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Quarterly Lab Courses: P104, P105, P109

Algebra Based Sequence: P114-P116

Engineering Sequence: P121-P123

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Physics 100

Physics &100: Topics

1. Nature, Language, and Methods of Science.
2. Inertia and Motion in Newton’s First Law.
   1. What does it take to stand still or keep moving?
3. Linear Kinematics: Developing a Language to Describe Motion.
4. Linear Dynamics: Using Newton’s Laws to Explain and Predict
   Motion.
5. Circular Motion: How to Design a Race Track or a Solar System,
   and Why Centrifugal Force is Fictitious.
6. Energy: Storing and Retrieving Motion from a Motion Bank.
7. Vibrations and Waves
   1. Describing an Oscillation / Describing a Wave.
   2. Waves in Different media / Waves of Different Types
   3. Waves that Travel vs. Waves that Stand Still
   4. Reflection and Bending of Waves.
8. Sound Waves
   1. Production and Motion of Sound Waves
   2. Reflection and Refraction of Sound Waves
   3. Interference of Sound Waves
9. Atoms and their parts as Waves and Particles.

Physics 104

Physics 104: Topics

1. Geometrical Optics
   1. Mirrors
      1. Light rays
      2. Ray diagrams
      3. Objects and images
      4. Converging Mirrors
      5. Diverging Mirrors
   2. Lenses
      1. Objects and images
      2. Converging lenses
      3. Diverging lenses
      4. Lens systems
2. Electricity
   1. A building the concepts
      1. Batteries, Bulbs and Capacitors
      2. Modeling
      3. Analogies
      4. Relationships between variables
   2. Applications
3. Motion
   1. Displacement.
      1. Physical location
      2. Graphs of displacement vs. time
   2. Velocity
      1. Definition
      2. Graphs of motion
   3. Acceleration
      1. Definition and concept
      2. Graphs of acceleration
   4. Kinematics Equations
4. General Skills
   1. Proportional Reasoning
   2. Proportions and Graphs
   3. Trigonometry
   4. Vectors
   5. Physical Modeling
   6. Mathematical Representations

Physics 105

Physics 105: Topics

1. Geometrical Optics
   1. Light
      1. Sources and the light ray.
      2. Seeing (vs. Looking)
      3. Reflection, transmission and absorption.
      4. Objects
      5. Shadows
   2. Light, Objects, and seeing
      1. Multiple and Diffuse Sources, Directional Lighting,
      2. Field of View
      3. Field of View
      4. Perspective
      5. Parallax
      6. binocular Vision and Depth Perception
   3. Mirrors
      1. Plane Mirrors
      2. Law of reflection
      3. Partial mirrors
      4. Imaging with Plane Mirrors
      5. Curved Mirrors
      6. Imaging with Curved Mirrors
      7. Specular Surfaces
   4. Lenses
      1. Refraction
      2. Objects and images
      3. Converging lenses
      4. Diverging lenses
   5. Color in Light
      1. The spectrum and Wavelength
      2. Thermal (Continuous) Sources
      3. Atomic (Line) Sources
      4. Other sources (LEDs, CFLs, etc)
      5. Color Temperature Origins
      6. Ultra Violet and Infra Red Light
   6. Additive Mixing
      1. Mixing Primaries
      2. Visual Response
      3. Shadows With Multiple Sources
      4. Hue, Saturation, Brightness
   7. Subtractive Mixing
      1. Absorption of Colors by Pigments
      2. Subtractive Mixing
      3. Visual Response – Cromaticity Diagram
      4. Hue, Saturation, Brightness
      5. Flourescence

Physics 109

Physics 109: Topics

• The Scientific Method and Problem Solving
• Introduction to Magnetism
• Magnetic Data Storage
• Introduction to Basic Electricity
• Simple Circuits
• Troubleshooting Circuits
• Integrated Circuits
• Digital Logic
• Analogue to Digital Conversion
• Group Project; Data Transmission and Interference
• Group Project; Test of Project

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Last Updated August 3, 2018