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].
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
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. 11/09/2010. - - Comments and suggestions to Earl C. Swallow .