SCIA01 (2007-08)
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.
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Exploring Science @ Lingnan
General Information
Instructor: Cheung Ho Yin
Course Materials
Click on the hyperlinks below to download the documents. Materials for D05 to D11 will be uploaded after the corresponding students give their presentation.
Week 1: D00: Introduction - [Slides] [Post]
Week 1: V01: Cosmic Alchemy (萬物同源) - [Instructions]
Week 2: D01a: Individual Presentation - [Instructions]
Week 2: D01b: Individual Presentation - [Instructions]
Week 3: D02: Nuclear Threats - [Slides]
Week 3: D03: How to float yourself in air - [Slides]
Week 4: A01: A flying piece of paper - [Instructions]
Week 4: D04: Modern physics - [Slides]
Week 5: V02: Ring of Fire (火環) -[Instructions]
Week 5: D05: Disasters from Hell - [Slides]
Week 6: A02: Sundial - [Instructions]
Week 6: D06: Time / Strong wind - [Slides]
Week 7: V03: Seeing is Believing (看得見的真相) - [Instructions]
Week 7: D07: Universe - [Slides]
Week 8: V04: Oriental Divine Vessel (東方神舟) - [Instructions]
Week 8: D08: Space Exploration - [Slides]
Week 9: A03: Design your own Alien - [Instructions] [Student works]
Week 9: D09: Near-Earth Objects - [Slides]
Week 10: V05: The Apes (人類親緣) - [Instructions]
Week 10: D10: Evolution - [Slides]
Week 11: V06: An Inconvenient Truth (絕望的真相)- [Instructions]
Week 11: D11: Ecology - [Slides]
Project
Students are reminded to submit all the required materials on or before the last day of Term 2. Late submission would not be accepted.
Project presentations schedule
