PHYS 101 Summer A 2020 Course Schedule
Date | Dues | Content from Textbook |
Topics with Video Links | Mastery Quiz | Know | Understand | Practice Problems |
May 18 | Chapter 1 | Energy, Scientific Method, Feynman on Scientific Method, Scope of Physics, and Measurement. | MQ1 | Know1 | Und1 | PP1 | |
May 19 | MQ1 | Chapter 2 |
Speed, Velocity, Acceleration, Graphing Motion:
Position VS. Time,
Velocity VS. Time, and
Kinematic Equations. |
MQ2 | Know2 | Und2 | PP2 |
May 20 | Hwk1 | Chapter 3 | Acceleration due to gravity, Falling Objects: Aristotle VS. Galileo, Reaction Time, and Projectile Motion. Simulation in Projectile Motion. | MQ3 | Know3 | Und3 | PP3 |
May 21 | MQ2, Hwk2 | Chapter 4 | History: Aristotle, Galileo, & Newton; Newton's Laws of motion, Mass VS. Weight, and Free-Body diagram. | MQ4 | Know4 | Und4 | PP4 |
May 22 | Hwk3 | Chapter 5 | Circular Motion: Centripetal Force, Planetary Motion: Kepler's laws & Newton's law of universal gravitation. | MQ5 | Know5 | Und5 | PP5 |
May 24 | Essay on Covid-19 |
Essay on Covid-19 [at least five pages (double-spaced)]. Use contents from this nova video, and the internet. Essay should cover the following areas: origin, symptoms of the disease, its effect on the healthcare systems, consequences, and our response to control it. List your references at the end, MLA format. |
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May 25 | Hwk4 | Chapter 6 | Work, Power, Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy: Gravitational & Elastic, Conservation of Energy, and Energy Transformations. Horsepower. | MQ6 | Know6 | Und6 | PP6 |
May 26 | MQ3, Hwk5 | Chapter 7 | Momentum, Impulse, Conservation of Momentum, and Collisions. | MQ7 | Know7 | Und7 | PP7 |
May 27 | MQ4, Hwk6 | Chapter 8 | Rotational Motion: Torque, Rotational Inertia, Center of Mass, Angular Momentum, & Conservation of Angular Momentum. | MQ8 | Know8 | Und8 | PP8 |
May 28 | MQ5 | ||||||
May 29 | Mid Term Exam | MID TERM EXAM, Chapters 1-5. | |||||
May 30 | MQ6 | ||||||
May 31 | Hwk7 | ||||||
June 1 | MQ7, Hwk8 | Chapter 10 |
Temperature, Heat, Specific Heat, Calorimetry, Methods of heat transfer, Gas Laws, and Heat Engines. | MQ10 | Know10 | Und10 | PP10 |
June 2 | MQ8, Hwk9 | Chapter 12 | Electric Charge, Conductors & Insulators, Coulomb's law, Electric field, and Electric potential. | MQ12 | Know12 | Und12 | PP12 |
June 3 | MQ10, Hwk10 | Chapter 13 | Electric Current, Resistance, Ohm's law, Electric circuits: Series & Parallel, Electric power & energy, DC vs.AC, Household circuits, and Cost of Electricity. | MQ13 (avoid q3 & q4) | Know13 | Und13 | PP13 |
June 4 | MQ12, MQ13 | ||||||
June 5 | Final Exam | Comprehensive | FINAL EXAM (Chapters 1-8, 10, 12,13). |