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An outline of topics to be addressed each day is presented below. This list is not complete; additional items are covered for most classes. If students are absent, they should consult these pages and check with the instructor concerning material missed.
n An addition to the student quotations page
n Course Review, Section II: Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Physics
ð Chapter 13: Temperature and Kinetic Energy
ð Chapter 15: The Laws of Thermodynamics
n Course Review, Section III: Electricity and Magnetism, Part 1
ð Chapter 16: Charge and Electric Field
ð Chapter 17: Electric Potential
ð Chapter 18: Electric Currents
n I Additional items you should use in your review for the AP exam
ð numerous example questions, problems, and solutions I provided for each chapter in the text - you should review these for the AP exam
ð solutions for the Review Exercises, and Exercises assigned during the course
n Handout (keep) - copy of equations, etc for use on the AP exam
ð What is and isn't provided
ð Newtonian Mechanics
Ø obtain x and y from what is given
Ø what happens if no horizontal component of gravity
Ø convenient to set origin so that x and y initial easy to calculate
Ø may have to first solve for one variable for use in another equation
Ø case in which friction is not 0 (ball dropped from a given height)
n Course Review, Section III: Electricity and Magnetism, Part 2
ð Chapter 21: Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law
n No Class
I will be gone next week.
Work on final project - prepare a detailed PowerPoint presentation on one of the giants I have discussed throughout the course
Name of individual must be submitted by next class
PowerPoint must be submitted by start of class on Monday, 17 May - presentations start then
Follow guidelines for Computer Science courses
n Course Review, Section IV: Waves and Optics, Part 1
ð Chapter 11: Vibrations and Waves
ð Chapter 22: Electromagnetic Waves
n Lucasian Chair:
ð http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/2009102035719/academia/research/string-theory-pioneer-succeeds-hawking-in-lucasian-role.html - independent study next year
ð Chairs
1. Isaac Barrow
1630-1677 1664-1669 Classics Mathematics
2. Sir Isaac Newton
1642-1727 1669-1702 Mathematics Physics
3. William Whiston
1667 1752 1702-1710 Mathematics
4. Nicolas Saunderson 1682-1739
1711-1739 Mathematics
5. John Colson
1680-1760 1739-1760 Mathematics
6. Edward Waring
1736-1798 1760-1798 Mathematics
7. Isaac Milner
1750-1820 1798-1820 Mathematics Chemistry
8. Robert Woodhouse
1773-1827 1820-1822 Mathematics
9. Thomas Turton
1780-1864 1822-1826 Mathematics
10. Sir George Airy
1801-1892 1826-1828 Astronomy
11. Charles Babbage
1792-1871 1828-1839 Mathematics Computing
12. Joshua King
1798-1857 1839-1849 Mathematics
13. Sir George Stokes 1819-1903
1849-1903 Physics Fluid Mechanics
14. Sir Joseph Larmor 1857-1942
1903-1932 Physics
15. Paul Dirac
1902-1984 1932-1969 Physics
16. Sir M. James Lighthill 1924-
1969-1980 Fluid Mechanics
17. Stephen Hawking
1942- 1980-2009 Theoretical
Physics
18. Michael Green
1946- 2009-
Theoretical Physics
n Final project
ð pick one of the topics listed below and develop a Power Point presentation - substantial - contributions to physics
Michael Faraday
James Maxwell
Isaac Newton
ð given me the topic today, work on the presentation next week
ð follow guidelines provided in Final Projects
n Course Review, Section IV: Waves and Optics, Part 2
ð Chapter 23: Light: Geometric Optics
ð Chapter 24: The Wave Nature of Light
n Course Review: Section V: Atomic and Nuclear Physics
ð Chapter 27: Early Quantum Theory and Atomic Models
ð Chapter 30: Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
ð Chapter 31: Nuclear Energy, Effects, and Uses of Radiation
AP Exam
n Double Period Day
n No Class
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