Physics 111 Notes
Week #1
Here's a set of instructions for accessing the online homework: Mastering Physics.
There will be no lab on Tuesday, September 9, 2025 (week #1).
The schedule for the lab as well as the individual experiments can be found on the laboratory webpage
Physics study center will start on Tuesday, Septemer 9, 2025 in ISEC120 from 7pm - 10pm.
Quiz #1 will be on Monday, September 8, 2025 and will cover forces and force diagrams from Phy110, vectors,& charge.
For all of the quizzes and exams you will be given a formula sheet. You may NOT use your own formula sheet. The formula sheet can be found here and on the exams page.
Week #2
Quiz #2 will be on Monday, September 15, 2025 and will cover electric force, electric field, the relation between electric force and electric field, and motion of charged particles in constant electric fields.
Lab will start on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 (week #2).
Physics study center runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays in ISEC120 from 7pm - 10pm.
Week #3
Exam #1 will be on Monday, September 22, 2025 and will cover charge, electric force, electric field, the relation between electric force and electric field, electric potential energy, electric potential, the relation between electric field and electric potential, capacitance, capacitors, and motion of charged particles in constant electric fields. In particular, the sections covered will be Ch. 20 (sections 20.1 - 20.5), Ch. 21 (sections 21.1 - 21.5 & 21.7 - 21.8), Ch. 22 (sections 22.1 - 22.2) and Ch. 23 (section 23.7). The exam will have three problems with four parts each and consist of worked problems and short answer questions.
There will be lab on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 (week #3).
Physics study center runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays in ISEC120 from 7pm - 10pm.
Week #4
Quiz #3 will be on Monday, September 29, 2025 and will cover RC circuits, including charging and discharging, and resistor circuits.
There will be lab on Tuesday, September 30, 2025 (week #4).
Physics study center runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays in ISEC120 from 7pm - 10pm.
Week #5
Quiz #4 will be on Monday, October 6, 2025 and will cover magnetic forces and fields, magnetic forces on charges, work and energy, and motion of charges in magnetic fields.
There will be lab on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 (week #5).
Physics study center runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays in ISEC120 from 7pm - 10pm.
Week #6
Physics study center runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays in ISEC120 from 7pm - 10pm.
Exam #2 will be on Monday, October 13, 2025 and will cover resistor-capacitor circuits, both charging and discharging, resistor ciruits, magnetic forces on charged particles, motion of charged particles in magnetic fields, magnetic forces on currents, sources of the magnetic field, magnetic fields from long straight wires, and Faraday's law. In particular, the sections covered will be KJF Chapters 22 (sections 22.4 - 22.6 ), 23 (sections 23.1 - 23.5 & 23.7), 24 (sections 24.1 - 24.6), & 25 (sections 25.1 - 25.4) The exam will have three problems with four parts each and consist of worked problems and short answer questions.
Week #7
Quiz #5 will be on Monday, October 20, 2025 and will cover light including intensity, radiation pressure, polarization, reflection and refraction.
Physics study center runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays in ISEC120 from 7pm - 10pm.
There will be no office hours on Wednesday 10/15/25 and Sunday 10/19/25.
Week #8
Quiz #6 will be on Monday, October 27, 2025 and will cover refraction and lenses.
Physics study center runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays in ISEC120 from 7pm - 10pm.
Presentation on The Eye (in ppt) or The Eye (in pdf).
Week #9
Week #10
Presentation on Radioactive Dating (in ppt) or Radioactive Dating (in pdf).
Fall 2025 Final Exam Information:
Date and time: Friday, November 14, 2025 from 8:30am - 10:30am 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.