Physics 104 Schedule Last update: May 7, 2004
Date	Topics	Text
Jan. 26	Snow Day
Jan. 28	Intro. and skating	Section 1.1
Jan. 30	Falling balls & projectiles	1.1 & 1.2
Feb. 2	Ramps	1.3
Feb. 4	Seesaw	2.1
Feb. 6	Wheels & friction	2.2
Feb. 9	Bumper cars: linear & angular momentum	2.3
Feb. 11	Spring scales	3.1
Feb. 13	Bouncing balls	3.2
Feb. 16	Roller coasters and carousels	3.3
Feb. 18	Balloons, buoyancy	4.1
Feb. 20	Water distribution, pressure	4.1, 4.2
Feb. 23	Airplanes	5.3 (parts)
Feb. 25	Rockets	5.3 (parts)
Feb. 27	Wood stoves	6.1
March 1	Wood stoves	6.1
March 3	Light bulbs, REVIEW	6.2
March 5	1st Mid-Term Test (chaps. 1 & 2, covered parts of 3 & 4) --- in room 1410 (not 1201)
March 8	Light bulbs & expansion coefficient	6.2
March 10	Air conditioning	6.3
March 12	Automobiles	6.4
March 15	Electrostatics air cleaners	8.1
March 17	Xerox machine, laser printers	8.2
March 19	Magnetically levitated trains	8.3
March 22-26	Spring Break
March 29	Flashlight	9.1
March 31	Electric power distribution	9.2
April 2	Electric power distribution, generation	9.2, 9.4**
April 5	Electric motors, tape recorders	9.5**, 9.3
April 7	Tape recorders	9.3
April 9	Audio amplifiers	10.1
April 12	Radio	11.1
April 14	Radio and TV, REVIEW	11.2
April 16	2nd Mid-Term Test (chaps. 5.3, 6, 8, 9.1,9.2,9.4) --- in room 1410
April 19	Radio and TV	11.2
April 21	Microwave oven	11.3
April 23	Sunlight	12.1
April 26	Rainbows, Polarized Sunglasses, Optical Fibers	12.1, 13.2 (end)
April 28	Atomic Transitions & Fluorescent Lamps, LASERs	12.2 (1st part),12.3
April 30	Cameras, Vision, Eyeglasses ---Term Paper Deadline	13.1
May 3	Computers, Optical recording (CD, DVD)	10.2,13.2
May 5	Optical recording & medical physics; Medical imaging and radiation	14 ,14.2
May 7	Nuclear weapons	14.1
May 10	REVIEW
May 17	Final Exam (Cumulative, but emphasizing material after 2nd midterm)--- Time: 1:30-3:30 --- Chemistry Bldg, Rm. 0115

Omitted: 12.2 (latter part) details of fluorescent lamps*

**not in textbook; pdf file is linked