General Physics
Summer 2011
Most recent update on August 29, 2011
Announcements
The General Physics course is a two semester calculus based
sequence. If
you are interested in an algebra based course, see the Elements of
Physics courses, PHY 111K & 112.
PHY 121 K General Physics I_
Dates: May 16 - June 23, 2011
Times: PHY 121 meets Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 9:00
to noon. There are three sections of the PHY 114 lab course, all on
Tuesday.
Room: 241 Luther Bonney
Prerequisite: Prior or concurrent registration in Calculus A or
equivalent. The lecture course (PHY 121) can be taken without the lab
course (PHY 114), but
the lab cannot be taken without prior or concurrent registration in
lecture.
Brief description: General physics I is the first semester of a
two
semester calculus based physics course intended for science majors. It
covers
the basic areas of mechanics including oscillations and waves .
It also covers Heat and Thermodynamics.
Text: Physics
for Scientists and Engineers, 4th Edition by Douglas
Giancoli. If you will take both Physics 121 and 123 this
summer, you can get the complete volume. If you will just take
Physics 121, Volume I covers all the information you will need.
Lab: The lab is a separate course - register for PHY 114K
if
you need to take lab. The lab schedule is included below with the
course schedule. The lab manual is available in the
bookstore. Please get one before the first lab.
Instructor: Robert Coakley coakley@usm.mREMOVEaine.edu
(207)
780-4733
Sample Tests:
Tests from previous summers are on electronic
reserve through the library. To access
them, go to http://docutek.ursus.maine.edu
and click on electronic reserves & reserves pages.
Then enter PHY 121 in the search field and
click search. Next, click on the course
number on the left side of the screen.
Finally enter the password and click accept.
Probable Schedule for 2011 including the PHY 114K Lab schedule
5/16
M Ch 2 - One dimensional motion.
5/17 T Lab: Motion on an
Incline
5/18 W Review ch 2. Ch 3 - Vectors; Two
and three dimensional motion
5/19
Th Review
ch 3. Ch 4 - Newton's Laws of Motion
5/23 M Ch 5 - Applying Newton's laws
5/24 T Lab: The Force
Table - A
Vector Exercise
5/25
W
Review chs 4 and 5. Pre-test review
5/26
Th First Test: Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5
5/30 M NO
CLASS - Memorial Day
5/31 T Lab:
Atwood's
Machine
6/1
W Chs 6 - Gravity. Start ch 7 - Work
6/2
Th Review ch 6. Chs 7 and 8 - Energy
6/6 M Review Chs 7 and 8. Ch 9 –
Momentum
6/7 T Lab:
The
Ballistic Pendulum
6/8 W
Ch
10 – Rotation, Ch 12 - Statics
6/9 Th Review
chs 9, 10 and 12. Pre-test
review.
6/13 M Second
Test: Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12
6/14 T Lab: Pendulums
and Springs
6/15 W Ch 14 -
Oscillations, Start ch 15 - Waves
6/16 Th Review ch 14. Ch 15 - finish,
Ch 17 - Temperature
6/20 M Review chs 15, 17. Ch
18 - Kinetic theory. Ch 19 - Heat; First Law of Thermo
6/21 T Lab: Heat of
Fusion of
Water
6/22 W Review ch 19 Ch 20 -
Second Law of Thermodynamics
6/23 Th Review Chapter 20. Third
Test: Chapters 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, and 20
Problem Assignments (Always due at the test but you should
complete them before the review class):
Chapter
Problems
2
1, 11, 17, 20, 25, 31, 33, 37, 44, 48, 51,
53, 58, 61
3
1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 21, 23, 29, 33, 35, 44, 45
4
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 13, 16, 32,
35, 37, 43, 46, 50
5
1, 4, 7, 10, 11, 17, 20,
29, 35, 38
First
Test
Thursday 5/26
6
1, 3, 9, 14,23, 33, 51
7
1, 5, 9, 11, 15, 23, 27, 40, 51,
53, 57, 63, 64
8
1, 5, 11, 13, 21, 23, 31, 32,
46, 49, 62, 65
9
3, 9, 13, 16, 19, 23, 35, 44, 98
10
1, 5, 9, 17, 27, 29, 31, 41, 48, 71
12
1, 5, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21
Second Test
Monday 6/13
14
3, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 27, 35, 37, 41
15
1, 6, 15, 24, 25, 44, 49
17
3, 9, 15, 28, 34, 37, 42, 53
18
1, 3, 8, 9, 12
19
1, 5, 7, 12, 19, 27, 29, 31, 33
20
1, 4, 8, 13, 14, 17
Third Test
Thursday 6/23
PHY 123 General Physics
II
Dates: July 6 - August 11, 2010
Times: PHY 123 lecture meets Monday, Wednesday and
Thursday
from 9:00 am to noon The PHY 116 Lab course meets on Tuesday.
Room: 533 Science
Brief description: General Physics II is a continuation
of
General Physics I. It covers electricity and magnetism, and light and
optics.
Prerequisite: Completion of Physics 121 or equivalent and
one
semester of calculus.
Text: Physics for
Scientists and Engineers, 4th edition by Douglas Giancoli.
All material for this course is in Volume II as well as in the complete
volume you may have used for Physics 121.
Instructor: Robert Coakley coakley@usm.mREMOVEaine.edu
(207) 780-4733
Lab: The lab is a separate course - register for PHY 116
if
you need to take lab. The lab schedule is included below with the
course schedule. The lab manual is available at the book
store. Please bring yours to the first lab.
Schedule
This schedule has been changed - changes are in red.
There is no Physics
116 lab on Tuesday July 5
7/6 W Chapter 21 Electric Force
and Electric Field
7/7 Th Review Chapter 21. Chapter
22 Gauss's Law
7/11 M Review Chapter 22.
Chapter
23 Electric Potential
7/12 T Lab:
Electric Field Plotting
and Equipotentials
7/13 W Review Chapter 23. Chapters 25
and 26 Electric
Current and Circuits
7/14 Th Review Chapters 25 and 26, pretest review
7/18 M First
Test Chapters 21, 22, 23, 25, 26
7/19 T Lab: Ohm's Law and Electric
Circuits
7/20 W Chapters 27 and 28 Magnetism.
7/21 Th Review Chapter 27. Chapters 29 and 31
7/25 M Review Chapters 28 and 29.
7/26 T Lab: Magnetic Current Balance
7/27 W Review Chapter 31, pretest
review
7/28 Th Second
Test Chapters 27, 28, 29 and
31
8/1 M Chapter 32 Light -
Reflection, Refraction, Mirrors
8/2 T Lab:
Reflection and Refraction
of Light
8/3 W Chapter 33 Lenses
and Optical
Instruments
8/4 Th Review Chapters 32 and 33.
8/8 M Chapters 34 and 35
Interference and Diffraction
of Light Waves
8/9 T Lab:
Lenses
8/10 W Review Chapters 34 and 35
8/11 Th Third
Test Chapters 32, 33, 34, and 35
Problem Assignments (Always due at the test)
Chapter
Problems
21 3, 7, 8, 12, 16, 21, 26,
31, 33, 42, 57
22 1, 5, 7, 13, 19, 29
23 3, 6, 11, 24, 25,
27, 31, 34, 55, 76
25 1, 4, 9, 11, 31, 32, 36,
39, 43, 49, 52
26 1, 5, 7, 16, 19, 22, 48,
69
First Test Monday 7/18
27 1, 2, 5, 6, 13, 16, 17,
23, 36
28 1, 2, 9, 14, 18, 25, 29,
35
29 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 15, 27,
29, 47, 50
31 9, 13, 15, 16, 17
Second Test Thursday 7/28
32 3, 4, 9, 12, 14, 25, 33,
38, 45, 48, 53, 59
33 1, 3, 6, 11, 13, 21, 41,
45, 51, 63, , 73,
77
34 3, 4, 8, 13, 23, 30
35 1, 7, 25, 27, 30, 31, 36
Third Test Thursday 8/11