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Homework 1- Assigned, Thurs, 30-September, due Tuesday, 5-October in class.
Homework 2- Assigned, Thurs, 14-October, due Thursday, 21-October in class.
Quiz 1 key can be found here.
Homework 3 assigned Tuesday, 2-November, due Thursday, 11-Nov.
Quiz 2 key can be found here.
Quiz 3 key can be found here.
Homework 4- Assigned, Tuesday, 23-November, due Thursday, 2-December.
Lecture 1- Introductions, course questionaire, and an introduction to motion.
Lecture 2- More motion- acceleration, force and mass. Interactive Lecture Demonstration (ILD). Application: the ubiquitous automobile.
Lecture 3- Gravity, work, and energy. Application: hydroelectricity.
Lecture 4- Well, it actually was a lab, Lab 1. If you missed it, see the instructor ASAP.
Lecture 5- Problem-solving examples, , introduction to electricity.
Lecture 6- More electricity fundamentals-- current, circuits, resistance and Ohm's law.
Lecture 7- Resistance, Ohm's law, power, magnets, motors and electrical generators.
Lecture 8- Magnetic and electric fields, waves, electromagnetic radiation, the solar collector.
Lecture 9- Lab Day!
Lecture 10- . The Science of Spectra. Intro to Heat and Temperature.
Lecture 11- Review of black body radiation, heat, temperature, work on gases, First Law of Thermodynamics.
Lecture 12- Adiabatic compression, absolute zero, First Law of Thermodynamics, heat transfer, Heat Capacity, Heat Engines and Efficiency.
Lecture 13- Heat transfer, energy conservation in the home, specific heat, heat engines and efficiency.
Lecture 14- Heat heat redux, climate and weather, the hydrological cycle.
Lecture 15- , feedback loops in nature, combustion and fuels.
Lecture 16- Exponential Growth and its Implications.
Lecture 17- Energy Use Patterns and Fossil Fuels in the Mix.
Lecture 18- Atoms and Chemistry.
Lecture 19- Global Warming Redux
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