Spring 2012     PHYS 105     Course Calendar
Date		Topic	experiments	equipment
24-Jan	Tues	inquiry and science education standards
25-Jan	Wed	basic concepts of balancing	1.1, 1.2, 1.3	pegboard balance,
26-Jan	Thur	units of mass, further principles of balancing	2.1, 2.2, 2.3	hex nuts, paper clips
31-Jan	Tues	prediction and planning experiments	2.1, 2.2, 2.3
1-Feb	Wed	control of variables	2.4, 2.5, 2.6
2-Feb	Thur	modelling physical situations	2.7, 2.9, 2.10
7-Feb	Tues	modelling and mathematical description	2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 2.15
8-Feb	Wed	seesaw balances, measurements of mass	3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4	ruler, fulcrum
9-Feb	Thur	equal arm balance	3.6, 3.7, 3.8	equal arm balance
14-Feb	Tues	uncertainty	4.1, 4.2, 4.3	mass set
15-Feb	Wed	ability to compare values with uncertainty	4.4, 4.5, 4.6
16-Feb	Thur	operational definitions	5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4
21-Feb	Tues	further work with operational definitions	5.5, 5.6, 5.7
22-Feb	Wed	basic concepts of volume	6.1, 6.2	cm3 cubes
23-Feb	Thur	displacement	6.3, 6.4, 6.5
28-Feb	Tues	measuring uncertainty	6.6, 6.7, 6.8
29-Feb	Wed	volume comparisons	6.10, 6.11, 6.12
1-Mar	Thur	Examination #1
6-Mar	Tues	***no class*** - Spring Break
7-Mar	Wed	***no class*** - Spring Break
8-Mar	Thur	***no class*** - Spring Break
13-Mar	Tues	changes in mass and volume	7.1, 7.2, 7.3
14-Mar	Wed	conservation of mass	7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
15-Mar	Thur	pure substances and proportional reasoning	9.1, 9.2
20-Mar	Tues	measurements of densities	11.1, 12.1
21-Mar	Wed	density of water and of a gas	11.3, 11.4
22-Mar	Thur	sinking and floating	12.2, 12.3
27-Mar	Tues	interpreting algebraic expressions	12.5, 12.6, 12.7
28-Mar	Wed	less / more dense than water	12.8, 12.10, 12.11
29-Mar	Thur	plotting experimental data, calculating slope	13.1 - 13.6
3-Apr	Tues	Examination #2
4-Apr	Wed	Private Universe / Minds of Their Own	Volume II
5-Apr	Thur	single bulb circuits	1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
10-Apr	Tues	conductors and insulators	1.6, 1.8, 1.9
11-Apr	Wed	circuit diagrams	1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14
12-Apr	Thur	models for electric current	2.1, 2.2, 2.3
17-Apr	Tues	series circuits	2.4, 2.5
18-Apr	Wed	parallel circuits	2.6, 2.7
19-Apr	Thur	indicator bulbs and test circuits	3.1, 3.2
24-Apr	Tues	understanding the paths of a circuit	3.3, 3.4
25-Apr	Wed	complicated circuits	3.5, 3.6
26-Apr	Thur	extending the model for electric current	3.7, 3.8, 3.10
1-May	Tues	combined parallel and series circuits	4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
2-May	Wed	on/off circuits for testing	4.5, 4.6, 4.7
3-May	Thur	switched circuits	4.12, 4.13, 4.14
10-May	Thur	Final Examination, 1-3 pm