TOPIC

HOMWORK

LAB

01/12 Mon
01/14 Wed
01/16 Fri

Introduction:
About Science, Ch. 1.1 – 1.4
Science, Art and Religion, Ch. 1. 5 – 1.8

E2, E3
Appendix A

Lab 1: Measurement, Uncertainty; Excel
Reaction time

01/19 Mon
01/21 Wed
01/23 Fri

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: NO CLASSES
Atoms, Ch. 2.1 – 2.4
The Elements, Ch. 2.5 – 2.11

P2, P7

Lab 2: Hooke’s law

01/26 Mon
01/28 Wed
01/30 Fri

Equilibrium, Ch. 3.1 – 3.5
Linear motion, Ch. 3.6 – 3.10
Newton’s  laws of motion, Ch. 4.1 – 4.3

P4, P8

Lab 3: Newton’s Second Law: Air track (Chs. 3)

02/02 Mon
02/04 Wed
02/06 Fri

Newton’s  Third law of motion, Ch. 4.4 – 4.6
Momentum, Ch. 5.1 – 5.6                  
Energy, Ch. 5.7 - 5.16

P1, P7

P2, P6

Lab 4: Terminal velocity (Ch.3)

02/09 Mon
02/11 Wed
02/13 Fri

Gravity, Ch. 6.1 – 6.5
Projectiles and Satellites, Ch. 6.6 – 6.11
Fluid Mechanics, Ch. 7.1 – 7.5

P2, P9

Lab 5: Momentum, Collisions (Ch. 5)

02/16 Mon
02/18 Wed
02/20 Fri

Fluid Mechanics, Ch. 7.6 – 7.10
Review Session
EXAM I: Chs. 1-7

P3, P12

Lab 6: Mechanical energy: Atwood machine (Ch. 5)

02/23 Mon
02/25 Wed
02/27 Fri

Temperature and Heat, Ch.8.1 – 8.5
Thermodynamics, Ch. 8.6 – 8.9
Heat Transfer, Ch. 9.1 – 9.5

P1, P7

Lab 7: Pendulum (Ch. 6)

03/02 Mon
03/04 Wed
03/06 Fri

Spring break: NO CLASSES
Spring break: NO CLASSES
Spring break: NO CLASSES

03/09 Mon
03/11 Wed
03/13 Fri

Change of Phase, Ch. 9.6 – 9.9
Static Electricity, Ch. 10.1 – 10.5
Electric Current, Electric Circuits, Ch. 10.6 – 10.8

P1, P5

P4, P8

Lab 8: Atmospheric pressure (Ch. 7)

03/16 Mon
03/18 Wed
03/20 Fri

Electric Circuits, Ch. 10.9 – 10.10
Magnetism, Ch. 11.1 – 11.5
Electromagnetic induction, Ch. 11.6 – 11.10

P1, P7

Lab 9: Ohm’s Law (Ch. 10)

03/23 Mon
03/25 Wed
03/27 Fri

Waves and Sound, Ch. 12.1 – 12.5
Waves and Sound, Ch. 12.5 – 12.11
Light Waves, Ch. 13.1 – 13.4

P3, P9

Lab 10: Series and Parallel Circuits (Ch. 10)

03/30 Mon
04/01 Wed
04/03 Fri

Diffraction and Interference of Light, Ch. 13.5 – 13.6
Properties of Light, Ch. 14.1 – 14.4
Lenses and Mirrors, Ch. 14.5 – 14.6

P1, P5

P2, P6

Lab 11: Standing waves on a string (Ch. 12)

04/06 Mon
04/08 Wed
04/10 Fri

Review session
EXAM II: Chs. 8 - 14
Quantum Theory, Ch. 15.1 – 15.5

Lab 12: Lenses (Ch. 14)

04/13 Mon
04/15 Wed
04/17 Fri

Lasers, Ch. 15.6
Quantum Mechanics, Ch. 15.7 – 15.11
The atomic nucleus, Ch. 16.1 – 16.4

P1, P3

Lab 13: Simulated Radioactive Decay (Ch.16)

04/20 Mon
04/22 Wed
04/24 Fri

Radioactivity, Ch. 16.5 – 16.7
Nuclear Fission and Fusion, Ch. 16.8 – 16.10
Review Session

P1, P5

To be announced