Natural Science 395

This is the course website for Natural Science 395. Please visit this site frequently; all homework assignments will be posted here, as well as detailed solutions to all homeworks.

You can always view the syllabus here.

Homework Assignments & Solutions

• Jan 20: Read the Executive Summary in Rising Above the Gathering Storm (pp. 1-22 in the document. Skim also the other chapters so that you and your group can determine which two chapters you would like for your class discussions


• Jan 20: Density Activity and Questions. See solutions to HW 1.


• Jan. 27: Speed and Acceleration write-up and questions for next week.


• Jan. 27:You can download the worksheet for the speed and acceleration activity.


• Feb. 10For background information and next week's assignments, read about graphing and interpreting data.


• March 3: Read and complete the assignments described in the optics activity. Please note also the new format for submitting homework assignments.


• March 17:Review and complete the assignments described in the most recent optics activity. Use the "new" form for submitting homework, in which staples should of course be in the upper left.Also for next week, use the site for making an astrolabe and come to class next week with a completed astrolabe which we will use for various measurements.


• March 24:We will use this write up about using the quadrant for tonight's activities and next week's assignments.


• March 31:Read the description and assignments for exponential functions and processes.


• April 7:Please read the description of our experiment on exponential functions and cooling curves.

Class Notes