Physics 104 Schedule Last update: April 21, 2003

Date

Topics

Text

Jan. 29

Intro. and skating

Section 1.1

Jan. 31

Falling balls & projectiles

1.1 & 1.2

Feb. 3

Ramps

1.3

Feb. 5

Seesaw

2.1

Feb. 7

Snow Day

Feb. 10

Wheels & friction

2.2

Feb. 12

Bumper cars:
linear & angular momentum

2.3

Feb. 14

Spring scales

3.1

Feb. 17

Snow Day

Feb. 19

Snow Day

Feb. 21

Bouncing balls

3.2

Feb. 24

Roller coasters and carousels

3.3

Feb. 26

Balloons, buoyancy

4.1

Feb. 28

Water distribution, pressure

4.1, 4.2

March 3

Garden watering

5.1

March 5

Balls and Frisbees

5.2

March 7

Airplanes

5.3

March 10

Rockets, REVIEW

5.3

March 12

1st Mid-Term Test (chaps. 1 & 2, covered parts of 3 & 4)

March 14

Wood Stoves

6.1

March 17

Light bulbs

6.2

March 19 Light bulbs & expansion coefficient

6.2

March 21

Air conditioning

6.3

March 24-8

Spring Break

March 31

Automobiles

6.4

April 2

Electrostatics air cleaners

8.1

April 4

Xerox machine

8.2

April 7

Flashlight

9.1

April 9

Electric power distribution

9.2

April 11

2nd Mid-Term Test (chaps. 5, 6, 8)

April 14

Electric power distribution

9.2

April 16

Tape Recorders

9.3

April 18

Radio

11.1

April 21

Radio and TV

11.2

April 23

TV and Microwave oven

11.3

April 25

Sunlight

12.1

April 28

Sunlight

12.1

April 30

Fluorescent lamps---Term Paper Deadline

12.2

May 2

Lasers

12.3

May 5

Cameras

13.1

May 7

Optical recording (CD, DVD)

13.2

May 9

Optical recording & medical physics

14

May 12

Medical imaging and radiation, REVIEW

14.2

May 14

Nuclear weapons, Review

14.1

May 20

Final Exam (Cumulative)

 

*pna: probably not all