29:003 Assignments

HW Solutions and Additional Lecture Notes

Solutions to Quiz 3  Solutions to Quiz 4  Solutions to Quiz 5

   WEEK 
    TOPIC 
   CH/SECTION 
                       HOMEWORK 
Lecture 1     Aug 23, Tu  (Week 1)
 Introduction
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Lecture 2  Aug 25  Th
 Orders of Magnitude: Expanding Outwards, the Solar System and Galaxies
  Ch 1  
  Follow Assignments  
Lecture 3  Aug 31, Tu  (Week 2)
 Basic Constituents of Elements: Atom; Molecules
  Ch 2
  Ch 1: Rev. Qu. 2,6,17,20; Concep. Exer. 2,14,20,21,30,32 (Due: Sept 7)
Lecture 4  Sep 2  Th
 Atoms and Molecules: Basis of Chemistry, Periodic Table
  Complete Ch 2  
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Lecture 5  Sep 7 Tu  (Week 3)
 How Things Move: Inertia, Speed, Velocity, Force, Acceleration
  Ch 3
  Ch 2/3: Rev. Qu. 21,24; Concep. Exer. 11,18,21,31,37,38,42; Crit. Think. 2 (Due: Sept 14) For Chapter 3, do 39/40.
Lecture 6  Sep 9  Th
 Vectors, Forces and Accelerations, Weight, Gravitational pull
  Ch 4  
  Demo (air track); Quiz 2  HW Solution 1
Lecture 7  Sep 14 Tu  (Week 4)
  Net Force, Force Pairs, Action and Reaction, momentum
  Ch 4hilites
  Ch 4: Rev. Qu. 8,10,16; Concep. Exer. 4,8,14,17,27,34,44 (Due: Sept 21)
Lecture 8  Sep 16  Th
  Gravitational Orbit, Inertia, Momentum Conservation
  Ch 5  
  Demo (air track);Linear Momentum
Lecture 9  Sep 21 Tu  (Week 5)
  Momentum Conservation, Gravitational Force
  Ch 5 (section 1, 2) conceptcheck generalinfo
  Ch 2 or Ch 3 HW, see Sep 7 HW Assignment. Ch 5: Rev. Qu. 4,6,7,8; Concep. Exer: 2,4,5,8,10,18 (due Sep 28)
Lecture 10  Sep 23  Th
  Review, Discussion (Ch.1 --- Ch.5)
   
 
Lecture 11  Sep 28 Tu  (Week 6)
  Work, Energy, Conservation of Energy
  Ch 6
 
Lecture 12  Sep 30  Th
  MIDTERM EXAM 1
   
 
Lecture 13  Oct 5 Tu  (Week 7)
  Transformation of Energy, Power, Dissipation
  Complete Ch 6, Start Ch 7
  Ch 6 HW, ReV. Ques. 8, 24; Concep. Exer. 6, 8, 18, 36, 42, 44, 46; Problems 4 (Due: Oct 12).
Lecture 14  Oct 7  Th
  Thermodynamics
  Ch 7  
 
Lecture 15  Oct 12 Tu  (Week 8)
  Waves, Wave Properties, Diffraction, Interference; light
  Ch 8
  Ch 7 HW, ReV. Ques. 8,12,19; Concep. Exer. 2,6,10,14,18,28,32,38,42; Problems 2,8,10 (Due: Oct 19).
Lecture 16  Oct 14  Th
  Electricity, Electromagnetic Waves emspectrum
  Ch 9  
  Quiz 3 (Ch 6,7)
Lecture 17  Oct 19  Tu
  Electromagnetic Waves, their Production and Uses
  complete Ch 9  
  Ch 8 HW, Rev. Ques. 9,15,20; Concep. Exer. 12,16,20,32,34; Problems 8,10 (Due Oct 26)
Lecture 18  Oct 21  Th
  Special Relativitylorentz_transform
  Ch 10  
  movie(simple relativity)
Lecture 19  Oct 26 Tu  (Week 10)
 Special Relativity, Time Dilation and Length Contraction
  Ch 10, beginning Ch 11
  Ch 9 HW, ReV. Ques. 12,14,21,26; Concep. Exer. 3,5,21,28,31; Problems 4 (Due: Nov 2).
Lecture 20  Oct 28  Th
  velocity, mass and energy
  Ch 11  
  Quiz 4 (Ch 8, 9)
Lecture 21  Nov 2 Tu  (Week 11)
 General Relativity, Geometry of Universe, Big Bang
  Ch 11
  Ch 10 HW, ReV. Ques. 8,16,22; Concep. Exer. 9,12,16,20,24,34,44,50; Problems 6 (Due: Nov 9).
Lecture 22  Nov 4  Th
  Inflation, Red-shift (Doppler Effect), CMB (Black Body Radiation)cmbradiation , SETI
  Ch 11, Ch 12  
 
Lecture 23  Nov 9 Tu  (Week 12)
 samplequestion Quantum Theory
  Ch 13 peeffect demo
  Ch 11 HW, ReV. Ques. 14,22,28,34; Concep. Exer. 6,10,14,18,28,30; Problems 2 (Due: Nov 16).
Lecture 24  Nov 11  Th
  Uncertainty Principle, Wave function, Quantum Atom
  Ch 13, Ch 14 (skip later part)  
  Quiz 5 (Ch 10 - 12)
Lecture 25  Nov 16 Tu  (Week 13)
 Review
  Feynman Lecture  
  Ch 13 HW, ReV. Ques. 3,7,18; Concep. Exer. 3,11,15,20,23,27,28; Problems 8,9 ; Ch 14 HW, Rev. Ques. 8,12,15, Concep. Exer. 18,20 (Due: Dec 2).
Lecture 26  Nov 18  Th
  MIDTERM EXAM II
  Ch 4 - Ch 12  
  Closed Book, One Hour Exam
Lecture 27  Nov 30 Tu  (Week 14)
  Strong Interactions; Fission & Fusion
  Ch 16  
 
Lecture 28  Dec 2  Th
  Radioactivity, Weak Interaction, Fundamental Forces
  Ch 15, Ch 18  
 
Lecture 29  Dec 7 Tu  (Week 15)
  Overview of Atomic Model, Fundamental Particles, Astrophysics
  Ch 14 (some review), Qu. F. Th and Ch.5  
 Quiz 6 soln (Ch 13 - 16)
Lecture 30  Dec 9  Th
  Review for Final Exam
   
 
DEC 14, Tu 
  FINAL EXAM (Closed book)
  SHAM LIB  
  2:15 pm - 4:15 pm