| Date |
Topic |
Lab |
| Wed. Jan. 9 | Ch.1 - Science: Experience and Reason |
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| Fri.
Jan. 11 |
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| Mon. Jan. 14 | Ch. 2 - Atoms: The Nature of Things | Intro to Lab |
| Wed.
Jan. 16 |
Intro to Lab |
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| Fri.
Jan. 18 |
Ch. 3 - How Things Move | |
| Mon.
Jan. 21 |
NO CLASS - MLK Holiday | Motion |
| Wed.
Jan. 23 |
Motion |
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| Fri.
Jan. 25 |
Ch. 4 - Why Things Move |
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| Mon.
Jan. 28 |
Acceleration | |
| Wed.
Jan. 30 |
Acceleration |
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| Fri.
Feb. 1 |
Ch. 5 - Newton's Universe |
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| Mon.
Feb. 4 |
Forces and Motion | |
| Wed.
Feb. 6 |
Forces and Motion |
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| Fri.
Feb. 8 |
Exam 1 (Chapters 1 - 5) |
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| Mon.
Feb. 11 |
Ch. 6 - Conservation of Energy |
Temperature and Heat |
| Wed.
Feb. 13 |
Temperature and Heat |
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| Fri.
Feb. 15 |
Ch. 7 - Thermodynamics |
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| Mon.
Feb. 18 |
Wave Motion | |
| Wed.
Feb. 20 |
Ch. 8 - Light and Electromagnetism |
Wave Motion |
| Fri.
Feb. 22 |
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| Mon.
Feb. 25 |
Ch. 9 - EM Radiation and Climate Change |
Electricity I |
| Wed.
Feb. 27 |
Electricity I |
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| Fri. Feb. 29 |
Ch. 10 - Special Relativity |
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| Mon.
Mar. 3 |
Electricity II | |
| Wed.
Mar. 5 |
Ch. 11 - General Relativity and Cosmology | Electricity II |
| Fri.
Mar. 7 |
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| March 10 - 14 |
NO CLASS - Spring Break |
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| Mon.
Mar. 17 |
Ch. 12 - Extraterrestrial Life | Web Project |
| Wed.
Mar. 19 |
Ch. 13 - Quantum Idea | Web
Project |
| Fri.
Mar. 21 |
NO CLASS - Good Friday Holiday | |
| Mon.
Mar. 24 |
Exam 2 (Chapters 6 - 12) | Light |
| Wed.
Mar. 26 |
Light |
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| Fri.
Mar. 28 |
Ch. 14 - Quantum Universe |
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| Mon. Mar. 31 |
Radioactivity | |
| Wed.
Apr. 2 |
Ch. 15 - Nucleus and
Radioactivity |
Radioactivity |
| Fri. Apr. 4 |
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| Mon.
Apr. 7 |
Web Project | |
| Wed.
Apr. 9 |
Ch. 16 - Fusion and Fission |
Web
Project |
| Fri. Apr. 11 | ||
| Mon.
Apr. 14 |
Ch. 17 - The Energy Challenge |
Energy Audit |
| Wed.
Apr. 16 |
Energy Audit |
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| Fri.
Apr. 18 |
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| Mon.
Apr. 21 |
Exam 3, Web Projects due |
Demo Show and Tell |
| Wed.
Apr. 23 |
Ch. 18 - Quantum Fields | Demo Show and Tell |
| Fri.
Apr. 25 |
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| Fri. May 2 |
Final Exam (8 - 11 am) |
Recommended Exercises and Problems from Physics: Concepts and
Connections, 4th ed. by Art Hobson:
Note: Answers to odd-numbered
questions are provided in the back of the textbook.
Ch.1, Conceptual Exercises: 1, 3, 5, 13, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29
Ch. 2, CE: 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 23, 27, 29, 35, 37, 41
Ch. 3, CE: 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 21, 23, 27, 31, 33, 37;
P: 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15
Ch. 4, CE: 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 21, 23, 25, 31, 35, 37, 39, 47,
51; P: 5, 9, 11, 19
Ch. 5, CE: 5, 11, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 33, 35, 37, 39; P:
1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11
Ch. 6, CE: 3, 5, 9, 11, 17, 19, 21, 25, 29, 33, 35, 39, 41, 43,
45, 47; P: 5, 15, 17, 21, 22
Ch. 7, CE: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 17, 19, 21, 25, 27, 31, 33, 37, 41,
43, 45; P: 1, 3, 11, 17
Ch. 8, CE: 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 33, 35, 39,
40, 41; P: 5, 9, 11, 15, 17
Ch. 9, CE: 1, 3, 7, 11, 12, 13, 17, 21, 23, 27, 29, 30, 31, 33;
P: 4, 5, 7, 9
Ch. 10, CE: 3, 7, 9, 11, 15, 21, 27, 31, 35, 39, 41, 47, 49, 51;
P: 1, 5, 9, 11
Ch. 11, CE: 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 19, 20, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35,
37, 39, 41, 43, 45
Ch. 12, CE: 1, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25
Ch. 13, CE: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 31, 33,
35; P: 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15
Ch. 14, CE: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29,
31, 33; P: 1, 3, 5
Ch. 15, CE: 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 31,
33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43; P: 3, 7, 11
Ch. 16, CE: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25,
26, 29, 32, 33,
34; P: 2, 5
Ch. 17, CE: 3, 4, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33,
35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45; P:1, 3, 7, 9
Ch. 18, CE: 1, 3, 5, 10, 11, 13, 15; P: 1, 3, 4, 5