Notes:
- This schedule is subject to change.
- RECITATIONS/LABS BEGIN FEBRUARY 2
- For the Reading Assignments, you need to ask a question online in Webassign on 1-3 of the assigned readings. These are generally due at 9 PM the previous night and worth about 1 participation point per reading. Yes, they add up.
- Some slides will be posted in Adobe pdf format on Canvas after (never before!) the class takes place. Note that these slides only represent a skeleton of the presentation and will rarely include solutions to problems and questions posed, derivations, or representations of class discussions. If you miss a class, these notes do not suffice to fill you in on what happened! Be sure to check with someone who actually attended!
| Date | Class | Reading | Content | Quiz |
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Week 1 |
No Recitation | No Lab | ||
| M 1/26 | 1 | 1 Introduction to the class 1.1 The disciplines: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Math 1.1.1 Science as making models 1.1.4 What Physics can do for Biologists 1.2 Thinking about Thinking and Knowing 1.2.1 The nature of scientific knowledge |
Why is this class different? | Bring your clickers! |
| W 1/28 | 2 | 2. Modeling with mathematics 2.1 Using math in science 2.1.1 How math in science is different from math in math 2.1.2 Measurement 2.1.3 Dimensions and units 2.1.3.1 Complex dimensions and dimensional analysis 2.1.3.2 Changing units 2.1.4 Estimation 2.1.4.1 Useful numbers |
Measurement and Math: Power of Scaling Thinking vs. Intution Estimation |
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| F 1/30 | 3 | I-1 Interlude 1: The Main Question: How do things move? 3 Kinematics: Where and When? 3.1.1 Coordinates 3.1.2 Vectors 3.1.3 Time 3.1.4 Kinematics Graphs |
Selective Attention Measurement and Math: Dimensions and Units II |
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Week 2 |
Recitation: How big is a worm | Lab 0: Survey and Intro | ||
| M 2/2 | 4 | 2.2.5 Values, change, and rates of change 2.2.5.1 Derivatives 2.2.5.1.1 What is a derivative, anyway? 3.2 Kinematic Variables |
What is a Model? Coordinates and graphs Laying the Calculus Groundwork |
Quiz 1 Bring Your Clickers! |
| W 2/4 | 5 | 3.2.1 Velocity 3.2.1.1 Average velocity 3.2.1.2 Instantaneous velocity 3.2.1.3 Calculating with average velocity |
Beginning kinematics Velocity as a rate of change algebraically and instantaneously (calculus!) |
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| F 2/6 | 6 | 3.2.2 Acceleration 3.2.2.1 Average acceleration 3.2.2.2 Instantaneous acceleration 3.2.2.3 Calculating with constant acceleration |
Making sense of x, v, a vs. t | |
Week 3 |
Recitation: The cat and the antelope | Lab 1a: Quantifying motion from Images and Videos | ||
| M 2/9 | 7 | 4.1 Newton's Laws 4.1.1 Physical content of Newton's Laws 4.1.1.1 Object egotism 4.1.1.2 Inertia |
Making sense of x, v, a vs. t (cont.) Hints of Newton's laws |
Quiz 2 |
| W 2/11 | 8 | 4.1.1.3 Interactions 4.1.1.4 Superposition: 4.1.1.5 Mass 4.1.1.6 Reciprocity |
Wrapping up kinematics Developing intution for x, v, a |
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| F 2/13 | 9 | 4.1.2 Formulation of Newton's Laws as foothold principles 4.1.2.1 Quantifying Impulse and Force 4.1.2.2 Newton 0 4.1.2.3 Newton's 1st law |
Begin Newton's laws (What's a force?) (The reading on impulse is foreshadowing for 4.3.1 Linear Momentum later this semester...) |
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Week 4 |
Recitation: Forces for objects & systems | Lab 1b: Quantifying motion from Images and Videos | ||
| M 2/16 | 10 | 4.1.2.2.1 Free-body diagrams 4.1.2.2.2 System Schema Introduction 4.1.2.3 Newton's 1st law (yes, again) 4.1.2.4 Newton's 2nd law 4.1.2.4.1 Reading the content in Newton's 2nd law |
System Schema Free Body Diagrams |
Quiz 3 |
| W 2/18 | 11 | 4.1.2.4.2 Newton 2 as a stepping rule 4.1.2.4.2.1 Newton 2 on a spreadsheet 4.1.2.5 Newton's 3rd law 4.1.2.5.1 Using system schemas for Newton's 3rd law |
Newton 2 and 3 (how NOT to look at N3) | |
| F 2/20 | 12 | 4.2 Kinds of Forces 4.2.1 Springs 4.2.1.1 Realistic springs 4.2.1.2 Normal forces 4.2.1.2.1 A simple model of solid matter |
Forces: Springs, tension, normal, and friction forces Catchup Day - Open Season Questions |
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Week 5 |
Recitation: The spring constant of DNA | Lab 2a: Inferring force characteristics from motion analysis | ||
| M 2/23 | 13 | 4.2.1.3 Tension forces 4.2.2 Resistive forces 4.2.2.1 Friction |
Being realistic about friction (esp. biology!) | Quiz 4 |
| W 2/25 | 14 | 4.2.2.2 Viscosity 4.2.2.3 Drag 4.2.3 Gravitational forces |
Types of resistive forces in gasses and liquids | |
| F 2/27 | 15 | 4.2.3.1 Flat-earth gravity 4.2.3.1.1 Free-fall in flat-earth gravity 4.2.3.3 The gravitational field |
Gravity for intuition's sake | |
Week 6 |
Recitation: Motion of a paramecium | Lab 2b: Inferring force characteristics from motion analysis | ||
| M 3/2 | 16 | 4.2.4 Electric forces 4.2.4.1 Charge and the structure of matter 4.2.4.2 Polarization 4.2.4.3 Coulomb's law |
Kinds of forces, charges | Quiz 5 |
| W 3/4 | 17 | 3.1.2 Vectors (yes, again) 3.1.2.1 Adding Vectors 3.1.2.1.1 Example: vector addition 3.1.2.1.2 Example: vector subtraction |
Adding vectors in 2 (or more) dimensions | |
| F 3/6 | (18) | |||
Week 7 |
Recitation: Electrostatic force and Hydrogen bonds |
Lab 3a: Observing Brownian motion | ||
| M 3/9 | 19 | MIDTERM 1 (on lectures 1-15) | ||
| W 3/11 | 20 | 4.2.4.3.1 Coulomb's law -- vector character 4.2.4.3.2 Reading the content in Coulomb's law |
Charges, induction, |
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| F 3/13 | 21 | 4.2.4.4 The Electric field 4.3 Coherent vs. random motion |
Go over exam | |
Week 8 |
Recitation: Electrophoresis | Lab 3b: Observing Brownian motion | ||
| M 3/23 | 22 |
4.3 Coherent vs. random motion 4.3.1 Linear momentum 4.3.1.1 Restating Newton's 2nd law: momentum |
Momentum |
Quiz 6 |
| W 3/25 | 23 |
4.3.1.2 Momentum conservation 4.3.2 The role of randomness: Biological implications |
Emergence | |
| F 3/27 | 24 |
4.3.3 Diffusion and random walks 4.3.3.1 Fick's law |
Random motion | |
Week 9 |
Recitation: Gas properties and pressure | Lab 3c: Observing Brownian motion | ||
| M 3/30 | 25 | 5. Macro models of matter 5.1.1 Density-solids I-2: Interlude 2: The Micro to Macro Connection |
The finer detail small scale picture |
Quiz 7 |
| W 4/1 | 26 |
5.1.6 Soft matter 5.1.2 Young's modulus 5.1.6.1 Mechanical properties of cells |
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| F 4/3 | 27 |
5.2 Fluids 5.2.1 Pressure 7.1 Kinetic theory: the ideal gas law |
Kinetic theory of gases Pressure |
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Week 10 |
Recitation: Diffusion in cells | Lab 4a: Brownian motion vs. directed forces | ||
| M 4/6 | 28 |
3.1.2.3 The gradient: a vector derivative 5.2.2 Archimedes' Principle 5.2.3 Buoyancy |
Fluids: Buoyancy, surface tension | Quiz 8 |
| W 4/8 | 29 |
5.2.5.2.1 Surface tension 5.2.6 Fluid flow 5.2.6.1 Quantifying fluid flow 5.2.6.2 The continuity equation |
Continuity (A1v1 = A2v2) Fluid flow |
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| F 4/10 | 30 | 5.2.6.3 Internal flow -- the HP equation 6. Energy: The Quantity of Motion |
Why arteriosclerosis is worse than you think | |
Week 11 |
Recitation: Fluid flow
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Lab 4b: Brownian motion vs. directed forces | ||
| M 4/13 | 31 | 6.1 Kinetic energy and the work-energy theorem 6.1.1 Reading the content in the Work-Energy theorem |
Energy is more abstract than you think | Quiz 9 |
| W 4/15 | 32 | |||
| F 4/17 | (33) | MIDTERM 2 | ||
Week 12 |
Recitation: Energy skate park and collisions | Lab 5a:Motion and Work in living systems | ||
| M 4/20 | 34 | 6.2 Energy of place -- potential energy 6.2.1 Gravitational potential energy |
Energy that can potentially be used to move |
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| W 4/22 | 35 | 6.2.2 Spring potential energy 6.2.3 Electric potential energy 6.3 The conservation of mechanical energy |
Conservation of energy | |
| F 4/24 | 36 | 6.3.1 Interpreting mechanical energy graphs 6.3.2 Mechanical energy loss -- thermal energy 6.3.3 Forces from potential energy |
Conservation of energy? | Go over exam |
Week 13 |
No Recitation | No Lab | ||
| M 4/27 | 37 | 6.4.1 Energy at the sub-molecular level 6.4.2 Atomic and Molecular forces |
Quanta are smaller than Hollywood thinks | Quiz 10 |
| W 4/29 | 38 | 6.4.2.1 Interatomic forces 6.4.2.1.1 The Lennard-Jones Potential (broken link) 6.4.2.2 Chemical bonding |
A useful model for bonds | |
| F 5/1 | 39 | 5.3 Heat and temperature 5.3.2 Thermal properties of matter 5.3.2.1 Thermal energy and specific heat |
More emergent properties | |
Week 14 |
Recitation: Protein stability | Lab 5b: Motion and Work in living systems | ||
| M 5/4 | 40 | 5.3.2.2 Heat capacity 5.3.2.3 Heat transfer |
Energy and heat |
Quiz 11 |
| W 5/6 | 41 | 7. Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics 7.2 The 1st law of thermodynamics 7.3 The 2nd law of thermodynamics |
Physics 132 foreshadowing | |
| F 5/8 | 42 | 7.3.1 The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics: A Probabilistic Law 7.3.2 Implications of the Second Law of Thermodynamics 7.4.1 Why we need a 2nd Law of Thermodynamics |
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Week 15 |
Recitation: Temperature regulation | Lab: Makeup lab and survey | ||
| M 5/11 | 43 | No reading for the last day | (No quiz) | |
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| TBD | FINAL EXAM | Location TBD | ||