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Physics: Summer 2007

Most recent update January 20, 2008 11:50 AM

Schedule

  • Week of Monday, June 11th
    • Monday (Day 1): Introduction to Class // Unit I: One-Dimensional Motion (Ch 1 in Hewitt) Wear comfortable shoes & clothes for activity outdoors
      • Important note: The textbook for the course will be available for purchase on the first and second days of class -- you do not need to go to the bookstore. Please bring a check on the first day made out to the SI Bookstore in the amount of $35.00. If you keep your book in excellent condition, you will likely have the opportunity to sell the book back to the physics department at the end of the summer. Since these books are a special order (in order to get them at such a good price), they are NOT returnable, even if you drop the class.
      • Introductions: Welcome and introduction to the class, syllabus, rules and regulations, procedures. Meet Brendan, your expert TA for the summer. Go over Website, Weblog, Online Resources, and Public Folders.
      • Math Review: This is a chance to refresh your math skills and nip some common mistakes and misconceptions in the bud.
      • Break
      • Demos: examples of some of the mysteries of physics we're attempting to explain through the course
      • Lecture Worksheet: SI System of Units & Conversions // Scalars & Vectors // Distance & Displacement // Speed & Velocity
      • In-Class Work: Unit-Conversion; Area/Volume (including scaling); Ratios and Division; Position, Distance, & Displacement; Speed & Velocity
      • Outdoor Activity [~30 min]: clocking our speeds running around on the practice field
      • In-Class Work [~20 min]: evaluating and writing up calculations & results of outdoor runs
      • Wrap-up [~10 min]: poster work: each day we will decide as a group what equations, formulas, big ideas, or values we want to write on a poster to be hung in the classroom. At the time of the exam these posters will still be hanging on the walls!
      • Things to Remember : Bring a lunch tomorrow. Have Parents Sign Forms (Syllabus & Summer School Policy) & give them the parent letter; Bring a cell phone and ipod if you have one (we'll use them for an outdoor activity tomorrow)
      • HW - Reading: Read & answer questions in these three sections of The Physics Classroom, I-D Kinematics - Lesson 1 - Acceleration // Lesson 5 - Introduction to Free Fall // Lesson 5 - The Acceleration of Gravity
      • HW Problems: HW Sheet 1 (handed out in class); Finish In-Class Worksheet
    • Tuesday (Day 2): Unit I: One-Dimensional Motion (Ch 2) Wear comfortable shoes & clothes for activity outdoors
      • Please turn HW into in-box as you walk into class (today and every day)
      • Today's Agenda
      • HW Quiz 1
      • Pick up practice page 2-1 (due at end of day)
      • In-Class Work: Position and Time problems
      • Lecture/Demo: t, delta-t, x, delta-x, v, delta-v, and acceleration a defined mathematically; acceleration g due to gravity; signs (+/-) as indicating direction rather than magnitude
      • In-Class work: Acceleration Problems
      • Lunch Break
      • Outdoor Activity: Measuring the speed and acceleration of cars on Sunset Ave 1/2. (using synchronized stop watches and cell phones to communicate over large distances)
      • Lecture: Graphing x-t & v-t
      • Computer Lab: PhET Simulation - Moving Man - Worksheet
      • Wrap-up: poster work
      • Things to Remember: we'll have an exam every Monday & Wednesday for the entire course, but because this is our first week, we'll have our first exam on Thursday and then resume the normal Monday and Wednesday exam schedule next week.
      • Reading HW: Read Ch 2.6 to 2.9 and Ch 2 Review; you are to read everything in a given chapter, including, for instance, the "Hang Time" discussion on p. 22
      • HW Problems: HW Sheet - Graphing (do pages 1, 2, 3); Ch 2: RQ 22, 23, 24; PC 5 & 6; TE 4 & 5; Think & Solve (TS) 1 (don't forget to use the public folders to ask questions and help each other - my internet is currently down but should be working any day now)
    • Wednesday (3): Unit I: one-dimensional motion (Ch 2)
      • Please turn in HW to box as you walk into class (today and every day)
      • Today's Agenda
      • HW Quiz 2
      • Pick up practice page 2-2 (due at end of day)
      • Lecture: Using a Range Finder to measure x & v
      • Lab: Range Finder Activity
      • Lunch Break
      • Lecture: The Big Three kinematic equations; instantaneous velocity vs. average velocity
      • Lab: Dropping off the Roof
      • In-Class Work
      • In-class work: Big Three problems
      • Wrap-up [~10 min]: poster work
      • Things to Remember : The first exam will be tomorrow! Practice exam from last year: Day 3 (linear motion); be sure to also do your homework and reading assignment for tonight -- remember that each night we are doing a week's worth of homework!
      • COME TO THE STUDY SESSION BEFORE CLASS FOR REVIEW
      • HW Problems: Complete Quiz Corrections (use this as a chance to study); Hewitt - Ch 2: PC 7 & 8, TE 6 & 8, TS 2; HW Sheet on Big Three (use this sheet as a chance to study but you don't have to turn it in)
      • Reading HW: Ch 3.1 to 3.3
    • Thursday (4): Unit I: one-dimensional Motion & Unit II: two-dimensional (projectile) motion (Ch 2 & 3)
      • Please turn in HW to box as you walk into class (today and every day)
      • Daily Agenda
      • Unit 1 Exam: Unit Analysis & Conversions; 1-Dimensional Motion
      • Pick up practice page 3-1 (due at end of day)
      • Lunch Break
      • Lecture: Vectors & 2-D Motion
      • Demo: Shot vs. Dropped Ball
      • Computer Lab: PhET Simulation - Maze Game & Motion in 2-D
      • In-Class Work: 2-D Motion & Intro to Projectile Motion
      • Demo: Moving Shot Ball
      • Lecture: Scalars and Vectors; Breaking Vectors into Components; meaning of horizontal, vertical, north, south, west, east; using SOHCAHTOA (right triangles)
      • In-Class Work: Scalars and vectors
      • Wrap-up: poster work
      • Things to Remember: Pizza Money ($5)
      • HW Problems: Ch 2: Activity 3, PC 3 & 4, TE 7, TS 4; Ch 3: RQ 2, 6, 8, 9, 12; PC 4, 9
      • Reading HW: Ch 3.4 to 3.6 & Ch 3 Review
    • Friday (5): Unit II: two-dimensional (projectile) motion (Ch 3)
      • Please turn in HW to box as you walk into class (today and every day)
      • Daily Agenda
      • 2-D Motion Review
      • Pick up concept development page 3-2 (due at end of day)
      • Lecture: Projectile motion; "top of the flight" problems
      • In-class work: work vector, linear motion, and projectile motion problems
      • Demos: Shoot the Monkey!
      • Computer Lab: PhET Simulation - Projectile Motion & Bowman Game
      • Outside Activity: Air Blasters!
      • Wrap-up [~10 min]: poster work
      • Lab: Marble in the cup (bullseye) lab
      • Things to Remember : Unit 2 Exam on Monday. Tough Practice Problems (here's a key.pdf) Use the public folders if you have questions.
      • HW Problems: Ch 3: PC 8; TE 6, 7; TS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Ch 4: RQ 3, 4, 5, 19
      • Reading HW: Ch 4

 

  • Week of Monday, June 18th
    • Monday (Day 6): Unit III: Newton's Laws of Motion (Hewitt Chs 4, 5, and 6) Wear comfortable shoes & clothes for activity outdoors
      • Daily Agenda
      • Q&A
      • Unit 2 Exam: 2-Dimensional (Projectile) Motion
      • Pick up practice pages 4-1 (due at end of day)
      • Break
      • Outdoor Activity: walking with water
      • Lecture/demo: Challenging misconceptions about motion / Begin Prediction Project
        • Focus on Newton's 1st law of motion; definition of force; examples of forces (contact, friction, air resistance, normal, gravity, tension)
      • Lab: Air tracks: verify using photogates that the speed change of an object in motion is negligible; percent error
      • In-Class Work: Conceptual problems using Newton's 1st law
      • In-Class Work: Force Vectors & Free Body Diagrams
      • Wrap-up [~10 min]: poster work
      • HW Problems: HW Quiz Tomorrow
      • HW Problems: Ch 4: PC 1, 2; TE 1, 4, 6, 7, 9; Ch 5: RQ 1, 5, 6
      • Reading HW: Ch 5
    • Tuesday (7): Unit III: Newton's Laws of Motion (Hewitt Chs 4, 5, and 6)
      • Daily Agenda
      • HW Quiz
      • Pick up practice page 5-1 (due at end of day)
      • Lecture: Newton's 2nd Law, F=ma or a=F/m
      • Lab: Fan carts! Measure the acceleration and mass of your cart. Increase the mass of the cart by adding a weight, and see how the acceleration changes.
      • Break
      • In-Class Work: Newton's 2nd Law
      • In-class work: Elevator Problem
      • Lecture: Calculating static and kinetic frictional forces; coefficients of friction
      • Lab: Brake Pad Laboratory due Thursday at start of class
      • Wrap-up: poster work
      • HW Problems: Quiz Corrections; Ch 4: TS 2; Ch 5: PC 1, 2, 3, 5; TE 2, 4; TS 1, 4; Ch 6: RQ 2, 4
      • Reading HW: Ch 6
      • Studying: The test tomorrow is just on Newton's 1st & 2nd Laws (I won't test you on what we covered at the end of class yesterday on friction - that will be on Monday's test). Here are some Newton's 2nd Law Problems for tomorrow's exam. You do not have to turn them in, but I gave out a key at the end of class. (We'll have another exam on Monday also on Newton's Laws that will include the 3rd Law as well as what we've done this week).
    • Wednesday (8): Unit III: Newton's Laws of Motion (Hewitt Chs 4, 5, and 6)
    • Thursday (9): Unit III: Newton's Laws of Motion (Hewitt Chs 4, 5, and 6)
      • Daily Agenda
      • Turn in Breakpad Lab
      • Go over Pulley Problem
      • In-Class work: finish Working Newton's 3rd Law problems
      • Pick up practice page 4-2 (due at end of day)
      • Break
      • Indoor/Outdoor activity: Tug O' War
      • Lecture: Newton's Laws in 2-Dimenions
      • In-Class Work: Newton's Laws in 2-Dimensions
      • In-Class work: Newton's Laws Review Packet (checked tomorrow at end of class)
      • Wrap-up: poster work
      • Things to Remember: Find out if Friday July 6th would be a problem for the trip to Chabot.
      • HW Problems: Finish Corrections for Exam on Projectile Motion; Ch 6: TE 3, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15; Ch 9: RQ 2, 4, 7, 8, 10
      • Reading HW: Ch 12 (don't read the last section of Ch 12 -- it's outdated) & start Ch 9
    • Friday (10): Unit IV: Astronomy; Gravity; Centripetal Motion (Supplemental Unit, Hewitt Chs 12 and 9)
      • Daily Agenda
      • HW Quiz
      • Tour of the Solar System via Celestia (download it here)
      • Lecture: Newton's Law of Gravity
      • In-Class Work: Newton's Law of Gravity
      • Break
      • Computer Lab
      • Lecture: The Solar System
      • In-Class Work: Finish Newton's Law of Gravity Worksheet; Work on Newton's Laws Review Packet
      • Wrap-up: poster work
      • HW Problems: Finish Corrections for Exam A on Newton's Laws; Finish Newton's Laws Review Packet Ch 12: PC 1, 2, 3, 4, 6; TE 2, 4;
      • Reading HW: finish Ch 9
      • Studying: Here's a key for the quiz you took today (key.pdf); These aren't required, but here are some more practice problems on Newton's Laws Review Worksheet ; Here's a Practice test for Monday (Newton's Laws),

 

  • Week of Monday, June 25th

    • Monday (Day 11): Unit IV: Astronomy; Gravity; Centripetal Motion (Supplemental Unit, Hewitt Chs 12 and 9)
    • Tuesday (12): Unit V: Momentum and Energy Conservation (Hewitt Chs 7 and 8)
      • EGG DROP COMPETITION on FRIDAY: we will fabricate egg support devices using as much as you'd like of the following materials: 3 sheets of standard printer paper, up to 40 cm total of masking tape (up to 2.5 cm wide), six standard plastic drinking straws, 4 popsicle sticks or tongue depressers, 5 small rubber bands, and a large zip-lock plastic bag. The entire apparatus must be inside the plastic bag. If anything spills out of the bag during the competition, you lose points. The device will be dropped from the roof of SI. Rubric is as follows:
        • A: egg lands unbroken
        • B+: egg cracks within the container
        • B-: egg breaks and spills within the container
        • C: egg spills out of the container
        • F: no attempt made due to incompleteness
      • Daily Agenda
      • Centripetal Motion Review
      • HW Quiz
      • Pick up practice pages 4-3 (Review & due at the end of the day) & 7-1 (New & due at end of day)
      • Lecture: Astronomy - A History of Matter
      • Break
      • Lecture: define momentum & impulse
      • Outdoor Activity: Impulse & Egg Tossing
      • Demo: colliding air-track carts (conservation of momentum defined)
      • Discovery lab: colliding & sticking carts
      • Lecture: Conservation of Momentum
      • In-class work: work momentum problems
      • HW Problems: Ch 7:  RQ 17; PC 1, 2; TE 1, 4; TS 3, 4, 5; Ch 8: RQ 2, 6; finish momentum problems from in-class
      • Reading HW: Ch 8
      • Studying: We'll have a larger quiz tomorrow on Unit IV (nothing on momentum); If you want to start reviewing Newton's Laws for the exam on Friday, here's a good worksheet Newton's Laws Review Question (do #s 1 & 2 today)
    • Wednesday (13): Unit V: Momentum and Energy Conservation (Hewitt Chs 7 and 8)
      • Daily Agenda
      • Q&A
      • Unit IV Quiz (~50 points)
      • In-Class Work: Momentum Review (due at end of day)
      • Lecture: instroducing & defining energy; potential & kinetic; energy graphs
      • Break
      • Demo: bowling ball
      • Computer Lab: PhET Simulations - Energy Skate Park; Hanging Masses on Springs
      • Astronomy - Dark Matter & Dark Energy
      • In-Class Work: Energy Problems; Energy Problems 2
      • HW Problems: Finish Energy Problems 2; Ch 8: PC 1, 2, 4, 5, 8; TE 2, 3, 10; TS 1, 2, 3; Ch 5: RQ 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9
      • Studying: Newton's Laws Review Question (do #s 3 & 4 today)
    • Thursday (14): Unit V: Momentum & Energy (Hewitt Chs 7 and 8)
      • Daily Agenda
      • Lecture: Energy & Momentum Problems
      • In-class work: mixed momentum and energy problems
      • Break
      • Final Exam Review
      • Prepare for Egg Drop
      • HW: (STUDY FOR EXAM!) - It will cover everything we've done so far, with more weight on Unit V since we haven't had a quiz or exam on it.
      • Studying: We took two quizzes and 1 exam this week. Here are the keys: quiz5.pdf, quiz6.pdf, examIII-B.pdf. Here are some practice exams I, II, III  (you should skip problems that we didn't cover); Newton's Laws Review Question (do # 5 today)
      • Things to Remember : $5 if you want pizza tomorrow for lunch
    • Friday (15): Midterm Exam
      • Daily Agenda
      • Exam schedule is as follows
        • 12:25 pm to 1:00 pm (35 minutes): diagnostic exam (not for a grade)
        • 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm: EGG DROP
        • 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm LUNCH
        • 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm EXAM (PART I)
        • 4:15 pm to 4:30 pm BREAK
        • 4:30 pm to 5:45 pm EXAM (PART II)
        • You may leave after you have finished
      • HW: Read Chs. 19 & 20 & TAKE A BREAK!

 

  • Week of Monday, July 2nd

    • Monday (Day 16): Unit VI: Gases and Liquids
      • Daily Agenda
      • Pick up concept development practice page (due at end of day)
      • Lecture: Pressure & Buoyancy // Demos: Bed of Nails, Crushed Can, Peeing Cylinder
      • In-class worksheet: Pressure and Buoyancy
      • Lab: build a boat out of provided materials (aluminum foil, plastic cups, straws) that will carry the most weight without sinking.
      • Break
      • Lecture: the ideal gas law (in physics format) -- this is something you will likely remember from Chemistry
      • Computer Lab: PhET Simulations - Gas Properties; Buoyancy & Pressure // Check out this ideal gas law java applet
      • Lecture: average kinetic energy and temperature -- determining the speeds of molecules // heat
      • In-Class Work: HW Sheet - Gases & Liquids
      • Reading HW: Ch 21 (read sections 21.1 through 21.4) & Ch 24
      • HW Problems: Ch 19: RQ 4, 6,12; PC 1, 2, 3; TS 2; Ch 20: RQ 8, 10; Finish HW Sheet - Gases & Liquids
      • Things to Remember: PERMISSION SLIP FOR FIELD TRIP & $10 CHECK TO SI
    • Tuesday (17): Unit VI: Gases and Liquids
    • Wednesday - JULY 4TH
      • NO CLASS
      • Things to Remember: NEW PERMISSION SLIP (bring it in on Thurs for a bonus point); $5 for pizza on Thursday
    • Thursday (18): Unit VII: Nuclear Physics & Radioactivity
    • Friday (19): Unit VII: Nuclear Physics & Radioactivity

 

  • Week of Monday, July 9th:
    • Monday (Day 20): Unit VIII: Sound & Light Waves
      • Daily Agenda
      • Unit VII: Quiz & Nuclear War Report Due
      • Pick up practice pages (due at the end of the day)
      • Lecture: Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)
      • Demo: relating the period of a pendulum to the (1) length of the string; (2) mass of the bob
      • In-Class Work: SHM Worksheet (not turned in)
      • Break
      • Lecture: Wave Motion and Sound // Interference
      • Computer Lab - PhET Simulations - Waves & Sound // Ripple Tank
      • Demo: Standing Waves on a String // Flaming Tube
      • Reading HW: Ch 29.1, 29.2, 29.3, 29.8, 29.9, 29.11; Ch 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 30.4
      • HW: Ch 25: RQ 10; PC 2; TS 1; Ch 26: RQ 3, 5, 6; & Finish 2 practice pages from class and this worksheet that we started together (don't worry about #11)
    • Tuesday (21): Unit VIII: Sound & Light Waves
      • Daily Agenda
      • HW Quiz
      • Pick up practice pages for sound & light
      • In-Class Work: Wave Motion and Sound - PPB - do circled problems: 1, 2, 6, 7, 11, 15, 16, 23
      • Demos: Bridge of Glass
      • Lab: Making Music!
      • Break
      • Lecture: Light as Electromagnetic Radiation/Wave; Reflection, Refraction, & Snell's Law (applet)
      • In-Class Work: Light do #s 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 16, 18
      • Lecture: Real & Virtual Images
      • Lab: Real & Virtual Images
      • Reading HW: Ch 32
      • HW Problems: finish any worksheets not yet turned in, such as Wave Motion and Sound (#23 is bonus), Light, & Music Lab . Do corrections for Quiz from today (key.pdf). I'll take corrections for the previous quiz and exam througout the week.
      • Studying: Here's a practice exam (skip the last page) and some more practice problems: test 1 (skip #s 2, 3, 5a), test 2  (do #s 2 & 3 only)
    • Wednesday (22): Unit IX: Electricity
      • Daily Agenda
      • Q&A
      • Unit VIII Exam - Sound & Light Waves
      • Pick up practice pages 32-1 and 32-2
      • Lecture: Four Fundamental Forces/Interactions in Nature
      • Break
      • Interactive Demo: Rabbit fur, rubber, and electroscopes (the Triboelectric sequence)
      • Lecture: insulators, conductors, electric charge (positive & negative), electrical neutrality & the electric force (Coulomb force)
      • Computer Lab - PhET Simulations - John Travoltage, Balloons & Static Electricity
      • Conceptual Worksheet - Electrostatics (here's a key)
      • In-Class Work: Electric Force from PPB do #s 3, 4, 11, 14, 19 (due at end of day)
      • Reading HW: Ch 33
      • HW: bring art supplies (colored paper, glue sticks, colored pens or pencils, watercolors, etc.) for an art project tomorrow! For extra help, check out this site provided by the physics classroom -- the important links are on the left
      • HW Problems: Finish problsm on Electric Force from PPB; Ch 32: RQ 7, 10, 13, 14, 21; TE 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10; Ch 33: RQ 1, 2, 10
    • Thursday (23): Unit IX: Electricity
      • Daily Agenda
      • In-Class Quiz - Coloumb Force in 2-D
      • Pick up practice pages 33-1
      • Lecture: Electric fields (for force)
      • Conceptual Worksheet - Electric Field & Potential (here's a key)
      • Break
      • Worksheet: Electric Force & Field from PPB do #s 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17
      • Lecture: Electric Potential (for energy)
      • Continue Worksheet: Electric Force & Field from PPB do #s 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17
      • Computer Lab - PhET Simulations - Electric Field Hockey // Charges & Fields // Electric field demonstration online
        • Charges & Fields Assignment: Write and solve a physics problem that requires solving for the electric field and electric potential (voltage) due to two charges
      • Play the game where one partner draws the potentials, the other draws the field lines 
      • Art project
      • HW Problems: Finish Concept Development Sheet; Finish problem you made using PhET Simulation: Charges & Fields; Finish Electric Force & Field from PPB; Finish any test or quiz corrections that you haven't turned in
      • Reading HW: Ch 34 & Ch 35
    • Friday (24): Unit IX: Electricity
      • Daily Agenda
      • Quiz
      • Pick up practice pages 34-1
      • Lecture: Work as change in electric potential energy: W=delta-U=q(delta-V)
      • Lecture: Introduction to Circuits: Current, Voltage, & Resistance & Ohm's Law: V=IR
      • Circuits: Conceptual Worksheet (here's a key)
      • Lab: measuring current and voltage to determine resistance
      • Break
      • Lecture: Resistors in Series
      • Lab: Measuring resistance of series circuits
      • In-Class Work: Circuits Problems (do only the ones in series today)
      • HW Problems: Ch 34: RQ 11, 13, 14; PC 1, 2, 3, 4, 7; Ch 35: RQ 4, 5, 6, 7
      • Reading HW: Ch 36
      • Studying: Exam on Monday will NOT include circuits. Here's a tourgh Practice Exam (and a key) // Here's a key for the quiz today // Use the physicsclassroom.com for extra help on the electric force and field -- they have great explanations
      • Things to Remember : Get Your Permission Slip Signed & Bring $10 for the bus

 

  • Week of Monday, July 16th:
    • Monday (Day 25): Unit X: Magnetism
      • Daily Agenda
      • Unit IX Exam A (does NOT include circuits)
      • Pick up practice page on circuits
      • Break
      • Resistors in Parallel (finish Circuits Problems)
      • Lab: Measuring resistance in parallel circuits
      • Lecture: Introduction to Magnetism: relationship between electricity and magnetism; magnetic domains
      • Activity: Play with magnets
      • Lecture: Magnetic Field & Magnetic Force
      • HW Problems: Finish Circuits Worksheet if you haven't yet; Magnetism Packet from PPB: #s 4,6,7,8; Ch 36: RQ 4, 12; TE 6, 7, 8, 9; Begin final exam review
        • Here's a key for the front page of the magnetism sheet we did - use it to study for the quiz
        • Check to see if you have any missing work from Unit VI up to now and turn it in asap for partial credit.
      • Reading HW: Ch 37
    • Tuesday (26): Unit X: Magnetism
      • Daily Agenda
      • Quiz - Circuits & Magnetism
      • Lecture: magnetic field generated by current carrying wire
      • Lab: building motors
      • Lab: building speakers
      • Break
      • Lecture: Concept of Magnetic Induction & Generators
      • Electromagnetic Induction java applet
      • Demo: ring launcher, rebar launcher, power generator
      • Video: Begin The Elegant Universe
      • HW Problems: Magnetism Packet from PPB (same as yesterday) #s 3, 9, 10, 11; Ch 37: RQ 3, 7, TE 5, 6, & 7; begin final exam review (use this time wisely!!!)
      • Studying: Magnetism Practice Problems - here's a key; I couldn't upload my key to the circuits problems worksheet I gave out in class (but here are the numerical answers) so here are some other Circuits Practice Problems and here's a key for those
      • Reading HW: Ch 15 & 16
      • Things to Remember : Get Your Permission Slip Signed & Bring $10 for the bus if you haven't yet
    • Wednesday (27): Unit XI: Special Relativity
      • Daily Agenda
      • Unit IX Exam B & Unit X Exam
      • Break
      • Lecture: Ch 15 -- special relativity, time dilation & length contraction
      • Here's a great java applet for time dilation (the light clock!)
      • Worksheet: special relativity #s 3, 7, 8
      • Video: Finish The Elegant Universe
      • Note that material from Unit XI will not be on the exam -- instead, the worksheets and such from today will be scored in Unit X.
      • HW: start preparing for final exam; look over exams from units VI through X and quizzes from those units
      • Note: tomorrow, if possible, please bring a camera phone (learn how to download the pictures, if you need to), a digital camera, or find a friend in the class who has one. It is not required for tomorrow, but may make your life much easier.
    • Thursday (28): Field trip to the Exploratorium
      • Thursday, July 19th
        • depart SI 12:30
        • explore Exploratorium until 3:30
        • return to SI by 4:00 pm
        • stay at SI until end of class
      • Your Assignment and a map
      • Computer Lab -- typed write-ups are due by the end of today so you have time to study for the final exam tonight!
      • HW: study for final exam.
        • Here are blank copies (in Word) of each unit test:
        • Here are keys for each unit exam:
    • Friday (29): Final Exam!!
      • Final Exam Part I
      • Break
      • Final Exam Part II

 

 



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