Dr. Shahn has suggested the following links to topics within SFAA sections. The lecture and lab numbers refer to items listed in the course syllabi. Further explanation is available.
CHAPTER 1: THE NATURE OF SCIENCE | |
The Scientific World View | |
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throughout the course |
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throughout the course |
Scientific Inquiry | |
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throughout the course; emphasized in essays |
The Scientific Enterprise | |
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course introduction |
CHAPTER 2: THE NATURE OF MATHEMATICS | |
Mathematics, Science and Technology | |
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developed in some labs |
CHAPTER 4: THE PHYSICAL SETTING | |
The Universe | |
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Fall lectures 3-17 |
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Fall lectures 3-17 |
Processes that Shape the Earth | |
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Spring lectures 38-39 |
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Spring lectures 19-21 |
Structure of Matter | |
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Fall lectures 33-41; fall labs 10-14 |
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Fall lectures 33-41; fall labs 10-14 |
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Spring lectures 10, 11 |
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Spring lecture 12 |
Energy Transformations | |
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Fall lectures 23, 24; lab 9 |
Motion | |
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Fall lectures 14-20; labs 6-8 |
Forces of Nature | |
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Fall lectures 20, 21 |
CHAPTER 5: THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT | |
Diversity of Life | |
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Spring labs 8, 9 |
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Spring lectures 31-33; spring labs 11, 12 |
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Spring lectures 31-33, spring labs 11, 12 |
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Spring lectures 24-30, 34, 35; spring labs 10, 14 |
CHAPTER 8: THE DESIGNED WORLD | |
Materials and Manufacturing | |
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Fall lectures 29, 30 |
CHAPTER 9: THE MATHEMATICAL WORLD | |
Numbers | |
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used implicitly in labs |
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used implicitly in labs |
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used implicitly in labs |
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used implicitly in labs |
Symbolic Relationships | |
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used implicitly in labs |
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used implicitly in labs |
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used implicitly in labs |
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used implicitly in labs |
Shapes | |
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used implicitly in labs |
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in sense of errors encountered in labs |
CHAPTER 10: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES | |
Displacing the Earth from the Center of the Universe | |
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Fall lectures 2-10 |
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Fall lectures 18-21 |
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Fall lecture 14 |
Uniting the Heavens and Earth | |
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Fall lectures 18, 19 |
Extending Time | |
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Spring lectures 19, 20 |
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Spring lectures 38, 39 |
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Fall lectures 33-36 |
Splitting the Atom | |
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Spring lecture 12 |
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Spring lectures 10, 11 |
Explaining the Diversity of Life | |
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Spring lecture 25 |
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Spring lectures 26-28 |
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Spring lectures 31-34 |
CHAPTER 11: COMMON THEMES | |
Models | |
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throughout the course; fall lab 5 |
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throughout the course; fall lab 5 |
CHAPTER 12: HABITS OF MIND | |
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implicitly in lectures |
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emphasized in essay assignments |