Physics 111 Fall 2013 Course Calendar

(I reserve the right to make adjustments to this schedule as deemed necessary)

Note:

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August

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Week 1 26
Lecture: Course Policy & Overview
Film: Cosmos; The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean 		27 28
Lecture: Some Important Concepts & Numbers
Reading: Chap 1
Extra Credit Talk
Hall Auditorium
7:00 - 8:30pm 		29 30
Lecture: The Sky from Earth
Reading: Chap 2
MA Intro due by 2:30 pm

September

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Week 2 2
Labor Day
No Class!
3 4
Lecture: The Motion of the Moon & Eclipses
Reading: Chap 2
Chap 1 HW due by 2:30 pm 		5 6
Lecture: Was Ptolemy Pstupid?
Reading: Chap 3
Week 3 9
Lecture: Kepler's Laws
Reading: Chap 3 		10 11
Lecture: Newton & Gravity
Reading: Chap 4
Chap 2 HW due by 2:30 pm
PhET Orbit Simulator 		12 13
Video: Newton's Dark Secrets
Week 4 16
Lecture: Light and Matter
Reading: Chap 5
Chap 3 HW due by 2:30 pm 		17 18
Lecture: Telescopes - Light Buckets
Reading: Chap 5 		19 20
Film: 400 Years of the Telescope
Chap 4 HW due by 2:30 pm
Week 5 23

EXAM 1


Chap 5 HW due by 2:30 pm 		24 25
Film: Nova: To the Moon, Part 1 		26 27
Lecture: The Solar System; An Overview
Reading: Chap 6.1
Week 6 30
Lecture: The Earth
Reading: Chap 7

October

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Week 6 1 2
Lecture: The Moon
Reading: Chap 7 		3 4
Lecture: Too Hot, Too Cold, . . . Just Right!
Reading: Chap 7
Chap 6a HW due by 2:30 pm
Mars Terrforming Video Clip
Week 7 7
Film: Nova: To the Moon, Part 2 		8 9
Film: Nova: Mars Curiosity Rover Ultimate Challenge
Chap 7 HW due by 2:30 pm 		10 11
Fall Break
No Class!
Week 8 14
Lecture: The Jovian Planets
Reading: Chap 8 		15 16
Lecture: Solar System Junk
Reading: Chap 9 		17 18
Film: NOVA: Russian Meteor
Chap 8 HW due by 2:30 pm
Week 9 21
Lecture: Planetary Formation & Extrasolar Planets
Reading: Chap 6.2-5
Chap 9 HW due by 2:30 pm 		22 23

EXAM 2


Chap 6b HW due by 2:30 pm 		24 25
Lecture: The Sun: Surface, Structure, & Energy
Reading: Chap 10
Week 10 28
Lecture: The Sun: What makes it Shine?
Reading: Chap 10 		29 30
Film: NOVA: Einstein Revealed Part 1 		31

November

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Week 10 1
Lecture Twinkle twinkle little star
Reading: Chap 11
Chap 10 HW due by 2:30 pm
Week 11 4
Lecture: Stellar Evolution 1: Birth and Middle Age
Reading: Chap 12 		5 6
Lecture: Stellar Evolution 2: Death
Reading: Chap 12 		7
Extra Credit Talk
115 Shideler
7:00 - 8:30 m 		8
Film: NOVA: Einstein Revealed Part 2
Chap 11 HW due by 2:15 pm
Week 12 11
Lecture: Neutron Stars & Black Holes
Reading: Chap 13 		12
Extra Credit Movie:
Deep Impact
8:00 pm 46 Culler 		13
Film: Who's Afraid of a Big Bad Black Hole?
Chap 12 HW due by 2:30 pm 		14 15

EXAM 3


Chap 13 HW due by 2:30 pm
Extra Credit #1 due by 2:30 pm
Week 13 18
Lecture: The Milky Way Galaxy
Reading: Chap 14 		19 20
Lecture: Galaxies & Hubble's Law
Reading: Chap 15
Extra Credit Talk
46 Culler
4:15pm - 5:15pm 		21
Extra Credit Movie:
Contact
8:00 pm 46 Culler 		22
Reading: Chap 16
Film: Most of our Universe is Missing
Week 14 25
Lecture: Cosmology 1: Large Scale
Reading: Chap 17 		26 27
Thanksgiving
No Class!
28 29
Thanksgiving
No Class!

December

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Week 15 2
Film: S. Hawking's Universe, Cosmology
Chap 14 & 15 HW due by 2:30 pm 		3 4
Lecture: Cosmology 2: Particle Physics Connection
Reading: Chap 17 		5 6
Lecture: Extraterrestrial Life and Intelligence
Reading: Chap 18
Finals
Week 		9 10 11

Comprehensive
Final Exam

3:00pm-5:00pm; 46 Culler
Chap 17 & 18 HW due by 3:00 pm
Extra Credit #2 due by 3:00 pm 		12 13