OUTLINE FOR FALL 2000:

Week Date Reading TOPIC(s)
       
 1.  6 Sept. $\aleph$ Introductions - meet the Science 1 staff
    Ch. 1, $\aleph$ Representations - notation; units & dimensions
 2. 11 Sept. $\aleph$ Dimensional Analysis - applied common sense
 3. 18 Sept. $\aleph$ Measurement & Uncertainty
    $\aleph$ Exponentials - viscous drag, radioactivity, rabbits
 4. 25 Sept. field trip to Bamfield
    Ch. 2, $\aleph$ Simple Motions - calculus & kinematics
    Ch. 4, $\aleph$ Review - impulse & momentum
 5.  2 Oct. Ch. 6, $\aleph$ Review - work & energy
    Ch. 3, $\aleph$ Vectors in 2D & 3D:
      components, addition, scalar product
    Ch. 5 Newton's Real Laws
 6.  9 Oct. Ch. 3, $\aleph$ Angular Motion
    Ch. 6, 7 Rigid bodies
 7. 16 Oct. Ch. 8, 9, $\aleph$ Moments of Inertia
    Ch. 8 Rolling motion
       
    \fbox{ \sl Physics Midterm Examination }
       
 8. 23 Oct. Ch. 12, $\aleph$ ${\cal S}$imple ${\cal H}$armonic ${\cal M}$otion
      ${\cal D}$amped ${\cal H}$armonic ${\cal M}$otion & Resonance
 9. 30 Oct. Ch. 13, $\aleph$ Waves - ${\cal{SHM}}$ in space and time
      water waves, vibrating strings
    Ch. 14 sound waves, beats
      standing waves, Doppler effect
10.  6 Nov. Ch. 33 Interference
      thin film interference
    $\aleph$ N slit interference
11. 13 Nov. Ch. 33, $\aleph$ Diffraction
      apertures, objects, gratings
12. 20 Nov. $\aleph$ `` Count the ways'' - defining entropy in Stat. Mech.
    $\aleph$ , Ch. 15 `` What's hot?'' - defining temperature in Stat. Mech.
13. 27 Nov. $\aleph$ `` Boltzmann'' - occupation probabilities
      Concept Maps
      Exam Questions
       
  mid Dec. \fbox{ \sl Physics Christmas Examination }
       

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Jess H. Brewer
2000-07-31