TEL 355/555 ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Course Requirements (I)
Section 550 Due Dates and Credit Value
Credit Requirements* Dates Due (points)
Group I. Class Activities (all required):
A. Wind Activity February 17 50
B. Energy Game (play and evaluate) March 9 100
C. Energy Facts Project and Presentation March 14 & 16 200
D. Calculator Based Lab (CBC) Activities 100
E. Passive Solar Home Testing April 13 100
F.1.Solar Cooking Activity (egg) April 20 100
650 (S. T. )
Group II. Individual Activities (all required):
A. Current Energy News 3 classes May 2 60
B. Laboratory Maintenance 1 hour, May 4 50
C. Hydroponics (class salad) May 4 100
210 (S.T. )
Group III. Optional Credit Opportunities as announced
(Campus speakers, meetings, tours, etc.)
Group IV. Examinations, Quizzes, and Attendance (all required):
A. Examinations I February 24 100
II March 30 100
III 8:00 : 10:00 May 9 100
300 (S.T.)
B. Quizzes TBA & UA TBA
C. Attendance
Extra credit for class attendance: Late arrival to class:
Absent 0 classes : +10 Late 1:2 classes :0
Absent 1 class : +5 Late 3 classes :10
Absent 2 : 3 classes : +0 Late4 : 5 classes :15
Absent 4 classes : dropped from class Late 6 classes :20
(Department policy) Late 6+ classes :5 each
Total points for all requirements 1160+
*See Course Requirement Descriptions for detailed
information.
Requirements will be devalued 10 pts for each calendar day past the due date Submitting work for evaluation prior to the due date is encouraged!
Final Grades: To earn an:
"A" grade: Complete all, of requirement Groups I, II, and IV, complete one option from Group III and maintain a 90% or above average.
"B" grade: Complete all of requirement Groups I, II, and IV, complete one option from Group III and maintain an 80:89% average.
"C" grade: Complete all of requirement Groups I, II, and IV, complete one option from Group III and maintain a 70:79% average.
"D" grade: Complete all of requirement Groups I, II, and IV, complete one option from Group III and maintain a 65:69% average.
"E" grade: Attempt all of requirement Groups I, II, and IV, complete one option from Group III and maintain below a 65% average.
Grade Breakdown:
A 94 : 100% 95% (Grade used for letter/numerical conversion)
A- 90 : 93% 91%
B+ 87 : 89% 88%
B 84 : 86% 85%
B- 80 : 83% 81%
C+ 77 : 79% 78%
C 74 : 76% 75%
C- 70 : 73% 71%
D+ 67 : 69% 68%
D 65 : 66% 65%
E 0 : 64% % as earned
Materials Fee: In completing, these requirements, you will be using wood, metal, fasteners, finishes, photovoltaic cells, hydroponic solutions, growing mediums, etc. Some materials will need to be acquired.:„ outside of the laboratory. A materials fee of $9.50 per student is payable prior to Examination I.
Plagiarism/Cheating: You are expected to do your own work. Copying from other students, authors or other resources without citing them as the source is not acceptable and no credit will be awarded. Cheating on exams, quizzes, research reports, experiments, and activities will result in zero (0) credit for all parties involved.
Note: When you are late for class and attendance has been taken, it is our responsibility to see that the attendance record is changed from absent to late. Do it that day.
Textbook: Schwaller, Anthony and Anthony Gilberti. (1996). Energy. Albany: Delmar.
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