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Master of Arts in Physics Education

PHYS 631 : Classical and Modern Physics I
July 6 - July 29, 2009

Subject to Change - Preliminary

CREDITS: 4

Instructors: R.A. Lindgren
Office: 302
Phone: 434-982-2691
E-mail: ral5q@virginia.edu
Textbook: Fundamentals of Physics,7th Edition,Extended Version by Halliday, Resnick & Walker. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 0-471-42959-7
The schedule below follows the 7th Edition.

Syllabus & Problem Assignments

Problem numbers in black are assigned and will be graded. The problems numbers refer to the 7th edition of the text.

Problem numbers in red are for extra practice and will not be graded.


 Date

Lecture 9:00 AM


Lecture No.

Demos

Reading

Problems

Mon, July 6

Motion along a straight line Ch. 2 and Vectors Ch. 3

1


2-1 thru 2-10 and 3-1 thru 3-8

2-6, 2-25, 2-41, 2-43 : 2-4, 2-56, 2-97, 2-104

Tue, July 7

Motion in Two- and Three- Dimensions Ch 4 and Forces and Motion I Ch. 5

2


4-1 to 4-7 and 5-1 thru 5-9

4-14, 4-28, 4-115,5-9, 5-20, 5-40 : 4-87, 4-32, 4-108, 4-53,5-19, 5-49, 5-43, 5-33, 5-41

Wed, July 8

Force and Motion II Ch. 6

3


    6-1 thru 6-4

6-26, 6-32 : 6-13,6-28, 6-18, 6-26, 6-45

Thu, July 9


Kinetic Energy and Work Ch. 7

4


 
7-1 thru 7-9

7-8, 7-22, 7-50: 7-63, 7-33, 7-77

Fri, July 10

Potential and Conservation of Energy, Ch. 8

5


8-1 thru 8-8

8-5, 8-28, 8-71 : 8-29, 8-34, 8-40, 8-66



Mon, July 13

Center of Mass and Linear Momentum Ch. 8

6


9-1 thru 9-12

9-3, 9-18, 9-24, 9-29, 9-60:  9-10, 9-48, 9-63, 9-71, 9-101

Tue, July 14

Quiz 1





2-1 thru 8-8





Wed, July 15

Rotation Ch. 10 and  Torque and Angular Momentum Ch. 11

      7


10-1 thru10-10
11-1 thru 11-12
 

10-1, 10-16, 11-64, 11-34 : 10-27, 10-55, 11-2, 11-15, 11-41

Thu, July 16

Equilibrium and Elasticity Ch. 12 and Fluids Ch. 14

8


12-1 thru 12-7
14-1 thru 14-10

12-10, 12-15, 12-22, 12-40,14-9, 14-26, 14-44 : 12-27, 12-31,14-1, 14-92, 14-49

Fri, July 17

Gravitation Ch. 13

9


13-1 thru 13-9

13-104, 13-32, 13-46 : 13-6, 13-14, 13-21

Mon, July 20

Oscillations Ch. 15

10


15-1 thru 15-9

15-76, 15-20:



Tue, July 21

Quiz 2
    



9-1 thru 13-9



Wed, July 22

Waves I Ch. 16

11


  16-1 thru 16-13

16-40 : 16-1, 16-41, 16-53

Thu, July 23

Waves II and Sound Ch. 17

12



17-1 thru 17-10
17-14, 17-42, 17-50 : 17-17, 17-39, 17-97

Fri, July 24
Temperature, Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics Ch. 18

13


18-1 thru 18-12

18-4, 18-9, 18-28 : 18-21, 18-43, 18-52

Mon, July 27

Kinetic Theory of Gases, Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

14


19-1 thru 19-11
20-1 thru 20-8

19-12, 19-19: 19-23
20-2, 20-14 : 20-20, 20-21

Tue, July 28

Quiz 3





14-1 thru 20-8



Wed, July 29

Finish up, Evaluations, Surveys










Updated July 25, 2009 RAL



Updated information will be posted as it becomes available.
Revised June 9, 2009 RAL