Week 2:
Mon 3 Sep, no recitation meetings (Labor Day)
Tue 4 Sep, Lecture #3: Force and Work
Thu 6 Sep, Lecture #4: Oscillators
Reading: Romer Ch. 2, esp. 2.9
Homework: Keep working on HW #1, especially second part on Mechanical
Energy
Week 3:
Mon 10 Sep, HW #1 due, go over Working with Numbers, Motion, and Mechanical
Energy
Tue 11 Sep, Lecture #5: Power
Thu 13 Sep, Lecture #6: Electrical Current and
Voltage
Reading: Romer Ch. 4 (Power), 8.1-8.4 (Electricity)
Homework: Work on HW #2 (Force and Work, Oscillators)
Week 4:
Mon 17 Sep, HW #2 due, go over Mechanical Energy and Oscillators
Tue 18 Sep, Lecture #7: Circuits and Electrical
Energy
Thu 20 Sep, Lecture #8: Magnets, Motors &
Generators
Reading: Romer 8.5, 8.7 (Circuits), 9.1 - 9.3 (Magnets, Motors &
Generators)
Homework: Study for Mid-term exam #1
Week 5:
Mon 24 Sep, Mid-term exam #1 on topics through Lecture #5
Tue 25 Sep, Lecture #9: Electrical Power
Thu 27 Sep, no lecture (Yom Kippur holiday)
Reading: Romer 9.3, 9.4
Homework: Work on HW #3 (Electricity)
Week 6:
Mon 1 Oct, HW #3 due, go over Electricity
Tue 2 Oct, Lecture #10: Electrochemical Energy
Thu 4 Oct, Lecture #11: Atoms, Molecules, and
Chemical Energy
Reading: Romer 8.4, Chapter 12
Homework: Work on HW #4 (Electrical Energy and Power)
Week 7:
Mon 8 Oct, HW #4 due, go over Electrical Energy and Power
Tue 9 Oct, Lecture #12: Combustion and Heat
Thu 11 Oct, Lecture #13: The 1st Law of Thermodynamics
Reading: Romer Chapter 12 plus Appendix H, Chapter 6
Homework: Work on HW #5 (Chemical Energy)
Week 8:
Mon 15 Oct, HW #5 due, go over Chemical Energy
Tue 16 Oct, Lecture #14: What is Energy?
Thu 18 Oct, Lecture #15: Nuclear Energy
Reading: Romer 6.5, Chapter 13, 14.1 and 15.5
Homework: Work on HW #6 (Heat and 1st Law)
Week 9:
Mon 22 Oct, HW #6 due, go over Heat and 1st Law
Tue 23 Oct, Lecture #16: Light Energy
Thu 25 Oct, Lecture #17: Energetics of Ecology
Reading: Romer Chapter 11, 16.1
Homework: Study for Mid-term exam #2
Week 10:
Mon 29 Oct: Mid-term exam #2, on topics through Lecture #14
Tue 30 Oct, Lecture #18: Energetics of Metabolism
Thu 1 Nov, Lecture #19: Human Energetics
Reading: Handout
Homework: Work on HW #7 (Nuclear Energy, Light, Ecology)
Week 11:
Mon 5 Nov, HW #7 due, go over Nuclear Energy, Light, and Ecology
Tue 6 Nov, Lecture #20: Gases and Temperature
Thu 8 Nov, Lecture #21: States of Matter
Reading: Romer 6.1, 6.5
Homework: Work on HW #8 (Biological Energetics)
Week 12:
Mon 12 Nov, HW #8 due, go over Biological Energetics
Tue 13 Nov, Lecture #22: Heat Engines
Thu 15 Nov, Lecture #23: Real Engine Cycles
Reading: Romer 7.1, 7.2
Homework: Work on HW #9 (Gases, Temperature, and States of Matter)
Week 13:
Mon 19 Nov, HW #9 due, go over Gases, Temperature, and States of Matter
Tue 20 Nov, Lecture #24: Work from Heat
Thu 22 Nov, no lecture (Thanksgiving holiday)
Reading: Romer 7.2
Homework: Work on HW #10 (Engines)
Week 14:
Mon 26 Nov, HW #10 due, go over Engines
Tue 27 Nov, Lecture #25: Energy Crisis
Thu 29 Nov, Lecture #26: Energy Crisis Solutions
Reading: Romer 1.3, Chapter 10, 16 and dip into Chapters 14, 15
Homework: Work on HW #11, research on Energy in Society
Week 15:
Mon 3 Dec, HW #11 due, discuss Energy in Society
Tue 4 Dec, Lecture #27: Impossible Energy Solutions
Thu 6 Dec, Lecture #28: Review for Final Exam
Reading and Homework: Study for Final Exam
Wed 12 Dec, 7:15 - 9:15 p.m.: FINAL EXAM