Syllabus, Spring 2008
| Tuesday 2103 CH |
Thursday 2103 CH |
Friday
(Honors) in room 2223 CH |
Lab | |
| Week 1 |
Jan 22, Timbie
Measurement; Motion in 1D Read Chap 1,2 |
Jan 24, Timbie
(continued)l Read Chap 2 |
Jan 25 Probability and Statistics Prof. P. Timbie, Physics |
No lab |
| Week
2 |
Jan 29, Chung Vectors Read Chap 3 |
Jan 31, Chung Motion in 2D Read Chap 4 |
Feb 1 Brownian Motion Prof. P. Timbie, Physics |
MC1-a MC1-c |
| Week 3 |
Feb 5, Chung Force and Dynamics Read Chap 5 |
Feb 7, Chung 1D Dynamics Read Chap 6 |
Feb 8 Dimensional Analysis Prof. D. Chung, Physics lecture notes |
M4 Acc. in Free Fall |
| Week 4 |
Feb 12, Chung Newton's third law Read Chap 7 |
Feb 14, Chung Dynamics in a Plane + Circular Dynamics Chap 8 |
Feb 15 Variational Calculus and Action Prof. D. Chung, Physics lecture notes |
M2 Equilib
Force M5 Projectile |
| Week 5 Exam 1 Wed nite |
Feb
19, Chung Review for Exam #1 (Chap 1-8) |
Feb
21, Chung Error Analysis Reading Lecture notes |
Feb 22
Differential Equations Prof. P. Timbie, Physics |
Makeup labs (Exam week) |
| Week
6 |
Feb 26, Timbie Linear Momentum Read Chap 9 |
Feb 28, Timbie Linear Momentum continued Chap 9 continued |
Feb 29 Connecting Action and Quantum Mechanics Prof. D. Chung, Physics lecture notes |
M6 Circular Motion |
| Week 7 |
Mar 4, Timbie Energy Read Chap 10 |
Mar 6, Timbie Energy continued Chap 10 continued |
Mar 7 The Pleasure of Finding Things Out Richard Feynmann |
MC-11b Air Track Collisions |
| Week
8 |
Mar 11, Timbie Work Read Chap 11 |
Mar 13, Timbie Rotation of Rigid Body Read Chap 12 |
Mar 14 Kepler's Laws Prof. D. Chung, Physics lecture notes |
Energy and Work Computer Simulations |
| Week 9 Exam 2 Wed nite |
Mar 25, Chung |
Mar 27, Chung
Statics Read Chap 12.8, 15.6 |
|
Makeup labs (Exam week) |
| Week
10 |
Apr 1, Chung Oscillations Read Chap 14 |
Apr 3, Chung Oscillations continued Chap 14 continued |
Apr 4 Climate Change Dr. Susan Nossal |
M3 Statics M-10 Young's Modulus |
|
Week 11 |
Apr 8, Timbie Fluids and Elasticity Read Chap 15 |
Apr 10, Timbie |
Apr 11 Jumping Cats Dr. Michelle Harris, Biocore |
MC-12b Simple Harmonic Motion and Resonance |
| Week
12 |
Apr 15, Timbie Waves and Sound Read Chap 20 (except 20.7) |
Apr 17, Timbie Waves/sound continued Read Chap 21 (except 21.8) |
Apr 18 Physics of Hearing Prof. Tom Yin, Dept. of Physiology lecture notes |
Special:
Blood Pressure |
Week 13 Exam 3 Wed nite |
Apr 22, Timbie Review for Exam #3 (Chap 12.8, 14-15, 20 (except 20.7), 21 (except 21.8) |
Apr 24, Timbie Thermo Read Chap. 17.1, 18.1-18.4 |
Apr 25 Thermodynamics and Biology Prof. Warren Porter, Biology |
Makeup
labs (exam week) |
| Week 14 |
Apr 29, Chung
Thermo Read Chap 17, 18.5-18.6 |
May 1, Chung Thermo Finish Read Chap 19 |
May 2 Human foot force control and balance Kreg Gruben, Biomedical Engineering |
SC1
Waves on String S-2 Velocity of Sound |
| Week 15 |
May 6, Chung Heat Engines and Refrigeration Read Chap 19 |
May 8, Chung Review for Final |
May 9 Celebration/Presentation of Honors Projects |
HC-1
Absolute 0 |
| Final Exam: |
Monday, May 12 (7:25 PM to 9:25 PM) |
| Location: 2103 Chamberlin |