Bionics Assignments

Here are your final assignments in Biophysics:

Ø Would you support the development of a “bionic” person?

Ø Would your opinion be any different if this were for a military purpose?

Ø Respond to a classmate’s blog

Your Biophysics Paper is due August 4th:
“Describe connections you can make between Biophysics and your TCM studies”
(500 to 1000 words)

Class Blog Addresses

Here is the latest list of class blog addresses:

http://thacchsphysics.blogspot.com/

http://laurahophysics.blogspot.com/

http://givepeaceofmind.blogspot.com/

http://arthurdy.blogspot.com/

http://misterallenduong.blogspot.com/

http://ashesthoughtsontheories.blogspot.com/

http://jasminescoreqhomework.blogspot.com

http://acchsphysicsblog2015.blogspot.com/

http://centeredtree.blogspot.com/

https://fractalfractalfractalfractal.wordpress.com/

http://Tuesdayphysics.blogspot.com

http://reneenvillamaria.blogspot.com

http://physicsandtheyogini.blogspot.com

http://christinaveverka.blogspot.com/

http://edphysics2015.blogspot.com

http://jtysonacchsphysics.blogspot.com/

http://heatherlyng.blogspot.com/

http://acchsphysicshomework.blogspot.com/

http://acchsphysicsamy.blogspot.com/

http://quietwatermajorwaves.blogspot.com/

http://jhpang.blogspot.com/

http://biophsyics2015.blogspot.com/

http://biophysacu.blogspot.com/

Biophysics Assignments - Energy Medicine and Energy Fields

Blog assignments for this week:

• Acupuncture as effective energy medicine
• What conclusions can you draw from Kirlian photography
• Human intent as it affects health
• Respond to another classmate’s blog

And here is the link to Sondra Barrett's "Mystic Molecules" from last week's class.

Check out the following links on the Institutes of Biophysics in China:

http://users.eastlink.ca/~cabbages/psi/usbeijin.pdf
Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China

http://english.ibp.cas.cn/rh/ri/
The Research group in the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R.China 

http://159.226.118.206/detailt.aspx?newsno=8094

Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Biophysics Assignments - Life and Living Systems - Week One

1  Blog assignments for this week:

• I know I’m a “living system” because…….
• Post a comment on one of this evening's discussions
• Post a response to a classmate’s blog

2  Check out the following links:

http://www.crystalinks.com/kirlian.html
Aura Photography

http://members.tripod.com/RandyHiatt/Kirlianpage.html
Kirlian Photography

http://www.experiencefestival.com/kirlian_photography
A Wisdom Archive on Kirlian Photography

Assignments for Week Nine - Towards a New Synthesis

Biophysics starts next week, 7/14, so your final Physics blog assignments are:

• My E-Prime Day - describe your day, only using English Prime
• How might you synthesize eastern and western ideas in Physics?
• Post a response to a classmate's blog

Check out the following links on Biophysics:
http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=991
Oxygen Metabolism

http://www.bionetonline.org/
New discoveries in life sciences - Explore the science and debate the issues

http://www.mountainman.com.au/chaos_02.htm
Order Out of Chaos by Ilya Prigogine & Isabelle Stengers

Your Final Physics Paper is due 7/7

A reminder that your Final Paper in Physics is due July 7th

You may turn in a hard copy in class next week, or email me a Word or pdf file to laurence_spears@yahoo.com

Here is a summary of the requirements:

• Choose an aspect of Physics discussed in class.
• Prepare a brief analysis based on two different world-views, for example, Eastern and Western viewpoints.
• Maximum word count:  500

Assignments for Week Eight - Classical Physics

Blog assignments for this week:

• Newton’s Three Laws and me
• Our “Energy Efficient” Culture
• Descartes has a lot to answer for!
• Post a response to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links on Towards a New Synthesis:

http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/TKno/TKnoAlte.htm 
Arrow of Time: Towards a New Epistemology of Science  

http://physics.iupui.edu/~vasavada/ModernPhysicsandHinduPhilosophy.pdf

Modern Physics and Hindu Philosophy

http://www.doyletics.com/art/physicsa.htm 
Physics as Metaphor by Roger S. Jones
 A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Human Side of Science 

http://www.rawilson.com/quantum.html
Quantum Psychology - E and E-Prime 
Robert Anton Wilson

Assignments for Week Seven - Chaos Theory

Blog assignments for this week:

• “Ordered chaos” – does this sound familiar?
• Fractals as patterns of complex systems
• Consciousness out of chaos?
• Conduct one of these "cool experiments" and write up your conclusions in your blog
• Respond to each other’s blogs

Check out the following links on Classical Physics:

http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/onlineexperiments.htm
Cool experiments you can do with stuff you probably already have around the house...

http://www.mcasco.com/p1outln.html?CFID=3769081&CFTOKEN=69535836 
Physics 1 Online Course

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/billiards/billiards.html?CFID
=3769081&CFTOKEN=69535836 
Billiards and Physics

http://monet.physik.unibas.ch/~elmer/pendulum/index.html?CFID
=3769081&CFTOKEN=69535836 
The Pendulum Lab

Assignments for Week Six - Vibrations

Blog assignments for this week:

• Are all vibrations “good”?
• Resonance in my world
• Connections I can make between Energy and Qi
• Post a comment to a classmate's blog

Check out the following links for next week on Chaos Theory:

http://www.isss.org/quotelvb.htm 
Ludwig von Bertalanffy 

http://www.ddewey.net/mandelbrot/ 
Introduction to the Mandelbrot Set 


A guide for people with little math experience. 
http://mathforum.org/alejandre/workshops/fractal/fractal3.html 
What is a fractal?

Assignments for Week Five - Symmetry and Sacred Geometry

1.   Blog assignments for this week:

• My (a)symmetrical world
• Just what does this "CP violation" really mean?
• Are there connections between Sacred Geometry and Physics?
• Remember to respond to each other’s blogs

2.   Check out the following links on Vibrations::

http://www.gmi.edu/~drussell/Demos.html
 Acoustics and Vibration Animations

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/microwaves/standing_wave1.html
Standing Waves

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibration 
Vibration - from Wikipedia
  
http://exhibits.pacsci.org/music/MusicPhysics.html
Music Physics

Assignments for Week Four - Energy Matter and the Four Forces

Blog assignments for this week:

• How has e=mc² affected you?
• How would you compare the four “forces”?
• What is the function of gravity?
• Keep up the blog dialogue!

Check out the following links on Symmetry and Sacred Geometry:

http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/symmetries-obeyed-and-broken 
Symmetries Obeyed and Broken

http://physicsweb.org/articles/world/13/9/4/1
Magnetism points to molecular asymmetry

http://lhcb-public-old.web.cern.ch/lhcb-public-old/html/cpviolationtoc.htm
Everything you ever wanted to know about CP violation and never dared to ask

http://www.scaruffi.com/nature/

"The Nature of ConsciousnessThe Structure of Life and the Meaning of Matter" (2006)by Piero Scaruffi

http://www.geometrycode.com/sg/index.shtml
Sacred Geometry Home Page by Bruce Rawles

Week Three Assignments - Synchronicity

Blog assignments for this week:
* What evidence can you find for synchronicity
* Based on what you know, how would you explain connectivity?
* Post a response to a classmate's blog entry

Check out the following links on Energy, Matter and the Four Forces:

www.c2i2.com/~seven/paradox/Docs/Paradox.PPT
The Standard Model of Particle Physics - a Simplified Summary

http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/cms/?pid=1000068
E=mc2 - explain it in 60 seconds

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/cosmology/forces.html
FOUR FUNDAMENTAL FORCES OF NATURE

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/forces/funfor.html
Fundamental Forces

Assignments for Week Two - Quantum Mechanics

Remember our class does not meet on May 19th.
Our class on Synchronicity will meet on May 26th.

Blog assignments for this week:

* Your reflections on Uncertainty
* Your comments on Causality
* Is the Universe weird?
* Respond to a classmate’s blog entry


Check out the following links on Synchronicity:

http://www.crystalinks.com/synchronicity.htmlSynchronicities are meaningful coincidences
Examples, definitions and some background to Jung

http://www.flowpower.com/What%20is%20Synchronicity.htm
What is Synchronicity?
More examples and discussion

http://www.science-et-magie.com/archives01/moisset/jma02syn.htm
Synchronicity and Multiple Universes

Assignments for Week One - The Meaning of Time

Start your blog and send the url to laurence_spears@yahoo.com 

1. Your blog assignments for this week:

Ø Post your bio - your answers to this week’s quiz

Ø Post your reflections on this week’s class - The Meaning of Time

Ø Post a response to another student’s blog


2. Check out the following links on Quantum Mechanics:

http://phys.educ.ksu.edu/info/summaryOfVqm.html
The simulations under “Programs” are excellent

http://physics.uark.edu/hobson/pubs/11.05.TPT.pdf
Writing for Non-scientists about Physics

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/The_Quantum_age_begins.html
A decent history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics
Definitions

Welcome!

Welcome to Physics at ACCHS!

My name is Larry Spears, and I'll be teaching your Physics Course this summer.

As you now know, your assignments will be posted to your own blog
So, please email me as soon as you have set up your blog account
- my email address is laurence_spears@yahoo.com

The assignments for each week will be posted here on the Physics Class blog, as will a list of blog addresses for the class.

Take care

Larry