SCIA01 (2006-07)
eXploring Science in a Social Perspective
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What is this course about?
This course aims at teaching general science in the liberal arts sense. It provides the students with a basic understanding and appreciation of the natural sciences and their relationships with everyday life.
General Information
Lectures
- Module 1: Science — None of my Business? [ppt][pdf]
- Module 2: Atoms and Chemicals [ppt][pdf]
- Module 3: Force and Energy [ppt][pdf]
- Module 4: Light, Electromagnetism and Wave [ppt][pdf]
- Module 5: Our Earth [ppt][pdf]
- Module 6: Landscapes, Climate and Weather [ppt][pdf]
- Module 7: Universe and the Solar System [ppt][pdf]
- Module 8: Exploring the Space Around Us [ppt][pdf]
- Module 9: Test
- Module 10: Animals, Plants and Micro-organisms [ppt][pdf]
- Module 11: More about Animals [ppt][pdf]
- Module 12: Ecology and Environmental Protection [ppt][pdf]
Explorations
Please print your worksheet and bring it to the class.
- Module 1: (No exploration in the first week.)
- Module 2: Cosmic Alchemy (video) [pdf]
- Module 3: A Flying Piece of Paper (activity) [pdf][More reference from Google](Please make your paper plane before coming to the class.)
- Module 4: Plane Mirror and Convex Lens (activity) [pdf]
- Module 5: Ring of Fire (video) [pdf]
- Module 6: Sundial (activity) [pdf] (Please prepare the sundial of your group before coming to the class.)
- Module 7: Seeing is Believing (video) [pdf]
- Module 8: Oriental Divine Vessel (video and reading) [pdf][Another article to read]
- Module 9: Deep Impact (video) [pdf][Another article to read]
- Module 10: Plants in the Campus (activity) [pdf]
- Module 11: Cousins: The Apes (video) [pdf][Cousins Series by BBC]
Project
Students are reminded to submit all the required materials on time. Late submission would not be accepted.
- Project guideline [pdf]
- Project information sheet [pdf]
- Project presentation schedule [pdf]
- Project cover page [doc]
Tests and Examinations
- Test and Examination Information [pdf]
