CIFI stands for "Ciencias Físicas" in Spanish or knows in English as "Physics." This course was a multidisciplinary venture were the sciences of Astrophysics, Geology and Astrochemistry were used to explain the Big Bang Theory. Multiple lab assignments regarding some concepts studied in each science were completed throughout the course. Below are some samples of the completed coursework.
- Research Project: Karst Zones in Puerto Rico
- Lab Report: Calcination of a metal ore, Copper
- Lab Report: Electrolysis, decomposing water
- Lab Report: Hubble's Graph
Karst zones in Puerto Rico are only seen in hummocks. The majority of hummocks reside in the forest areas northern part of Puerto Rico, most often over limestone. These formations contain the island's largest amount of aquifers that supply clean water to the residents, and water from lakes and rivers. Unfortunately, hummocks are slowly disappearing due to human intervention such as construction and deposit of solid waste near or on these areas.
Pulverized copper was calcinated with the objective to observe the physical changes it goes through when the samples had access to greater quantities of oxygen, and when they were confined to smaller amounts. The less oxygen the sample had, the less it would change in appearance.
The objective of the experiment was to observe the quantity of hydrogen and oxygen present in ten water samples. An eudiometer was used to perform the experiment.
The objective of this experiment was to discover the distance all galaxies travel away from the center. The Hubble method was used to obtain the answer, and was accompanied by student-made graphs that plotted certain key points given in the Hubble program so as to calculate the distance traveled.