Syllabus
Announcements
Final Exam Schedule
| Date |
Event |
Materials |
| 01: Aug 20 |
Class
Initialization |
Raft
Race Rules Lab Safety Regulations Connections The Lyon Honor Pledge Homework for next class (1) Read instructions for Lab01 (2) get a reference related to the topic you will used this part of your paragraph. |
| 02: Aug 27 |
Lab 01 Black vs White Temperature vs time for heating and cooling Lab setup image |
Instructions Helper Connections |
| Domination |
 |
|
| Labor Day Holiday:
Sept 02 |
||
| 03: Sept 03 |
Lab 02 blackbody radiation Newton's law of cooling Evaporation as cooling
|
Instructions Helper Connections Evaporation Data Video |
| 05: Sept 10 |
Lab 03 Measurement of motion of the Sun. |
Instructions Connections Motion of the sun during one summer morning A simple way of measuring the angle of the sun The tilt of the earth gives seasons |
| 04: Sept 17 |
Lab 04 Eating Pizza successfully |
Proposed
Pizza day Academic Honesty Discussion Group Motto: Conquer the World Group mascot: Penguin  [1][2]  |
| 06: Sept 24 |
Lab 05 What is energy? Solar constant |
Energy , Solar Constant and
example calculations |
| 08: Oct 01 |
Lab 06 What is heat? Comparison of specific heats |
Specific
heats: getting into hot water Calculation of relative heat capacities |
| Oct 03 |
Thursday |
Spragins House Lunch
at 12:00 |
| 07: Oct 08 |
Lab 07 Density of water as a function of temperature |
Instructions Hot water floats on cold water: the movie Hot on Cold: the encore Barry's Thermometer |
| Domination |
||
| Fall Break: Oct 14-Oct 15 |
||
| 09: Oct 22 |
Lab 08 Thermocline persistence |
Instructions Graphical Analysis    |
| Oct 23 |
Service Day:Oct 23 |
White River Cleanup |
| 10: Oct 29 |
Lab 09 Thermosiphon speed measurement (If rainy, then lab 10) |
Discussion: Shall
we present? You can make your own solar panel but ... |
| 11: Nov 05 |
Lab 10 |
Tibetan Monks |
| 12: Nov 12 |
Lab 11 our solar panel heat engine |
2019
initial installation of my solar heater for my home (there is more to be done) [1] [2] [3] [4] Oh yea! The idea is the leaves fall off of the trees blocking the sun when we need heat from the panels. |
| 12: Nov 19 |
Lab 12 Putting it all together The elements of a functioning thermal solar system |
Solar
Panel Operation (November 12, 2019) Calculation of Power of collection  Helper  |
| 14: Nov 26 |
Lab 13 Extensions to home pressurized water heating |
Water
tank connections Thermal Siphon Measurement Video Pumping Speed Calculation Answers to some questions Connections for pressurized systems How we did our connections 2019: Hot input to water tank 2019: Cold output connections |
| 15: Nov 26 |
Lab 14 Extensions to home heating |
Home
Heating Fully wrapped Solar panels for winter 2019 [1:2:3] Inside house radiator system |
| Thanksgiving Break: Nov 27 - Dec 01 | ||
| 16: Dec 03 |
Lab 15 |
Terminal
class Conclusions The penultimate student-produced document |
| Classes terminate: Dec 06 |
||
| Final Exams: Dec 09 - Dec
12 |
||
