Your first step is to get together with your group and meet with
Professor Walker after class on the Tuesday prior your DDE week. Then,
work on completing the steps outlined below.
E-mail Contact:
Now that you've made it to the web, send me an e-mail to prove it (Hint:
if you
send it anonymously I won't know who you are). In the e-mail also let me know
what you think you are going to do for DDE. If you do not receive a
personal reply from me you were not successful. YOU MUST SEND ME AN EMAIL
DURING THE BEGINNING OF YOUR DDE ASSIGNMENT TO RECEIVE ANY DDE CREDIT.
Project:
Next thing is to try and find a presentation
topic. You have two potential
choices (other ideas, if reasonable, are possible as well):
(1) Current Event
- Try and find
an article from a resonable media source (New
York Times, Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, ...) and then use a web
browser (like Yahoo) to find out stuff
about it. A good place to start is the Tuesday NyTimes Science Section.
- Now, try and summarize what you've found in 3-5 typed pages and turn it in
to me by Monday of the week following your DDE week. You should emphasize
the actual physics involved in this issue as well the role played by the
interaction of science and society.
- As an alternative, you can present your findings in a creative way
to the class on Thursday of your DDE Week.
(2) Experiment/Demo
- Instead of doing a paper, a group can try an experiment. Choose from
the following and then see Professor Walker for details. Week 1: Phases of
the Moon (observe the moon several nights
during the week and answer some questions); Week 2: Reaction Times (using a
yardstick take data on human reaction times and present the results in class);
Week 4: Billiards (shoot pool and learn about conservation laws that govern
motion)
See me if you have any questions. I encourage you to work as a group or
in sub-groups. If all agree, the group, or sub-group, can turn in a paper.
Just let me know what you are doing.
