University of Virginia Department of Physics

Physics 606: How Things Work II
A Distance Learning Course for K-12 Teachers
in Physical Science and its Applications
 

Summer 2004 Schedule

Instructor: Prof. James H. Andrews
Email: jha7m@virginia.edu
Text: How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life, 2nd edition, by Louis A. Bloomfield
ISBN 0-471-38151-9, Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Registration Deadline: June 1, 2004
June 1, Tues. CD 1, Lecture 1 Introduction and Skating Chapter 1
June 2, Wed. CD 1, Lecture 2 Falling Balls Chapter 1
June 3, Thurs. CD 1, Lecture 3 Falling Balls II Chapter 1
June 4, Fri. CD 1, Lecture 4 Force and Work
 Chapter 2
June 7, Mon. CD 1, Lecture 5 Seesaws
 Chapter 2
June 8, Tues. CD 1, Lecture 6 Seesaws II
 Chapter 2
June 9, Wed. CD 1, Lecture 7 Wheels
 Chapter 2
June 10, Thurs.  CD 2, Lecture 8 Bumper Cars
 Chapter 2
June 11 Fri.  (HW 1) CD 2, Lecture 9, 10 Electronic Air Cleaners,  Electronic Air Cleaners II
 Chapter 8
June 14, Mon. CD 2, Lecture 11 Xerographic Copiers  last 4.5 minutes (11.2 MB)
 Chapter 8
June 15, Tues.  CD 2, Lecture 12 Xerographic Copiers II
 Chapter 8
June 16, Wed. CD 2, Lecture 13 Magnetically Levitated Trains
 Chapter 8
June 18, Fri. CD 2, Lecture 14 Magnetically Levitated Trains II
 Chapter 8
June 21, Mon..    
 CD 2  Lecture 15
 Flashlights  last 8.5 minutes (20.8 MB)
 Chapter 8
June 22, Tues. (HW 2)
 CD 2, Lecture 16
  Power Distribution
 Chapter 9
June 23, Wed. CD 3, Lecture 17 Power Distribution II
 Chapter 9
June 25, Fri. CD 3, Lecture 18 Tape Recorders
 Chapter 9
June 28, Mon.
June 29-July 1 (EXAM 1)
 CD 3, Lecture 19
WebAssign
 Review
Lectures 1-15
 Chapter 1, 2, 8 and 9
Chapters 1, 2, and 8
June 30, Wed. CD 3, Lecture 20 Audio Amplifiers
 Chapter 10
July 2, Fri.   CD 3, Lecture 21 Audio Amplifiers II
 Chapter 10
July 7, Wed. (HW 3) CD 3, Lecture 22 Computers
Chapter 10
July 9, Fri. CD 3, Lecture 23 Computers II and Radios
 Chapters 10,11
July 12, Mon.  CD 3, Lecture 24 Radios II
 Chapter 11
July 13, Tues. CD 4, Lecture 25 Television
 Chapter 11
July 14, Wed. CD 4, Lecture 26 Microwaves
 Chapter 11
July 16, Fri. (HW 4) CD 4, Lecture 27 Sunlight
 Chapter 12
July 19, Mon.
July 20-22 (EXAM 2)
 CD 4, Lecture 28
WebAssign
 Sunlight II
Lectures 16-26
 Chapter 12
Chapters 9, 10, and 11
July 21, Wed. CD 4, Lecture 29 Fluorescent Lights
 Chapter 12
July 23, Fri
CD 4, Lecture 30
 Fluorescent Lights II
 Chapter 12
July 26, Mon.
 CD 4, Lecture 31
 Lasers
 Chapter 12
July 27, Tues. CD 4, Lecture 32 Cameras
 Chapter 13
July 28, Wed. CD 5, Lecture 33 Optical Recording & Communications
 Chapter 13
July 30, Fri. (HW 5)
Due  EXAM 3
 CD 5, Lecture 34
Email 9:00 AM
 Knives & Steel
Lectures 27-33
 Chapter 16 (Web)
Chapters 12, and 13
Aug. 2, Mon. CD 5, Lecture 35 Knives & Steel II & Windows & Glass
 Chapter 16 (Web)
Aug. 3, Tues.  CD 5, Lecture 36 Windows & Glass II & Plastics
 Chapter 16 (Web)
Aug. 4, Wed. CD 5, Lecture 37 Plastics II & Nuclear Weapons
 Chapter 14
Aug. 6, Fri. CD 5, Lecture 38 Nuclear Weapons II
 Chapter 14
Aug. 9, Mon. (HW 6) CD 5, Lecture 39 Medical Imaging and Radiation
 Chapter 14
Aug. 10, Tues.  CD 5, Lecture 40 Final review
 Chapter 1,2, 8-14,16
Aug. 12-14,  FINAL WebAssign
 Lectures 1-40 Weighted more on Lectures 26 - 40
 Chapter 1,2, 8-14,16




Revised June 23, 2004.