Hugel 020
Physics Department
Lafayette College
730 High St.
Easton, PA 18042
Phone: (610) 330-5207
Email: thomasbd@lafayette.edu
Contact Info
Physics at Lafayette
Other Resources
Date | Topic | Reading | Writing | Fourth Hour |
Week 1 | ||||
8/29 | Introduction: Science into Action | |||
8/31 | Policy, Pandemics, and Public Perception | "I Should Have Done Better" (M); "Meet the Student" (M); "Stanford Tries to Silence Student Journalist" (M) | ||
Week 2 | ||||
9/5 | Policy, Pandemics, and Public Perception | Oshinsky, Ch. 1-4 | Film: "And the Band Played On" (9/7, 7:00 PM in Farinon 003) |
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9/7 | Policy, Pandemics, and Public Perception | Oshinsky, Ch. 5-6 | ||
Week 3 | ||||
9/12 | Policy, Pandemics, and Public Perception | Oshinsky, Ch. 7-11 | WA Conferences (Individual) |
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9/14 | Policy, Pandemics, and Public Perception | Oshinsky, Ch. 12 | Genre Writing (First Draft Due Friday, 9/15 at 5:00 PM) |
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Week 4 | ||||
9/19 | Policy, Pandemics, and Public Perception | Oshinsky, Ch. 13-16 | Conferences with Prof. Thomas (Individual) |
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9/21 | Chain Reactions | Rhodes, Ch. 1 | Timeline & Reflections (Due Friday, 9/22 at 5:00 PM) |
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Week 5 | ||||
9/26 | Chain Reactions | Rhodes, Ch. 9 and Ch. 10 up to the break before the paragraph that begins "Though he was still recovering from jaundice..." |
Panel discussion with Keith Dienes (9/26 at 12:00 noon in Hugel 017) | |
9/28 | Chain Reactions | Rhodes, Ch. 10 from the paragraph that begins "Though he was still recovering from jaundice..." through the end of the chapter |
Genre Writing (Final Draft Due Friday, 9/29 at 5:00 PM) |
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Week 6 | ||||
10/3 | Chain Reactions | Rhodes, Ch. 12, Ch. 15 from the paragraph that begins "Despite Pearl Harbor and the subsequent Japanese sweep..." through the end of the chapter, Ch. 18 up to the break before the paragraph that begins "No one doubted that Little Boy would work..." |
Film: "The Day After Trinity" and Make-Up Class Meeting (10/5, 7:30 PM in Hugel 017) |
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10/5 | Chain Reactions | Rhodes, Ch. 18 from the paragraph that begins "No one doubted that Little Boy would work..." through the end of the chapter |
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Week 7 | ||||
10/10 | Fall Break (No Class Meeting) | |||
10/12 | An Endless Frontier? | Marcus, Introduction and Ch. 1; "Science: The Endless Frontier," p. 1-21 (M) |
Research Proposal (First Draft Due Friday, 10/13 at 5:00 PM) |
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Week 8 | ||||
10/17 | An Endless Frontier? | Marcus, Ch. 2 up to the heading "The Election of 1968"; "Beyond Sputnik," p. 25-47 (M) | WA Conferences (Individual) | |
10/19 | An Endless Frontier? | Marcus, Ch. 2 from the heading "The Election of 1968" up to the heading "Marking Time: Gerald Ford" |
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Week 9 | ||||
10/24 | An Endless Frontier? | Marcus, Ch. 2 from the heading "Marking Time: Gerald Ford" through the end of the chapter | Panel discussion with Jeff Kost (10/25, 12:00 noon in Hugel 017) | |
10/26 |
Inconvenient Truths | Carson, Ch. 1-3; "The Desolate Year" (M) |
Research Proposal (Submission Due Thursday, 10/26 at 5:00 PM) |
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Week 10 | ||||
10/31 | Mock Peer-Review Panel | Reading Proposals | Film: "Rachel Carson: The Woman Who Launched the Modern Environmental Movement" (11/2, 7:30 PM in Hugel 017) |
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11/2 | Inconvenient Truths | Carson, Ch. 4-6 | ||
Week 11 | ||||
11/7 | Inconvenient Truths | Carson, Jigsaw Readings and Ch. 14-15; | WA Conferences (Individual) | |
11/9 | Inconvenient Truths | Carson, Ch. 16-17; "Silence, Miss Carson" (M) |
Research Proposal (Revision Due Friday, 11/10 at 5:00 PM) |
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Week 12 | ||||
11/14 | What is Sacred | "What Makes a Volcano Sacred?" (M); "The Search for Knowledge" (M); "Beyond Silent Spring" (M) |
Persuasive Writing (Topic Submission Due Tuesday, 11/14 at 5:00 PM) |
Film: "Hidden Figures" (11/16, 7:30 PM in Hugel 017) |
11/16 | What Is Sacred | "The Pandemic Hasn't Stopped" (M); "A Native Hawaiian-Lead Summary" (M); "New Front Emerges" (M) |
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Week 13 | ||||
11/21 | White Towers | "Public Opinion Polls and Perceptions" (M); "Blacks and Apollo" (M); "Moodoggle" (M) |
Persuasive Writing (First Draft Due Tuesday, 11/21 at 5:00 PM) |
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11/23 | Thanksgiving Break (No Class Meeting) | |||
Week 14 | ||||
11/28 | White Towers | Paul, Introduction and Ch. 1-3 | Conferences with Prof. Thomas (Individual) |
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11/30 | White Towers | Paul, Ch. 5-6 | ||
Week 14 | ||||
12/5 | White Towers | Paul, Ch. 7-8 | WA Conferences (Individual) |
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12/7 | White Towers | Paul, Conclusion | Persuasive Writing (Final Draft Due Friday, 12/8 at 5:00 PM) |