Physics 104 Schedule Last update: May 11, 2005
Date	Topics	Text
Jan. 26	Intro. and skating	Section 1.1
Jan. 28	Falling balls & projectiles	1.1 & 1.2
Jan. 31	Ramps	1.3
Feb. 2	Seesaw	2.1
Feb. 4	Wheels & friction	2.2
Feb. 7	Bumper cars: linear & angular momentum	2.3
Feb. 9	Spring scales	3.1
Feb. 11	Bouncing balls	3.2
Feb. 14	Roller coasters and carousels	3.3
Feb. 16	Balloons, buoyancy	4.1
Feb. 18	Water distribution, pressure	4.1, 4.2
Feb. 21	Airplanes	5.3 (parts)
Feb. 23	Rocket thrust, REVIEW	5.3 (parts)
Feb 25	1st Mid-Term Test --- in room 1201 (chaps. 1 - 3 (except 3.4) & buoyant force/pressure/density from chap. 4)
Feb 28	Snow day--no class
March 2	Rockets, Gravity, Chaos & weather, Wood stoves	6.1
March 4	Wood stoves	6.1
March 7	Light bulbs	6.2
March 9	Light bulbs & expansion coefficient	6.2
March 11	Air conditioning	6.3
March 14	Automobiles	6.4
March 16	Electrostatics air cleaners	8.1
March 18	Xerox machine, laser printers	8.2
March 21-25	Spring Break
March 29	Magnetically levitated trains	8.3
March 31	Flashlight	9.1
April 1	Electric power distribution	9.2
April 4	Electric power distribution, generation	9.2, 9.4*
April 6	Electric motors, tape recorders	9.5*, 9.3
April 8	Tape recorders	9.3
April 11	Audio amplifiers, binary notation	10.1, part of 10.2
April 13	Radio	11.1
April 15	Radio and TV	11.2
April 18	TV, REVIEW + question session later in p.m.	11.2
April 20	2nd Mid-Term Test (chaps. 4,5.3, 6, 8, 9.1-9.4)--- in room 1201
April 22	TV, Microwaves	11.3
April 25	Microwave oven, refraction	11.3,12.1
April 27	Sunlight	12.1
April 29	Rainbows, Polarized Sunglasses, Optical Fibers---Term Paper Deadline	12.1, 13.2 (end)
May 2	Atomic Transitions & Fluorescent Lamps, LASERs, Lenses	12.2 (1st part),12.3
May 4	Cameras, Vision, Eyeglasses	13.1
May 6	Computers, Optical recording (CD, DVD)	[10.2], 13.2
May 9	Nuclear weapons	14.1
	Medical imaging and radiation	[14.2]
May 11	REVIEW
May 17, 4pm	QUESTION SESSION
May 19	Final Exam (Cumulative, but emphasizing material after 2nd midterm)--- Time: 1:30-3:30 --- Microbiology Bldg, Rm. 1207

  See campus map linked to Microbiology Bldg. for its location: up Campus Dr. from the traffic circle with the big M.

*not in textbook; pdf file is linked