Physics 124 Schedule    Spring, 2008

Week

Date

Homework*

Minilab

Reading for lecture (Friday afternoon)

1

22-25 Jan

(no workshops; lecture Friday)

no recitations

10.1 - 10.7

Review of torque; angular momentum notes (pdf format)

2

28 Jan - 1 Feb

Assignment 1 in Mastering Physics

Available 1/22

Due 1/28, 11:59 PM

Rotation

11.1 - 11.4

Static Equilibrium notes (pdf format)

3

4-8 Feb

Assignment 2 in Mastering Physics

Available 1/22

Due 2/4, 11:59 PM

Angular Momentum

12.1 - 12.5; (12.8)

Gravitation notes (pdf format)

4

11-15 Feb

Assignment 3 in Mastering Physics

Available 1/28

Due 2/11, 11:59 PM

Elasticity

14.1 - 14.5 

Fluid Mechanics

5

18-22 Feb

Assignment 4 in Mastering Physics

Available 2/4

Due 2/18, 11:59 PM

review for exam

(CH-I EXAM Sunday Feb. 24, 3:00 - 4:20 PM, rooms ARC-103 / SEC-111 / HLL-114, includes all material through lecture of 2/15)

NO LECTURE:
classes cancelled due to bad weather

6

25-29 Feb

No Homework due - since preceding Friday lecture was cancelled

Fluid Dynamics

13.1 - 13.5; (13.6 - 13.8)

Oscillatory Motion


7

3-7 Mar

Assignment 5 in Mastering Physics

Available 2/11

Due 3/3, 11:59 PM

Simple Harmonic Motion

15.1 - 15.5

Mechanical Waves

8

10-14 Mar

Assignment 6 in Mastering Physics

Available 2/18

Due 3/10, 11:59 PM

Traveling Waves

16.1 - 16.3; 16.8

Sound Waves

9

17-21 Mar

Spring Break week - no workshops or lecture no recitations

no lecture

10

24-28 Mar

Assignment 7 in Mastering Physics

Available 3/3

Due 3/24, 11:59 PM

review for exam

(CH-II EXAM Sunday Mar. 30, 3:00 - 4:20 PM, rooms ARC-103 / SEC-111 / HLL-114, includes all material through lecture of 3/14)

15.6 - 15.8; 16.4 - 16.7

Standing Waves, Interference

11

31 Mar - 4 Apr

Assignment 8 in Mastering Physics

Available 3/10

Due 3/31, 11:59 PM

Standing Waves

 

17.1 - 17.3

Review of waves; begin Thermodynamics

12

7-11 Apr

Assignment 9 in Mastering Physics

Available 3/24

Due 4/7, 11:59 PM

Absolute Zero

17.4 - 17.7

Heat and Temperature

13

14-18 Apr

Assignment 10 in Mastering Physics

Available 3/31

Due 4/14, 11:59 PM

Mechanical Equivalent of Heat

 

18.1 - 18.6

Thermal Properties; Kinetic Theory of Gases

14

21-25 Apr

Assignment 11 in Mastering Physics

Available 4/7

Due 4/21, 11:59 PM

Problem session

19.1 - 19.8

First Law of Thermodynamics

15

28 Apr - 2 May



Assignment 12 in Mastering Physics

Available 4/14

Due 4/28, 11:59 PM

Review for final exam

(FINAL EXAM Tuesday May 13, 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, room TBD

20.1 - 20.2; 20.4 - 20.7

Second Law of Thermodynamics


16

5-9 May

Assignment 13 in Mastering Physics

Available 4/21

Due 5/5, 11:59 PM
No recitation No lecture