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PHYSICS 111
TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE
Date |
Topic |
Chapter |
Sections |
10-Jan |
Overview
of the universe |
Prologue |
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12-Jan |
The scale of the
universe |
Prologue |
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17-Jan |
Observing the Sky |
1 |
1-2 |
19-Jan |
Phases
of the Moon and Eclipses |
6 |
1-4 |
24-Jan |
The
Earth Centered Model |
1 |
3-5 |
26-Jan. |
The Sun Centered
Model |
2 |
1-4 |
31-Jan. |
Kepler and
Galileo |
2, 3 |
5-6, 1 |
2-Feb |
Understanding
Motion |
3 |
2-6 |
| 7-Feb |
Exam I on Prologue, Ch. 1
- 2, and part of Ch. 6 |
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9-Feb |
Motion continued |
3 |
7-10 |
14-Feb |
Energy and
Electromagnetic Waves |
4 |
1-4 |
| 16-Feb |
Understanding
Light |
4 |
5-8 |
23-Feb |
Optical Telescopes |
5 |
1-4 |
28-Feb |
Other telescopes |
5 |
5-8 |
| 2-Mar |
The Sun |
11 |
1-5 |
7-Mar |
Exam II on Ch. 3 - 5 |
12 |
1-3 |
9-Mar |
Stellar
Brightness |
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| 21-Mar |
Stellar spectra |
12 |
4 |
23-Mar |
Binary star
systems |
12 |
5-8 |
28-Mar |
Stellar Birth and Life |
13 14 |
1-3
1-2 |
| 30-Mar |
Stellar
Death |
14 15 |
3-8 1-9 |
4-Apr |
The Milky Way |
16 |
1-6 |
6-Apr |
Exam III on Ch. 11-15 |
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| 11-Apr |
Other Galaxies |
17 |
1-6 |
13-Apr |
Cosmology |
18 |
1-7 |
18-Apr |
Overview of the
Solar System |
7 |
1-6 |
20-Apr |
Terrestrial
Planets |
6, 8 |
5-8, 1-4 |
| 25-Apr |
Jovian Planets |
9 |
1-4 |
27-Apr |
Solar System Debris |
10 |
1-8 |
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Final Exam on Ch. 16-18,
7-10, and part of Ch. 6 |
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