PHY205: The Physics of Everyday Life   

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Physics of Everyday Life - Class Schedule

Classes are from 5:10-6:00 PM in MP202. Below is an approximate schedule and list of reading assignments, subject to change. Come to class for the most up-to-date reading assignments.

Class Schedule

Class

Date

Topics

Required Reading

Suggested

Textbook References

1

Mon, Sep 11

Inertia, position, velocity, acceleration, F=ma, Newton’s 3rd Law

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton's_laws_of_motion

Local copy: Web Format / PDF Format

Hobson :Ch. 3.

Knight: Sec.4.6, 1.3-1.5

Hewitt: Ch. 5

2

Wed, Sep 13

Mass, weight, gravity, projectile motion

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Apparent_weight

Local copy: Web Format / PDF Format

Hobson: Sec. 3.1-3.6, 4.1, 4.2

 

Knight: Ch.6

 

Hewitt: Ch. 3

3

Mon, Sep 18

Work, Energy, Simple Machines - the bicycle

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

http://www.sirinet.net/~jgjohnso/simple.html up to wheel and axle – Note typo in step 6 of INCLINED PLANE – corrected in local copy

Local copy: PDF Format

Hobson: Ch. 6

 

Knight: Sec.11.5

 

Hewitt: Ch 7

4

Wed, Sep 20

Angular motion, torque

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

 http://www.pschweigerphysics.com/rotmot.html

Local copy: Web Format / PDF Format

 [not in Hobson]

Knight Ch. 13

Hewitt: Ch. 8

5

Mon, Sep 25

Power, momentum, impulse, Hooke's law

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/momentum/u4l1b.html first 2 pages and

http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~vawter/PhysicsNet/Topics/SHM/HookesLaw.html

Local copy: Web Format / PDF Format

 

 Hobson: Sec.6.7

Knight: Ch. 9

Hewitt: Ch. 6

6

Wed, Sep 27

Fictitious forces, roller coasters

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

http://electron4.phys.utk.edu/141/oct1/October1.html

Local copy: Web Format / PDF Format

 Hobson: Ch. 6

Knight: Sec. 10.2-10.4

Hewitt: Ch.7

7

Mon, Oct 2

Driving a car versus riding a bike

Review for test

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

http://www.dclxvi.org/chunk/tech/trail/

Local copy: Web Format / PDF Format

 

 

 [No text references]

Test 1

Wed, Oct 4

Readings, class notes and tutorial materials from Sep 11-Oct 2

 

 

8

Wed, Oct 11

 Solids and fluids, density, pressure, suction, buoyancy

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/fluidpressure.htm and http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/fluidfloating.htm

Local copy: Web Format / PDF Format

 

 Hobson: 2.3

Knight: Ch.15.1-15.4

Hewitt: Ch. 14

9

Mon, Oct 16

 Ideal gas law, pressure versus height

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/physics/fluids/node8.html and http://library.thinkquest.org/12596/ideal.html (up to non-ideal behavior) 

Local copy: Web Format / PDF Format

[not in Hobson] 

Knight: 15.2, 16.5

Hewitt: Ch.14

10

Wed, Oct 18

 Temperature, specific heat capacity, heat transfer

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

http://www.physchem.co.za/Heat/Temperature.htm,

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/spht.html and http://www.efunda.com/formulae/heat_transfer/home/overview.cfm

Local copy: Web Format / PDF Format

 Hobson: Sec. 7.1

Knight: 17.3, 18.3-18.5

Hewitt: Ch.15,16

11

Mon, Oct 23

 Heat engines, refrigerators, entropy and the second law of thermodynamics

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

 http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/py105/Heatengines.html

 

Local copy: Web Format / PDF Format

 Hobson: Ch. 7

Knight: Ch. 19

Hewitt: Ch.18

12

Wed, Oct 25

Standing Waves and Musical Instruments

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

http://cnx.org/content/m12413/latest/ by Catherine Schmidt-Jones

 

Local copy: PDF Format

 [Not in Hobson]

Knight: 21.2-21.4

Hewitt: Ch.19

13

Mon, Oct 30

Electric charge, current, voltage  

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

 http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.html by Science Made Simple, Inc. up to static hair

Local Copy: Web Format / PDF Format

 

 Hobson: Section 8.4

Knight: 25.1-25.3

Hewitt: Ch.22

14

Wed, Nov 1

Coulomb’s Law, Magnetism  

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_conduction from Wikipedia

Local Copy: Web Format / PDF Format

 

 Hobson: Sections 8.4-8.6

Knight: 25.4, 32.1-32.3

Hewitt: Ch.22, 24

15

Mon, Nov 6

 Circuits, Ohm's law

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

 http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/ohmlaw.html by HyperPhysics from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Georgia State University

Local Copy: Web Format / PDF Format

 

 [Not in Hobson]

Knight: 31.1,31.2

Hewitt: Ch.23

16

Wed, Nov 8

  AC/DC power, review for the test

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

 http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/acdc.htm by John Hewes 2006, The Electronics Club

Local Copy: Web Format / PDF Format

 

[Not in Hobson]

Knight:  35.6

Hewitt: Ch.23

Test 2

Mon, Nov 13

 Readings, class notes and tutorial materials from Oct.11 - Nov.8

 

 

17

Wed, Nov 15

 Electromagnetic waves, radio, TV

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

 http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/spectrum.html from Dept. Physics & Astronomy at the University of Tennessee and http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/radio/radiorelayer.html from the WGBH Educational Foundation

Local Copy: Web Format / PDF Format

 Hobson: Sec. 9.1-9.3

Knight:

Hewitt:

18

Mon, Nov 20

Microwaves, Why is the Sky Blue?

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

http://home.howstuffworks.com/microwave.htm/printable by Marshall Brain and http://www.math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/BlueSky/blue_sky.html by Philip Gibbs May

Local Copy: Web Format / PDF Format

 Hobson:

Knight:

Hewitt:

19

Wed, Nov 22

Reflection / Refraction, Rainbows

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

From http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/PY106/Reflection.html by Hannah Sevian, excluding middle part on spherical mirrors and http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/opt/wtr/rnbw/frm.rxml by Stephen Hall of WW2010 University of Illinois

Local Copy: Web Format / PDF Format

 Hobson:

Knight:

Hewitt:

20

Mon, Nov 27

 Polarization, Lasers

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

 From http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/lightandcolor/polarization.html  by Mortimer Abramowitz, Shannon Neaves and Michael Davidson and http://technology.niagarac.on.ca/courses/tech238g/Lasers.html by Mark Csele

Local Copy: Web Format / PDF Format

 Hobson:

Knight:

Hewitt:

21

Nov 29

Corrective lenses

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format

 

Power-point slides in Web Format / PDF Format

 http://library.thinkquest.org/10796/ch10/lenses.htm by Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Local Copy: Web Format / PDF Format

 Hobson:

Knight:

Hewitt:

22

Dec 4

Nuclear Energy, course review

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format   

 http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nucene/nucbin.html

Local Copy: Web Format / PDF Format

 Hobson:

Knight:

Hewitt:

23

Dec 6

 Course review

Notes in Web Format / PDF Format

Clicker-quizzes in Web Format / PDF Format   

 No new reading

 

Exam

Tue. Dec. 19

7:00-9:00 PM

 

The 2 hour final exam will cover the entire course, including all of the assigned reading plus tutorial materials and what was discussed in class  

 

 

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