Instructors and Office Hours:
Textbook: “How Things Work – The Physics of Everyday Life,” Louis A. Bloomfield, Wiley, 2nd Edition, http://www.wiley.com/college/howthingswork
Course Description: This course provides non-science major students with a view of physics and science to help establish a connection between science and everyday life experiences through integrated laboratory, discussion, and lecture.
Prerequisite: Completion of Core Curriculum mathematics requirement.
Course Grade:
In class quizzes on material - 30% (best 5 out of 7)
Homework exercises - 20%;
Lab reports (2 reports at10% + 10% for data sheets of experiments) 20%;
Final Exam with open notebooks 30%;
08/26 1
– Laws of motion
09/02 1
– Laws of motion
09/09 Quiz on Ch1 2 – Laws of motion
09/16 2
– Laws of motion
09/23 Quiz on Ch2 3
– Mech. Objects
09/30 3
– Mech. Objects
10/07 3
– Mech. Objects
10/14 Quiz on Ch3 4-
Fluids
10/21 Quiz on Ch 4 6
– Heat & Thermodynamics
10/28 6
– Heat & Thermodynamics
11/04 Quiz on Ch6 7-
Resonance & Mechanical wave
11/11 Quiz on Ch7 8 Electric & Magnetic Force
11/18 8
Electric & Magnetic Force
11/25 Quiz on Ch8 9 Electrodynamics
12/02 9
Electrodynamics
Final Exam: December 9, 2:00 – 4:30pm