PHYS 101    Summer D 2015    Course Schedule

Date Dues Content from
Textbook
Topics with Video Links Mastery Quiz Know Understand Practice Problems
July 13   Chapter 1 Energy, Scientific Method, Feynman on Scientific Method, Scope of Physics, and Measurement. MQ1  Know1 Und1 PP1
July 14   Chapter 2 Speed, Velocity, Acceleration, Graphing Motion: Position VS. Time, Velocity VS. Time, and
Kinematic Equations.
MQ2 Know2 Und2 PP2
July 15 MQ1 Chapter 3 Acceleration due to gravity, Falling Objects: Aristotle VS. Galileo, Reaction Time, and Projectile Motion. Simulation in Projectile Motion. MQ3 Know3 Und3 PP3
July 16 CH1 Hwk Chapter 4 History: Aristotle, Galileo, & Newton; Newton's Laws of motion, Mass VS. Weight, and Free-Body diagram. MQ4 Know4 Und4 PP4
July 17 MQ2            
July 18 CH2a Hwk            
July 19 MC q's on G            
July 20 Essay on Global Warming Chapter 5 Circular Motion: Centripetal Force, Planetary Motion: Kepler's laws & Newton's law of universal gravitation. MQ5 Know5 Und5 PP5
July 20 Essay on Global Warming    Essay on Global Warming [at least four pages (double-spaced)]. Use contents from Power Surge Video, pages 2-3 (chap 1) and the internet. Essay should cover the following areas: Causes, Evidences, Effects, Consequences, and our response to control it.        
July 21 MQ3 Chapter 6 Work, Power, Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy: Gravitational & Elastic, Conservation of Energy, and Energy Transformations. Horsepower. MQ6  Know6 Und6 PP6
July 22 Prob.w/Kinematic Equations Chapter 7 Momentum, Impulse, Conservation of Momentum, and Collisions. MQ7 Know7 Und7 PP7
July 23 CH3 Hwk Chapter 8 Rotational Motion: Torque, Rotational Inertia, Center of Mass, Angular Momentum, & Conservation of Angular Momentum. MQ8 Know8 Und8 PP8
July 24 MQ4            
July 25 CH4 Hwk            
July 26 MQ5, CH5 Hwk            
July 27 Mid-Term   MID TERM EXAM: 9AM-11:59 PM.        
July 28 MQ6 Chapter 9 Pressure, Atmospheric pressure, Pascal's principle, Archimedes' principle, and Bernoulli's principle. MQ9 Know9 Und9 PP9
July 29 CH6 Ener.Work Sheet Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Temperature, Heat, Specific Heat, Calorimetry, Methods of heat transfer, Gas Laws, Heat Engines, and Laws of Thermodynamics. MQ10
MQ11
Know10
Know11
Und10
Und11
PP10
PP11
July 30 CH7 Hwk Chapter 12 Electric Charge, Conductors & Insulators, Coulomb's law, Electric field, and Electric potential. MQ12 Know12 Und12 PP12
July 31 MQ8, CH8 Hwk            
Aug. 1 MQ9            
Aug. 2 CH9 Hwk            
Aug. 3 MQ10,
CH10 Hwk
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
Aug. 4 MQ11,
CH11 Hwk
Chapter 14 Magnets, Magnetic effects of electric currents, Faraday's law of Induction, Generators, and Transformers. MQ14 Know14 Und14 PP14
Aug. 5 MQ12 Chapter 15 Waves: Transverse vs. Longitudinal, Wavelength, Frequency, Wave Speed, Sound Waves, Musical Instruments, Doppler Effect, and Sound Video. MQ15  Know15 Und15 PP15
Aug. 6 MQ13,
CH13 Hwk
Chapter 17 Reflection and Refraction, Eye and Vision Defects MQ17 Know17 Und17 PP17
Aug. 7 MQ14,
CH14 Hwk
           
Aug. 8 MQ15,
CH15 Hwk
           
Aug. 9 MQ17            
Aug. 10 Essay on Power Plants   Essay on Power Plants [at least four pages (double-spaced)]. Start by reading the textbook, pages 225-227, and use the internet. Essay should cover the following areas: Types of power plants and how each of them produces electricity, their effect on global warming and environment, and the use of solar, wind, & other renewable sources of energy. Include the references you use at the end of the essay.          
Aug. 11     Study Day for Final Comprehensive Exam        
Aug. 12 Final Exam Comprehensive FINAL EXAM: 9AM-11:59 PM.