PHY 101 LECTURE AND READING SCHEDULE
SPRING 2023
LECTURER G.B. ADAMS
Lecture Day Date Topic Reading
# (by Chapter:Section)
T 1/10: Introduction
1. TH 1/12: Matter is Made of Atoms 11:1-6
2. T 1/17: Universal Gravitation 9:1-3
3. TH 1/19: Coulomb's Law 22:1-4,7
4. T 1/24: Velocity 3:1-2
5. TH 1/26: Newton's First Law 2:3-8
6. T 1/31: Acceleration 3:3-4*,8:1
7. TH 2/02: Newton's Second Law 4:1-5
8. T 2/07: Review for Test 1
TH 2/09: TEST #1 - lectures 1-8
Returned beginning 2/17
9. T 2/14: Momentum Conservation 6:1-5
10. TH 2/16: Mechanical Energy 7:3-4
11. T 2/21: Vibrations 19:1-2,20:5-6
12. TH 2/23: Thermal Energy 15:1-2
13. T 2/28: Energy Conservation 7:1-2,6-8
14. TH 3/02: Properties of Waves 19:3-4,20:1-2,21:1-4
3/06-3/10 Spring Break
15. T 3/14: Wave Interference I 19:5
16. TH 3/16: Wave Interference II 20:7-8,21:5-6
17. T 3/21: Review for Test 2
TH 3/23: Electric Potential 22:8-9
18. T 3/28: TEST #2 (lectures 9-17)
Returned beginning 4/05
19. TH 3/30: Electric Current 23:1-7
20. T 4/04: Magnetic Fields 24:3-6
21. TH 4/06: Magnetic Forces 24:7-8,32:2
22. T 4/11: Induction 25:1-8
23. TH 4/13: Electromagnetic Waves 25:9,26:1-3
24. T 4/18: Light is an EM Wave 29:5
25. TH 4/20: Light: Wave or Particle? 30:1-2,31:1-2,4
26. T 4/25: Review for Test 3
TH 4/27: TEST #3 (lectures 18-26)
Returned beginning 5/02
* stop before reading the subsection How Far
FINAL EXAM (45 Multiple Choice Questions)
9:00 TTH LECTURE THU MAY 04 7:30- 9:20 AM
10:30 TTH LECTURE TUE MAY 02 9:50-11:40 AM