PHYSICS WITH ADVANCED TOPICS

Trimester 1, PH352 SYLLABUS

NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

 

WEEK

TOPICS COVERED

WALKER READING

TWTW READING

 

 

chapter (sections)

pages in 1st edition

 

 

 

(pages in New edition)

0

Preface (To the Student; In-Chapter Learning Tools/End-of-Chapter Learning Tools/Companion Website)

xxxv-xlv

 

 

intro to physics; units; significant figures

1(1-5)

 

 

 

 

 

1

One-dimensional d-v-a-t graphs;

2(1-2)

 

 

 

 

 

2

One-dimensional d-v-a-t

2(3-7)

 

 

problem solving

 

 

 

 

 

 

3-4

Two-dimensional d-v-a-t

4

 

 

problem solving

 

 

 

trig and vectors

3

 

 

 

 

 

5

Newton's laws

5(1-4)

 

 

force diagram problems

5(4-7)

58-65, 86-93

 

 

 

 

6

Force diagrams; friction 

6(1)

(54-61, 82-89)

 

Force diagrams; inclines

6(2-4)

14 - 22(10-18)

 

 

 

 

7

circular motion

6(5)

 

 

 

 

 

8

circular motion, gravity

12(1-3)

 

 

 

 

 

9

conservation of momentum

9(1-5)

 

 

center of mass

9(7)

 

 

 

 

 

10

work and kinetic energy

7, 8(1-2)

22-27, 34-51, 66-71

 

 

 

 

11

conservation of energy

8(3-5, 9(5-6))

(18-23, 30-47, 62-67)

 

 

 

 


PHYSICS WITH ADVANCED TOPICS

Trimester 2, PH354 SYLLABUS

 

NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

 

 

WEEK

TOPICS COVERED

WALKER READING

TWTW READING

 

 

chapter (sections)

pages in 1st edition

 

 

 

(pages in New edition)

1-2

static electricity

19(1-2)

 

 

Coulomb's electrostatic law

19(3)

282-284(262-263)

 

forces and fields

19(3-7)

 

 

 

 

 

3

electric energy and voltage difference

20

286, 288-289

(266, 268-269)

4-5

electric circuits

21

287(267)

 

electric circuits, continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

magnetic fields and forces

22

294-299(274-279)

 

magnetic induction

23

300-305, 322-323

 

 

 

 

7-8

simple harmonic motion

13

 

 

(springs and pendulums)

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

introduction to waves

14(1-3)

186-189(176-177)

 

wave interference; standing waves

14(7-9)

 

 

 

 

 

10

the wave nature of sound; music

14(4-6,8)

230-235(218-223)

 

 

 

 

11

the wave nature of light 

25

 

 

interference & diffraction of light

28