| Week |
Date |
Reading |
TOPIC(s) |
| 1. |
6 Sept. |
Handouts |
"Introductions"
- meet the Science 1 staff |
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Ch. 1 |
"Representations"
- notation; units & dimensions |
| 2. |
13 Sept. |
Phun 1 |
"Eye-Ball Estimates" |
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Ch. 2 |
"Simple Motions"
- calculus & kinematics |
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Handouts |
"Exponentials"
- bank interest, viscous drag, radioactivity |
| 3. |
20 Sept. |
Phun 2 |
"Perturbation Paradigm" |
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Ch. 4 |
Review
- basic Newtonian Mechanics |
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Ch. 6 |
Review
- work, kinetic & potential energy |
| 4. |
27 Sept. |
Handouts |
"Count the ways"
- defining entropy in Stat. Mech. |
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Ch. 15 |
"What's hot?"
- defining temperature |
| 5. |
4 Oct. |
Handouts |
"Boltzmann"
- occupation probabilities |
| 6. |
11 Oct. |
First Math/Phys Midterm
|
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Ch. 3 |
"Vectors"
- motion in 2D & 3D |
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components, addition, scalar product; |
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applications to kinematics, geometry, ... |
| 7. |
18 Oct. |
Phun 3 |
"Weird Vectors" |
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Ch. 5 |
"Dynamics with direction"
- Newton's Laws done right |
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Ch. 7 |
Systems of particles,
momentum conservation |
| 8. |
25 Oct. |
Ch. 3 |
"Speaking Anglish"
- uniform circular motion |
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Ch. 6 |
"A new twist on Newton"
- torque, angular momentum |
| 9. |
1 Nov. |
Phun 4 |
??? |
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Ch. 8,9 |
"A Moment of Inertia"
- rigid bodies |
| |
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Ch. 8,9 |
"Let it Roll"
- rolling motion |
| 10. |
8 Nov. |
Handout |
Radiation Hazards |
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Ch. 40 |
Radiation Biology (with Tony) |
| 11. |
15 Nov. |
Phun 5 |
Do-it-yourself Midterm questions |
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Ch. 8,9 |
Falling Ladder
- understanding & problem-solving |
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Second Math/Phys Midterm
|
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Demos |
"Good Vibrations" |
| 12. |
22 Nov. |
Ch. 12 |
"Oscillations 11"
(springs, pendulums, ...) |
| |
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Handout |
"Oscillations 12"
(Simple Harmonic Motion)
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Handout |
"Oscillations 101"
(SHM, ODE and
 ) |
| 13. |
29 Nov. |
Ch. 12 |
"Oscillations 200"
(Damped Harmonic Motion, resonance) |
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Concept Maps |
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Exam Questions |
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17 Dec. |
Physics Christmas Examination
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