PHYS 1090 Reading Guides

These are guides to help you get the most from your reading. The date given is the date of the lesson covering the material in a reading. It is recommended that you read the material before class.

The guides are available in HTML and PDF formats. The HTML version is the most convenient to read from a web browser. If you wish to print out a guide, the PDF version will give the most readable format.

Date	Topic	Pages	Guides
Aug 24	1.  Science as a way of learning	P ch. 1	[HTML] [PDF]
Aug 26, 28, 31	2.  Newton’s First and Second Laws	P ch. 2	[HTML] [PDF]
Sep 2, 4, 9, 11	3.  Momentum and Energy	P Ch. 6–10	[HTML] [PDF]
Sep 14, 16, 18	4.  Fluids	C ch. 6	[HTML] [PDF]
Sep 21, 23, 25	5.  Heat and Temperature	C Ch. 5, 6, 10	[HTML] [PDF]
Sep 28, 30, Oct 2	6.  Electricity and Magnetism	P Ch. 12, 13, 15, 17, 18	[HTML] [PDF]
Oct 5, 7, 9	7.  Waves and Sound	none
Oct 12, 14, 16	8.  Light and Optics	none
Oct 19, 21, 23	9.  Nuclei and Atoms	C Ch. 1, 2	[HTML] [PDF]
Oct 26, 28	10.  Physical Changes and Mixtures	C Ch. 7	[HTML] [PDF]
Oct 30	Labor 2 Presentations
Nov 2, 4, 6	11.  Chemical Bonding	C Ch. 3	[HTML] [PDF]
Nov 9, 11, 13	12.  Reaction Heat and Equilibrium	C Ch. 4, 5, 8	[HTML] [PDF]
Nov 16, 18	13a.  Acids and Bases	C Ch. 9	[HTML] [PDF]
Nov 20, 23	13b.  Oxidation and Reduction	C Ch. 4, 11	[HTML] [PDF]
Nov 25–27	Thanksgiving Break
Nov 30, Dec 2, 4	14.  Organic Compounds	C Ch. 12	[HTML] [PDF]
Dec 9	Final: labor 3 Presentations, 3:30–5:30 PM

Reading Texts: P = Gonick and Huffman, The Cartoon Guide to Physics; C = Gonick and Criddle, The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry.