GS104

Week One

If you don't have access to course materials through Canvas (perhaps you want to start early or are having trouble registering) and would like to begin work, then please use this page to do so. Note that this list is incomplete and you will not be able to submit the work until you have access to Canvas.

Read

• Prologue from the textbook (see the syllabus and obtain one from the Chemeketa library or purchase an older edition on Amazon or elsewhere)

• Science defined document

• Demarcation

• Units tip sheet

Videos

• • Ali G on science (see if you can spot any logical fallacies)

  • Introduction

Online Homework

• Contact me through email (erik.jensen@chemeketa.edu) to get access to the online homework

Written Homework (online students only)

• Written homework question 1

• The rest of the written homework questions

Labs

• If you are unfamiliar with calculating with spreadsheets, then watch this video (up through 1:30).

• If you haven't made a graph with Google Sheets, then watch this video (up through 3:00).

• To learn about trend lines in graphs in Google Sheets, watch this video (through the first minute).

• Purchase a lab kit from the bookstore

• Begin work on the lab: Data Collection, Analysis, and Representation