I have write about a time period in 1900 – 1960
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`1920 – 2020 based on
How Artificial Intelligence will influence our lives in the future.
Alan Turing (father of modern computing)
John McCarthy (father of Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) )
England/US
PHYS 1315 PHYSICAL SCIENCE I
The ideas, the people, the inventions that built the modern world.
(Individual Assignment)
Science and technology have transformed the social, political, economic and intellectual landscape. Today, science and technology affect every single person on the planet.
You have been asked to transform yourself and travel to time, to a period that was full of ideas, social upheaval and unrest, but also full of inventions that built the modern world.
Student Learning Outcome:
SLO #1: Discuss the nature of science, the scientific method, and the historical development of some of the laws of physics
SLO #2. Explain how science and technology influenced social changes
Core Objectives:
1. Communication Skills – to include effective written, oral, and visual communication.
Grading:
This project is one of the projects required to complete for your course. See below for the weight assigned to each part.
Assignment Directions:
A) A historical diary (400- 700-word ) (100%): The diary has to be written from the perspective of a person who lived in a period full of innovations and inventions ( as if you were living on that period). Your corresponding period is listed in the table below. When writing your diary you should include the following:
1) Part I: Provide details of the period and country that you are living in, who are you and your age as events happen1. (5% )
2) Part II: Identify a major social issue that happened during the time-period (you could include something that have previously happened from the assigned period, but it is still affecting society). Describe the people, the political and economic situation (especially of the lower class)1. (20%)
3) Part III: You have been assigned a scientist, identify him/her by name, give a brief description about him/her, and explain what scientific development he/she is responsible for1. (20 %)
4) Part IV: Give the historical development of a scientific theory or scientific law that was discovered during your period ( or could have been discovered decades or century before, but it was proved during your period), make implicit connection to the scientific method. Remember that it takes time to do science. 1 SLO # 1 (20 %)
5) Part V: Give the historical development of the invention that you have been assigned and how it contributed to social changes during your time-period. Identify the inventors/scientists responsible for that invention. Describe society before and after the invention1,2. SLO # 2 (20 %)
6) Part VI: Explain whether your own ideas about science and technology, and their interaction with society have changed. (5%)
7) Part VII: Write a well-organized conclusion. (10%)
8) Cite a minimum of 3 sources. ( 6 % )
Historical Diary Assignment Requirements
1. Your paper must be typed double-spaced Times New Roman 12-point font, and 400 – 700 words in length
2. You must submit your essay into CANVAS on the assigned deadline.
3. Cite a minimum of 3 sources
5. Make sure to write complete sentences
6. Grading: a percentage for each area has been assigned.
