Physics 190 Syllabus
Week |
Date (Mon.) |
Chapt. |
Topics |
Lab |
1 |
8/30 (F) |
Ch. 1 |
Welcome, Relativity |
- |
2 |
9/2 |
Ch. 37 |
ST diagrams |
Speed of Light |
3 |
9/9 |
Ch. 37 |
Lorentz Transforms |
Muon Decay |
4 |
9/16 |
Ch. 2,3 |
1D, 2D Kinematics |
1D Motion, Bike |
5 |
9/23 |
Ch. 4,5 |
Circular motion, Newton’s laws – dynamics |
Rockets |
6 |
9/30 |
Ch. 5, 6 |
Newton’s laws |
Midterm #1 |
7 |
10/7 (MW) Fall Break |
Ch. 7 |
Gravity, Energy, springs |
Newton 2nd Law |
8 |
10/14 |
Ch. 8 |
Potential energy |
Cavendish |
9 |
10/21 |
Ch. 10 |
PE and orbits, momentum |
Bungee Jumping |
10 |
10/28 |
Ch. 9 |
Elastic, inelastic, center of mass |
Ballistic Pendulum |
11 |
11/4 |
Ch. 37 |
Relativistic p, E |
Midterm #2 |
12 |
11/11 |
Ch. 11 |
Rotational kinematics, energy, torque |
Electron Motion |
- 13 |
Thanksgiving 11/25 |
Break Ch. 11 |
- Rotational dynamics, angular momentum |
- Rotation |
14 |
12/2 |
Ch. 14 |
Fluids |
Fluid Statics |
15 |
12/9 |
Fluids |
Mystery Object |
Final Exam: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Wednesday, December 18