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Homework is due in class on the Monday of the week it is assigned. Homework is graded and returned, but not collected, in class on Thursdays. Late homework will not be accepted for any excuse. Each student's three lowest homework scores in the semester will be dropped. In the Homework column, "R1:10" means "Review Question 10 in Chapter 1", and "C1:18" means "Conceptual Exercise 18 in Chapter 1".
| LECTURE | DATE | TOPIC | HOBSON CHAPTER | GAMOW CHAPTER |
HOMEWORK | MSLC MINI-LAB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1/24 | ANCIENT TO MODERN SCIENCE | 1 | 1 | - | VISIT MSLC |
| 2 3 | 1/28 1/31 |
SOLAR SYSTEM UNIVERSE |
- - | - - |
R1: 23 C1: 18, 22, 24 |
ANGULAR SIZE OF MOON |
| 4 5 | 2/4 2/7 |
LIFE IN UNIVERSE ATOMS, MOLECULES, & MATTER |
12 2 | - - |
R1: 10 C1: 6, 29, 32 |
- |
| 6 7 | 2/11 2/14 |
GALILEO, MOVING BODIES NEWTON'S LAWS I |
3 4 | 2 3 |
C2: 16, 18, 24 R12: 10, C12: 2, 12 |
AIR CAR |
| 8 9 | 2/18 2/21 |
NEWTON'S LAWS II FLUIDS |
- - | - - |
R3: 25, C3: 2, 18, 20 C4: 16 |
- |
| 10 11 | 2/25 2/28 |
MECHANICAL UNIVERSE ENERGY |
5 6 | - - |
R4: 16 C4: 26, 32, 38, 52 |
SIMPLE PENDULUM |
| 12 13 | 3/3 3/6 |
CONSERVATION LAWS TEMPERATURE & HEAT |
- 7 | - 4 |
C5: 12, 18, 30 R6: 4, C6: 2, 8, 34 |
- |
| THURSDAY | 3/6 | LAB NOTEBOOKS COLLECTED |
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| 14 15 | 3/10 3/13 |
MIDTERM EXAM (LECTURES 1-12) ENTROPY, HEAT ENGINES |
- - | - - |
- - |
SPECIFIC HEAT |
| - - | 3/17- 3/21 |
SPRING BREAK | - - | - - |
- - |
- |
| 16 17 | 3/24 3/27 |
WAVES, MUSIC ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM |
8 - | - 5 |
R7: 13, C7: 2, 10 C7: 16, 18, 32, 38 |
- |
| 18 19 | 3/31 4/3 |
MOTORS, GENERATORS, LIGHT OPTICS |
- - | - - |
R8: 24 C8: 4, 6, 8, 12, 36 |
ELECTRIC MOTOR |
| 20 21 | 4/7 4/10 |
GLOBAL WARMING RELATIVITY - SPACE, TIME |
9 10 | - - |
R9: 2, 5 C9: 6, 12 |
- |
| 22 23 | 4/14 4/17 |
RELATIVITY - ENERGY, GRAVITY QUANTUM IDEAS |
11 13 | 6 7 |
C9: 18, 22, 26 C10: 8, 12, 16, 22 |
MUON DECAY |
| 24 25 | 4/21 4/24 |
ATOMS, CHEMISTRY NUCLEI, RADIOACTIVITY |
14 15 | - 8 |
C10: 39, 48, 50 C11: 26, 30, 38 C13: 2, 10, 20 |
- |
| 26 27 | 4/28 5/1 |
FISSION & FUSION ELEMENTARY PARTICLES |
16 18 | - - |
C14: 12, 20, 30 C15: 2, 4, 16, 18, 32 |
ATOMIC SPECTRA |
| 28 | 5/5 | ENERGY CHALLENGES | 17 | - | C16: 10, 12, 24, 26 R18: 24, C18: 11, 12, 15, 16 |
- |
| MONDAY | 5/5 | LAB NOTEBOOKS COLLECTED |
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| FRIDAY | 5/9 | FINAL EXAM (8:00 - 11:00am) |
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