FYS-100.16 -- Becoming
a Skeptical Student:
Science, Pseudoscience, and Self-deception
(Fall,
2009 -- H. Scott Matheney & Earl C. Swallow)
Links
to Basic Course Documents and Resources
Our Course Schedule [MS-Word] [pdf].
Our Course "Ground Rules" Handout [MS-Word] [pdf].
EC Division of Natural Sciences Policy on Academic
Honesty [pdf].
Wikipedia is an easily
accessible initial source for
information;
however, citation of Wikipedia in research papers is not usually appropriate or acceptable.
A handy place to find definitions is the Dictionary.com Web site.
Nobel Prize, 2009 Physics Prize
and Physics Prize “Speed
Read”.
POD
Information Ethics Assignment Materials
Elmhurst College FYS Blogs Home Page
FYS-100.16 Course Blog Home Page
Information Ethics
Overview
Information Ethics
101
Information
Ethics Library Course Page
Links to Assignments and Content Handouts
Science Characteristics Catalogs [MS-Word] [pdf].
Galileo’s Impact on the Methods of Science [MS-Word] [pdf].
Scientific Process Slides [PowerPoint] [pdf].
Gates-Obama Compare and
Contrast Assignment (due 10/9/2009) [MS-Word] [pdf].
Compare and Contrast discussion
and short examples.
Example (PDF file format) of a simple format for reference citation.
Development
of Astronomy/Cosmology (pdf) - Prominent
Contributors [MS-Word]
[pdf].
NASA Eclipse Web site
(when, where visible, etc.).
Nice Google
video of March 29, 2006 total solar eclipse viewed in Libya and viewed
from space.
Bill Gates and Warren
Buffett on Success [YouTube].
Our Rock Stars Are
Different: Ajay Bhatt.
Penn & Teller tribute
to Dr. Norman Borlaug.
Cancer Treatment Centers of
We also have a Web
Page with a wide range of Science, Society, and Technology links.
By visiting the Hunger
Site and the Animal
Rescue Site and clicking the Click
Here to Give - It’s FREE
link, you can easily make a modest contribution (courtesy of the listed site
sponsors) to these efforts.
You can forward your
[If you forward your email, make sure that spam filters do not trap any
messages from EC.]
You may find the Open Office Web site useful.
More to come!
Rev. 10/06/2009. - - Comments and suggestions to Earl C. Swallow .