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Course Syllabus

fall 2010 syllabi/Fall 2010 Physical Science LAB Syllabus.docx

 

Helpful Stuff

Physical sci lab/revised moon craters.xls

 


Here is a good Unit Converter Website

 

 

Here is a template for the Sparky Lab 

Physical sci lab/sparky corrected.xls

 

CLimate data
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/recons.html

ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/contributions_by_author/oerlemans2005/oerlemans2005.txt

ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/greenland/summit/gisp2/isotopes/gisp2_temp_accum_alley2000.txt

ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/europe/austria/spannagel2005.txt

 

Mineral Key website for lab

http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/mineral_id/#Sec_IA

 

 

KIDS LABS
The final Project in this lab course is to make a lab exercise of demonstration
that is suitable for a grade school child.
here are the past labs for you to use as a resource in your own teaching career. 

Bubble gum Lab   Bubble gum Lab part 2
Helicopter drop
Iron in Cereal
Falling Paper Experiment
Motion Distance and Mass
How high will I bounce?
Egg in a bottle
Floats and Grows
Cool Balloons
Mentos Geyser - Diet Coke Eruption
Acetone versus Styrofoam
Saltwater Battery
Water Vacuum
Making butter
Dancing Raisins Dancing Raisins2
Making playdough
Rocket balloon for Instructor   Rocket balloon for student    Rocket Balloon Worksheet

 

 

 

 

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Robert Davies
Professor of Astronomy, Geology & Physical Science
Office - Science 125
Phone (209) 384-6126

Email davies.r@mccd.edu