Physics 110 Physics of Everyday Phenomena        
           
Day Date Topic Chapter Activity: Worksheet/ILD  
M 31-Jan-05 syllabus, units 1 W Units  
W 2-Feb-05 proportional reasoning 1 W choc. & graham crackers  
F 4-Feb-05 finished p.r.; vel/acc vectors 1 - 2.3 W pr3  
M 7-Feb-05 position/velocity plots 2.4 ILD Kin1-human motion  
W 9-Feb-05 const a plots 2.5 ILD Kin2-carts  
F 11-Feb-05 const a plots, projectile motion 3 W x,v,a (t) plots  
M 14-Feb-05 Newton's 1st & 2nd Laws 4.0-4.3 ILD N1 &2 laws  
W 16-Feb-05 Newt 1 &2, vector sums, weight 4.0-4.3, 4.5 W Weight  
F 18-Feb-05 universal gravitation 5.4 W Universal Gravitation  
M 21-Feb-05 curved spacetime, work 6 D masses on sheet  
W 23-Feb-05 Kinetic & Potential Energy 6.2-6.4 ILD Energy of Cart on Ramp  
F 25-Feb-05 Catch-up & Review 1.0-4.3, 5.4, 6.1-6.4    
M 28-Feb-05 First Exam 1.0-4.3, 5.4, 6.1-6.4    
W 2-Mar-05 Thermal: entropy and equilibrium   W Fairness in Therm. Systems  
F 4-Mar-05 entropy, temperature: C, F & K 10.1 W Fairness cont.  
M 7-Mar-05 heat, specific heat, latent heat 10.2 ILD Intro to heat, modified  
W 9-Mar-05 1st law of thermodynamics, pressure 10.3,9.1,9.2 W Pressure  
F 11-Mar-05 buoyant force, W=p changeV 9.3,10.4 W Pressure cont.  
M 14-Mar-05 fluid in motion, bernoulli 9.4,9.5 W Flow  
W 16-Mar-05 conduction, convection, radiation, 1st Law 10.5, 10.4 D hair dryer, D drinking bird  
F 18-Mar-05 thermal conductivity, latent heat 10.2,10.5 W Liquid nitrogen  
M 21-Mar-05 spring break no class    
W 23-Mar-05 spring break no class    
F 25-Mar-05 spring break no class    
M 28-Mar-05 Intro to heat engines 11.1 W Heat Engine  
W 30-Mar-05 Heat engines 11.2-11.5 none  
F 1-Apr-05 review for exam 2 9,10,11    
M 4-Apr-05 Exam 2--thermal physics 9,10,11    
W 6-Apr-05 What shall we do next? Overview of physics      
F 8-Apr-05 Electric Force, Field 12.1-4 W Electrostatics 1  
M 11-Apr-05 Potential (V) 12.5 W Electrostatics 2  
W 13-Apr-05 Current/batteries 13.1 W elect review & W bulb & battery  
F 15-Apr-05 intro to magnets: field due to wire, what is a magnet 13.2,14.1,2 D B-field due to wire, magnet  
M 18-Apr-05 mag force, curl & divergence 14.2 (14.4) W Maxwells laws, D current due to dB/dt  
W 20-Apr-05 sr. projects no class    
F 22-Apr-05 waves, frequency, period 15.1-15.3 Waves worksheet
M 25-Apr-05 Sound waves 15.4-15.5 D driven string, D fourier analysis
W 27-Apr-05 Intro to EM waves 16.1 W Electromagnetic Waves  
F 29-Apr-05 Light & color 16.1-16.2 D red+green filter, finished waves worksheet  
M 2-May-05 Interference: 2 slits 16.3 W Interference  
W 4-May-05 thin film int, match filters 16.3 W Interference, finished  
F 6-May-05 gratings, polarization, photons 16.4 - 5,18.4 filter.ppt  
M 9-May-05 Review   Last day of Classes  
W 11-May-05 Reading Day no class    
F 13-Mar-05   no class    
M 16-Mar-05 Final Exam 8:30 - 11am