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)
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15MB) (wav file
15MB)
Spring Break March 11 - 15
Week 9
Mar. 19 (Ch. 12-13) Mar. 21 (Ch.
13)
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14MB) (wav file
16MB)
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)
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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
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file 11MB) (wav
file 15MB)
Week 14
Apr. 23 (Ch. ) Apr. 25 EXAM 4 (Chapters 17-24)
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file 15MB)
Week 15
Apr. 30 (Ch. )
May 2 (Ch. )
(No study guide, just see the notes for this week.)
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file 15MB)
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file 12MB)
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.