Natural Science 151 Course Outline

Week 1:  Intro. Force and motion. [Hobson, chapter 1]

Week 2:  Atoms and chemistry. Radioactivity. [Ch. 2 and some of Ch. 15]

            Lab 1: Math review.

Week 3:  Newtonian motion. [Ch 3,4,5]

            Lab 2, Radioactivity, first group.

Week 4:  Energy. [Ch 6,7]

            Lab 2, second group.

Week 5:  Waves and light.  [Ch 8,9]

            Lab 3, Wave properties, first group.

Week 6:  Nuclear structure. Binding energy. PE effect. [Ch 10,11]

            Lab 3, second group.

Week 7:  Quantum Mechanics. [Ch 13,14]

            Lab 4, Photoelectric effect, first group.

Week 8:  Quantum Mechanics.

            Lab 4, second group.

Week 9:  The atomic nucleus.  Particles. [Ch 15,16]

Week 10:  Astro-particle physics. [Ch 18]