Physics 101 Course Structure

Date	Chap	Topic	Vugraphs	Type	Description	Comment demo details page
8/30/04	1	Intro	1-7	demo	double ball bounce	1
				demo	seat of nails	2
				demo	ring shooter	3

9/1/04		Intro	8-16	wag	deaths from cars
		Inertia		demo	coin drop in glass	4

9/3/04	2	Inertia	17-21	demo	small steel ball	6
		speed	1-3	demo	hit prof with hammer	7
				demo	weight and string pull	5
				demo/q	walk and drop	8
				demo/q	vertical ball shooter	10
				q	rear end or head on?
end week 1					end week 1
9/6/04		No school

9/8/04	3	s, v, a	4-8', ntq 3-1	q	walk left, then right s change? v change?
				q	ant on spinning ball s, v change?
				q	you on Earth s, v, change?
				q	car, bike. a?
				q	1/2 a, t?
				demo	drop stuff	13
				ntq	3-1 avg speed

9/10/04		s, v, a	9-	ntq	3-1 avg speed
				q	bullet shot downward, a?
				q	apogee, v, a?
				demo	guinea and feather	11
				film	Apollo movie	12
end week 2					end week 2

9/13/04	4	Force	4:1-9b	demo	kick boxes	15
				demo	force and accel	14
				demo	mass vs weight	5
				q	jet, const v: a?
				q	jet, const v: F_net?
				q	jet, const v: F_air?
				skip q	falling elephant, feather: F_air?
				q	F=1 N, m=10kg: a?
				q	a=0.1, t=5: v?
				q	1N on carrier: max v?

9/15/04	4	Force	4:10-15	q	delta v, t: a?
	5	3rd Law	5:1-3,5	q	F, double m: a?
				q	1/2a, delta v: t?
				q	a=0 -> ??
				demo	rolling chairs	16
				demo	balloon	17
				demo	rubber band	18

9/17/04	5	3rd law	5:4-11	demo	two spring scales	19
				demo	reaction cart	22
				q	Earth-moon force
				q	magnet car
				q	recoil (a of gun/bullet)
				q	horse pulls wagon
				ntq	apple on table, N3	ntq 5-2
					end week 3

9/20/04	5	3rd law	5:12-15	q	car at rest: N2 vs N3
		vectors	5:16-18	q	car on curve: F?
	6	momentum	6:1-2a	demo	sailboat upwind	21
				demo	rope and weights	22a
				q	double m, v: p?
				ntq	scale and two weights	ntq 5-3

9/22	6	mom	6:3-9	ntq	scale and two weights	ntq 5-3
				demo	spring and pulley paradox (ntq)	20
				q	car: does it have p? impulse?
				q	getting a move on (3 of 4)
				demo	egg and sheet
				wag	car hits wall. death?
				wag	car hits crash barrels. death?

9/24	6	mom	6: 10-13, etc	q	rocket sled (should do 9/22)
				demo	elastic coll	26
				demo	inelastic coll	26
				ntq	Jocko (done in class)	ntq 6-3
				demo	happy/sad balls hit block	25
				q	which ball knocks over block?	25
					end week 4

9/27	6	mom	16-17	q	SUV hits car: bigger F?
	7	energy	1-4	q	SUV hits car: bigger a?
				demo	bowling ball pendulum	27

9/29	7	energy	5-9	demo	billiard ball race	28
				q	billiard ball race

10/1	7	energy	10-14	q	penetration (2*h: d?)
				q	stopping (2*v: d?)
				q	sliiiide
					end week 5

10/4		test review
10/6		test review
10/8		test
					end week 6

10/11		no class

10/13	8	rotations	1-4	demo	bike wheel	29
		rot inertia		demo	rotating AC lights	30
				demo	rotational stability (RR track)	31
				demo	rolling race	32
				demo	balancing stick	33
				demo	twisting sticks	34
				demo	racing pendula	35
				q	same omega, faster v?	(w/30)
				q	rolling race?

10/15	8	rotations	5-11	demo	torque	36
		torque		demo	thrown CM	37
				demo	irregular shape CM	38
				demo	kick CM	41
				demo	fork and glass CM	39
				demo	touch toes	40
				-demo	Ernest the balancing bear	42
				demo	bike wheel	29
				demo	balancing stick	33
				q	balance see saw, then suspend weight instead. Still balanced?	(36)
				q	increase torque with a rope?
				q	truck rollover
				-demo	boy/girl CM	44
				Ndemo	L-shaped CM (needed for next time)	43
				picture	CM leverage
				film	rotating reference frame	Classics B-29
					end week 7

10/18	8	rotations	12-18	Ndemo	loop-the-loop	45
		centripetal		demo	cup on rotating tray	47
		angular mom		q	car turning: you slide into door or door slides into you?
				film	classics B-29 rotating reference frame
				demo	coin on bike wheel	48
				demo	rotating stool and weights	49
				demo	rotating stool and wheel	50
				demo	mystery suitcase	51
				demo	gyro wheel	52

10/20	9	gravity	1-9	Ndemo	orrery or equivalent
				demo	drop punctured cup	53
				quiz	cup drop: water flow?
				wag	force to keep moon in orbit
				quiz	d -> 4d: F_g?
				NTQ	Earth rise/set seen from Moon?	NTQ 9-4

10/22	9	gravity	10-15	NTQ	9-4
				quiz	NTQ 9-5 tides in body?
				quiz	NTQ 9-3 sun -> black hole, Earth?
	10	proj motion	1
					end week 8

10/25	10	proj motion	1-7	quiz	flat trajectory
				quiz	dropping bullet
				quiz	shoot the monkey
				demo	shoot the monkey	55
				demo	balls dropped and shot	56
				-film	shoot flare from snowmobile	classics B17
				-demo	vertical ball shooter	10
				skit	orbit (Hewitt, instructor's manual p107)

10/27	22	electrostatics	1-5	quiz	force between 2 charged pucks	PI
				quiz	stroking	tp373
				quiz	under the influence (charging by induction)
				demo	electrostatics (nothing worked, I was too sweaty)	56,57, 57a,58,61
				film	UW disks 16 and 17 (many)

10/29	22	electrostatics	6-end	quiz	3 charged balls, 1&2 repel, 2&3 repel	PI
		done by Des 2004		quiz	3 charged balls, 1&2 attract, 2&3 repel	PI
				quiz	H atom, F_e vs F_g	PI
				quiz	danger? vdg vs 110 V AC	NTQ 22-3
				demo	Van de graaff!!!	59, 60, 62
					end of week 9
					note that I am about 1 week ahead of the HW

11/1	23	current	1-7	quiz	complete circuits (light the bulb)
				quiz	where's the resistance
				demo	light the bulb	63
				demo	car battery and bulbs	64
				ndemo	fruit battery	65

11/3	23	current	7a,b,c,8-11	q	V,R: 1/2R, I?
				q	V,R: 1/2R, P?
				q	V,R: 2V, P?
				q	coulomb eater	tp
				q	bird shock	tp
				demo	car battery and bulbs	64

11/5	23	current	12-19	q	A \|\| to B,C: which brighter? A or B+C?	PI: ct10
				q	5 bulb circuit, rank bulbs
				q	short circuit
				demo	circuit boards	66
				demo	car battery and bulbs	64
					end of week 10

11/8,10		review chap 7-10			lots of quizzes

11/12		Exam2
					end of week 11

11/15	23	current	20
	24	magnetism	1-7	demo	magnets, stuff to pick up	67
				demo	rotating magnet	68
				demo	display compass	69
				demo	magnetic field (can also use 71, 73, 74)	70, 72
				film	UW 19-?? - magnetize iron bar
				film	UW 19-?? - demagnetize iron bar
				film	UW 19-?? - broken magnet (2 poles)

11/17		Exam2 handed back			hey, I'm about a week ahead at this point!

11/19	24	magnetism	8-10	demo	jumping wires	75
				demo	deflect e-beam with magnet	78
				film	UW 20:1 jumping wire (if demo used in lab)
				film	UW 19:13 pinch wires
				demo	current exerts force on compass	79
				quiz	current and compass (demo 79)	TP 419
				quiz	given v, B: direction of F?
				quiz	given v, B: path of particle?
				quiz (needed)	when deflecting e-beam with magnet, when the magnet is reversed, what will happen?
					end of week 12

11/22	24	magnetism	9a, 11-15	demo	build an electromagnet	80
				demo	jumping wires (maglev)	75
					course evals (informal)
					end of week 13 (Thanksgiving week)

11/29	24	magnetism	16a-17	quiz	torque on current loop in magnet	NTQ 24-2
				demo	DC motor	81
				film	UW 20-?? DC motor
	25	induction	1-6	demo	coil, magnet, galvanometer	82
				demo	Lenz's tube	83, 84
				demo	Lenz's pendulum	85
				demo	ring shooter and rings	86
				demo	jumping wires	75
				quiz	Size of EM force on hovering ring?
				quiz	Size of EM force on accelerating ring?
				film	UW various

12/1	25	induction	7-11	quiz	ring shooter: voltage around non-conducting ring?
		demo conflict with lab!		quiz	current around non-conducting ring?
				quiz	nonconducting ring jumps?
				demo	ring shooter and rings	86
				demo	jumping wires	75
				demo	motor/generator	87
				film	UW various
				demo	coil, magnet, galvanometer	82
				demo	needed Single wire induction	88
				film	UW various

12/3	25	induction	12-16	demo	motor/generator	87
				demo	hand crank generator	89
				demo	pistol-type (gencon) generators	90
				demo	ring shooter with coil and bulb	91
				demo	two coil 'radio'	92
				demo	transformer	93
				nquiz	need transformer quiz!
				film	UW various

12/6		review	all	quiz	lots

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