PHY 101 LECTURE AND READING SCHEDULE
FALL 2011
LECTURER G.B. ADAMS
Lecture Day Date Topic(s) Reading
# (page numbers)*
F 8/19: Introduction
1 M 8/22: Intro/Matter is Made of Atoms 13-21
2. W 8/24: Matter is Made of Atoms
3. F 8/26: Universal Gravitation 106-109
4. M 8/29: Gravitation/Coulomb's Law 198-202
5. W 8/31: Coulomb's Law
6. F 9/02: Velocity 41-43
M 9/05: LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
7. W 9/07: Velocity/First Law 35-41
8. F 9/09: Newton's First Law 52-54
9. M 9/12: Acceleration 43-45
10. W 9/14: Acceleration/Second Law 54-60
11. F 9/16: Newton's Second Law
12. M 9/19: Newton's Second Law/Review
13. W 9/21: Review for Test 1
F 9/23: TEST #1 - lectures 1-13
Returned in recitation beginning 10/03
14. M 9/26: Momentum Conservation 78-84
15. W 9/28: Momentum/Mechanical Energy 87-89
16. F 9/30: Mechanical Energy
17. M 10/03: Vibrations 253-256
18. W 10/05: Vibrations/Thermal Energy 160-164
19. F 10/07: Thermal Energy
20. M 10/10: Energy Conservation 87,90-96
21. W 10/12: Energy Conservation/Waves 246-250
22. F 10/14: Properties of Waves 250-252
23. M 10/17: Wave Interference I 256-259
24. W 10/19: Wave Interference I/II 262-265
25. F 10/21: Wave Interference II/Review
26. M 10/24: Review for Test 2
W 10/26: TEST #2 (lectures 14-26)
Returned in recitation beginning 11/02
27. F 10/28: Electric Potential 203-206
28. M 10/31: Potential/Current 207-213
29. W 11/02: Electric Current 217-218
30. F 11/04: Magnetic Fields 225-230
31. M 11/07: Magnetic Fields/Forces 231-233
32. W 11/09: Magnetic Forces
F 11/11: VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY
33. M 11/14: Induction 234-239
34. W 11/16: Induction/EM Waves 271-272
35. F 11/18: Electromagnetic Waves 310-312
36. M 11/21: Light, Wave or Particle? 324-325
37. W 11/23: Light/Nuclear Energy 351-353
F 11/25: THANKSGIVING FRIDAY - HOLIDAY
38. M 11/28: Nuclear Energy 357-366
39. W 11/30: Review for Test 3
40. F 12/02: Review for Test 3
M 12/05: TEST #3 (lectures 27-40)
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* If a new section starts in the middle of the last page
of your reading assignment, the reading assignment ends
at the beginning of that new section. Similarly, if a
new section starts in the middle of the first page of
your reading assignment, the assignment begins at the
beginning of that new section. Thanks. GBA
FINAL EXAM (45 Multiple Choice Questions)
8:35 MWF LECTURE WED DEC 14 7:30 - 9:20 AM
12:55 MWF LECTURE FRI DEC 9 9:50 -11:40 AM