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Natural Science - Year I

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1:00p-2:30p ET/10:00a-11:30a PT

Dr. Christe Ann McMenomy

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Units for the First Year

2024 Natural Science Year I Syllabus
Chat Sessions, Lecture Topics, Lab Exercises

Week Date
Thursdays
Unit History Topic Science Topic Lab
19/5/20240Preparing for chatDoing written assignmentsLab reports
29/12/20241What is ScienceThe divisio scientiarumBasic Observation
39/19/20242Scientific Observation and the Experimental MethodWeather: The Movement of AirWeather Observations
49/26/20243Requirements for ScienceWeather: Fronts and StormsHumidity
510/3/20244Creation Stories and NatureNaked-Eye Astronomy 1: Days, Years, SeasonsThe Motions of the Sun
610/10/20245Ancient ObservationsNaked-Eye Astronomy 2: Sun, Moon, PlanetsPlanetary Observations
710/17/20246Basic Algebra, NumeralsCounting, Measuring, AccuracyMeasurement and Error
810/24/20247Greek Mathematics: Pythagoras, Euclid, ApolloniusProportion and PeriodicitySound
910/31/20248Ionian and Eleatic Monistic MaterialistsMatter: Volume, Density, and other basic characteristicsMeasuring Density
1011/7/20249Greek Theories of MotionDisplacement, Velocity, and AccelerationMeasuring Velocity and Acceleration
1111/14/202410Eudoxus and Aristotle: Model of the UniversePtolemy: Model of the UniverseNaked Eye Observations of the Planets
1211/21/202411Aristotle and ClassificationClassification Systems and Vertebrate Life FormsField Lab #2A
1311/28/2024Thanksgiving
1412/5/202412Aristotle and Invertebrate LifeThe Classification of InvertebratesField Lab #2B
1512/12/202413Theophrastus and Plant LifeThe Classification of PlantsField Lab #3
1612/19/202414Archimedes and HeroMachinesBuilding a Simple Machine
1712/26/2024Christmas
181/2/2025New Years
191/9/202515Roman EngineeringStatic EquilibriumResisting Forces
201/16/202516Thinking about HistoryThinking about ScienceScientific Methods
211/23/202517Review: The End of the Ancient WorldReview Review
221/30/202518Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance History of ScienceHistory: a timeline of events, 400AD - 1700 ADTBD
232/6/202519Early Christian Fathers and ScienceSound and MusicVibrating Strings
242/13/202520Arab ScienceOpticsLenses
252/20/202521Medieval CosmosMathematics of MotionTBD
262/27/202522Leonardo and Scientific IllustrationHuman Anatomy 1: Bones and MusclesDissection of an Earthworm
273/6/202523Andreas VesaliusHuman Anatomy 2: The Nervous System Taste
283/13/202524William HarveyHuman Anatomy 3: CirculationCapillaries
293/20/202525Robert Hook and the MicroscopeHuman Anatomy 4: CellsMicroscope Basics
303/27/202535Francis BaconThe Idea of NatureInduction and Deduction in experiments
314/3/202526The Copernican RevolutionThe Solar SystemObserving Planets
324/10/202527Brahe, Kepler, and the Early Followers of CopernicusIndividual PlanetsGalilean Observations of Venus and Jupiter
334/17/2025Holy Week
344/24/202528Galileo Galilei and Heliocentric TheoriesParallax and Pendulum EvidenceGalilean Observations of the Sun and Moon
355/1/202529Galileo Galilei and MechanicsFalling Bodies: Under constant accelerationGalilean Pendulum Experiment
365/8/202530Isaac Newton and the Laws of MotionNewton's Laws of MotionFalling Bodies II
375/15/202531William GilbertMagnetismMapping Magnetic Fields
385/22/202532Isaac Newton and Universal LawsThe Law of GravityTBD
395/29/202533The Accomplishments of the Scientific RevolutionThe Renaissance World ModelNone
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