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FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Assignments

PHS 110
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Arizona State University

Instructor: Susan Wyckoff
Telephone: 480-965-1606
wyckoff@asu.edu

Course Website: http://acept.asu.edu/courses/phs110

Fall 2003

Week of
(beg Monday) Reading Assignments

Chapters in
Conceptual Physics
By Paul G. Hewitt
9^th edition
Laboratories meet
Tuesday/Wednedsday
PS H-357
Experiments by Exploration
(WB = White Boards)
(LR = Lab Reports) Lab Report (LR)
Due Dates
(Tu/Wed Labs)
QUIZZES
TESTS

Tu, Thu

PSF 173

Aug 25 Ch 1: About Science
EbyE p. 1-5
Ch 2: Newton's First Law of Motion --Inertia E0: What is Science?

Sept 1
(Monday
HOLIDAY) Ch 3: Linear Motion
E1: What is Motion?
WB/LR
Survey
Tu Sept. 2
Quiz (1)

Sept 8 Ch 4: Newton's Second Law of Motion
Ch 5: Newton's Third Law of Motion E2: In What Ways Can Motion Change?
WB/LR (E1: Sept. 9/10) Quiz (2)

Sept 15 Ch 6: Momentum
E3: What is Free-Fall Motion?
WB/LR
(E2:Sept 16/17) Quiz (2)

Sept 22 Ch 9: Gravity E4: What Causes Accelerated Motion?
WB (E3:Sept 23/24) Quiz (2)

Sept 29 Ch 7: Energy E5: What is Energy?
WB (E4: Sept 30/Oct 1) FIRST TEST
OCTOBER 2
Quiz (1)

Oct 6 Ch 13: Liquids E6: What Causes a Steel Ship to Float?
WB/LR
Quiz (2)

Oct 13 Ch 22: Electrostatics E7: Modeling the Solar System
WB,LR (E6: Oct 14/15) Quiz (2)

Oct 20 Ch 23: Electric Current E8: What Factors determine Bulb Brightness?
WB,LR (E7: Oct 21/22) Quiz (2)

Oct 27 Ch 24: Magnetism E9: What are the Connections Between Electricty & Magnetism?
WB (E8: Oct 28 / 29) SECOND TEST
OCTOBER 30
Quiz (1)

Nov 3 Ch 26: Properties of Light E10: Under What Conditions does Light Bend?
WB,LR
Quiz (2)

Nov 10
Nov 11 (Tues)
HOLIDAY Ch 28: Reflection and Refraction NO LABS THIS WEEK
Survey
Th, Nov 13

Nov 17 Ch 28: Reflection and Refraction E11: What Can a Lens Do?
WB,LR E10: Nov 18/19 Quiz (2)

Nov 24
Nov 27-28
THANKSGIVING
HOLIDAY Ch 28: Dispersion E12: What Causes a Rainbow?
WB E11: Nov 25/26 Quiz (1)

Dec 1 Ch 30: The Atom and the Quantum PART I FINAL EXAM:
LABORATORY EXAM
during regular scheduled labs
DEC 2/3 (H-357) LAB BOOKS
DUE THIS WEEK THIRD TEST
DECEMBER 4
Survey Tuesday
Dec 2
Quiz (1)

Dec 8 PART II FINAL EXAM:
WRITTEN

Dec 9 -- Tuesday --
Last regularly scheduled class
F101

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Week of (beg Monday)	Reading Assignments Chapters in Conceptual Physics By Paul G. Hewitt 9^th edition	Laboratories meet Tuesday/Wednedsday PS H-357 Experiments by Exploration (WB = White Boards) (LR = Lab Reports)	Lab Report (LR) Due Dates (Tu/Wed Labs)	QUIZZES TESTS Tu, Thu PSF 173

Aug 25	Ch 1: About Science EbyE p. 1-5 Ch 2: Newton's First Law of Motion --Inertia	E0: What is Science?
Sept 1 (Monday HOLIDAY)	Ch 3: Linear Motion	E1: What is Motion? WB/LR		Survey Tu Sept. 2 Quiz (1)
Sept 8	Ch 4: Newton's Second Law of Motion Ch 5: Newton's Third Law of Motion	E2: In What Ways Can Motion Change? WB/LR	(E1: Sept. 9/10)	Quiz (2)
Sept 15	Ch 6: Momentum	E3: What is Free-Fall Motion? WB/LR	(E2:Sept 16/17)	Quiz (2)
Sept 22	Ch 9: Gravity	E4: What Causes Accelerated Motion? WB	(E3:Sept 23/24)	Quiz (2)
Sept 29	Ch 7: Energy	E5: What is Energy? WB	(E4: Sept 30/Oct 1)	FIRST TEST OCTOBER 2 Quiz (1)
Oct 6	Ch 13: Liquids	E6: What Causes a Steel Ship to Float? WB/LR		Quiz (2)
Oct 13	Ch 22: Electrostatics	E7: Modeling the Solar System WB,LR	(E6: Oct 14/15)	Quiz (2)
Oct 20	Ch 23: Electric Current	E8: What Factors determine Bulb Brightness? WB,LR	(E7: Oct 21/22)	Quiz (2)
Oct 27	Ch 24: Magnetism	E9: What are the Connections Between Electricty & Magnetism? WB	(E8: Oct 28 / 29)	SECOND TEST OCTOBER 30 Quiz (1)
Nov 3	Ch 26: Properties of Light	E10: Under What Conditions does Light Bend? WB,LR		Quiz (2)
Nov 10 Nov 11 (Tues) HOLIDAY	Ch 28: Reflection and Refraction	NO LABS THIS WEEK		Survey Th, Nov 13
Nov 17	Ch 28: Reflection and Refraction	E11: What Can a Lens Do? WB,LR	E10: Nov 18/19	Quiz (2)
Nov 24 Nov 27-28 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY	Ch 28: Dispersion	E12: What Causes a Rainbow? WB	E11: Nov 25/26	Quiz (1)
Dec 1	Ch 30: The Atom and the Quantum	PART I FINAL EXAM: LABORATORY EXAM during regular scheduled labs DEC 2/3 (H-357)	LAB BOOKS DUE THIS WEEK	THIRD TEST DECEMBER 4 Survey Tuesday Dec 2 Quiz (1)
Dec 8	PART II FINAL EXAM: WRITTEN Dec 9 -- Tuesday -- Last regularly scheduled class F101

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