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Unit: Math Bits
- Hour 1: Math Bits - Differentials
- Differentials
- Zapping with d
- Hours 2-3: Math Bits - Variables and Representations
- Small Group Activity: Exploring the Partial Derivative Machine
- Partial Derivative Machine dictionary
- Hour 4: Math Bits - Energy and Integrals
- dU
- Numerical Integration
- Hours 5-6: Math Bits - Derivatives and Chain Rules
- Chain Rules
- Small Group Activity: PDM Derivatives
- Chain Rule Diagrams
- Hour 7: Math Bits - The Elevator Cycle
- Small Group Activity: The Elevator Cycle
Unit: First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics
- Hour 8: Heat and Temperature
- Intro to Thermodynamic Properties
- Lab: Ice Lab I
- Comparing Thermodynamic Properties
- Hour 9: The First and Second Law
- Jargon
- First Law
- Snapping a Rubber Band
- Second Law
- Hour 10: Name the Experiment I
- Thermodynamic Identity
- Name the Experiment
- Heat Capacity
- Hour 11: Ice Lab II
- Lab: Ice Lab II
- Hour 12: Free Expansion
- Free expansion not-quiz
- Discussion of not-quiz
- Hour 13: $p v$ and $T S$ plots
- Work
- Heat
- Using $p V$ and $T S$ Plots
- Hour 14: A Simple Curve
- Analyzing a Simple Curve
Unit: Internal Energy
- Hour 15: Holiday
- Hour 16: Name the Experiment II
- Name the Experiment II (Heat and/or First Law)
- Hour 17: Legendre Transformations
- Legendre Transformations
- Hour 18: Maxwell Relations
- Maxwell Relations
- Maxwell Relation Activities
- Hour 19 Name the Experiment III
- Name The Experiment III
- Hours 20-21: Rubber Band Lab
- Lab: Rubber Band Lab
- Hour 22: Sometimes Always Never True
- Sometimes Always Never True (1st half)
- Hours 23-25: Holiday
Unit: Statistical Mechanics
- Hour 26: Students as Molecules
- Fairness Function and Probability
- Hour 27: Maximizing Entropy
- Maximizing S
- Lagrange Multipliers
- Hour 28: Boltzman Ratio
- Weighted Averages
- Derive Boltzman Ratio and connect to Thermo ($U = \sum p_iE_i$)
- Hour 29: Free
- Free
- Hours 30-31: Exploring a Diatomic Gas
- Diatomic Gas
- Hour 32: Review
- Review
