Elmhurst College Physics Welcomes You

FYS-100.09 -- Becoming a Skeptical Student:
Science, Pseudoscience, and Self-deception
(Fall, 2010 – 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].
Elmhurst College A.C. Buehler Library
Elmhurst College Writing Resources Home Page - help with term papers, etc.
 


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.

Links to Assignments and Content Handouts

Development of Astronomy/Cosmology (pdf) - Prominent Contributors [MS-Word] [pdf].

Science Characteristics Catalogs [MS-Word] [pdf].
Galileo’s Impact on the Methods of Science [MS-Word] [pdf].
Scientific Process Slides [PowerPoint] [pdf].

Gates-Self Compare and Contrast Assignment (due 11/1/2010) [MS-Word] [pdf].
Compare and Contrast discussion and short examples.
Example (PDF file format) of a simple format for reference citation.


Pseudoscience list and science-bases issues list.
Final Project, Presentation, and Paper assignment and groups.

Information on the Nobel Prize
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett on Success [YouTube].

Our Rock Stars Are Different
: Ajay Bhatt.
Cancer Treatment Centers of AmericaPeggy testimonial.

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 - Its FREE
link, you can easily make a modest contribution (courtesy of the listed site sponsors) to these efforts.

You can forward your Elmhurst College e-mail to an address that you check on a regular basis.
[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. 11/09/2010. - - Comments and suggestions to Earl C. Swallow .