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Physics 1
Course Syllabus  Term 1    2004 - 2005
Text:   The Physics of Everyday Phenomena   by W. Thomas Griffith      4th edition

  NOTE:  All “E’s” shall be done IN PENCIL ON ONE SIDE OF THE PAGE 
and are to be handed in at the end of each Term.  

Chapter 1:  Physics, The Fundamental Science
                        Sections 1.1 thru 1.5 
              Vectors  
                        Section 2.2 and Appendix “C”		 Q’s: None
E’s: None

E’s: (from Appendix, page 477) #1,3, 9, 10, 11
Chapter 2:   Describing Motion   
                       Sections 2.1  thru 2.5 		 Q’s: #1, 2, 6, 8, 11, 15
E’s: # 2, 7, 10, 11, 12, 16                        *C.P. #4
Chapter 3:   Falling Objects and Projectile Motion
                         Sections 3.1 thru 3.5      		 Q’s: #2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 23
E’s: #3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 16                        *C.P. #4
Chapter 4:   Newton’s Laws - Explaining Motion
                        Sections 4.1 thru 4.5                                		 Q’s: #1, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 18, 23, 30
E’s: #1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 17             *C.P. #2C.P. #2 and #4
Chapter 5:   Circular Motion, the Planets and Gravity  
                        Sections 5.1 and 5.2 only      		 Q’s: #2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10  
E’s: #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8                           *C.P. #1
Chapter 6:   Energy and Oscillatio       
                        Sections 6.1 thru 6.5      

Q’s: #1, 3, 12, 15, 27
E’s: #1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 15, 18                      *C.P. #2

Chapter 7:   Momentum and Impulse
                         Sections 7.1 thru 7.5		 Q’s:  #1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 15, 17, 20, 30
E’s:  #1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 14                         *C.P. #2

1st Term Projects:     The Great Egg Drop Debacle

                                            Mouse Trap Catapult 

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Physics I

Course Syllabus  2nd Term   2003 - 2004 4 - 2005

Text: The Physics of Everyday Phenomena       by W. Thomas Griffith              4th edition                 4th edition  

NOTE:  All “E’s” shall be done IN PENCIL ON ONE SIDE OF THE PAGE 
and are to be handed in at the end of each Term.  

Chapter 8:      Q’s: #
E’s:  #
Chapter 10:     Temperature and Heat
                       Sections1-5 		Q’s: #
E’s: # 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10            *C.P. #4
Chapter 12:   Electrostatic Phenomena
                       Sections 11.1 thru 11.5 		 Q’s: #3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15, 20
E’s: #1,2,4,6,7,11,12,               *C.P. #4
Chapter 13:   Electric Circuits  
                        Sections 12.1 thru 12.5                                		 Q’s: #5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 
E’s: #1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16           *C.P. #1 & 3
Chapter 14    Magnets and Electromagnetism
                        Sections 13.1 thru 13.5		 Q's: #2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 17, 22
E's: #2, 3, 5, 7, 12, 13,    *C.P. #1 & 4
Chapter 15:   Making Waves
                       Sections 14.1 thru 14.5  

Q’s: # 4,5,9,14,15,16,19,23
E’s: #1,3,4,6,7,8,11,13, *C.P. #2
Chapter 16:   Light and Image Formation
              Sections 15.1, 15.2 and 15.4          		Q’s: #1,3,4,6,8,9,16,19
E’s: #2,7,8,10, *C.P. #1
Chapter 17:   The Structure of the Atom       
                        Sections 16.1 thru 16.5		 Q’s: #2,5,9,10,13,16,21,22,23
E’s: #1,4,5,10,11,12, *C.P. #1 & 2
Chapters 18 and  20
                         Selected Sections and Topics      		 Q’s:     to be assigned
 E’s:     to be assigned

 

2nd Term Projects:       “The Pasta Bridge” Term Projects:       “The Pasta Bridge”

                                                “Electricity Project”

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