Excursions in Physics

PHY 3050

Summer 2003

24/7 on the Internet

( Only Excursions Online is offered this summer;

there is no section of Excursions Live! )

Greetings and Welcome Aboard!

I have downloaded the roster for

PHY3050-115.

Your WebCT signon names and passwords are active.

If you have any trouble, please eMail me and I will change your password to "password" and then you can change it to whatever you like.

You should be able to start the online quizzes by Tuesday, June 10. They're not quite ready at the moment.

Dr Doug Davis

Office: Room 1114, Old Science Building

217 - 581 - 6346

DDavis@eiu.edu

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Old Hour Exams

Dates are tentative or approximate

Be sure to read about the Online Quizzes and TMU videos in the syllabus!

General Course Calendar

Mon, Jun 16 -- Introduction
                  TMU 1, Intro to TMU
               Ch 2 (of Conceptual Physics), Newton's First Law of Motion -- Inertia
Tue, Jun 17 -- Ch 2, Intertia; Ex 1, 9, 10, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34
                  TMU 4,  Inertia
               Ch 3, Linear Motion
                  TMU 2, Falling Bodies
Wed, Jun 18 -- Ch 3, Linear Motion; Hmwk Ex 22, 24, 27, 34, 37; Pb 2, 3, 4, 6
               Ch 4, Newton's Second Law of Motion ( F = m a)
                  TMU 6,  Newton's Laws
ThR, Jun 19 -- Ch 4, Newton's Second Law of Motion; 
               Ch 4; Ex 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 17, 18, 19, 29, 32, 35, 43, 44; Pb 4, 5, 7
                  TMU 9,  Moving in Circles
Fri, Jun 20 -- Ch 5, Newton's Third Law of Motion
                 TMU 10,  Fundamental Forces
               Ch 5; Ex 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 23, 24, 25, 28, 32; Pb 1, 2, 3, 61
               midterm exam available

Mon, Jun 23 -- Ch 6, Momentum 
                  Ch 6; Ch 6; Ex 1, 2, 5, 20, 24, 39, 40, 47, 49
                  TMU 15, Conservation of Momentum 
              Ch 7, Energy
                  TMU 13, Conservation of Energy                    
Tue, Jun 24 -- Ch 7, Energy
                    TMU 13, Conservation of Energy 
               Ch 7; Ex 4, 7, 13, 14, 44, 46; Pb 2, 6
                    TMU 14, Potential Energy
Wed, Jun 25 -- Ch 8, Rotational Motion
               Ch 8; Ex 13, 18, 23, 24, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 49; Pb 3, 5
               Ch 9, Gravity
               Ch 9; Ex 2, 12, 16, 17, 22,39, 40; Pb 3
                 TMU 8, The Apple and the Moon
				Ch 10, Projectile Motion
               Ch 10; Ex 3, 6, 10, 15; Pb 5
ThR, Jun 26 -- MIDTERM! midterm exam due 1200 noon
Fri, Jun 27 -- Ch 10 (of Adventures in Physics), Periodic Motion
                   TMU 16, Harmonic MotionTMU 17, Resonance
               Ch 10, Periodic Motion;  3, 4, 5, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16

Mon, Jun 30 -- Ch 11, Waves
                   TMU 18, Waves
               Ch 11, Waves;  1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15
Tue, Jul  1 -- Ch 12, Sound and Music
               Sound Module
               Ch 12, Sound and Music;  1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 20, 22
Wed, Jul  2 -- Ch 16, Reflection and Refraction
               Ch 16, Reflection and Refraction;
                              1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22
                    TMU 40, Optics 
ThR, Jul  3 -- Ch 17, Color and Vision
               Ch 17, Color and Vision; 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 17, 19,
                           20, 25, 26, 28, 31, 32, 33, 38, 40, 41, 47
                           Calculational 5, 6
Fri, July 4 -- Independence Day Celebration -- no classes
               Final exam available

Mon, Jul  7 -- Ch 18, Mirrors and Lenses
               Ch 18, Mirrors and Lenses;  2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12,
                            17, 19, 20, 25, 26; Calculational 5
Tue, Jul  8 -- Ch 19, Optical Instruments                   
               Ch 19, Optical Instruments, 1 - 10
Wed, Jul  9 -- Ch 20, Wave Optics
               Ch 20, Wave Optics, 1 - 12       
ThR, Jul 10 -- FINAL!  Final exam due 1200 noon
               Reminder: The final exam is comprehensive.

Syllabus

Summary

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