Course Syllabus for Physics
This syllabus is for the 2023-2024 Academic Year. The syllabus for 2024-2025 will be available June 1, 2024
Use the Links in the Homework column to find your textbook reading, study activity, and lab assignments. Check the Moodle for problems due for Monday and Wednesday chat session discussions. Homework is due on the date given, unless otherwise stated in the assignment.
Session | Chat | Homework | Reading | Topic | Lab |
1 | Sep 5, 2023 | Introduction | Lab Work Overview | ||
2 | Sep 7, 2023 | HW01 | 1: 1-8 | Basic Methods of Observation | Equal Arm Balance/Density |
4 | Sep 12, 2023 | HW02A | 2: 1-5 | Motion in One Dimension | Falling Bodies 1 |
5 | Sep 14, 2023 | HW02B | 2: 6-8 | Constant Acceleration | Falling Bodies 2 |
6 | Sep 19, 2023 | HW03A | 3: 1-4 | Vectors | |
7 | Sep 21, 2023 | HW03B | 3: 5-8 | Motion in Two Dimensions | Projectiles Challenge |
8 | Sep 26, 2023 | HW04A | 4: 1-4 | Forces: Newton's 1st and 2nd Laws | Force Vectors: Force Table |
9 | Sep 28, 2023 | HW04B | 4: 5-7 | Forces: Newton's Third Law | Intertial vs. Gravitational Mass |
10 | Oct 3, 2023 | HW04C | 4: 8 | Forces: applications | Force Vectors: Inclined Planes #1 (Frictionless) |
11 | Oct 5, 2023 | HW05A | 5: 1-3 | Uniform Circular Motion; Gravity | Centripetal Force |
12 | Oct 10, 2023 | HW05B | 5: 4-7 | Gravitation and Weightlessness | Pendulum 1 |
13 | Oct 12, 2023 | HW05C | 5: 8-10 | Kepler's laws | Pendulum 2 |
14 | Oct 17, 2023 | HW06A | 6: 1-4 | Work and Energy | Inclined Planes and Friction |
15 | Oct 19, 2023 | HW06B | 6: 5-7 | Conservation and Non-Conservative Forces | Spring Constant |
16 | Oct 24, 2023 | HW06C | 6: 8-10 | Conservation of Energy | Atwook's machine |
17 | Oct 26, 2023 | HW07A | 7: 1-4 | Momentum | Collision Kinematics 1 |
18 | Oct 31, 2023 | HW07B | 7: 5-10 | Elastic and Inelastic Collisions | Collision Kinematics 2 |
19 | Nov 2, 2023 | HW08A | 8: 1-3 | Angular Motion and acceleration | Torsion Pendulum 1 |
20 | Nov 7, 2023 | HW08B | 8: 4-6 | Rotational Dynamics | Torsion Pendulum 2 |
21 | Nov 9, 2023 | HW08C | 8: 7-9 | Rotational Kinetic energy | Rolling bodies (Galileo exp) |
22 | Nov 14, 2023 | HW09A | 9: 1-4 | Static Equilibrium | Equilibrium |
23 | Nov 16, 2023 | HW09B | 9: 5-7 | Elasticity, Stress, and Strain | Structural Integrity |
24 | Nov 21, 2023 | HW10A | 10: 1-7 | Fluid Dynamics | |
25 | Nov 23, 2023 | Thanksgiving | |||
26 | Nov 28, 2023 | HW10B | 10: 8-14 | Buoyancy and Viscosity | Bernoulli's Principle |
27 | Nov 30, 2023 | HW11A | 11: 1-6 | Simple Harmonic Motion | Spring Oscillation |
28 | Dec 5, 2023 | HW11B | 11: 7-16 | Wave Motion | Standing Waves |
29 | Dec 7, 2023 | HW12A | 12: 1-9 | Sound | Speed of Sound |
30 | Dec 12, 2023 | HW13A | 13: 1-5 | Thermal Equilibrium | Thermal Expansion |
31 | Dec 14, 2023 | HW13B | 13: 6-13 | Ideal Gas Law | Gas Volumes |
32 | Dec 19, 2023 | HW14A | 14: 1-4 | Specific Heat | Specific Heat |
33 | Dec 21, 2023 | HW14B | 14: 5-8 | Heat Transfer | Calorimetry |
Dec 26, 2023 | Christmas | No Class | |||
Dec 28, 2023 | Christmas | No Class | |||
Jan 2, 2024 | New Year | No Class | |||
Jan 4, 2024 | New Year | No Class | |||
33 | Jan 9, 2024 | HW15A | 15: 1-4 | Laws of Thermodynamics | Adiabatic Changes |
34 | Jan 11, 2024 | HW15B | 15: 5-6 | Heat Engines and Work | Joule's Experiment |
35 | Jan 16, 2024 | HW15C | 15: 7-12 | Entropy | Statistical Implications |
36 | Jan 18, 2024 | REVIEW | |||
37 | Jan 23, 2024 | HW16A | 16: 1-6 | Electrical Charge | Electric Force |
38 | Jan 25, 2024 | HW16B | 16: 7-12 | The Electric Field | Electroscope |
39 | Jan 30, 2024 | HW17A | 17: 1-6 | Electric Potential | Simple Circuit 1: Series Circuits |
40 | Feb 1, 2024 | HW17B | 17: 7-11 | Electrical Capacitance and Energy | Simple Circuit 2: Parallel Circuits |
41 | Feb 6, 2024 | HW18A | 18: 1-6 | Electrical Power and Direct Current | |
42 | Feb 8, 2024 | HW18B | 18: 7-10 | Alternating Current | Simple Circuit 3: Kirchhoff's Rules/Electric Circuit 2 |
43 | Feb 13, 2024 | HW19A | 19: 1-4 | DC Circuits and EMFs | Internal Resistance |
44 | Feb 15, 2024 | HW19B | 19: 5-8 | RC Circuits | Circuits with Capacitors |
45 | Feb 20, 2024 | HW20A | 20: 1-4 | Magnetic Fields | Map a Magnetic Field |
46 | Feb 22, 2024 | HW20B | 20: 5-12 | Ampere's Law | |
47 | Feb 27, 2024 | HW21A | 21: 1-5 | Induction | Electric Motor |
48 | Feb 29, 2024 | HW21B | 21: 8-15 | Transformers and LRC Circuits | |
49 | Mar 5, 2024 | HW22A | 22: 1-7 | Electromagnetic Waves | |
50 | Mar 7, 2024 | HW23A | 23: 1-5 | Light and Reflection | Speed of Light |
51 | Mar 12, 2024 | HW23B | 23: 6-10 | Lenses and Refraction | Reflection |
52 | Mar 14, 2024 | HW24A | 24: 1-5 | Light: Waves and Particles | Refraction |
53 | Mar 19, 2024 | HW24B | 24: 6-12 | Diffraction and Polarization | Young's Experiment |
54 | Mar 21, 2024 | HW25A | 25: 1-6 | Optical Instruments: Magnification | Thin Film Interference |
55 | Mar 26, 2024 | Holy Week | No Class | ||
56 | Mar 28, 2024 | Holy Week | No Class | ||
Apr 2, 2024 | HW25B | 25: 7-12 | Optical Instruments: Resolution | Telescope | |
Apr 4, 2024 | HW26A | 26: 1-5 | Special Relativity | GPS Relativity | |
57 | Apr 9, 2024 | HW26B | 26: 6-11 | Mass and Energy | |
58 | Apr 11, 2024 | HW27A | 27: 1-6 | Early Quantum Mechanics | CHALLENGE LAB: Black Body radiation |
59 | Apr 16, 2024 | HW27B | 27: 7-13 | Wave-Partical Duality | Spectrometry |
60 | Apr 18, 2024 | HW28A | 28: 1-6 | Quantum Mechanics | |
61 | Apr 23, 2024 | HW28B | 28: 7-12 | Quantum Numbers | Demonstration Lab: Photoelectric effect |
62 | Apr 25, 2024 | HW29A | 29: All | Molecules and Solids | Wave Nature of Light |
63 | Apr 30, 2024 | HW30A | 30: 1-7 | Radioactivity | |
64 | May 2, 2024 | HW30B | 30: 8-13 | Decay and half-lives | CHALLENGE LAB: Geiger Counter |
65 | May 7, 2024 | HW31A | 31: 1-4 | Nuclear Fission and Fusion | CHALLENGE LAB: Hadron Collider Data |
66 | May 9, 2024 | HW31B | 31: 5-9 | Practical uses for Radiation | CHALLENGE LAB: Cloud Chamber |
67 | May 14, 2024 | HW32A | 32: 1-7 | Elementary Particles | |
68 | May 16, 2024 | HW32B | 32: 8-12 | Strange Particles and Quarks | |
69 | May 21, 2024 | HW33A | 33: 1-10 | Astrophysics | |
70 | May 23, 2024 | REVIEW | |||
71 | May 28, 2024 | Memorial Day Holiday | |||
72 | May 30, 2024 | Planning for Summer LAB completions | |||
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