Evolution in the Classroom

NIOC Ch. 6: Defending the Teaching of Evolution

5/2

Review

Final Exam: Friday, 6 May, 300–500 PM (not my idea)