Solar Energy Class Schedule

Phsc 3500 Solar & Alternate Energy
Class Schedule Fall 2009

Monday	Wednesday	Friday
September 7^th Labor day	September 9^th Introduction and syllabus	September 11^th Alternative to? Pretest
September 14^th U.S. Energy Flow (2002) Electricity Flow Chart US Energy Consumption Basic Energy Concepts Textbook Chapter 3, sections 1,3,4	September 16^th Unit Conversions Power Cell Yell	September 18^th Solar Oven project Conservation of Energy First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics Textbook Chapter 4, sections 6-9 ~~1^st Reading Quiz Chapter 1~~
September 21^st First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics Textbook Chapter 4, sections 6-9 1^st Reading Quiz Chapter 1	September 23^rd Second Laws of Thermodynamics - Heat Engines Textbook Chapter 4, sections 6-9 2^nd Reading Quiz Chapter 1	September 25^th Second Laws of Thermodynamics - refrigerators Textbook Chapter 4, sections 6-9
September 28^th Heat transfer Conduction Convection Radiation Textbook Chapter 4, section3 3^rd Reading Quiz Chapter 2	September 30^th Heat transfer Conduction Textbook Chapter 4, section3	October 2^nd Heat transfer Conduction R-values Textbook Chapter 4, section3
October 5^th Heat transfer Convection Radiation Textbook Chapter 4, section3	October 7^th Introduction to Debates Timing Topics Heat transfer Radiation Textbook Chapter 4, section3	October 9^th Heat transfer Radiation Stefan's Law Textbook Chapter 4, section3
October 12^th 4^th Reading Quiz Chapter 4	October 14^th	October 16^th
October 19^th 5^th Reading Quiz Chapter 9	October 21^st Energy storage in solar houses Heat capacity - changes in temperature Latent heat - changes of phase Textbook Chapter 9, section 2 Textbook Chapter 4, sections 4 and 5	October 23^rd 6^th Reading Quiz Sections 9-2, 4-4, and 4-5
October 26^th 6^th Reading Quiz Sections 9-2, 4-4, and 4-5 Debates Selection of Topics	October 28^th Debates Selection of Teams	October 30^th Furlough Day No Class
November 2^nd Basic Electricity concepts	November 4^th Electricity Generation Induction Faraday's Magnetic Field Induction Experiment Induction: Demonstrations Induction Photovoltaic cells	November 6^th ~~Mid Term~~ - Changed to Monday Solar energy Turbine systems Photovoltaic cells
November 9^th Mid Term	November 11^th Veteran's Day No Class	November 13^th Debate Preparation
November 16^th Electrical Energy from moving fluids Wind Hydro Tidal	November 18^th Nuclear energy Basic Physics Elements and Isotopes Periodic Table Nuclear Reactions (fission)	November 20^th Nuclear energy
November 23^rd Nuclear energy	November 25^th Furlough Day No Class Assignment 7 is due	November 27^th Thanksgiving No Class
November 30^th Debate Preparation	December 2^nd Geothermal Assignment 8 is due	December 4^th Debates
December 7^th Debates	December 9^th Debates	December 11^th Last class Day Debates
December 14^th	December 16^th	December 18^th Final papers due

Phsc 3500 Solar & Alternate Energy Class Schedule Fall 2009

Phsc 3500 Solar & Alternate Energy
Class Schedule Fall 2009