Physics Department
Fall 1999		 PHYS 17
J.E. Hetrick

Course Calendar for PHYS 17
Concepts of Physics
READING references to Chapters in the text
Conceptual Physical Science by Hewitt, Suchocki, and Hewitt


 


Monday, 17 January 2000
 
Wednesday, 19 January 2000
Introduction and Ch 1
Reading: None
Friday, 21 January 2000
Motion
Reading: Prologue and Ch 1
Web Questions for Ch. 1Monday, 24 January 2000
Newton's Laws
Reading: Ch 2
Web Questions for Ch. 2Wednesday, 26 January 2000
Momentum and Energy
Reading: Ch 3
Web Questions for Ch. 3Friday, 28 January 2000
Gravity and satellite motion
Reading: Ch 4
Web Questions for Ch. 4Monday, 31 January 2000
No Class
Labor Day Wednesday, 2 February 2000
   
Exam 1 Friday, 4 February 2000
Fluid Dynamics
Reading: Ch 5
Monday, 7 February 2000
Fluid Dynamics
Reading: Ch 5
Web Questions for Ch. 5 Wednesday, 9 February 2000
Thermal Energy
Reading: Ch 6
Friday, 11 February 2000
Thermal Energy (continued)
Reading: Ch7
Web Questions for Ch. 6 Monday, 14 February 2000
Heat Transfer
Reading: Ch 7
Wednesday, 16 February 2000
Thermodynamics
Reading: Ch 7
Web Questions for Ch. 7 Friday, 18 February 2000
   
Exam 2 Monday, 21 February 2000
Electricity
Reading: Ch 8
Wednesday, 23 February 2000
Electricity (continues)
Reading: Ch 8
Web Questions for Ch. 8 Friday, 25 February 2000
Magnetism
Reading: Ch 9
Monday, 28 February 2000
Magnetism (continues)
Reading: Ch 9
Web Questions for Ch. 9 Wednesday, 1 March 2000
Review
Reading: None
Friday, 3 March 2000
No Class
Fall Holiday Monday, 6 March 2000
Review
Reading: None
Wednesday, 8 March 2000
   
Exam 3 Friday, 10 March 2000
Waves
Reading: Ch 10
Monday, 13 March 2000
Sound
Reading: Ch 10
Wednesday, 15 March 2000
More Waves
Reading: Ch 10
Friday, 17 March 2000
Light
Reading: Ch 11
Web Questions for Ch. 10 Monday, 20 March 2000
Light (continued)
Reading: Ch 12
Wednesday, 22 March 2000
Light (continued)
Reading: Ch 12
Friday, 24 March 2000
The Atom
Reading: Ch 13
Web Questions for Ch. 11 Monday, 27 March 2000
Atomic Physics
Reading: Ch 13
Wednesday, 29 March 2000
Nuclear Physics
Reading: Ch 14
Web Questions for Ch. 13 Friday, 31 March 2000
Nuclear Energy
Reading: Ch 14
Monday, 3 April 2000
   
Exam 4 Wednesday, 5 April 2000
The Solar System
Reading: Ch 28
Friday, 7 April 2000
No Class
Prof. out of town Monday, 10 April 2000
More Solar System
Reading: Ch 28
Web Questions for Ch. 28 Wednesday, 12 April 2000
Stars
Reading: Ch 29
Friday, 14 April 2000
More on Stars
Reading: Ch 29
Web Questions for Ch. 29 Monday, 17 April 2000
   
Exam 5 Wednesday, 19 April 2000
No Class
Thanksgiving Friday, 21 April 2000
No Class
Lounging on the couch Monday, 24 April 2000
Special Relativity
Reading: Ch 30
Wednesday, 26 April 2000
More Relativity
Reading: Ch 30
Friday, 28 April 2000
General Relativity
Reading: Ch 30
Monday, 1 May 2000
General Relativity
Reading: None
Wednesday, 3 May 2000
Cosmology
Reading: None
Friday, 5 May 2000
Review
Reading: None
Web Questions for Ch. 30 Monday, 8 May 2000
Study
Wednesday, 10 May 2000
Study
Friday, 12 May 2000
   
Final Exam