This course will be taught using the Peer Instruction method.
| Date | Topic | Reading | Conceptests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep | Introduction | - | - |
| 11 Sep | Scientific Method, Physical Quantities | 1.1-1.2 | Scientific Method, Physical Quantities, Example Reading Summary |
| 14 Sep | Speed, Velocity, Acceleration | 1.3-1.4 | Speed, Velocity and Vectors Uniform Acceleration Centripetal Acceleration, Example Reading Summary |
| 16 Sep | Simple Motion | 1.5 | Simple Motion 1, Simple Motion 2, Simple Motion 3 |
| Solutions to selected Chapter 1 problems. | |||
| 18 Sep | Force and Mass | 2.1-2.3 | Force, Newton's First Law, Mass |
| 21 Sep | Newton's Laws I | 2.4-2.5 | Newton's Second Law 1, Newton's Second Law 2, Centripetal Force, Force and Acceleration |
| 23 Sep | Newton's Laws II | 2.6-2.8 | Newton's Third Law, Forces on a Plane, Accelerating Elevator, Normal Force |
| 25 Sep | Gravity | 2.9-2.10 | Gravitational Force, Orbits, Normal Force, The Moon |
| Solutions to selected Chapter 2 problems | |||
| 28 Sep | Conservation of Momentum | 3.1-3.2 | Momentum, Collisions, Conservation of momentum, Impulse |
| 30 Sep | Work and Energy | 3.3-3.6 | Work, Energy 1, Energy 2, Energy 3 |
| 2 Oct | Power and Rotation | 3.7-3.8 | Power 1, Power 2, Rotational Motion, Spaceship |
| Solutions to selected Chapter 3 problems | |||
| 5 Oct | Exam I | 1-3 | Example Exam I |
| Date | Topic | Reading | Conceptests |
| 7 Oct | Phases of Matter, Pressure | 4.1-4.3 | Elements, Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure |
| 9 Oct | Principles of Fluids | 4.4-4.47 | Fluid Pressure, Archimedes' Principle, Pascal's Principle, Bernoulli's Principle |
| Solutions to selected Chapter 4 problems | |||
| 12 Oct | Temperature and the First Law | 5.1-5.3 | Thermal Expansion, Ideal Gas Law, First Law of Thermodynamics |
| 14 Oct | Heat Transfer and Capacity | 5.4-5.5 | Heat Transfer, Sailboat, Heat Capacity, Michigan Weather. |
| 16 Oct | Phase Transistions and the Second Law | 5.6-5.7 | Phase Transitions, Humidity. |
| Solutions to selected Chapter 5 problems | |||
| 19 Oct | Waves | 6.1-6.2 | Waves, Waves on a String, Waves in Air. |
| 21 Oct | Sound I | 6.3-6.4 | None |
| 23 Oct | Sound II | 6.5-6.6 | None |
| Solutions to selected Chapter 6 problems | |||
| 26 Oct | Exam II | 4-6 | Example Exam II |
| Date | Topic | Reading | Conceptests |
| 28 Oct | Electric Charge and Force | 7.1-7.2 | Electric Force 1, Electric Force 2, Electric Fields. |
| 30 Oct | Current and Circuits | 7.3-7.4 | Electric Current and Resistance, Voltage, Ohm's Law. |
| 2 Nov | Power and AC/DC | 7.5-7.6 | Electric Power, Fuses, Elevator. |
| Solutions to selected Chapter 7 problems | |||
| 4 Nov | Magnetism | 8.1-8.3 | Compass, Magnetic Field, Transformers. |
| 6 Nov | Electromagnetic Waves | 8.4-8.5 | None |
| 9 Nov | Radiation | 8.6-8.7 | None |
| Solutions to selected Chapter 8 problems | |||
| 11 Nov | Light Waves and Mirrors | 9.1-9.2 | None |
| 13 Nov | Refraction and Lenses | 9.3-9.4 | None |
| 16 Nov | Dispersion and Color | 9.5-9.6 | None |
| Solutions to selected Chapter 9 problems | |||
| 18 Nov | Exam III | 7-9 | Example Exam III |
| Date | Topic | Reading | Conceptests |
| 20 Nov | The Quantum Theory | 10.1-10.2 | None |
| 23 Nov | Spectra and the Bohr Model | 10.3-10.4 | Atomic Versus Molecular Spectra, Gas Versus Solid Spectra. |
| 25 Nov | Atomic States | 10.5-10.8 | Atomic Hydrogen Emission, Particles As Waves. |
| Solutions to selected Chapter 10 problems | |||
| 30 Nov | The Nucleus and Radioactivity | 11.1-11.3 | None |
| 2 Dec | Binding Energy and Fission | 11.4-11.6 | None |
| 4 Dec | Fussion | 11.7 | None |
| Solutions to selected Chapter 11 problems | |||
| 7 Dec | Special Relativity | 12.1 | None |
| 9 Dec | Elementary Forces and Particles | 12.2-12.3 | None |
| 11 Dec | Quarks and Unification | 12.4-12.5 | None |
| Solutions to selected Chapter 12 problems | |||
| 14 Dec | Review I | 10-12 | None |
| 17 Dec | Review II | 1-9 | None |
| 23 Dec | Final | 1-12 | Example Final |
| Date | Topic | Reading | Conceptests |