CSC 152: The Week beginning Aug. 28
Homework:
Watch and summarize and/or respond to (in your own words) the following article
How algorithms shape our world (Ted Talk by Kevin Slavin)
Watch and summarize and/or respond to (in your own words) the following video
How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds every day (Ted Talk by Tristan Harris)
Due: Sept. 6
Monday:
Course Syllabus
Instructions: How to make an XY Scatter Graph (gas and oil price example)
Lab: Sound Speed vs Temperature
Due: Sept. 6
Wednesday:
Some questions that arose on Monday's lab
("It's all about the questions.")
More graphing in Excel exercises. Each graph should have title, axis labels (with physical units when possible), and a displayed fit equation. Then paste the graphs into and answer the questions in the corresponding Word documents
Graph Interpretation
Levers (fitting to something other than a straight line)
Pendulum (ditto)
Elements Graph exercise
(uses
Excel Data for Elements Graph
)
Polynomial Fit
(I believe in repetition.)
