Office Hrs:
Please do not print this schedule. It changes weekly!
Link to old 2006 schedule - for reference.
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Note: Homework Problems are due every Tuesday.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
| Week 1 Aug. 25, 2008 - syllabus,Intro. To measurements and computing. Assignment: Read Ch. 1 Hecht for Tues. Ch. 2 for Wed. Introduce Simulation 1 - due Thursday, Aug. 28. |
Unit 1. Measure pitching speed; Record motion of bowling ball; condensed instructions | Finish Syllabus Math discussion of Bowling Ball Peer writing Homework problems - on lab instructions |
Intro to spreadsheets |
| Week 2 Sept. 1, 2008 1D Motion I. Read
Ch. 2,
Hecht to pg 36; Ch 3 to p. 80. (Skip Calculus part if not taken). Introduce echolocator. Demos with people, bowling ball and fan cart. |
Experiment:
Acceleration of fan carts Peer Writing |
Mathematics of velocity and acceleration Homework problems - Ch. 3 page 107f: 4, 10, 18, 25, 27 Simulation assignments - Due Thursday: Bowling ball and Tennis Ball Peer Discussion |
Spreadsheet modelling of velocity with linear function
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| Week 3 Sept. 8 Electronic draft due for week 2 lab Final copy due for week 1. 1D Motion II Read Ch. 2, Hecht (to p.83) Sept. 5 Condensed instructions; Peer Writing |
Acceleration measurements when direction reverses. Simulation quiz: PHET Simulation - Moving Man - Due Monday, Sept. 15 before exam. |
Kinematics
problems Gather data with fan-cart for reversing direction Peer Discussion Area under velocity - Demo |
Finish lab notebooks. Electronic drafts of write-up due
Tuesday due to exam. |
| Week 4 Sept. 15 Sept. 15 Exam I _review updated for 2008 |
Final write-up due for week 2 lab. Electronic draft due for week 3 lab. Homework for week 3 due. (postponed to Wed. Sept. 17 at 8:00 am due to error on the MOODLE page) Radioactivity. Nature of radiation |
Observation of short-lived decay (137Ba) Simulation with dice, Homework problems. |
Analysis of half-life |
| Week 5 Sept. 22 Extra-Credit assignment on Neutrinos. Lab 4 electronic draft due Lab 3 paper report due Begin force, mass, motion Optional: Simulation of radioactivity. On-Line Radioactivity Quiz - Due Monday, Sept. 29 |
Lab activity: Electronic force sensor |
e-draft for
radioactivity due. 9-24 Homework problems on radioactivity due 9-24 Demo: opposing forces, opposing fans Begin HW problems on Force, accel. - see lab handout. HW due Tuesday, Sept. 30. Opposing Fans - sim Peer Writing |
Lab 3 Final Report due Friday, Sep. 26 Finish lab measurements. |
| Week 6 Sept. 29 Peer Writing Gravity and projectile motion See condensed outline e-Draft for inertial mass (Shove-it) due Sept. 29. On-line radioactivity quiz due Sept. 29. New on-line quiz - Trajectories and heavy stuff. Due Monday, Oct. 6, midnight. |
Analyze 2-ball drop Analyze "toss-up" - motion detector Tracker video analysis instructions. HW Probs (week 5) due. |
2-Dimensional motion - tap bowling ball normal to
velocity Launched "pop-up" ball Discuss vectors Peer Writing HW Problems - Due Tuesday, Oct. 7. Note: a problem has been added that is not on the hand-out!. |
Finish analysis and prepare lab notebooks. |
| Week 7 Oct. 6 e-draft for lab 6 due Final printed report for lab 5 due. Oct. 9. Circular motion and Universal gravitation. Hecht Ch. 5 On-line quiz on trajectories closes midnight. New on-line quiz - circular forces. Closes 11:55 pm on Oct. 15. Peer Writing |
Lab
- measuring circular motion Good Applets on reading vernier: (author unknown) F. K. Hwang Ron Blond HW probs (week 6) due Simulations: 2-D push, Circular push |
Theory of centripetal accel. Newton III (Centrifugal and centripetal forces) Homework: - see lab handout Peer Writing |
Finish Calcs. Demonstrate collision with soda
cans. |
| Week 8 Oct. 13 Exam II - Updated review on-line On-line closed quizzes for review: Radioactivity Trajectories and gravity |
Impulse
and momentum (condensed instructions) e-draft for lab 7 (circular motion) due Final paper copy of lab 6 (gravity and trajectory) due HW for Week 7 (circular motion) postponed to Thursday. |
Impulse-momentum theorem Forces between colliding bodies
(NIII) reasons
for momentum conservation On-line
quiz - Momentum and Collisions - Closes Oct. 29 midnite |
Analyze impulse and momentum. Summary draft due Monday,
Oct. 27. HW Probs due Tuesday, Oct. 28. Newton III collision expt Word File Newton III collision Logger Pro file on G:\physics\Newton3Collision. Use Graphical Analysis to load this. |
| Fall Break | Fall Break | Fall Break | Fall Break |
| Week 9 Oct 27 Review impulse/momentum; Begin electricity. Electric Current and Resistance |
Summary #8, Impulse e-draft due
Begin
experiments on curent/voltage and resistance. |
Lab report #7, centripetal force final report due. HW Problems on lab handout. Due Tuesday. Simulations:
1. Electrostatics and circuits Closes Nov. 5, 2008 11:55 pm. Discuss Ohm's Law, Electric current, voltage, resistance. Peer writing. |
Thurs. Nov. 2. Finish current/resistance. |
| Week 10 Nov.
3. Peer Writing Discuss voltage divider and Wheatstone Bridge On-line quiz with simulation - closes Nov. 9, 11:55 pm. 2. (Resistance model ) |
Wheatstone
Bridge (Current/Resistance due) |
Peer Writing Discuss bridge, voltage divider. Series and parallel resistances for any resistance values. May submit example problem to calculate the equivalent parallel resistance for bonus. |
Nov. 9. Finish W-Bridge calculations . |
| Week 11
Nov. 10 Silicon Diode On-line Diode Homework. Due Monday Nov. 17 at test time. Counts double. (no written HW) |
Silicon diode lab. (e-draft Wheatstone Bridge due.) (Final draft Current/Resistance due) HW for week 10 due. |
Peer
writing Mid-week assignment: Applet on Hole flow Discussion of semiconductors and diodes. |
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| Week 12 Nov. 17 Exam III - updated for 2008 - includes text pages for study. Diode on-line HW due at exam time. |
Transistor (Diode e-draft due). |
Discusion of transistor Discussion of transistor Homework on transistor: Questions 1 .. 7 at end of lab handout. Transistor HW - On-line. - Closes Dec. 3, 11:55 pm. |
Finish Transistor Lab. Notebook should be approved at begin of class on Tues, Nov. 25. Peer Writing |
| Week 13 Nov. 24 Demo Transistor Microphone Amplifier Demo: Photogate circuit. (The photogate used to be a lab) Peer Writing |
Notebook for Transistor lab due. Workshop on Computer drawings. One of the last labs will be turned-in completely electronic, including the student's own drawings. If the student has completed the requisite 7 (or 8) labs, then one of the older labs may be revised with computer drawings made by the student. |
Thanksgiving Break |
Thanksgiving |
| Week 14 Dec. 1. Review Transistor Conservation of Energy Peer Writing |
Transistor e-Draft due Diode Final report due. Begin experiment: Energy conservation with photogate and transistors |
Dec 7 Finish Energy lab. |
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| Week 15
Dec 8 Peer
Writing Universal Gravitation |
Energy Lab Draft due Transistor Final Report due Energy HW due No Lab. |
Universal Gravitation HW: Calc. Mass of Earth plus p. 217f: 29, 40, 66, 68 |
Dec. 14, No lab. |
| Week 16 Dec 15 Review. Exam Review outline posted for 2008 On-line Energy Quiz - closes Dec. 17. |
Open - No lab.
Energy Final Report due. Optional review during lab sessions. On-line report due. Graded as a HW assignment. |
Exam IV Dec. 17. |
No Class |