PHY 101 LECTURE AND READING SCHEDULE
SPRING 2009
LECTURER G.B. ADAMS
Lecture Day Date Topic(s) Reading
# (page numbers)*
W 1/21: Introduction
1 F 1/23: Intro/Matter is Made of Atoms 13-21
2. M 1/26: Matter is Made of Atoms
3. W 1/28: Universal Gravitation 106-109
4. F 1/30: Gravitation/Coulomb's Law 198-202
5. M 2/02: Coulomb's Law
6. W 2/04: Velocity 41-43
7. F 2/06: Velocity/First Law 35-41
8. M 2/09: Newton's First Law 52-54
9. W 2/11: Acceleration 43-45
10. F 2/13: Acceleration/Second Law 54-60
11. M 2/16: Newton's Second Law
12. W 2/18: Newton's Second Law/Review
13. F 2/20: Review for Test 1
M 2/23: TEST #1 - lectures 1-13
Returned beginning 2/26
14. W 2/25: Momentum Conservation 78-84
15. F 2/27: Momentum/Mechanical Energy 87-89
16. M 3/02: Mechanical Energy
17. W 3/04: Vibrations 253-256
18. F 3/06: Vibrations/Thermal Energy 160-164
3/09-3/13 Spring Break
19. M 3/16: Thermal Energy
20. W 3/18: Energy Conservation 87,90-96
21. F 3/20: Energy Conservation/Waves 246-252
22. M 3/23: Properties of Waves 256-259
23. W 3/25: Wave Interference 262-265
24. F 3/27: Wave Interference/Review
25. M 3/30: Review for Test 2
W 4/01: TEST #2 (lectures 14-25)
Returned beginning 4/06
26. F 4/03: Electric Potential 203-206
27. M 4/06: Potential/Current 207-213
28. W 4/08: Electric Current 217-218
29. F 4/10: Magnetic Fields 225-230
30. M 4/13: Magnetic Fields/Forces 231-233
31. W 4/15: Magnetic Forces
32. F 4/17: Induction 234-239
33. M 4/20: Induction/EM Waves 239-240
34. W 4/22: Electromagnetic Waves 271-272
35. F 4/24: Light: Wave or Particle 310-312,324-325
36. M 4/27: Nuclear Energy 351-353
37. W 4/29: Nuclear Energy/Review 357-366
38. F 5/01: Review for Test 3
M 5/04: TEST #3 (lectures 26-38)
Available from your Recitation Instructor
on Reading Day May 6.
* 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 MAY 13 7:30 - 9:20 AM
9:40 MWF LECTURE FRI MAY 8 7:30 - 9:20 AM