General Physics
Summer 2009
Most recent update on November 2, 2009
Announcements
The information below is for summer 2009. If the course is
offered in 2010, it will be about the same. Classrooms, times and
dates may not be the same, of course.
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 18 - June 25, 2009
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: 208 Payson Smith
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.
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 2009 including the PHY 114K Lab schedule
Modifications to the original schedule
are in red.
5/18
M Ch 2 - One dimensional motion.
5/19 T Lab: Motion on an
Incline
5/20 W Review ch 2. Ch 3 - Two
dimensional
Motion.
5/21 Th Partial
review of ch 3.
5/25 M No
Class - Memorial Day
5/26 T Lab: The Force
Table - A
Vector Exercise
5/27 W
Chapters 4 and 5 - Newton's Laws.
5/28 Th Review
chs 3 and 4 (but not 5). Pre-test review
6/1 M First Test:
Chapters 2, 3, 4 (but not 5).
6/2 T Lab:
Atwood's
Machine
6/3 W Review
ch 5. Ch 6 - Gravity. Ch 7 – Work and
Energy
6/4
Th Review chs 6 and 7. Ch 8
Conservation of
Energy.
6/8 M Review Ch 8. Ch 9 –
Momentum
6/9 T Lab:
The
Ballistic Pendulum
6/10 W Ch 10 – Rotation
6/11 Th Review
chs 9 and 10. Pre test
review.
6/15 M Second
Test: Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
6/16 T Lab: Pendulums
and Springs
6/17 W Ch 14 -
Oscillations, Ch 15 Waves
6/18 Th Review chs 14, 15
Ch 17 - Temperature, Ch 18 - Kinetic Theory
6/22 M Review chs 17, 18. Chs
19 and 20 - The Laws of Thermodynamics
6/23 T Lab: Heat of
Fusion of
Water
6/24 W Finish Ch 20 if necessary. Final review
6/25 Th Third
Test: Chapters 14, 15, 17, 18, 19,
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
First
Test
Thursday 5/28
5
1, 4, 7, 10, 11, 17, 20,
29, 35, 38
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
Second Test
Monday 6/15
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 6/25
PHY 123 General Physics
II
Dates: July 6 - August 13, 2009
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.
Schedule
7/6 M Chapter 21 Electric Force
and Electric Field
7/7 T No
Lab.
7/8 W Review Chapter 21. Chapter
22 Gauss's Law
7/9 Th Review Chapter 22. Chapter
23 Electric Potential
7/13 M Review Chapter 23. Chapter
24 Capacitance
7/13 T Lab:
Electric Field Plotting
and Equipotentials
7/14 W Review Chapter 24. Chapters 25
and 26 Electric
Current and Circuits
7/15 Th Review Chapters 25 and 26, pretest review
7/20 M First
Test Chapters 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
7/21 T Lab: Ohm's Law and Electric
Circuits
7/22 W Chapters 27 and 28 Magnetism.
7/23 Th Review Chapter 27.
7/27 M Review Chapter 28. Chapters
29
and 31 Electromagnetism
7/28 T Lab: Magnetic Current Balance
7/29 W Review Chapters 29 and 31, pretest
review
7/30 Th Second
Test Chapters 27, 28, 29 and
31
8/3 M Chapter 32 Light -
Reflection, Refraction, Mirrors
8/4 T Lab:
Reflection and Refraction
of Light
8/5 W Chapter 33 Lenses
and Optical
Instruments
8/6 Th Review Chapters 32 and 33.
8/10 M Chapters 34 and 35
Interference and Diffraction
of Light Waves
8/11 T Lab: Lenses
8/12 W Review Chapters 34 and 35
8/13 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
24 1, 3, 8, 11, 17, 41, 43
25 1, 4, 9, 11, 31, 32, 36, 39, 43, 49, 52
26 1, 5, 7, 16, 19, 22, 48, 69
First Test Monday 7/20
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 7/30
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 8/13