Physics 221

Syllabus

Spring semester 2008

Class notes

Chap 4
page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6
Chap 5
page 7 page 8 page 9 page 10 page 11
Chaps 6 and 7
page 12 page 13 page 14 page 15 page 16 page 17
Chap 8
page 18 page 19 page 20 page 21 page 22
Chap 9
page 23 page 24 page 25 page 26 page 27 page 28
Chap 10
page 29 page 29a page 30 page 31 page 32 page 33 page 34
Chap 11
page 35 page 36 page 37 page 38 page 39 page 40
Chap 12
page 41 page 42 page 43 page 44 page 45 page 46 page 47 page 48
Chap 13
page 49 page 50 page 51 page 52 page 53 page 54 page 55
Chap 14 (will not be covered in class or in the exams)
page 56 page 57 page 58 page 59 page 60 page 61 page 62 page 63 page 64 page 65 page 66 page 67 page 68 page 69 page 70
Chap 2
page 71 page 72
Chap 3
page 73 page 74 page 75
Chap 15
page 75a page 76 page 77 page 78 page 79 page 80 page 81 page 82
Chap 16
page 83 page 84 page 85 page 86

Homework

Homework 1 due 1/18
Homework 2 due 1/25
Homework 3 due 2/1
No homework due 2/8. Instead, do the sample exam (no credit)
Homework 4 due 2/15
Here is a problem worth 5 points that will be added to your score on Exam 1
Extra-credit problem
Homework 5 due 2/22
Homework 6 due 2/29
Homework 7 due 3/7
Homework 8 due 3/21
Homework 9 due 3/28
Homework 10 due 4/04
Homework 11 due 4/11
Homework 12 due 4/18 (This is the LAST homework!)

Sample Exams

Sample First Hour Exam

solution 1 solution 2 solution 3

Sample Second Hour Exam

Sample Final Exam

Sample Final Exam

Homework Solutions

solution 1-1 solution 1-2
solution 2-1 solution 2-2 solution 2-3
solution 3-1 solution 3-2
solution 4-1 solution 4-2 solution 4-3
solution 5-1
solution 6-1 solution 6-2
solution 7-1 solution 7-2
solution 8-1 solution 8-2
solution 9-1 solution 9-2 solution 9-3
solution 10-1 solution 10-2 solution 10-3
solution 11-1 solution 11-2
solution 12-1 solution 12-2 solution 12-3

Exam Solutions

exam 1 solution
extra credit 1 solution
exam 2 solution
exam 3 solution

Final Exam

The final exam will be given 4:00 to 7:00 PM on Monday May 5, 2008.

How'm I doing?

As of April 25
This is a spreadsheet with everyone's scores, but with the names in code.
You have to send me your secret name of not more than six letters (no numbers please)
to decode where you are on the spreadsheet.
Homework scores are scaled to be out of 10 points maximum.
Composite score is scaled to be a percentage by scaling homework to 25% and exams to 75%.
Here's how the class is doing in composite percentage as of April 25.