Physics 101 - Astronomy - Spring 2009
Class notes
These brief class notes complement the material in your textbook. Since I am not allowed to post the figures from the textbook on the web, you will have to look at the textbook to see the figures. PowerPoint presentations, prepared by Dr. Davies, are available at his website http://frontpage.wiu.edu/~bmd111/phys101 and you are welcome to download them and print them for additional notes.
Tuesday Thursday
Week 1 Jan. 20 (Intro.) Jan. 22 (Intro.)
Week 2
Jan. 27 (Ch. 1)
Jan. 29 (Ch. 1)
Study guide for Exam 1
new:
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Week 3
Feb. 3 EXAM
1 Feb. 5 (Ch. 2)
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Week 4
Feb. 10 (Ch.
2) Feb. 12 - no class -
Lincoln's birthday - holiday
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Week 5
Feb. 17 (Ch. 3)
Feb. 19 (Ch. 3)
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17MB)
Week 6
Feb.
24 (Ch. 4)
Feb. 26 (Ch. 4)
Study guide for Exam 2
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17MB) (wav file
17MB)
Week 7
Mar. 3 EXAM 2
Mar. 5 - Movie shown in class.
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transcript
of "Earth is Born" from PBS TV
Week 8
Mar. 10 (Ch. 5)
Mar. 12 (Ch. 6) - Paper about movie
due.
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Week 9
Mar. 24 (Ch. 6)
Mar. 26 (Ch. 7)
sorry - no wav files recorded this week
Week 10
Mar. 31 (Ch. 8)
Apr. 2 (Ch. 8)
Study guide for Exam 3
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sorry - no wav file recorded
Week 11
Apr. 7 EXAM 3 Apr. 9 (Ch. 9)
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Week 12
Apr. 14 (Ch.10)
Apr. 16 - Movie shown in class.
A paper is due next week if you did not write
one for the first movie.
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sorry - no wav file recorded for the introduction to the movie, but I will
repeat this in Ch. 12.
Week 13
Apr. 21 (Ch. 11)
Apr. 23 (Ch. 11) - Paper about movie
due.
Study guide for Exam 4
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Week 14
Apr. 28 EXAM 4 Apr. 30 (Ch. 12)
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Week 15
May 5 (Ch. 13)
May 7 (Ch. 13)
Study guide for Ch. 12 and 13 (see all
the study guides for your final exam review)
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FINAL EXAM: Tuesday May 12, 3:00 PM - This will be a comprehensive exam over all the material, with some emphasis on Chapters 12 and 13.