Scholars Online Natural Science Year I Syllabus
Chat Sessions, Lecture Topics, Lab Exercises
This syllabus is for the 2023-2024 Academic Year. The syllabus for 2024-2025 will be available June 1, 2024
| 1 | 9/9/2022 | 0 | Preparing for chat | Doing written assignments | Lab reports |
| 2 | 9/16/2022 | 1 | What is Science | The divisio scientiarum | Basic Observation |
| 3 | 9/23/2022 | 2 | Scientific Observation and the Experimental Method | Weather: The Movement of Air | Weather Observations |
| 4 | 9/30/2022 | 3 | Requirements for Science | Weather: Fronts and Storms | Humidity |
| 5 | 10/7/2022 | 4 | Creation Stories and Nature | Naked-Eye Astronomy 1: Days, Years, Seasons | The Motions of the Sun |
| 6 | 10/14/2022 | 5 | Ancient Observations | Naked-Eye Astronomy 2: Sun, Moon, Planets | Planetary Observations |
| 7 | 10/21/2022 | 6 | Basic Algebra, Numerals | Counting, Measuring, Accuracy | Measurement and Error |
| 8 | 10/28/2022 | 7 | Greek Mathematics: Pythagoras, Euclid, Apollonius | Proportion and Periodicity | Sound |
| 9 | 11/4/2022 | 8 | Ionian and Eleatic Monistic Materialists | Matter: Volume, Density, and other basic characteristics | Measuring Density |
| 10 | 11/11/2022 | 9 | Greek Theories of Motion | Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration | Measuring Velocity and Acceleration |
| 11 | 11/18/2022 | 10 | Eudoxus and Aristotle: Model of the Universe | Ptolemy: Model of the Universe | Naked Eye Observations of the Planets |
| 12 | 11/25/2022 | | Thanksgiving | | |
| 13 | 12/2/2022 | 11 | Aristotle and Classification | Classification Systems and Vertebrate Life Forms | Field Lab #2A |
| 14 | 12/9/2022 | 12 | Aristotle and Invertebrate Life | The Classification of Invertebrates | Field Lab #2B |
| 15 | 12/16/2022 | 13 | Theophrastus and Plant Life | The Classification of Plants | Field Lab #3 |
| 16 | 12/23/2022 | | Christmas | | |
| 17 | 12/30/2022 | | New Year's | | |
| 18 | 1/6/2023 | 14 | Archimedes and Hero | Machines | Building a Simple Machine |
| 19 | 1/13/2023 | 15 | Roman Engineering | Static Equilibrium | Resisting Forces |
| 20 | 1/20/2023 | 16 | Thinking about History | Thinking about Science | Scientific Methods |
| 21 | 1/27/2023 | 17 | Review: The End of the Ancient World | Review | Review |
| 22 | 2/3/2023 | 18 | Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance History of Science | History: a timeline of events, 400AD - 1700 AD | TBD |
| 23 | 2/10/2023 | 19 | Early Christian Fathers and Science | Sound and Music | Vibrating Strings |
| 24 | 2/17/2023 | 20 | Arab Science | Optics | Lenses |
| 25 | 2/24/2023 | 21 | Medieval Cosmos | Mathematics of Motion | TBD |
| 26 | 3/3/2023 | 22 | Leonardo and Scientific Illustration | Human Anatomy 1: Bones and Muscles | Dissection of an Earthworm |
| 27 | 3/10/2023 | 23 | Andreas Vesalius | Human Anatomy 2: The Nervous System | Taste |
| 28 | 3/17/2023 | 24 | William Harvey | Human Anatomy 3: Circulation | Capillaries |
| 29 | 3/24/2023 | 25 | Robert Hook and the Microscope | Human Anatomy 4: Cells | Microscope Basics |
| 30 | 3/31/2023 | 35 | Francis Bacon | The Idea of Nature | Induction and Deduction in experiments |
| 31 | 4/7/2023 | | Holy Week | | |
| 32 | 4/14/2023 | 26 | The Copernican Revolution | The Solar System | Observing Planets |
| 33 | 4/21/2023 | 27 | Brahe, Kepler, and the Early Followers of Copernicus | Individual Planets | Galilean Observations of Venus and Jupiter |
| 34 | 4/28/2023 | 28 | Galileo Galilei and Heliocentric Theories | Parallax and Pendulum Evidence | Galilean Observations of the Sun and Moon |
| 35 | 5/5/2023 | 29 | Galileo Galilei and Mechanics | Falling Bodies: Under constant acceleration | Galilean Pendulum Experiment |
| 36 | 5/12/2023 | 30 | Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion | Newton's Laws of Motion | Falling Bodies II |
| 37 | 5/19/2023 | 31 | William Gilbert | Magnetism | Mapping Magnetic Fields |
| 38 | 5/26/2023 | 32 | Isaac Newton and Universal Laws | The Law of Gravity | TBD |
| 39 | 6/2/2023 | 33 | The Accomplishments of the Scientific Revolution | The Renaissance World Model | None |
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