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Schedule

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Week Date Lectures/Exams Textbook Quizzes Homework
1 Tues
Jan 17

Lecture 1: Energy & Power

Ch. 1 No Quiz

HW #1 (Due 1/24 @ 8am)

HW #1 Guide

Checkpoint #1 Solutions

Thurs
Jan 19

Lecture 2: Energy & Power

2 Tues
Jan 24

Lecture 3: Atoms & Heat

Ch. 2 Quiz #1

HW #2 (Due 1/31 @ 8am)

HW #2 Guide

Checkpoint #2 Solutions

Thurs
Jan 26

Lecture 4: Atoms & Heat

3 Tues
Jan 31

Lecture 5: Gravity, Force and Space

Ch. 3 Quiz #2

HW #3 (Due 2/7 @ 8am)

Checkpoint #3 Solutions

Thurs
Feb 2

Lecture 6: Gravity, Force and Space

4 Tues
Feb 7

Lecture 7: Nuclei and Radioactivity

Ch. 4 Quiz #3

HW #4 (Due 2/14 @ 8am)

HW #4 Guide

Checkpoint #4 Solutions

Thurs
Feb 9

Lecture 8: Nuclei and Radioactivity

5 Tues
Feb 14

Lecture 9: Nuclear Reactors & Weapons

Ch. 5 Quiz #4

HW #5 (Due 2/21 @ 8am)

HW #5 Guide

Checkpoint #5 Solutions

Thurs
Feb 16

Lecture 10: Nuclear Reactors & Weapons

6 Tues
Feb 21

Lecture 11: Nuclear Reactors & Weapons

No Quiz

No Homework

Practice Exam  (Solutions)

Equation Sheet

Thurs
Feb 23

Lecture 12: Electricity and Magnetism

Ch. 6
7 Tues
Feb 28

EXAM 1 (Solutions)

Quiz #5

HW #6 (Due 3/7 @ 8am)

HW #6 Guide

Checkpoint #6 Solutions

Thurs
Mar 2

Lecture 13: Electricity and Magnetism

8 Tues
Mar 7

Lecture 14: Waves

Ch. 7 Quiz #6

HW #7 (Due 3/14 @ 8am)

HW #7 Guide

Checkpoint #7 Solutions

Thurs
Mar 9

Lecture 15: Waves

9 Tues
Mar 14

Lecture 16: Light

Ch. 8 Quiz #7

HW #8 (Due 3/28 @ 8am)

HW #8 Guide

Checkpoint #8 Solutions

Thurs
Mar 16

Lecture 17: Light

   

Spring Break

     
10 Tues
Mar 28

Lecture 18: Invisible Light

Ch. 9 Quiz #8

HW #9 (Due 4/4 @ 8am)

HW #9 Guide

Checkpoint #9 Solutions

Thurs
Mar 30

Lecture 19: Invisible Light

11 Tues
Apr 4

Lecture 20: Climate Change

Ch. 10 Quiz #9

HW #10 
Checkpoint reading 
(Due 4/11 @ 8am)

Checkpoint #10 Solutions

Thurs
Apr 6

Lecture 21: Climate Change

12 Tues
Apr 11

Lecture 22: Alternative Energy

McKay
Ch. 6 +
synopsis
Quiz #10

HW #11 (Due 4/25 @ 8am)

HW #11 Guide

Checkpoint #11 Solutions

Thurs
Apr 13

Lecture 23: Alternative Energy

13 Tues
Apr 18

EXAM 2 (Solutions)

  No Quiz

No Homework

Practice Exam  (Solutions)

Equation Sheet

Thurs
Apr 20

Lecture 24: Quantum Physics

Ch. 11
14 Tues
Apr 25

Lecture 25: Quantum Physics

Quiz #11

HW #12 (Due 5/2 @ 8am)

HW #12 Guide

Checkpoint #12 Solutions

Thurs
Apr 27

Lecture 26: Relativity

Ch. 12
15 Tues
May 2

Lecture 27: The Universe

Ch. 13 No Quiz No Homework
Thurs
May 4

Reading Day

 
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FINAL EXAM: Tuesday May 9th, 7-10 pm, 151 Loomis