PHYS 101 Summer D 2015 Course Schedule
| Date | Dues | Content from Textbook |
Topics with Video Links | Mastery Quiz | Know | Understand | Practice Problems |
| July 13 | Chapter 1 | Energy, Scientific Method, Feynman on Scientific Method, Scope of Physics, and Measurement. | MQ1 | Know1 | Und1 | PP1 | |
| July 14 | Chapter 2 |
Speed, Velocity, Acceleration, Graphing Motion:
Position VS. Time,
Velocity VS. Time, and
Kinematic Equations. |
MQ2 | Know2 | Und2 | PP2 | |
| July 15 | MQ1 | Chapter 3 | Acceleration due to gravity, Falling Objects: Aristotle VS. Galileo, Reaction Time, and Projectile Motion. Simulation in Projectile Motion. | MQ3 | Know3 | Und3 | PP3 |
| July 16 | CH1 Hwk | Chapter 4 | History: Aristotle, Galileo, & Newton; Newton's Laws of motion, Mass VS. Weight, and Free-Body diagram. | MQ4 | Know4 | Und4 | PP4 |
| July 17 | MQ2 | ||||||
| July 18 | CH2a Hwk | ||||||
| July 19 | MC q's on G | ||||||
| July 20 | Essay on Global Warming | Chapter 5 | Circular Motion: Centripetal Force, Planetary Motion: Kepler's laws & Newton's law of universal gravitation. | MQ5 | Know5 | Und5 | PP5 |
| July 20 | Essay on Global Warming | Essay on Global Warming [at least four pages (double-spaced)]. Use contents from Power Surge Video, pages 2-3 (chap 1) and the internet. Essay should cover the following areas: Causes, Evidences, Effects, Consequences, and our response to control it. | |||||
| July 21 | MQ3 | Chapter 6 | Work, Power, Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy: Gravitational & Elastic, Conservation of Energy, and Energy Transformations. Horsepower. | MQ6 | Know6 | Und6 | PP6 |
| July 22 | Prob.w/Kinematic Equations | Chapter 7 | Momentum, Impulse, Conservation of Momentum, and Collisions. | MQ7 | Know7 | Und7 | PP7 |
| July 23 | CH3 Hwk | Chapter 8 | Rotational Motion: Torque, Rotational Inertia, Center of Mass, Angular Momentum, & Conservation of Angular Momentum. | MQ8 | Know8 | Und8 | PP8 |
| July 24 | MQ4 | ||||||
| July 25 | CH4 Hwk | ||||||
| July 26 | MQ5, CH5 Hwk | ||||||
| July 27 | Mid-Term | MID TERM EXAM: 9AM-11:59 PM. | |||||
| July 28 | MQ6 | Chapter 9 | Pressure, Atmospheric pressure, Pascal's principle, Archimedes' principle, and Bernoulli's principle. | MQ9 | Know9 | Und9 | PP9 |
| July 29 | CH6 Ener.Work Sheet | Chapter 10 Chapter 11 |
Temperature, Heat, Specific Heat, Calorimetry, Methods of heat transfer, Gas Laws, Heat Engines, and Laws of Thermodynamics. |
MQ10 MQ11 |
Know10 Know11 |
Und10 Und11 |
PP10 PP11 |
| July 30 | CH7 Hwk | Chapter 12 | Electric Charge, Conductors & Insulators, Coulomb's law, Electric field, and Electric potential. | MQ12 | Know12 | Und12 | PP12 |
| July 31 | MQ8, CH8 Hwk | ||||||
| Aug. 1 | MQ9 | ||||||
| Aug. 2 | CH9 Hwk | ||||||
| Aug. 3 | MQ10, CH10 Hwk |
Chapter 13 | Electric Current, Resistance, Ohm's law, Electric circuits: Series & Parallel, Electric power & energy, DC vs.AC, Household circuits, and Cost of Electricity. | MQ13 (avoid q3 & q4) | Know13 | Und13 | PP13 |
| Aug. 4 | MQ11, CH11 Hwk |
Chapter 14 | Magnets, Magnetic effects of electric currents, Faraday's law of Induction, Generators, and Transformers. | MQ14 | Know14 | Und14 | PP14 |
| Aug. 5 | MQ12 | Chapter 15 | Waves: Transverse vs. Longitudinal, Wavelength, Frequency, Wave Speed, Sound Waves, Musical Instruments, Doppler Effect, and Sound Video. | MQ15 | Know15 | Und15 | PP15 |
| Aug. 6 | MQ13, CH13 Hwk |
Chapter 17 | Reflection and Refraction, Eye and Vision Defects | MQ17 | Know17 | Und17 | PP17 |
| Aug. 7 | MQ14, CH14 Hwk |
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| Aug. 8 | MQ15, CH15 Hwk |
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| Aug. 9 | MQ17 | ||||||
| Aug. 10 | Essay on Power Plants | Essay on Power Plants [at least four pages (double-spaced)]. Start by reading the textbook, pages 225-227, and use the internet. Essay should cover the following areas: Types of power plants and how each of them produces electricity, their effect on global warming and environment, and the use of solar, wind, & other renewable sources of energy. Include the references you use at the end of the essay. | |||||
| Aug. 11 | Study Day for Final Comprehensive Exam | ||||||
| Aug. 12 | Final Exam | Comprehensive | FINAL EXAM: 9AM-11:59 PM. | ||||