I# Lectures, readings, and homework
All of the Lessons are at: QS&BB Lessons
All lecture slides are at slides
All supplementary Hobson readings are also in Hobson_quantum_fields
Contents
- Week 1, Getting Started and Constantly Accelerated Motion
- Week 2, Force, Momentum, and Smashing Things Together
- Week 3, Energy and Early Cosmology
- Week 4, Newtonian Gravitation, Atoms, Charges, Magnetism, and Faraday
- Week 5, Faraday’s Fields and Maxwell’s Electrodynamics
- Week 6, Particle Accelerators and 1890’s Discoveries
- Week 7, Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity
Key
PCC = Physics-Concepts-Connections, Hobson
GRL_QS&BB = beta test of Lessons 4 & 5 for Great Lakes Learning
QS&BB = on-line text, starting with Preface, Lesson 1, 2, 3, and then Lesson 6 onward
MP = MasteringPhysics
MA = MasteringAstronomy
CP = Cosmic Perspective (free etext in MasteringAstronomy)
TOE = The Theory of Almost Everything, Oerter
Stax = College Physics from OpenStax
Week 1, Getting Started and Constantly Accelerated Motion
| TUESDAY, JANUARY 8 | Getting started |
| Required Readings: | none |
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| Tasks: | sign up inside of LON-CAPA There are two test questions for you to try: “Testing essay questions” and “Testing MC” |
| purchase MasteringPhysics by Friday, Jan 11 | |
| register for MasteringAstronomy (free) | |
| Ask to join the QS&BB private Facebook group | |
| Homework available: | |
| Homework due: | |
| anything posted? | slides |
| THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 | Constantly accelerated motion |
| Required Readings due: | From QS&BB Lessons: Lesson 4, Motion, including reading questions |
| Recommended Readings: | PCC, chapter 3, slides |
| From QS&BB Lessons: Lessons 1-3 1 & 2 are gentle reading. |
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| QS&BB Lessons: Lesson 3: a math review for skimming | |
| Additional content: | |
| Tasks: | you’ve purchased MasteringPhysics, right? |
| register for MasteringAstronomy (free) | |
| there are two practice questions in LON-CAPA which you can see at the top level testing essay questions & Testing MC |
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| anything posted? | slides |
Week 2, Force, Momentum, and Smashing Things Together
| TUESDAY, JANUARY 15 | Momentum, force, and circular motion |
| Required Readings due: | From GreatRiverLearning: Lesson 5, Force and Momentum, including reading questions |
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| Tasks: | you’ve purchased MasteringPhysics, right? |
| you’ve registered for MasteringAstronomy, right? | |
| Homework available: | HW 1: Saturday, January 19 |
| Homework due: | Friday, Jan 25 |
| anything posted? | slides |
| THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 | Collisions |
| Required Readings due: | From QS&BB Lessons: Lesson 6, Collisions, including reading questions |
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| Tasks: | you’ve purchased MasteringPhysics, right? |
| register for MasteringAstronomy (free) | |
| Homework available: | HW 1: Saturday, January 19 from MasteringPhysics |
| Homework due: | Friday, Jan 25 |
| anything posted? | slides |
Week 3, Energy and Early Cosmology
| TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 | Energy |
| Required Readings due: | From QS&BB Lessons: Lesson 7, Energy, including reading questions |
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| Tasks: | you’ve purchased MasteringPhysics, right? |
| register for MasteringAstronomy (free) | |
| Homework available: | none |
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| anything posted? | slides |
| THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 | NO CLASS on January 24! Greek and Renaissance Cosmology |
| Required Readings: | From QS&BB Lessons: Lesson 8, Cosmology, 1, including reading questions |
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| anything posted? | slides |
Week 4, Newtonian Gravitation, Atoms, Charges, Magnetism, and Faraday
| TUESDAY, JANUARY 29 | Newton’s Gravitation |
| Required Readings: | From QS&BB Lessons: Lesson 9, The Cosmologies of Galileo and Newton |
| Recommended Readings due: | PCC chapter 8 in slides |
| Additional content: | For the Tuesday project: 9_tuesday_29_01_2019_v1.pdf.pdf |
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| Homework available: | next HW 2: Saturday, February 2 |
| Homework due: | Friday, February 8 |
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| anything posted? | slides |
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| THURSDAY, JANUARY 31 | Atoms, and Faraday’s Electricity and Magnetism |
| Required Readings: | From QS&BB Lessons: Lesson 10, Charges and Magnets |
| | AND Lesson 11, Faraday’s Experiments and An Extraordinary Idea |
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| Homework available: | HW 2: Saturday, February 2 |
| Homework due: | Friday, February 8 |
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| anything posted? | slides |
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Week 5, Faraday’s Fields and Maxwell’s Electrodynamics
| TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5 | Faraday’s Fields |
| Required Readings: | From QS&BB Lessons: Lesson 12, Faraday’s Fields |
| Recommended Readings due: | PCC chapter 5 in slides |
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| Homework due: | HW2: Friday, February 8 |
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| anything posted? | slides |
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| THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7 | Maxwell’s Electrodynamics |
| Required Readings: | From QS&BB Lessons: Lesson 13, Maxwell |
| Recommended Readings due: | PCC chapter 8 in slides |
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| Homework available: | HW3: Saturday, February 9 |
| Homework due: | HW2: Friday, February 8 |
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Week 6, Particle Accelerators and 1890’s Discoveries
| TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 | Particle Accelerators |
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| Recommended Readings due: | How accelerators work |
| | Discovery of X-rays |
| Additional content: | Discovery of the Electron |
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| anything posted? | slides |
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| THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 | Radioactivity, the Curies, and Particle Detectors |
| Required Readings: | |
| Recommended Readings due: | Marie Curie |
| | Discovery of Radioactivity |
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| Homework available: | HW4: Saturday, February 16 |
| Homework due: | HW3: Friday, February 15 |
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| anything posted? | slides |
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Week 7, Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity
| TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 | Einstein’s Idea, Frames of Reference, What’s Wrong with Maxwell? |
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| Required Readings: | Chapter 10 in PCC |
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| Recommended Readings: | Chapter 2 TOE |
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| anything posted? | slides |
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| THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 | Time Dilation and Length Contraction |
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| Required Readings: | Chapter 10 in PCC |
| | Chapter 2 TOE |
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| Tasks: | Midterm: available Saturday midnight, February 24 – close Tuesday midnight, February 26 |
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| Homework available: | HW5: Saturday, February 23 |
| Homework due: | HW4: Friday, February 22 |
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| anything posted? | slides |
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