September 30, 2014
In class today we did the following:
1. Students were reminded that TEST # 2 is coming up next week on Tue Oct 7th. The Midterm Exam will be Thursday Oct 16th
2. Then Dr H gave a presentation that wrapped up Topic #6 on Atmospheric Composition and went on to Topic #7 - Laws of Thermodynamics & Motion I
Topic #7
Thermodynamics - Part I (and Topic #6 Wrap-Up)
Here is the link to the "experiments" illustrating
some aspects of Thermodynamics. Check them out yourself!
Thermodynamic Equilibrium "Experiments":
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/Thermodynamics/index.html
(java
required - may need to change your security settings. Click
HERE for info on how to approve a locked java applet on a PC)
3. Part of the way through lecture we had a "Sustainability Segment"
and watched the
next segment of the PBS NOVA show: Saved
by the Sun .
You
can now view it again online under VIDEOS > Class Videos in D2L.
or click on the green "Watch the Program" link at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/saved-by-the-sun.html .
We watched the next section (from about minute 28:30 to
35:30); up to the end of the section in Germany. The video will be
continued . . .
4. We also had anothert break in mid-lecture to watch this video on HEAT TRANSFER -- it's a good review for Test #2
