ISP209L Fall 2002
Mystery of the Physical World Laboratory
Schedule and Sample Quiz Questions
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Date
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Module
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Topic
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Addtional Reading
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| Aug 26 | Pick up handouts in lab/introductory lecture | ||
| Sept 2 | Labor Day (no labs) |
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| Sept 9 |
General Physics - 1 |
Dice - Probability vs Average Human Reaction Times |
See Handout |
| Sept 16 | Optics - 1 Optics - 2 Optics - 3 |
Reflection Refraction Critical Angle |
C&J: 794-798 C&J: 817-824 C&J: 824-828 |
| Sept 23 | Energy - 1 Energy - 3 |
Cycle Power Electrical Equivalent of Heat |
C&J: 374-379 |
| Sept 30 | Quantum - 1 General - 3 |
Single Slit Diffraction Babinet's Principle-Wire Size |
C&J: 880-885 |
| Oct 7 | Optics - 4 Optics - 5 |
Two Slit Interference Diffraction Grating |
C&J: 867-873 C&J: 889-894 |
| Oct 14 | General Physics - 4 | Threshold of Hearing | C&J: 483-501 |
| Oct 21 | Mechanics - 1 Mechanics - 2 |
Free Fall Measurement of g Pendulum Measurement of g |
C&J: 46-51 C&J: 298-300 |
| Oct 28 | Mechanics - 3 Mechanics - 4 |
Rolling Cylinders Angular Momentum, Torque, Precession |
C&J: 231-233, 255-263 C&J: 263-266 |
| Nov 4 | Electromagnetics - 1 Electromagnetics - 2 |
Simple Circuits Magnetic Fields |
C&J: 615-633 C&J: 660-662 |
| Nov 11 | General Physics - 6 Electromagnetics - 3 |
Oscilloscope - Wave Forms Magnetic Induction |
C&J: 705-706 |
| Nov 18 | General Physics - 5 Quantum Physics - 2 Quantum Physics - 3 |
Low Temperature Light Emitting Diode Superconductivity |
C&J: 756-760 C&J: 619-622 |
| Nov 25 | Radioactivity - 1 Radioactivity - 2 |
Background and sources Half-Life |
C&J: 987-992 C&J: 993-998 |
| Dec 2 | Final Exam |
Sample quiz questions:
1. General Physics-1,2: What do the ! marks mean in the probability
formulae?
2. What is the value of (6!)?
3. Express 195 milliseconds in seconds and also in scientific notation.
Last Update: September 10, 2002