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Physics For Teachers (PS.122 - §102, 2019 Fall => CRN 3671)
Class Meets in :    Science 179 ... Tue & thRs   6:30pm - 8:20pm
My office:   Science 159 (below ramp to 3rd Ave)     e-mail :   foltzc @ marshall.edu     phone :   (304) 696-2519

MasteringPhysics Course ID: MP122FOLTZ19F

Tentative Calendar of Activities

week of Tuesday Thursday
Aug.27 Syllabus and Next Generation Science Standards list
pre-tests in Math and Physics
location [m, in] - mass [kg, slug] or weight [N, lb] - time [s]
length and distance ... w/ metric prefixes
Area ... prefixes ... ft² & acres
Volume ... per Volume = density (mass density ρ)
weight is gravity pulling mass
balancing: equal-arm balance
Pressure Force F = P·A as support Force (to cancel gravity Forces)
spring Force ∝ stretch ; Buoyant Force ∝ immersed Volume
unequal-arm balance
mass moment "multiplication game"
Sep.03 atmospheric pressure
barometers (H20 vs Hg)
more pressure units: bar, torr, inch Hg
gauge pressure
compressed air
de-pressurized air
time ... rate and frequency
accumulations ... fluid Pressure as weight of all fluids above
travel rate: speed
velocity (directional)
relative velocity
"weighted" motion: momentum
Sep.10 total momentum (collisions)
momentum in bounces
spring Force (rubber-band scale calibration)
"soft" supports' pressure
friction Force
drag Force ... water-column barometer
1-side of a bounce
long-term unbalanced F
total mass
acceleration
average velocity w/ a
travel distance w/ a
Sep.17 circular path challenge
circle w/ cord and rails
spring (?)
banked curve
projectiles
Work by Force
Kinetic Energy
gravity Potential Energy
elastic PE and E conservation
PE graphs
dart-gun or rubber-band efficiency
bouciness efficiency
Sep.24 Power
stairs-climbing
car Power
Pressure as an Energy density
dart-gun Power
Energy trace-back
magnet Force
Gravitational Force
Gravitational PE
planetary gravity
orbit Gravity
stellar Gravity
Oct.01   :
Unit 1 Exam
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Unit 2 : Flow ; Electricity & Magnetism
mass flow rate ρ·v·A
electric charge
electric Force
induced dipole attraction
voltage and electric PE
capacitance
batteries
Oct.08 charge flow rate ρ v A (solar wind)
current in circuits
voltages add in series devices
currents add in parallel conductors
electric Power "loss"
LED's
solar cells as photodetector
transistors
magnetism from electric current
atoms as current loop (N-S dipole)
motor & generator
AC Power & transformers
Oct.15 step-up transformer w/ Crooke's tube
Crooke's tube w/ magnet
Hg fluorescent lamps
step-down transformer w/ rectifier
step-down to weld and deform
powerful capacitor discharge

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Unit 2 Exam
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Oct.22 Unit 3 : Oscillations & Waves
stable equilibrium PE curvature
ruler on desk-edge rapidity
mass-on-spring frequency
mass-on-rope pendulum
rod-on-hinge metronome
bobbing bobber
damped oscillator
impulse timing
coupled oscillators & resonance
mode-switching and normal modes
... Last Drop Friday
Oct.29 Transverse or Longitudinal wave pulses
Energy transfer via Tension
wave speed: Tension   cf   mass/length
repeat frequency => wavelength
wave reflection types
standing wave nodes & antinodes
water surface waves
Huygens' principle: velocity  |  wave-front
Energy spreads: intensity vs distance
wave speed: gravity cf depth ; "breakers" refract
diffraction after barrier
amplitude squared ; interference
Nov.05 sound waves
propagation: pressure cf density
reflection echoes ... standing waves in boxes
Energy ∝ frequency
open-closed pipes
overtone spectrum
beat frequency
2-source interference pattern
sound quality
octaves ; semitones & music scales
deciBel Intensity scale
dB calculations
Nov.12 Light sources: continuous or discrete; fluorescence shift
ROYGBV and the RGB display
reflected colors (addition)
absorbed colors (subtraction)
Intensity vs. distance
brightness examples
light reflection from smooth conductors partial reflection & polarization
reflection image: image location & orientation
2nd images ; kaleidoscope
convex (large field-of-view) mirrors
virtual image size & angular magnification
concave (magnifying) mirrors
Nov.19 light refraction at surface
apparent depth (water)
undeflected thru flat window
deflection angle thru prism
wavelength dispersion
rainbows
concave (image proximity) lenses
focusing power "diopter"
convex lenses as magnifier
convex real images => Focal Length
convex image brightness (f-ratio)
image resolution
Nov.26 :
Fall Break
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Thanksgiving Break
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Dec.03 laser sources
Newton's rings
oil slicks & soap bubbles
2-slit interference
interference by gratings
2-d light interference & holograms
reserved for
spill-over
topics

if there aren't any . . .
review?
Dec.10   :
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Unit 3 Exam & Final Exam
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