Introduction

News

Physics Topics

• Fall 2009
• Syllabus and Tentative class schedule, including debate topics
• Fall Topics
• Discussion topics for the Fall 2009 semester
• Discussion 1 - responses so far
• Discussion 2 - responses so far
• Discussion 3 - responses so far
• Discussion 4 - responses so far
• Discussion 5 - responses so far
• Discussion 6 - responses so far
• Winter 2010
• Winter Topics
• Discussion topics for the Winter 2010 semester
• Debate topics for the Winter 2010 semester
• Debate timing
• Debate teams (decided on first day of classes Winter 2010 semester)

Syllabus etc

• You can get a copy of the syllabus here.
• Scott's English web site for this course
• Answers to the Pre-Test

Assignments

• Fall 2009
• Assignment 1 - Answers
• Assignment 2 - Answers
• Assignment 3 - Answers
• Assignment 4 - due Wednesday October 14^th 2009.
• Assignment 5 - Answers
• Winter 2010
• Assignment 1  - due January 6^th 2010 (this assignment will count for both the English and Physics sections of the course)
• Appendix to assignment 1

Discussion Questions

• Fall 2009

Library Resources - Fall 2008 and Winter 2009

The following books have been placed on reserve at the library
• "Physics", James S. Walker, 2^nd ed. See in particular chapters 31 and 32.
• "Modern Physics", Bernstein, Fishbane, and Gasiorowicz. See in particular chapters 1 and 15.
• "Conceptual Physics", Paul G. Hewitt, 9^th ed. See in particular chapters 32-34.
• "Conceptual Physics", Paul G. Hewitt, 10^th ed. (2 copies) See in particular chapters 32-34.
• "Physics: A Window on our World", Jay Bolemon, 3rd ed.  See in particular chapters 27 and 28.
• "Physics: The Nature of Things", Susan M. Lea and John Robert Burke. See in particular chapter 36.

Internet Resources

• Glossary of Terms
• Periodic tables
• University of Akron
• Los Alamos
• The Berkeley Laboratory Isotopes Project's
• EnvironmentalChemistry.com
• Periodic Table of Elements
• Practice Questions for Radioactive Decay
• Help on the mathematics of logarithms and exponentials