Lecture Schedule for Natural Sciences 105
 9:30-10:45 TTH FCR 202
 
 
Date 
Lec #
Lecture Topic  Chapter  Pages 
15-Jan 
1
Welcome and Organizational Details
   
20-Jan 
2
Introduction to Physical Science  1-26 
22-Jan 
Newton's Laws and Gravity, Part I  27-41
27-Jan 
4
Newton's Laws and Gravity, Part II  42-55 
29-Jan 
5
Life and Death of Stars  14  323-346 
3-Feb 
6
Energy 
56-79 
5-Feb 
7
Thermodynamics 
80-103 
10-Feb 
 
Special Activity (more details later)
 
 
12-Feb 
8
 The Atom and the Periodic Table 
162-185 
16-Feb 
 
Review session for midterm
4:00 - 5:30 pm 
 
Gould-Simpson 1027 
17-Feb 
 
FIRST MIDTERM 
 
 
19-Feb 
9
The Nucleus and Radioactivity 
11 
256-282 
24-Feb 
10
Chemical Bonds
204-231 
26-Feb 
11
Material Properties 
10 
232-255 
3-Mar 
12
Electricity and Magnetism 
104-131 
5-Mar 
13
Electromagnetic Radiation, 
Part I 
132-148 
10-Mar 
14
Electromagnetic Radiation, 
Part II 
148-161 
11-Mar 
 
Special Activity (more details later)
 
 
24-Mar 
15
 Makeup Day (more details later)
 
 
25-Mar 
 
Review session for midterm
4:00 - 5:30 pm
 
Gould-Simpson 1027 
26-Mar
 
SECOND MIDTERM
 
 
31-Mar
16
Geologic Time , Earth History, and Mass Extinctions
25
587-614
2-Apr 
17
Plate Tectonics I 
17 
396-407 
7-Apr 
18
Plate Tectonics II 
17 
407-419 
9-Apr 
19
The Earth's Atmosphere 
 18
424-433
14-Apr 
20
The Earth's Oceans and Water 
(El Niño)
18 
434-452 
16-Apr 
21
 Global Warming, Greenhouse Effect and the Ozone Layer 
19 
453-475 
21-Apr 
 
Term Paper Due (in class)
 
 
21-Apr 
22
 Special Activity (more details later)
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23-Apr 
23
Water and Floods: Linving in the 
Desert
 
 
28-Apr 
 
Makeup Day (more details later)
 
 
30-Apr 
24
Tenative: Earthquakes and Volcanoes 
17 
 419-423
5-May 
25
 Tenative: Geology of Arizona ---  --- 
11-May     Review session for final
4:00 -  5:30 pm
  Gould-Simpson 1027 
12-May    FINAL 8am - 10am (FCR 202)