The instructor for this course is Dr. David Snyder (david.snyder@gallaudet.edu) and his office is in HMB N302B. Our class will meet in MSSD for lecture and lab. Classwork (reports, homework,...) may be handed in to the instructor or put under the door of HMB E302B. After the deadline, all work is worth half credit (50%) - NO EXCEPTIONS OR EXCUSES! My schedule of available times is given below (blue = busy, green = available):

This course is an introductory physics course with astronomical and space exploration perspectives that has three goals:

• DOING PHYSICS: Learn some physics concepts and be able to recognize their applications.
• GAINING PERSONAL SKILLS: Practice workplace skills of teamwork, communication, visualization, organization, experimental/project design and implementation. Learn skills related to the gathering, analyzing, organizing, presenting and deducing proper conclusions from data.
• IMAGINING WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY: Learn with an eye towards new applications and new gadgets that don't violate too many principles of physics all at one time. New technologies are opening up completely new possibilities for doing science, for earning a living, preserving living species.

This course is very much geared to imparting and developing your skills for being productive in future endeavors. There will be a lot of emphasis on learning and using computers as tools to extend your capabilities, inform your judgement and free your creative skills. At times, work on computers seems tedious and it will seem easier to "do it all by hand". You should resist this urge, accept the challenge and keep your mind open to learning new tools and methods. Learn how to make the computer do more for you. The fact is that the world and the workplace are undergoing continuous change. It means a LOT for you to forever MAKE THE EFFORT and keep an open, accepting, exploring attitude to new technologies and techniques. "K-12 education" has truely become "K-100 education" - the need for learning does not stop after you graduate!