PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Spring, 2006

Section SC110-CLL01

(SC 110), 4 cr.

Reading Assignments and Supplemental Reading for Physical Science

Help, Tutorials & Other Stuff

The Grading System

Related Links

INSTRUCTOR: Thomas C. Gibbons 

Goals of the Course

OFFICE: Room 132 | TELEPHONE: (319) 244-7132 | EMAIL: tgibbons@eicc.edu

TIMES:  12:50-1:50PM MWF, Lab Thurs at 12:50-3:00PM, Rm 127 at CCC(Schedule and Reading)

Satisfies a general education requirement in the Natural Sciences Area. -- Prerequisite: 1 yr. high school Algebra

SLIDE SHOW: Whut's a Scientist? | Eastern Iowa Community College Student Page 

 

EXTERNAL LINKS RELATED TO PHYSICAL SCIENCE

 

EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION (Check out the latest quakes)

SKY AND TELESCOPE MAGAZINE

TRANSFER INFORMATION

Other colleges and departments that might be of interest.

NASA

 

ASTRONOMY MAGAZINE 

 MANY ENERGY LINKS

A LINK TO THE LARGE METEOR CRATER IN ARIZONA

 

EARTHWATCH: WEATHER, SATELLITE DATA, AND RADAR. 

 POWERS OF TEN

 

PERIODIC TABLES of the elements from…

University of Sheffield, England

Los Alamos National Lab

(In each case, click on the element for more information.)

 

DEPLETED URANIUM (DU)

From time to time I get questions about this.  Here are two sources of information that do not entirely agree with one another:

Links posted by the BBC

Gulflink: FAQs about DU and other Gulf War topics

 

OTHER INFORMATION: See the EICCD Libraries Search Engine Page for opportunities to search for other information .

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Still under construction, THERE IS NOTHING HERE!!

This is supposed to be an area where you can go to get extra help on various topics.

 

It will take some time to develop such a thing, and I am open to suggestions about what should go here.

 

Send me an email with your suggestions at tgibbons@eicc.edu

 

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 EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION
You can use the following links to find lists of recent earthquakes as well as maps of the world showing the locations of these quakes. You should use the global lists and/or maps if you are given a choice.
The U.S. Geological Survey has earthquake information ----- HERE
There is another U.S. Geological Survey Site ------------------- HERE
National earthquake information center --------------------------HERE
A list of links to earthquake sites -----------------------------------HERE
A list of old earthquake maps -----------------------------------------HERE

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