Topics for the class

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCX78-8-q0
Just because it is cool.

8.28  Introduction; course philosophy

9.4  How things (don't) work

9.9  How things move, part 1: velocity, acceleration and the math of motion (1.1, 1.2)

9.11  How things move, part 2: Newton’s laws (1.2)

9.16  How things move, part 3:  Newton's laws redux (1.3)

9.18  How things move, part 4: kites and planes, Bernoulli’s principle (6.2, 6.3)

9.23  How things move in space, part 1: center of gravity; keeping time (4.1)

9.25  No class

9.30   How things move in space, part 2: gravitation; Earth and Moon (4.2)

10.2  How things move in space, part 3: orbits (4.2)

10.7  Exam 1

10.9  How things sound, part 1: waves and music (9.1, 9.2)

10.14  How things sound, part 2: musical instruments (9.2)

10.16  How things sound, part 3: Doppler effect (9.2)

10.21  How things look, part 1: light, lasers, polarization (13.1, 14.1, 14.3)

10.23  How things look, part 2: lenses, mirrors, telescopes (15.1)

10.28  How things look, part 3: 3-d, optical illusions (15.1)

10.30  How things look, part 4: holograms

11.4  How things tick, part 1: particles, static electricity (10.1, 10.2)

11.6  How things tick, part 2: circuits (10.3)

11.11  Exam 2

11.13  How things tick, part 3: magnetism, electromagnetism (speakers, etc.) (11.1)

11.18  How things tick, part 4: induction (microphones, pickups) (11.2)

11.20  How things tick, part 5: weirdo electrical stuff (touchscreens, digital stuff, etc.) (11.2)

11.25  How things (might) work, part 1: relativity

12.2  How things (might) work, part 2: time travel

12.4  TBA

12.9  TBA

12.11 TBA - Last day of class

12.16  Final exam