NSCI 100 and NSCI 101, UMUC Europe (Djibouti) Spring 2013

This page is the NCSI 100 and NCSI 101 web page for the Spring 2013 UMUC-Europe (Djibouti) term.

Dr. Gregg’s contact information: christopher.gregg (at) faculty.umuc.edu

The syllabus for NSCI 100 can be found at: NSCI 100 Syllabus

The syllabus for NSCI 101 (lab) can be found at: NCSI 101 Lab Syllabus

Website for the PhET physics simulations:  http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics

All class videos: http://goo.gl/yUHsq

All class slide shows: http://www.rvl.io/tofergregg


Slide deck for Monday 18 March 2013, chapter 1, motion and equilibrium (you must have an HTML5 browser – Chrome or Safari work well).

Videos of class one are here:

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Full Frames of Reference video from Part 3.


Slide deck for Saturday 23 March 2013, chapters 2-3, Newton’s Laws, and Momentum and Energy

MIT professor Walter Lewin’s lecture on pendulums:  For the Love of Physics

Video of class 2:


Slide deck for Monday 26 March 2013, chapters 4-5, Gravitation and Fluid Dynamics

Video of class 3:


Slide deck for Saturday 30 March 2013, chapters 6-7, Thermal Energy and Heat Transfer

Video of class 4:

Cog video from class.

Cornell Physics Demo web page (lots of videos!)


Slide deck for Monday 1 April 2013, chapters 8-9, Electricity and Magnetism

Video of class 5:

Top Gear video: lightning strike while inside a car

Motor Applet (actually, lots of applets) — search for “motor” on the page


Slide deck for Saturday 06 April 2013, chapters 10-11, Waves and Light

Video of class 6:

Billibong Odyssey Intro

Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land

Wave video from beginning of class

Doppler Effect applet (needs Java)

Color spotlights for addition and subtraction of color applet (requires Java)

Fantastic SR-71 stories:  Story 1:Verrrrry Slow Fly-by  Story 2:Ground Speed Air Check


Slide deck for Monday 08 April 2013, chapters 12-13, Atoms and the Periodic Table

Video of class 7:

Elements Song by Tom Lehrer (flash required) (This song was included in class, but YouTube thinks I’m violating copyright (while I scream “fair use!”), so I deleted that scene.


Slide deck for Saturday 13 April 2013, chapters 14-15, Atoms and Molecules

Video of class 8:

Water, a Polar Molecule Video

Videos of Sodium being thrown into water


Slide deck for Monday 15 April 2013, chapters 16-17, Mixtures and How Chemicals React

Video of class 9:

Powers of Ten Video and website

Mr. Anderson teaches about balancing equations.

Fahrenheit 451 – Must Read book by Ray Bradbury



Slide deck for Monday 22 April 2013, chapters 20-21, Rocks and Minerals and Plate Tectonics and Earth’s Interior

Video of class 11:

Lava Video 1, Lava Video 2

Volcano Video 1, Volcano Video 2


Please email me for the slidedeck for chapter 23, Geologic Time—Reading the Rock Record


Slide deck for Monday April 29 2013, chapters 24-25, The Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate, and Weather


Slide deck for Saturday May 4 2013, chapters 26-27, The Solar System and Stars

Planet and star size video

Mars Exploration Rover (2004 and still going) video

Curiosity Rover (2012-present) video