University of Virginia Department of Physics
Physics 606: How Things Work II

(Home Study for Teachers)
Fall 2003 Schedule

  FINALIZED

Instructor: Prof. R. A. Lindgren
Office: 302 Physics Building
Phone: 434-982-2691
Email: ral5q@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: September 22, 2003
Sept. 22, Mon. CD 1, Lecture 1 Introduction and Skating Chapter 1
Sept.  24, Wed. CD 1, Lecture 2,3 Falling Balls , Falling Balls II Chapter 1
Sept. 26, Fri. CD 1, Lecture 4 Force and Work
Chapter 2
Sept. 29, Mon. CD 1, Lecture 5,6 Seesaws , Seesaws II
Chapter 2
Oct. 1,Wed. CD 1, Lecture 7 Wheels
Chapter 2
Oct. 3, Fri.  CD 2, Lecture 8 Bumper Cars
Chapter 2
Oct. 6, Mon.  (HW 1) CD 2, Lecture 9, 10 Electronic Air Cleaners,  Electronic Air Cleaners II
Chapter 8
Oct. 8, Wed. CD 2, Lecture 11 Xerographic Copiers 
Chapter 8
Oct. 10, Fri.  CD 2, Lecture 12 Xerographic Copiers II
Chapter 8
Oct. 13, Mon. CD 2, Lecture 13 Magnetically Levitated Trains
Chapter 8
Oct. 15, Wed. CD 2, Lecture 14 Magnetically Levitated Trains II
Chapter 8
Oct 17, Fri.    
CD 2  Lecture 15
Flashlights
Chapter 8
Oct. 20, Mon. (HW 2)
CD 2, Lecture 16
 Power Distribution
Chapter 9
Oct. 22, Wed. CD 3, Lecture 17 Power Distribution II
Chapter 9
Oct. 24, Fri. CD 3, Lecture 18 Tape Recorders
Chapter 9
Oct. 27, Mon.
Oct 28-30 (EXAM 1)
CD 3, Lecture 19
WebAssign
Review
Lectures 1-15
Chapter 1, 2, 8 and 9
Chapters 1, 2, and 8
Oct. 29, Wed. CD 3, Lecture 20 Audio Amplifiers
Chapter 10
Oct. 31, Fri.   CD 3, Lecture 21 Audio Amplifiers II
Chapter 10
Nov. 3, Mon. (HW 3) CD 3, Lecture 22 Computers
Chapter 10
Nov. 5, Wed CD 3, Lecture 23 Computers II and Radios
Chapters 10,11
Nov. 7, Fri.  CD 3, Lecture 24 Radios II
Chapter 11
Nov. 10, Mon. CD 4, Lecture 25 Television
Chapter 11
Nov. 12, Wed. CD 4, Lecture 26 Microwaves
Chapter 11
Nov. 14, Fri. (HW 4) CD 4, Lecture 27 Sunlight
Chapter 12
Nov. 17, Mon.
Nov 18-20 (EXAM 2)
CD 4, Lecture 28
WebAssign
Sunlight II
Lectures 16-26
Chapter 12
Chapters 9, 10, and 11
Nov. 19, Wed. CD 4, Lecture 29 Fluorescent Lights
Chapter 12
Nov. 21, Fri
CD 4, Lecture 30
Fluorescent Lights II
Chapter 12
Nov. 24, Mon.
CD 4, Lecture 31
Lasers
Chapter 12
Nov. 26, Wed. CD 4, Lecture 32 Cameras
Chapter 13
Nov. 28, Fri. CD 5, Lecture 33 Optical Recording & Communications
Chapter 13
Dec. 1, Mon. (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
Dec 3, Wed. CD 5, Lecture 35 Knives & Steel II & Windows & Glass
Chapter 16 (Web)
Dec. 5, Fri.  CD 5, Lecture 36 Windows & Glass II & Plastics
Chapter 16 (Web)
Dec. 8, Mon. CD 5, Lecture 37 Plastics II & Nuclear Weapons
Chapter 14
Dec. 10, Wed. CD 5, Lecture 38 Nuclear Weapons II
Chapter 14
Dec. 12, Fri. (HW 6) CD 5, Lecture 39 Medical Imaging and Radiation
Chapter 14
Dec. 15, Mon.  CD 5, Lecture 40 Final review
Chapter 1,2, 8-14,16
Dec. 16-18,  FINAL WebAssign
Lectures 1-40 Weighted more on Lectures 26 - 40
Chapter 1,2, 8-14,16





Revised August 18, 2003