Physics 117 –- Fall 2003                                                                                              Dr. S. Das Sarma

MWF – 2:00p – Physics Room 1410                                                               Phone: 405-6145; 405-6169

Labs – Thu 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM, and 4:00 PM                                                             TA: Andrew York

            Fri   10:00 AM                                                                                  Phone:                        

 

Physics 117 Fall 2003: Syllabus

 

Text: Kirkpatrick and Francis: Physics, a World View (5th Edition)

 

      Ch. 1     A World View pp. 1-13

     

      Ch. 2    Describing Motion, pp. 14-33

                        Week 1:  (9/2–9/5)           LAB:  Warm-up Meeting in Rm. 3310

 

      Ch. 3    Explaining Motion, pp. 34-57

                        Week 2:  (9/8–9/12)         LAB EXPT. I:  Graphs, Functions, & Motions, Part I

 

      Ch. 4    Motions in Space, pp. 58-75

                        Week 3:  (9/15–9/19)      LAB EXPT. II: Graphs, Functions, & Motions, Part II

 

      Ch.5     Gravity, pp. 76--96

                        Week 4:  (9/22–9/26)      LAB EXPT. III: Motion Under a Varying Force: Springs

 

Interlude:  The Discovery of Invariants, pp. 97-99

 

      Ch. 6    Momentum, pp. 100-113

                        Week 5:  (9/29-10/3)       LAB EXPT. IV: The Physics of Spring Oscillations: Hooke’s Law and

                                                                                                      Newton’s Second Law

 

      Ch. 7    Energy, pp. 114-137

                        Week 6:  (10/6-10/10)     LAB EXPT. V:  Period of a Pendulum vs. L and M

 

Interlude:  The Search for Atoms, pp. 211-212

 

      Ch. 11   Structure of Matter, pp. 213-232

                        Week 7:  (10/13-10/17)   MAKE-UP LABS I-V

 

      Ch. 12   States of Matter, pp. 233-252

                        Week 8:  (10/20-10/24)   LAB EXPT. VI:  Centripetal Force and Acceleration

 

      Ch. 13   Thermal Energy, pp. 253-275

                        Week 9:  (10/27-10/31)   LAB EXPT. VII:  Sensing and Mixing Hot and Cold

 

      Ch. 14   Available Energy, pp. 276-295

Interlude:  Universality of Motion, pp. 157

                        Week 10: (11/3-11/7)      LAB EXPT. VIII:  Specific Heat of Copper vs. Water

Physics 117 –- Fall 2003                                                                                               Dr. S. Das Sarma

MWF – 2:00p – Physics Room 1410                                                                Phone: 405-6145; 405-6169

Labs – Thu 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM, and 4:00 PM                                                         TA: Andrew York    

            Fri   10:00 AM                                                                                   Phone:                        

Physics 117 Fall 2003:  Syllabus (cont’d.)

 

      Ch. 9    Classical Relativity, pp. 158-180

Interlude:  Waves – Something Else That Moves, pp. 332-333

                        Week 11: (11/10-11/14) LAB EXPT. IX:  Changes of State: Freezing & Melting

 

      Ch. 15   Vibrations & Waves, pp. 297-322

                        Week 12: (11/17-11/21) LAB EXPT. X:  Investigating Subatomic Particles with a Particle Accelerator

 

THANKSGIVING RECESS –  Week of 11/27-11/28: NO CHAPTER ASSIGNMENT OR LAB

 

Interlude:  An Electrical & Magnetic World, pp. 415

     

      Ch. 20   Electricity, pp. 416-435

                        Week 13: (12/1-12/5)      LAB EXPT. XI:  Elementary Particle Physics with the Cloud Chamber

 

Interlude:  The Story of the Quantum, pp. 481

 

      Ch. 23   The Early Atom, pp. 482-507

      Ch. 24   The Modern Atom, pp. 508-533

Interlude:  The Subatomic World, pp. 534

                        Week 14: (12/8-12/12)    MAKE-UP LABS IV-XI