PHYSICS 1000 - FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS
Spring Semester, 2008
Updated: 3/9/2008


COURSE SCHEDULE

Week of:

Mon.

Tues.

Wed.

Thurs.

Fri.

Lab

Jan. 7

1st day
of classes

Introduction

What is Physics?

-- No Lab --

Jan. 14

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

Ch. 3 - Linear motion

Ch. 3 - Linear motion

iClicker Registration & Math Review

Jan. 21

Martin Luther King Holiday

Ch. 4 - 2nd Law

Ch. 4 - 2nd Law

Estimation

Jan. 28

Ch. 5 - 3nd Law

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

EXAM 1:
Ch. 1 - 5, 35

Review + Exp. 1A&B

Feb. 4

Sec. 2 - Conservation
Exam Review / Ch. 35

Ch. 6 - Momentum

Ch. 6 - Momentum / Ch. 7 - Energy

Exp #4

Feb. 11

Ch 7 - Energy

Ch. 7 - Energy

Physics & Society 1: Alternative Energy

Exp #5

Feb. 18

TRAVEL
Ch. 8 - Rotational Motion

TRAVEL

TRAVEL
Ch. 8 - Rotational Motion

TRAVEL

Ch. 9 - Gravity

Review

Feb. 25

EXAM 2

Spooky Physics 2: Motion of VERY heavy objects

Mid-Semester

Ch. 10 - Projectile Motion

Exp #PM - Projectiles

Mar. 3

Ch. 10 - Satellite Motion

Sec. 3 - Matter
Ch. 11 - Atomic Properties

Ch. 11 - Atomic properties

Exp #6

Mar. 10

Ch. 12 - Solids

Ch. 13 Liquids

Ch. 13 - Liquids

Exp #7
Mar. 17

SPRING BREAK

SPRING BREAK

SPRING BREAK

-- No Lab --

Mar. 24

TRAVEL
Ch. 14 - Gas

TRAVEL

TRAVEL
Ch. 14 - Gas

TRAVEL

Ch. 15 / Ch. 18
Thermodynamics

Exp #9

Mar. 31

Ch. 14 - Plasmas

Spooky Physics 3:
Missing Matter

EXAM 3
Ch. 10-14+

Review

Apr. 7

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

Ch. 22 - Electrostatics

Ch. 23 - Electric Current

Exp #12

Apr. 14

Ch. 23 - Current

Ch. 24 - Magnetism

Ch. 24 - Magnetism

Exp #15

Apr. 21

Ch. 26 - Light

Ch. 26 - Light

EXAM 4
Ch. 22 - 26

Exp #10

Apr. 28

Spooky Physics 3:
The quantum world

Last Day

FINAL EXAM

-- No Lab --

FINAL EXAM - Thursday, May, 1, 2008 from 9:00 am - 11:30 am

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.