Physics 111 Notes

Week #1

Here's a set of instructions for accessing the online homework: Mastering Physics.

Lab will NOT start this week.

Physics help center will start on Tuesday 1/9/2024 in ISEC120 from 7pm - 10pm.

Week #2

Physics help center will start on Tuesday 1/9/2024 in ISEC120 from 7pm - 10pm.

Pre-Lab exercises for Lab #1 will be collected at the start of lab on Thursday, 1/11/24. Please print out the answers/graphs to the prelab exercises or email yourself a .pdf file and you can print them in lab.

Lab #1 will be on Thursday, January 11, 2024.

Post Lab #1 is due on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 in class. Please print out the answers to the questions (or write them out) and the graphs/data for the experiment before the due date/time.

Week #3

There will be no lab this Thursday 1/18/24. Post lab #1 is due on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 in class. Please print out the answers to the questions (or write them out) and the graphs/data for the experiment before the due date/time.

Exam #1 will be on Friday, 1/19/24. The exam will have three problems with four sub-parts each for a total of twelve questions on the exam. Each problem will involve a combination of some problem solving and some short answer questions. The exam will cover Ch. 16 (sections 16.1 - 16.8, & 16.10), Ch. 17 (sections 17.1 - 17.5, 17.7 - 17.8) and Ch. 18 (sections 18.1 - 18.2).

Pre-Lab exercises for Lab #2 will be collected at the start of lab on Thursday, 1/25/24. Please print out the answers/graphs to the prelab exercises or email yourself a .pdf file and you can print them in lab.

Week #4

Lab #2 will be on Thursday, January 25, 2024.

Post Lab #2 is due on Wednesday, January 31, 2024 in class. Please print out the answers to the questions (or write them out) and the graphs/data for the experiment before the due date/time.

Pre-Lab exercises for Lab #3 will be collected at the start of lab on Thursday, 2/1/24. Please print out the answers/graphs to the prelab exercises or email yourself a .pdf file and you can print them in lab.

Week #5

Lab #3 will be on Thursday, February 1, 2024.

Post Lab #3 is due on Wednesday, February 7, 2024 in class. Please print out the answers to the questions (or write them out) and the graphs/data for the experiment before the due date/time.

Blank versions of some of the previous years exams have been uploaded to the exams page. This way you can practice on the blank version of the exam and then check your answers.

Week #6

Lab #4 will be on Thursday, February 8, 2024.

Exam #2 will be on Friday, 2/9/24. The exam will have three problems with four sub-parts each for a total of twelve questions on the exam. Each problem will involve some combination of problem solving and some short answer questions. The exam will cover Ch. 18 (sections 18.2 - 18.5, & 18.8), Ch. 19 (sections 19.2 - 19.3, 19.5 - 19.6, & 19.8), Ch. 20 (sections 20.1 - 20.6) and Ch. 21 (sections 21.1 - 21.4).

Week #7

Pre-Lab exercises for Lab #5 will be collected at the start of lab on Thursday, February 22, 2024. Please print out the answers/graphs to the prelab exercises or email yourself a .pdf file and you can print them in lab.

Week #8

Lab #5 will be on Thursday, January 22, 2024.

Power point presentation on The Eye.

Pre-Lab exercises for Lab #6 will be collected at the start of lab on Thursday, February 29, 2024. Please print out the answers/graphs to the prelab exercises or email yourself a .pdf file and you can print them in lab.

Week #9

Post Lab #5 is due on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 in class. Please print out the answers to the questions (or write them out) and the graphs/data for the experiment before the due date/time.

Lab #6 will be on Thursday, February 29, 2024.

Exam #3 will be on Friday, 3/1/24. The exam will have three problems with four sub-parts each for a total of twelve questions on the exam. Each problem will involve some combination of problem solving and some short answer questions. The exam will cover Ch. 21 (sections 21.1 - 21.4), Ch. 22 (sections 22.2 - 22.6), Ch. 23 (sections 23.1 & 23.4 - 23.23.9), Ch. 24 (section 24.10), Ch. 26 (sections 26.7 - 26.9), and Ch. 27 (sections 27.3 - 27.6).

Week #10

Post Lab #6 is due on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 in class. Please print out the answers to the questions (or write them out) and the graphs/data for the experiment before the due date/time.

Lab #7 will be on Thursday, February 7, 2024.

Power point presentation on Radioactive Dating.

Winter 2024Final Exam Information:

Date and time: Monday, March 18 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm in Wold 128

There will be 5 problems on the exam each worth 24 points. Each problem consists of three worked parts.

Each worked part is worth 8 points yielding 24 points for each problem.

The final exam is worth 120 points total.

Topics on the final:

1. Relativity, electric work, work-kinetic energy theorem, magnetic fields, magnetic forces and motion of charged particles in magnetic fields.

2. Light as a particle. Energy, momentum, frequency and wavelength of a photon. Nuclear decay and the radioactive decay law. Photoelectric and Compton effects.

3. Ohm's law and circuits. Resistors in series and parallel, resistor-capacitor circuits, discharging capacitors, magnetic fields from currents, electric current, electricfields, and electric potential.

4. Radioactive decay. Energy associated with decay particles, radioactive decay laws and radioactive dating.

5. Light as a wave. Reflection, refraction, critical angles in materials, lenses, thin lens equation, magnification, power of a lens.