TEXTBOOK: Physics 2000 Part 1 and Part 2 by Huggins with CD Parts 1 and 2 of this text will be used for PHY162 in the spring semester.
NOTE: The schedule and procedures in this course are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances.
PHY161 Approximate Schedule Fall 2005
MWF Classes meet with PHY151, Tuesday classes cover calculus topics.
Date Read up to Topic LAB
Aug 29 Introduction
30 Calculus Review Last Chapter of Part 2 Textbook
31 Int-30 Introduction, Fermi Questions Measurements (5)
Sep 2 1-18 Relativity 1
Sep 5 Labor Day no class
6 Special Relativity
7 1-35 Relativity 2 Relativity (Computer) (5)
9 1-39 Relativity 3
12 2-11 Vectors 1
13 3-15 & 4:1-8 Calculus applications to motion
14 2-18 & 3-11 Vectors 2 / Motion 1 Motion, Projectiles
16 3-17 Motion 2
19 3-27 Motion 3
20 4-19 Chapter 4 of textbook
21 EXAM 1 Intro – Chp 4 (to Chp3 for 151) g and Chapter 5 of Textbook
23 6-14a Mass
Sep 26 7-8 Momentum
27 No Class Nobel Conference
28 No Class Nobel Conference No Lab, Nobel Conference
30 7-18 Angular Momentum
Oct 3 8-16a Newton 1
4 8:16-23,34,37 Gravitation, Orbits
5 8-34 Newton 2 Force, Friction
7 8-37 Newton 3
10 9-14 Newton Aps 1
11 9:8,9,20 Banked Track, Ball & Spring
12 9-20 Newton Aps 2 Atwood’s Machine
14 EXAM 2 Chapters 6-9
October 14th is the last day to choose your grading option.
Oct 17 No Class Fall Break
18 No Class Fall Break No lab Fall Break
19 10-17 Energy 1
21 10-31 Energy 2
24 11-13a Particles 1 Ballistic Pendulum
25 10:15-17,18-21,24; 11:7,8,10 Work for Variable Force, Momentum
26 11-22 Particles 2
28 12-13 Rotation 1
Oct 31 12-26 Rotation 2
Nov 1 12:8,14,21-27 Rotation & Statics
2 13-11 Equilibrium Centripetal Force
4 EXAM 3 Chapters 10-13
7 14-12a Oscillation 1
8 13-7, 14:8,9 Rod & Bowl, Harmonic Oscillations
9 14-25 Oscillations 2 Statics, Pendulum
11 15-11 Waves 1
14 15-22 Waves 2
15 14:21-23,30-34 Harmonic Motion skip 14:12b-14, 28, 29
16 16-23 Sound Sound (5)
18 16-28 Sound
21 Exam 4 Chapters 14 - 16
22 16:6b-14,28-33 Newton’s Law of Cooling skip 16:15-17, 34ff
23 Thanksgiving Vacation No Class Make-ups
25 Thanksgiving Vacation, No Class
28 17-17 Atoms 1
29 17-32 Equipartition skip 17:34-36
30 17-27a Atoms 2 Computer (5)
Dec 2 18-10 Entropy 1
5 18-19a Entropy 2
6 18-29 Thermodynamics
7 18-25 & 23-8 Entropy 3 and Fluids 1 Heat
9 23-18a Fluids 2 skip 23:19b-23
12 Fluids and review
Final Exam is Exam 5 8:00 – 10:00 A.M. Thursday, December 15 Chapters 17, 18, 23
The above schedule is subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances.