PHYSICS 103: COURSE outline__________________________________________ SPRING 2009
Instructor: Dr. Natalia Dushkina   Office: CAPUTO 237    Phone: (717) 872-3424          Email: Natalia.Dushkina@millersville.edu
    Textbook: Conceptual Physics Fundamentals, By Paul G.  Hewitt, Pearson, Addison Wesley, 2008 
  (ISBN 0-321-50136-5/987-0-321-50136-3)
DATE  | 
    TOPIC  | 
    HOMWORK  | 
    LAB  | 
  
01/12 Mon  | 
    Introduction:   | 
    
 E2, E3  | 
    
 Lab 1: Measurement, Uncertainty; Excel  | 
  
01/19 Mon  | 
    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: NO CLASSES  | 
    
 P2, P7  | 
    
 Lab 2: Hooke’s law  | 
  
01/26 Mon  | 
    Equilibrium, Ch. 3.1 – 3.5  | 
    
 P4, P8  | 
    
 Lab 3: Newton’s Second Law: Air track (Chs. 3)  | 
  
02/02 Mon  | 
    Newton’s  Third law    of motion, Ch. 4.4 – 4.6  | 
    P1, P7 P2, P6  | 
    
 Lab 4: Terminal velocity (Ch.3)  | 
  
02/09 Mon  | 
    Gravity, Ch. 6.1 – 6.5  | 
    
 P2, P9  | 
    
 Lab 5: Momentum, Collisions (Ch. 5)  | 
  
02/16 Mon  | 
    Fluid Mechanics, Ch. 7.6 – 7.10  | 
    P3, P12  | 
    
 Lab 6: Mechanical energy: Atwood machine (Ch. 5)  | 
  
02/23 Mon  | 
    Temperature and Heat, Ch.8.1 – 8.5  | 
    P1, P7 
  | 
    
 Lab 7: Pendulum (Ch. 6)  | 
  
03/02 Mon  | 
    Spring break: NO CLASSES  | 
    
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03/09 Mon  | 
    Change of Phase, Ch. 9.6 – 9.9  | 
    P1, P5 P4, P8  | 
    
 Lab 8: Atmospheric pressure (Ch. 7)  | 
  
03/16 Mon  | 
    Electric Circuits, Ch. 10.9 – 10.10  | 
    
 P1, P7  | 
    
 Lab 9: Ohm’s Law (Ch. 10)  | 
  
03/23 Mon  | 
    Waves and Sound, Ch. 12.1 – 12.5  | 
    P3, P9 
  | 
    
 Lab 10: Series and Parallel Circuits (Ch. 10)  | 
  
03/30 Mon  | 
    Diffraction and Interference of Light, Ch. 13.5 – 13.6  | 
    P1, P5 P2, P6  | 
    
 Lab 11: Standing waves on a string (Ch. 12)  | 
  
04/06 Mon  | 
    Review session  | 
    
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 Lab 12: Lenses (Ch. 14)  | 
  
04/13 Mon  | 
    Lasers, Ch. 15.6  | 
    P1, P3  | 
    
 Lab 13: Simulated Radioactive Decay (Ch.16)  | 
  
04/20 Mon  | 
    Radioactivity, Ch. 16.5 – 16.7  | 
    P1, P5  | 
    
 To be announced  | 
  
Notes: The letters in front of the number in the homework column are abbreviation of: RQ – Review Questions; E – Exercises; P – Problems, as given after each chapter in the textbook.
Lecture Final Exam:  May 1, Fri, 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. CAPUTO 211 (multiple choice; all  chapters)
    Lab Final Exam:  
    Group 1A, April 29, Wed, 10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. CAPUTO  227
    Group 1B, May 1, Fri, 10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. CAPUTO 227