Desirable class size is 20 students. The students will learn to observe, collect, organize, analyze, and interpret scientific data through laboratory experiments and fieldtrips. The students will demonstrate critical judgment of scientific issues and explain the judgment in writing through laboratory or special projects reports. The students will demonstrate an appreciation of the past achievements of the great natural science giants such as Newton, Copernicus, and Einstein through experiments and class discussions. The students will demonstrate a knowledge of critical scientific issues that face the society at present and in the future, such as pollution, energy, and water resources through Special Topics discussions.
Final score is computed according to the credit hours of lecture and laboratory respectively.
Lab Manual for Physical Science 10. CH 100 Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry, NS 110, Introduction To The Earth, Introduction to Astronomy, and NS 330, Meteorology.