Monday 1 – 2 PM in the SUSTAIN room, 38-121,
Tuesday and Thursday 1-2 PM in 180-262, and
Wednesday 3-6 PM (laboratory) in 180-269.
Final Exam: See bottom of timeline below.
Pete Schwartz, Cal Poly Physics, Pete’s Classes, Pete’s Webpage: pschwart@calpoly.edu, 756-1220, 180-608
Office hours: M(10:10, 3:10), T(2:10), W(1:10), Th(12:10)
Liz Schlemer, Cal Poly Industrial Manufacturing Engineering, Liz’s Webpage, lschleme@calpoly.edu, 756-2183, 192-228
Linda Vanasupa, Cal Poly Materials Engineering, Linda’s Webpage, lvanasup@calpoly.edu,756-1537, 41-226
The Syllabus explains the class policies.
Teaching “flipped”, “parallel”, open-online text, and mixed 121 and 141. if you were not in our mechanics class winter 2015, please see video explaining How we are learning physics for the previous mechanics class. This class will be similar, although we don’t yet have plans to learn the concepts simultaneously as we did in mechanics.
Please see: the SUSTAIN S15 projects website where you can post your project, and the Project Description so you know how to do your project.
Problem Sets: PS#1, PS#1_Solutions, PS#2, PS#3, PS#4, PS#4 Solutions, PS#5, PS#5 Solutions, PS#6, PS#6_Solutions, PS6_Q4,5,6_solutions, PS#7, PS7_Solutions, Final Thermal worksheet, Final Thermal Worksheet Solutions, Gas Processes, Gas Processes Solutions
Exams: MT#1-S2012, Doppler_Shift_F15, Doppler_Shift Part e), Big Exam #1 Solutions, Big Exam #2 Solutions, Practice MT 1 122, Practice MT1 122 Solutions, MT 2, 132, Sp2012, MT1_132, MT1_Answers, Big Exam #3 was MT 2 from 2012, Big Exam 4 Answers, MT2 answers
Labs: 1-Pendulum, 2-Spring SHO, 3-Vibrating String, 4-standing sound waves, 5-diffraction, 6-Snell’s Law, 7-lenses, Thermometer, Calorimeter, adiabatic compression
More Practice: http://www.aplusphysics.com/courses/honors/honors_physics.html OpenStax Solutions Manual Refraction Slides from 4-27,
Response to Thursday Feedback: Wk 2, Wk 6, After Final Exam
| Week page | Topic / Chapters |
Learning Objectives | |
| 1 MWR |
Oscillations / 16.1-16.8 | Lab: Pendulum | |
| 2 4 day |
Traveling Waves 16.9 – 16.11 |
Lab: Mass-Spring | |
| 3 4 day |
Super Position, Interference 17.1 – 17.7 |
Lab: Vibrating Strings | |
| 4 4 day |
Wave Optics / 27.1 – 27.9 Midterm Tuesday |
Lab: Resonance in Air Column | |
| 5 4 day |
Geometric Optics / 25.1 – 25.7 | Lab: Interference and Diffraction | |
| 6 4 day |
Optical Instruments 26.1 – 26.6 |
Lab: Refraction | |
| 7 4 day |
Fluids Macroscopic Matter / 11.1 – 12.3 Midterm Thursday |
Lab: Lenses | |
| 8 4 day |
Work, Heat 1st Law 13.1 – 13.6 |
Lab: Temperature and Thermometers | |
| 9 TWR |
Gas Laws and Expansions 14.1 – 14.7 |
Lab Specific Heat and Latent Heat | |
| 10 4 day |
Heat Engines, Refrigerators 15.1 – 15.7 |
Lab: Adiabatic Compression | |
| Exam week | Do it! | 1 PM Tuesday in 180-262 |
As I try to improve the class, I am keeping Notes to Self