Dave's Physics Archives - Spr 1999 to Spr 2000

The tables provide archival links to Dave Smith's weekly Puzzlers, weekly NetResearch projects, and weekly Laboratory exercises that have appeared on the University of the Virgin Islands WebPhysics page for the Spring of 1999 to the Spring of 2000. Entries are designated with a brief description and are in the chronological order that they appeared during the semester.

Although many entries have the same or similar descriptions, they may represent modified or alternative versions. Note that outside links contained within the NetResearch projects are not updated and some may no longer exist. Later versions may be found the more recent archives and thus will have the most up-to-date links.

All written materials and graphics (unless otherwise noted) were created by Dave Smith. Feel free to use them in any educational capacity, provided you don't make any money from it. Happy Surfing!

 Fall 97 to Fall 98 

PHY 211
PHY 242
PHY 341/51
NSC 101

  Spring 99 to Spring 00  

PHY 241/242
PHY 311
SCI 301

  Spring 01 to Present 

PHY 211/212
PHY 321

 

SCI 301 Applications of Science -- Spring 2000 / Fall 2000

  PUZZLER LABORATORY
1 Fingers and stick Forces and Torques
2 Falling house Concrete Lab I
3 Collapsing walkway Stress/Strain Lab I
4 I-beam Stress/Strain Lab II
5 Bulb brightness Circuits
6 Service panel Electrical Appliances
7 Pump and light Battery Construction
8 Generator problem Magnetism and Motors
9 Glasses on scales Fluids
10 Sewer smell Rainfall Statistics
11 Disappearing cloud Photovoltaics
12 PV panel Concrete Lab II
13 House thermodynamics  
14 Compressed methane  
15 Spoiled wine  
16 Double beam  
17 Fan stuck on  
18 Brick in toilet  

PHYSICS 242 General Physics II -- Fall 1999

WEEK PUZZLER NET RESEARCH LABORATORY
1 Reversing charge attraction Lightning Electrostatics
2 Flux through a cube Coulomb and Gauss Electric Field Mapping
3 Cube of charges Electric fields Resistance
4 Electrical circuit Edison RC Circuit / Kirchoff Challenge
5      
6 Capacitor and dielectric Tesla Exam I
7 Charge in a magnetic field The Aurora Magnetic Fields and Induction
8 Falling magnet Theremin WAPA field trip
9 DC LRC w/bulb Microwaves AC LRC circuits
10 Loop antenna Refraction Exam II
11 Refraction of sound Fiber Optics  
12 Disappearing glass Telescopes Optics Exploration
13 Moon reflection Vision G.T. Woods Patents
14 Interference Holography Exam III
15 Relativistic spacing MRI Spectral analysis
16     Final Exam

PHYSICS 311 Classical Mechanics I -- Spring 1999

WEEK PUZZLER SPECIAL INTEREST PROBLEM
1 Rotations Surface representation
2 Tensors Rotation matrix
3 Projectile with air resistance Sinusoidal force
4 Growing raindrop Interplanetary travel
5 F = -kx3 rocket liftoff
6 Phase diagrams Underdamped oscillator
7 Shell planet Square World
8 1/r gravity Freefall through a shell planet
9 Accelerated pendulum Motorcycle cage
10 Energy and orbital shapes Reduced mass
11    
12 Gravity assist Waste dumpng in space
13 Spool and Rope Unrolling toilet roll
14 Weight of an hourglass Motion on a rotating platform

PHYSICS 241 General Physics I -- Spring 1999

WEEK PUZZLER NET RESEARCH LABORATORY
1 A mole of molecules Standards of Measurements Measurements and Errors
2 Triple scalar product Navigation Freefall and Human Acceleration
3 Long freefall Acceleration Projectile Launch
4 Air resistance Rockets Exam I
5 Banked road Solar Energy Acc Post-Mortem
6 Cushion springs More Energy Conservation of Energy
7 Head-on collision Roller Coasters Conservation of Momentum
8 Climb for ice cream Commerce in Space Exam II
9 Spool and rope UVI Charter Day Angular Momentum
10 Cylinder/hoop race Gravitation Cantilever
11      
12 Double pendulum Foucault Pendulum Pendulum
13 Boat and brick Hurricanes Fluids
14 Coffee and cream Entropy Exam III
15     Heat and Temperature

Fall 97 to Fall 98 Spring 99 to Spring 00 Spring 01 to Present

 

Please email questions or comments to: dsmith@uvi.edu