Physics
2020-2021 Course Syllabus
Course Syllabus for Physics
2020-2021 Physics Syllabus: Homework, Reading Assignments, Discussion Topics, and Labs
This syllabus is subject to change but will be finalized by the start of classes on August 31, 2020.
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 | Aug 31, 2020 | HW01 | 1: 1-8 | Basic Methods of Observation | Equal Arm Balance/Density |
| 2 | Sep 2, 2020 | HW02A | 2: 1-5 | Motion in One Dimension | Falling Bodies 1 |
| 3 | Sep 7, 2020 | Labor Day Holiday | |||
| 4 | Sep 9, 2020 | HW02B | 2: 6-8 | Constant Acceleration | Falling Bodies 2 |
| 5 | Sep 14, 2020 | HW03A | 3: 1-4 | Vectors | |
| 6 | Sep 16, 2020 | HW03B | 3: 5-8 | Motion in Two Dimensions | Projectiles Challenge |
| 7 | Sep 21, 2020 | HW04A | 4: 1-4 | Forces: Newton's 1st and 2nd Laws | Force Vectors: Force Table |
| 8 | Sep 23, 2020 | HW04B | 4: 5-7 | Forces: Newton's Third Law | Intertial vs. Gravitational Mass |
| 9 | Sep 28, 2020 | HW04C | 4: 8 | Forces: applications | Force Vectors: Inclined Planes #1 (Frictionless) |
| 10 | Sep 30, 2020 | HW05A | 5: 1-3 | Uniform Circular Motion; Gravity | Centripetal Force |
| 11 | Oct 5, 2020 | HW05B | 5: 4-7 | Gravitation and Weightlessness | Pendulum 1 |
| 12 | Oct 7, 2020 | HW05C | 5: 8-10 | Kepler's laws | Pendulum 2 |
| 13 | Oct 12, 2020 | HW06A | 6: 1-4 | Work and Energy | Inclined Planes and Friction |
| 14 | Oct 14, 2020 | HW06B | 6: 5-7 | Conservation and Non-Conservative Forces | Spring Constant |
| 15 | Oct 19, 2020 | HW06C | 6: 8-10 | Conservation of Energy | Atwook's machine |
| 16 | Oct 21, 2020 | HW07A | 7: 1-4 | Momentum | Collision Kinematics 1 |
| 17 | Oct 26, 2020 | HW07B | 7: 5-10 | Elastic and Inelastic Collisions | Collision Kinematics 2 |
| 18 | Oct 28, 2020 | HW08A | 8: 1-3 | Angular Motion and acceleration | Torsion Pendulum 1 |
| 19 | Nov 2, 2020 | HW08B | 8: 4-6 | Rotational Dynamics | Torsion Pendulum 2 |
| 20 | Nov 4, 2020 | HW08C | 8: 7-9 | Rotational Kinetic energy | Rolling bodies (Galileo exp) |
| 21 | Nov 9, 2020 | HW09A | 9: 1-4 | Static Equilibrium | Equilibrium |
| 22 | Nov 11, 2020 | HW09B | 9: 5-7 | Elasticity, Stress, and Strain | Structural Integrity |
| 23 | Nov 16, 2020 | Review | Review of Classical Mechanics | ||
| 24 | Nov 18, 2020 | HW10A | 10: 1-7 | Fluid Dynamics | |
| 25 | Nov 23, 2020 | HW10B | 10: 8-14 | Buoyancy and Viscosity | Bernoulli's Principle |
| 26 | Nov 25, 2020 | HW11A | 11: 1-6 | Simple Harmonic Motion | Spring Oscillation |
| 27 | Nov 30, 2020 | HW11B | 11: 7-16 | Wave Motion | Standing Waves |
| 28 | Dec 2, 2020 | HW12A | 12: 1-9 | Sound | Speed of Sound |
| 29 | Dec 7, 2020 | HW13A | 13: 1-5 | Thermal Equilibrium | Thermal Expansion |
| 30 | Dec 9, 2020 | HW13B | 13: 6-13 | Ideal Gas Law | Gas Volumes |
| 31 | Dec 14, 2020 | HW14A | 14: 1-4 | Specific Heat | Specific Heat |
| 32 | Dec 16, 2020 | HW14B | 14: 5-8 | Heat Transfer | Calorimetry |
| Dec 21, 2020 | Christmas | No Class | |||
| Dec 23, 2020 | Christmas | No Class | |||
| Dec 28, 2020 | New Years | No Class | |||
| Dec 30, 2020 | New Years | No Class | |||
| 33 | Jan 4, 2021 | HW15A | 15: 1-4 | Laws of Thermodynamics | Adiabatic Changes |
| 34 | Jan 6, 2021 | HW15B | 15: 5-6 | Heat Engines and Work | Joule's Experiment |
| 35 | Jan 11, 2021 | HW15C | 15: 7-12 | Entropy | Statistical Implications |
| 36 | Jan 13, 2021 | REVIEW | |||
| 37 | Jan 18, 2021 | HW16A | 16: 1-6 | Electrical Charge | Electric Force |
| 38 | Jan 20, 2021 | HW16B | 16: 7-12 | The Electric Field | Electroscope |
| 39 | Jan 25, 2021 | HW17A | 17: 1-6 | Electric Potential | Simple Circuit 1: Series Circuits |
| 40 | Jan 27, 2021 | HW17B | 17: 7-11 | Electrical Capacitance and Energy | Simple Circuit 2: Parallel Circuits |
| 41 | Feb 1, 2021 | HW18A | 18: 1-6 | Electrical Power and Direct Current | |
| 42 | Feb 3, 2021 | HW18B | 18: 7-10 | Alternating Current | Simple Circuit 3: Kirchhoff's Rules/Electric Circuit 2 |
| 43 | Feb 8, 2021 | HW19A | 19: 1-4 | DC Circuits and EMFs | Internal Resistance |
| 44 | Feb 10, 2021 | ||||
| 45 | Feb 15, 2021 | HW19B | 19: 5-8 | RC Circuits | Circuits with Capacitors |
| 46 | Feb 17, 2021 | ||||
| 47 | Feb 22, 2021 | HW20A | 20: 1-4 | Magnetic Fields | Map a Magnetic Field |
| 48 | Feb 24, 2021 | HW20B | 20: 5-12 | Ampere's Law | |
| 49 | Mar 1, 2021 | HW21A | 21: 1-5 | Induction | Electric Motor |
| 50 | Mar 3, 2021 | HW21B | 21: 8-15 | Transformers and LRC Circuits | |
| 51 | Mar 8, 2021 | HW22A | 22: 1-7 | Electromagnetic Waves | |
| 52 | Mar 10, 2021 | HW23A | 23: 1-5 | Light and Reflection | Speed of Light |
| 53 | Mar 15, 2021 | HW23B | 23: 6-10 | Lenses and Refraction | Reflection |
| 54 | Mar 17, 2021 | HW24A | 24: 1-5 | Light: Waves and Particles | Refraction |
| 55 | Mar 22, 2021 | HW24B | 24: 6-12 | Diffraction and Polarization | Young's Experiment |
| 56 | Mar 24, 2021 | HW25A | 25: 1-6 | Optical Instruments: Magnification | Thin Film Interference |
| Mar 29, 2021 | Holy Week | No Class | |||
| Mar 31, 2021 | Holy Week | No Class | |||
| 57 | Apr 5, 2021 | HW25B | 25: 7-12 | Optical Instruments: Resolution | Telescope |
| 58 | Apr 7, 2021 | HW26A | 26: 1-5 | Special Relativity | GPS Relativity |
| 59 | Apr 12, 2021 | HW26B | 26: 6-11 | Mass and Energy | |
| 60 | Apr 14, 2021 | HW27A | 27: 1-6 | Early Quantum Mechanics | CHALLENGE LAB: Black Body radiation |
| 61 | Apr 19, 2021 | HW27B | 27: 7-13 | Wave-Partical Duality | Spectrometry |
| 62 | Apr 21, 2021 | HW28A | 28: 1-6 | Quantum Mechanics | |
| 63 | Apr 26, 2021 | HW28B | 28: 7-12 | Quantum Numbers | Demonstration Lab: Photoelectric effect |
| 64 | Apr 28, 2021 | HW29A | 29: All | Molecules and Solids | Wave Nature of Light |
| 65 | May 3, 2021 | HW30A | 30: 1-7 | Radioactivity | |
| 66 | May 5, 2021 | HW30B | 30: 8-13 | Decay and half-lives | CHALLENGE LAB: Geiger Counter |
| 67 | May 10, 2021 | HW31A | 31: 1-4 | Nuclear Fission and Fusion | CHALLENGE LAB: Hadron Collider Data |
| 68 | May 12, 2021 | HW31B | 31: 5-9 | Practical uses for Radiation | CHALLENGE LAB: Cloud Chamber |
| 69 | May 17, 2021 | HW32A | 32: 1-7 | Elementary Particles | |
| 70 | May 19, 2021 | HW32B | 32: 8-12 | Strange Particles and Quarks | |
| 71 | May 24, 2021 | HW33A | 33: 1-10 | Astrophysics | |
| 72 | May 26, 2021 | REVIEW | |||
| May 31, 2021 | Memorial Day Holiday | ||||
| 73 | Jun 2, 2021 | Planning for Summer LAB completions |
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