PHYSICS 1000 - FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS
Spring Semester, 2007
Updated: 4/23/2007


COURSE SCHEDULE

Week of:

Mon.

Tues.

Wed.

Thurs.

Fri.

Lab

Jan. 8

Introduction

What is Physics?

Sec. 1 - Motion
Ch. 2 - 1st Law

-- No Lab --

Jan. 15

Martin Luther King Holiday

Ch. 3 - Linear motion

Ch. 3 - Linear motion

Exp. #1
A&B

Jan. 22

Ch. 4 - 2nd Law

Ch. 4 - 2nd Law

Ch. 5 - 3nd Law

Exp #2

Jan. 29

Spooky Physics 1: Motion at VERY high speeds (Ch. 35)

EXAM 1:
Ch. 1 - 5, 35

Sec. 2 - Conservation
Ch. 6 - Momentum

Newton's Skateboard

Feb. 5

Ch. 6 - Momentum

Ch 7 - Energy

Ch. 7 - Energy

Exp #4

Feb. 12

Physics & Society 1: Alternative Energy

Ch. 8 - Rotational Motion

Ch. 8 - Rotational Motion

Exp #5

Feb. 19

Ch. 9 - Gravity

Spooky Physics 2: Motion of VERY heavy objects

TRAVEL

TRAVEL
EXAM 2
Ch. 5-9

-No Lab-

Feb. 26

Ch. 10 - Projectile Motion

TRAVEL
Mid-Semester
Ch. 10 - Satellite Motion

TRAVEL

TRAVEL
NO CLASS TODAY

Exp #PM - Projectiles

Mar. 5

Sec. 3 - Matter
Ch. 11 - Atomic properties

Ch. 11 - Atomic Properties

Ch. 12 - Solids

Exp #6

Mar. 12

Ch. 13 - Liquids

Ch. 13 Liquids

Ch. 14 - Gas

Exp #7

Mar. 19

Ch. 14 - Gas

Ch. 14 - Plasmas

EXAM 3
Ch. 10-14+

Exp #8

Mar. 26

SPRING BREAK

SPRING BREAK

SPRING BREAK

-- No Lab --

Apr. 2

Plasmas
Physics and Society 2: Nanotechnology

Spooky Physics 3:
Missing Matter

TRAVEL

TRAVEL
No Class

Exp #9

Apr. 9

Sec. 4 - Electricity
& Magnetism
Ch. 22 - Electrostatics

Ch. 22 - Electrostatics

TRAVEL

TRAVEL
Ch. 23 - Electric Current

Exp #12

Apr. 16

Ch. 23 - Current

Ch. 24 - Magnetism

Ch. 24 - Magnetism

Exp #15

Apr. 23

Ch. 26 - Light

Ch. 26 - Light
Spooky Physics 4:
The quantum world

EXAM 4
Ch. 22 - 26

Exp #10
(This has been changed)

Apr. 30

Physics and Society 3: The "end of physics"?
Review before final

TRAVEL

TRAVEL

-- No Lab --
FINAL EXAM - Monday, May, 7, 2007 from 11:00 am - 1:30 pm

CHANGES TO SYLLABUS: The instructor reserves the right to change any of the policies, statements, or rules given in the syllabus and/or the segment documentation throughout the course. If any change is made, the students will be immediately informed.