Physics 140                Syllabus               Spring 2008

Date

Day

Class#

Text Section and Title

HW #
posted

HW # due

DR #
We-Tu

01/15

Tu

1

1.1        Skating

 01

 

1*

01/17

Th

2

1.2       Falling Balls

 

 

 

01/22

Tu

3

1.3       Ramps

02

01

2

01/24

Th

4

2.1       Seesaws

 

 

 

01/29

Tu

5

2.2       Wheels

03

02

3

01/31

Th

6

2.3       Bumper Cars

 

 

 

02/05

Tu

7

       Review (in class) and

       Hour Exam I (7:00 p.m.)

04

03

No DR

02/07

Th

8

3.1       Spring Scales

 

 

 

02/12

Tu

9

3.2       Bouncing Balls           

05

04

4

02/14

Th

10

3.3       Carousels and Roller Coasters

 

 

 

02/19

Tu

11

4.1       Bicycles

06

05

5

02/21

Th

12

7.1       Wood Stoves

 

 

 

02/26

Tu

13

7.2       Water, Steam and Ice

07

06

6

02/28

Th

14

7.3       Incandescent Light Bulbs

 

 

 

03/04

Tu

15

8.1       Air Conditioners

08

07

7

03/06

Th

16

8.2       Automobiles

 

 

 

03/11

Tu

17

       Review (in class) and

       Hour Exam II (7:00 p.m.)

09

08

No DR

03/13

Th

18

9.1       Clocks

 

 

 

03/18

 

 

            SPRING BREAK

 

 

 

03/20

 

 

            SPRING BREAK

 

 

 

03/25

Tu

19

9.2       Musical Instruments

10

09

8

03/27

Th

20

10 .1     Static Electricity and Xerography

 

 

 

04/01

Tu

21

10.2-3             Flashlights

11

10

9

04/03

Th

22

11.1      Household Magnets

 

 

 

04/08

Tu

23

11.2-3  Electric Generators/Motors/Power Dist

12

11

10

04/10

Th

24

13.1      Radio

 

 

 

04/15

Tu

25

       Review (in class) and

       Hour Exam III (7:00 p.m.)

13

12

No DR

04/17

  Th

26

13.2     Microwave Ovens

 

 

 

04/22

Tu

27

16.1      Nuclear Weapons

14

13

11

04/24

Th

28

16.2     Medical Imaging and Radiation

 

 

 

04/29

Tu

29

            Review

 

14

 

05/7

Wed

 

FINAL EXAM A1 - 7 - 10 PM

 

 

 

05/8

Thurs

 

FINAL EXAM A2 - 1:30 - 4:30 PM

 

 

 

 (*) Discovery room (DR) session 1 runs from Monday January 14th through Friday January 18th. In later weeks the discovery room sessions start on Wednesday morning and end Tuesday in the following week at lunch time. Discovery Room sessions D1 are always Monday’s, D2 on Tuesday’s, D3 Wednesday’s, D4 Thursday’s and D5 Friday’s. The second discovery room session will start with sessions D3 on Wednesday morning, January 23rd.