Name: Integrated Science 101 – Final Exam INTEGRATED SCIENCE I Salem International University INSTRUCTOR: James E. Beichler, Ph.D. TEXTBOOK: Integrated Science, by Bill W. Tillery, Eldon D. Enger and Frederick C. Ross COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course serves as an introduction to the ideas, concepts and practices which form the basis of modern science. In this first section of the Integrated Science course, the areas of physics, astronomy and geology will be covered. Science began nearly two and a half millennia ago in ancient Greece. Physics was the first of the sciences and is still considered the most basic of all the sciences. In physics, the phenomena, events and happenings of which our physical environment consists are logically analyzed into their most fundamental components; matter and motion against the common background of space and time. Ancient philosophers carefully observed all in the world around them, including the stars in the night skies. Observational astronomy was one of the motivating factors in the earliest development of concepts of change and motion in physics and science in general, even though astronomy is an independent science in our own time. The separation of science into many different branches is a later development. That part of astronomy which involves an explanation of the motions of planets stars and other heavenly bodies is also called astrophysics. So, after our study of the basic concepts of motion, the forces which make material bodies move, the energies involved in such processes, the electromagnetic forces and light, we will study structure of the basic units of matter, the atom and the nucleus. Such a study of the microscopic elements of our physical reality actually brings us back the the structure of the universe as a whole as well as the nuclear processes which fuel the stars themselves. So we will then study the astronomy of the universe, galaxy and solar system. After we study the planets in our own solar system, we will continue to specialize our study on our own planet, the earth. In particular, we will look at the forces which shape the surface of our earth as well as how the rocks which make up our immediate environment came to be formed. This will complete our course, but Integrated Science will not be finished. All of the sciences are related in a single whole, yet chemistry and biology have been left for the second course of Integrated Science. That particular separation of the sciences is completely articifial, made as a convenience for our studies, since all of the sciences form a single comprehensive whole. GRADING METHOD: This course will consist of two internet lectures per week over an eight week period. After the eighth lecture, a midterm exam will be given over the internet. A final exam will be given in a common area with a proctor present at the end of the eight week course. In the text of each chapter of the textbook, "activites" are listed. These "activites," as well as others to be posted by the instructor over the internet, will be completed individually by the students and written reports submitted to the instructor for correction, comment and grading. These activites are provided to replace the laboratory exercises which usually accompany a science course such as this one. Problems from the textbook as well as new problems posted on the internet will also be completed by the students with the answers submitted to the instructor. And finally, each chapter of the textbook includes a section on "questions for thought." These questions, and others posted by the instructor, will form the basis of an ongoing internet discussion by the students and instructor. Student responses and contibutions to the discussion for these threaded questions will also be considered in determining the student's grade for this course. Hand-outs and further explanations of requirements and procedures will be given during the course as necessary. So, there are four parts to this course which the student will need to complete for a grade: Threaded Questions 15% Activities 20% Midterm exam 25% Final Exam 40%