It will include lectures, labs, demonstrations, computer simulations, internet activities and Saturday field trips developed around the concepts of crystals, mineral properties, identification of rock-forming minerals, plutonic igneous rocks, volcanic igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks. The course has a large laboratory and curriculum component and is designed for secondary teachers. Admission is by application only. Temperature, thermal effects, calorimetry, laws of thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, entropy and applications to engines, heat pumps and refrigerators. The course includes laboratory.
Admission is by application only.
Admission is by application only. This course is an introduction to the basic properties of lasers and their uses in modern physics. Admission is by application only. This ongoing experiment uses sensitive light detectors in the polar ice cap to track sub-atomic particles as they pass through the ice. Simple experiments will be presented which illustrate the operation of this incredible detector and the basic concepts of the many fascinating phenomena it will explore.