Elmhurst College Physics Welcomes You

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].
Elmhurst College A.C. Buehler Library
Elmhurst College Writing Center 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.

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 America -- Peggy 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 - It’s 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. 10/06/2009. - - Comments and suggestions to Earl C. Swallow .