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Physics 4C Tentative Course Calendar

Spring 2011

Scott Hildreth - Chabot College


 Week

Class Dates
Giancoli Reading & Key Topics
Labs

 1

 1/19-21
Chapter 13: Fluids

 Introduction to Mastering Physics; Physics Research

 2

 1/25-1/28

Chapter 13 (continued)

Chapter 14: Oscillations
 
Archimedes Principle
lab write-up due Monday, 2/7

 3

1/31-2/02

Chapter 14 (continued)

Chapter 15: Wave Motion

Friday 2/4 I'll be out of class.  Online Group work only.

Bernoulli's Falling Water
lab write up due Friday 2/11

 4

2/7-2/11

Chapter 15: Wave Motion (cont.)

Chapter 16: Sound

Hooke's Law, SHM

  5

2/14-2/16
Chapter 16: Sound

Friday 2/18 is a Holiday
Transverse Traveling Waves
(Handout only)

 6

2/23-2/25
Review/1st exam Chapters 13-16

Monday 2/21 is a Holiday

 7

2/28-3/4
Chapter 17 - Temperature
Exam in Lab on Wednesday  3/2
 

 8

3/7-3/11
Chapter 18: Kinetic Theory

Thermal Conductivity

 9

3/14-3/16
Chapter  19 - 1st Law of Thermodynamics

Research Paper Assignment

Friday 3/18: No Class - I'll be at a conference. 
Your lab report for the Online thermo lab will be due Friday night by 11:55 PM PDT.

Online Thermo Lab will be started on Wednesday, and your write up due by Friday night.  You can work on this in pairs virtually.

10

3/21-3/25

Chapter 20: 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

Playing with Engines! & Adiabatic Gas Law

 11

3/28-3/30
Review/2nd exam Chapters 17-20

Friday 4/1 Faculty Meeting Day - No Classes

Hands-on Activities/Exam Review

 12

4/4- 4/8
Exam #2: Chapters 17-20
Chapter 32: Light

Note!  Chabot's "W" deadline 4/8

Exam in lab on Wednesday
4/6

 13

4/11-4/15
Chapter 32/33 Lenses & Optics
 
Optics Explorations in Class

14

4/18-4/24

Spring Break
 15
4/25-4/29
Chapter 33 - Ray Optics & - Optical Instruments
Ray Optics Lab with Lenses
16
5/2-5/6
Chapter 34 Interference

Double-Slit Interference

17
5/9-5/13
Chapter 34: Interference/Chapter 35 Diffraction


Interference & Diffraction w/ microwaves

Student Research Paper presentations on
Friday 5/13
 

 18
5/16-5/20
 Chapter 35: Diffraction

Review for Final Exam

 Student Research Paper presentations on Wednesday in Lab and Friday in Class

 19

5/23-5/27

Final Exam Monday 5/23
 Noon - 2 PM

Comprehensive, with more material on optics chapters

Final Draft of Research Paper is Due Friday 5/27

Note that changes to this calendar are expected based on progress and professor's discretion.


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