SYLLABUS
PH405 Advanced Physics I (AP-C)
Winter Trimester, 2009 - 10
* = shortened week
|
Week |
Dates |
Goals |
AP Topics |
Reading (HRW) |
| 1 | 11/14 - 11/22 | Extend knowledge and
understanding of linear kinematics to include rotational kinematics |
Rotational
kinematics Lab: 2-dimensional elastic collisions |
Chapter 11 |
| 2 | 11/30 - 12/4 | Extension
of dynamics to rolling & spinning objects; torque and angular momentum |
Rotational dynamics Lab: Moments of Inertia & Physical Pendulum |
Chapter 12 |
| 3 | 12/7 - 12/11 | Extend knowledge of linear momentum to include angular momentum and torque |
Rotational
Dynamics, continued Test: Chs.11,12,13 |
Chapters 12
- 13 |
| 4 | 12/15 - 12/19 |
more angular momentum & torque static equilibrium |
Rotational
Dynamics, cont. Static Equilibrium Test: Chs.11,12,13 |
Chapter 14 |
| 5 | 1/4 - 1/8 |
Investigate
orbital motion under the influence of a central force |
Gravitation Lab: Numerical integration of planetary orbits; Kepler's laws |
Chapter 14 |
| 6 | 1/12 - 1/16 | gravitation, continued:
elliptical orbits and orbit transfer Review electrostatics Learn methods of calculating electric fields of charge distributions |
Electric
charge and
forces Electric fields and Gauss' Law |
Chapter 14, 22 - 23 |
| *7 | 1/18 - 1/22 | |||
| *8 | 1/25 - 1/28 |
calculating the charge
enclosed within a volume Gauss's law |
Gauss's law
practice |
Chapter 24 |
| 9 | 2/1 - 2/5 |
Gauss's law continues voltage (aka electric potential) |
test on chapters 14, 22 - 24 |
Chapter 24 - 25 |
| 10 | 2/8 - 2/15 |
Learn to calculate the electric potential of a charge distribution from the electric field and vice versa | Electric potential |
Chapter 25 |
| Final Examinations (2/16 - 2/19) | ||||