Physics 101 - Astronomy - Spring 2019

Class notes

These brief class notes complement the material in your textbook. You will have to look at the textbook to see most of the figures. PowerPoint presentations, prepared by Dr. Davies, are available at this web location:
http://faculty.wiu.edu/BM-Davies/phys101notes/
and you are welcome to download them and print them for additional notes. The .wav files are the audio recordings of my presentation on the indicated day. Links will be made active as I post the notes to this web site.

                       Tuesday                         Thursday

Week 1          Jan. 15 (Ch. 1-2)           Jan. 17 (Ch. 4)
                      (wav file 5MB)              (wav file 17MB)

Week 2          Jan. 22 (Ch. 4)               Jan. 24 (Ch. 2)             Study guide for Exam 1
                      (wav file 10MB)            (wav file 16MB)

Week 3          Jan. 29  (Ch. 3)              Jan. 31 (Ch. 5)
                      (wav file 14MB)            (wav file 16MB)

Week 4          Feb. 5 EXAM 1 (Ch. 1-4)    Feb. 7 (Ch. 5-6)
                      (no audio)                             (wav file 16MB)

Week 5          Feb. 12 no class             Feb. 14 (Ch. 7)
                      Lincoln's Birthday          (wav file 16MB)

Week 6          Feb. 19 - Movie # 1      Feb. 21 (Ch. 9)           Study guide for Exam 2
                      assignment                     sorry no audio

Week 7          Feb. 26 - Paper due      Feb. 28  EXAM 2 (Chapters 5-10)
                      (wav file 15MB)

Week 8          Mar. 5 (Ch. 11)             Mar. 7 (Ch. 12)
                      (wav file 15MB)           (wav file 15MB)

Spring Break  March 11 - 15

Week 9          Mar. 19 (Ch. 12-13)     Mar. 21 (Ch. 13)
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Week 10        Mar. 26 (Ch. 14)           Mar. 28 (Ch. 15)          Study guide for Exam 3
                      (wav file 17MB)           (wav file 15MB)

Week 11        Apr. 2 (Ch. 16)              Apr. 4  EXAM 3 (Chapters 11-16)
                      (wav file 16MB)

Week 12        Apr. 9 (Ch. )                  Apr. 11 - Movie # 2
                      (wav file 16MB)              assignment

Week 13        Apr. 16 (Ch. )               Apr. 18 (Ch. ) - Paper due   Study guide for Exam 4
                      (wav file 11MB)           (wav file 15MB)

Week 14        Apr. 23 (Ch. )                Apr. 25  EXAM 4 (Chapters 17-24)
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Week 15        Apr. 30 (Ch. )                May 2 (Ch. )   (No study guide, just see the notes for this week.)
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For homework related to the Apr. 30 class, see the instructions.

You may write another short paper for extra credit, see the instructions.

FINAL EXAM - Tuesday, May 7 at 3:00 p.m. - This will be a comprehensive exam over all the material, Ch. 1 through 29.