| Class |
Class number |
Reading Assignments (online
with commentary in MP due 10 PM prev eve.)
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Assignments (Due at
beginning of lecture) |
Content |
Lab/Quizzes |
Recitation |
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| Week
1 |
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No
lab-- |
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| 8/29 |
1
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R120829
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Why is
this class different from all other classes?
Connecting Physics to the Life Sciences
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| 8/31 |
2
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R120831
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Mechanism,
Measurement, and Math: Dimensions and units |
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| Week
2 |
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Survey
(FMCE)
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How Big is a
Worm
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| 9/5 |
3
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R120905
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Coordinates,
Graphs, Vectors |
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| 9/7 |
4
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R120907
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HW
1
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Rate of
change and velocity -- instantaneous and average |
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| Week
3: |
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Lab
1 --
Introduction to Excel |
The
Meaning of Speed
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| 9/10 |
5
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R120910
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Graphs: Velocity and consistency |
Quiz 1
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| 9/12 |
6
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R120912
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Acceleration |
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| 9/14 |
7
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R120914
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HW
2
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Physical content of Newton's laws |
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| Week
4 |
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Lab
2--
Introduction to ImageJ
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Listeria
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| 9/17 |
8
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R120917
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What's
a force? |
Quiz 2
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| 9/19 |
9
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R120919
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Newton
0, 1, and 2 |
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| 9/21 |
10
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R120921
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HW
3
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The
implications game; Newton's 3rd Law |
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| Week
5 |
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Lab
3 -- Directed motion: 1
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Counterintuitive
Ideas: Newton's Third Law
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| 9/24 |
11
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R120924
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Forces:
Springs |
Quiz 3 |
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| 9/26 |
12
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R120926
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Forces:
Tension and normal forces |
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| 9/28 |
13
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R120928
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HW
4
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Forces:
Friction, Viscosity, and Drag |
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| Week
6 |
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Lab
4 -- Directed motion: 2 |
Exploring
Resistive Forces |
| 10/1 |
14
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R121001
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Forces:
Gravity |
Quiz 4 |
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| 10/3 |
15
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None
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Review |
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| 10/5 |
16
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MIDTERM EXAM 1 |
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| Week
7 |
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Lab
5 -- Random motion: 1
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The Spring
Constant of DNA |
| 10/8 |
17
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None
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Go over
exam 1 |
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| 10/10 |
18
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R121010
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Electric
charge |
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| 10/12 |
19
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R121012
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HW
5
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Forces:
Electricity |
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| 10/12 |
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Make up exam 1 |
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| Week
8 |
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Lab
6 -- Random motion: 2
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Breaking
Down Vectors
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| 10/15 |
20
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R121015
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Coulomb's law
and fields |
Feedback |
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| 10/17 |
21
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None
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Electrical examples
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| 10/19 |
22
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R121019
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HW
6
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Momentum and
momentum conservation
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| Week
9 |
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Lab
7 -- Random and directed motion combined 1
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When
do Atoms Bond?
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| 10/22 |
23
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R121022
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Random motion
and diffusion
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Quiz 5 |
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| 10/24 |
24
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R121024
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Fick's law |
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| 10/26 |
25
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R121026
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HW
7
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Kinetic theory
of gas: The ideal gas law |
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| Week
10 |
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Lab
8 --Random and directed motion combined 2
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Aquatic
Life: Fluids, Pressure, and Buoyancy |
| 10/29 |
26
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NO CLASS HURRICANE |
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| 10/31 |
27
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R121029
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Basics of fluids:
Pressure |
Quiz 6 |
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| 11/2 |
28
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R121102
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HW
8
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Buoyancy |
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| Week
11 |
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Lab
9 -- Fluid flow: 1
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Connecting
Forces to Energy
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| 11/5 |
29
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R121105
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Fluid flow |
Quiz 7 |
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| 11/7 |
30
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R121107
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The HP Equation |
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| 11/9 |
31
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MIDTERM EXAM 2 |
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| Week
12 |
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Lab
10 -- Fluid flow:2
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Protein
Stability |
| 11/12 |
32
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Go over
exam 2 |
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| 11/14 |
33
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Fluid examples |
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| 11/16 |
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Makeup exam 2 |
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| 11/16 |
34
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R121116
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HW 9
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Work and Energy |
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| Week
13 |
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No
lab--
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Energy
Skate Park
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| 11/19 |
35
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R121119
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Potential Energy |
Quiz 8
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| 11/21 |
36
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R121121
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Mechanical energy
conservation |
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| Week
14 |
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Lab
11 --
Individual project |
Diffusion
& Energy Spreading
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| 11/26 |
37
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R121126
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Energy conservation
examples |
Quiz 9 |
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| 11/28 |
38
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R121128
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Molecular forces
and energies |
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| 11/30 |
39
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R121130
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HW
10
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Heat and temperature |
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| Week
15 |
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Lab
12 --
Individual project |
Temperature
Regulation |
| 12/3 |
40
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R121203
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Energy
-- 1st law |
Quiz 10 |
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| 12/5 |
41
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R121205
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Motivating
the 2nd law |
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| 12/7 |
42
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None
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HW
11
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Entropy |
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Week 16
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Makeup Lab
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Survey (FMCE) |
| 12/10 |
43
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R121210
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Transforming
organization: The second law |
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| 12/15
or 12/19 |
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FINAL EXAM
LOSERT: 12/15 (8:00-10:00)
REDISH:
12/19 (8:00-10:00)
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Course Schedule 