Physics 152: Principles of Physics

Westminster College

Spring 2010

• Instructor
  • Dr. Douglas Armstead
  • Hoyt 124
  • 724-946-7201 or x7201
  • armstedn@westminster.edu
  
  
• Lecture
  • Hoyt 116
  • Monday, Wednesday & Friday
  • 9:20-10:20 a.m.
  • Course Syllabus
  
  
• Lab
  • Hoyt 104
  • Tuesday
  • 2:00-5:00 p.m.
  • Laboratories
  
  
• Text
  • Authors: Cummings, Laws, Redish, and Cooney
  • Title: Understanding Physics
  • Edition: 1st
  • Publisher: Wiley
  
  
• Homework
• Reports
• Course Supplementals
  • Some useful interactive physics simulations from the repository at The University of Colorado at Boulder. You will need a current version of java to run them. They are free to share but not to sell.
  • A game that uses charged objects to move a charged puck around.
  • Interactive simulator of electric fields.
  • Interactive simulator of DC circuits.
  • Looking for summer work? Do science and get paid. The National Science Foundation funds research opportunities aimed at undergraduates at many universities. To see what is available search for what interests you at the NSF REU search engine.
  • Interested in reading about experiements done one magnetic monopole analogs? Read this article that Daniel Giles pointed out.
  • Practice Exams:
    • For chapters 22-25 here is the practice exam 1 with solutions as well as a former exam 1 and its solutions.
    • For chapters 26-28 here is the practice exam 2 with solutions as well as a former exam 2 and its solutions.
    • Practice exam 3 and solutions.
    • former exam 3.
    • Practice exam 4 with solutions as well as a former exam 4 and its solutions.
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