Physics 152
Principles of Physics II
Course Outline
Spring, 2010

GI: - Text readings from Giancoli (6th Edition) to be done before class.
AG: - Sections in the Workshop Physics Activity Guide that we will be doing in class.


January

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 
 
 
 
1
4
5
First Day of Classes
6
Discuss Syllabus
Force & Motion Review
Activity
DSON014 Movie
7
8
Harmonic
Motion
GI: 11.1, 11.3
AG: 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5
11
Harmonic
Motion
GI:
AG: 14.6, 14.7, 14.8
SHM Modeling Spreadsheet
12
13
Wave
Motion
GI: 11.7, 11.8

Wave Simulation Spreadsheet
14
15
Reflection, Refraction,
Diffraction, and Interference
GI: 11.11, 11.12, 11.13, 11.14, 11.15

Superposition Simulation Spreadsheet
18
Martin Luther King Day
(College Closed)
19 (Academic Monday)
Ray Model
of Light
GI: 23.1, 23.2, 23.3
20
Snell's
Law
GI: 23.4, 23.5, 23.6
21
22
Thin
Lenses
GI: 23.7, 23.8
25
Thin
Lenses
GI: 23.9
26
27
Visible Spectrum
and Color
GI: 22.3, 24.6, 24.7
28
29
Temperature and
Heat Transfer
GI: 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
AG: 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5
TSD - Temperature Scales 1
TSD - Temperature Scales 2
 

February

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1
Temperature and
Heat Transfer
GI: 14.6, 14.7, 14.8
AG: 16.6, 16.7
2
3
Temperature and
Heat Transfer
GI: 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5
AG: 16.8, 16.9, 16.10
4
5 Exam I-Take Home
The First Law of
Thermodynamics
GI: 13.13, 14.6, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
AG: 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 17.6
8
The First Law of
Thermodynamics
GI: 13.8, 13.9, 13.10
AG: 17.7, 17.8, 17.9
9
10
The First Law of
Thermodynamics
GI: 13.11, 13.12
AG: 17.10, 17.11, 17.12
11
12
Heat
Engines
GI:
AG: 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.5
15
Presidents Day
(College Closed)
16
17
Heat
Engines
GI: 15.2, 15.5, 15.6
AG: 18.6, 18.7, 18.8, 18.9
18
19
Heat
Engines
GI:
AG: 18.10
22
Heat
Engines
GI:
AG: 18.11, 18.12, 18.13, 18.14, 18.15, 18.16, 18.17
Stirling Engines
23
24 (Academic Monday)
Electric
Fields
GI: 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5
AG: 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4
25
26
Electric
Fields
GI: 16.5, 16.6
AG: 19.5, 19.6
 

March

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1
Semester Break
2
Semester Break
3
Semester Break
4
Semester Break
5
Semester Break
(College Closed)
8
Electric
Fields
GI: 16.7
AG: 19.7, 19.8, 19.9*
9
10
Electric Flux and
Gauss' Law
GI: 16.8
AG: 20.1, 20.2, 20.3
11
12 Exam II-Take Home
Electric Flux and
Gauss' Law
GI: 16.9, 16.10
AG: 20.5, 20.6, 20.7
15
Electrical and
Gravitational Potential
GI: 5.6, 5.7, 5.8
AG: 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4*, 21.5*, 21.6*
16
17
Electrical and
Gravitational Potential
GI: 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.5, 17.6
AG: 21.7, 21.8*, 21.10, 21.11
18
19
Batteries, Bulbs, and
Current Flow
GI: 18.1, 18.2
AG: 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 22.5, 22.6
22
Batteries, Bulbs, and
Current Flow
GI: 18.3, 18.9
AG: 22.7, 22.8, 22.9, 22.10, 22.11, 22.12
23
24
Batteries, Bulbs, and
Current Flow
GI: 19.1
AG: 22.13, 22.14, 22.15, 22.16
25
26
Direct Current
Circuits
GI: 19.2, 19.5
AG: 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, 23.5
29
Direct Current
Circuits
GI: 18.3
AG: 23.6, 23.7, 23.8, 23.9
30
31
Direct Current
Circuits
GI: 19.3, 19.4
AG: 23.10, 23.11, 23.12*
DC Circuit Simulator
 
 
 

April

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 
 
 
1
2
Capacitors and
RC Circuits
GI: 17.7, 19.6
AG: 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 24.5
5
Capacitors and
RC Circuits
GI: 19.7
AG: 24.6, 24.7*
RC Circuit Simulator
6
7
Magnetic
Fields
GI: 20.1, 20.4
AG: 26.1, 26.2, 26.3, 26.4, 26.5, 26.6
8
9 Exam III-Take Home
Magnetic
Fields
GI: 20.3, 20.9, 20.10
AG: 26.7, 26.8, 26.9, 26.10*
12
Magnetic
Fields
GI: 20.2, 20.11, 20.12
AG: 26.11*, 26.12, 26.13, 26.14, 26.15*
13
14
Electricity and
Magnetism
GI: 20.5, 20.6, 20.8
AG: 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4*, 27.5
15
16
Electricity and
Magnetism
GI: 21.1, 21.2, 21.3,21.4, 21.5, 22.1, 22.3
AG: 27.6, 27.7, 27.8, 27.12*
19
20
21
Last Day of Classes
22
Study Day
23
Final Exam
2:00 p.m. - 3:50 a.m.
(Covers 13.1 - End)
(Emphasis: 24.1 - End)
26
27
28
29
30