Class Schedule
Week |
Date |
Reading Assignment |
Mastering Physics |
Problem Session Topic |
Subjects and Lecture Links |
Lecture Demonstrations |
1 |
T
Jan. 13 |
Sections
1.1 - 1.6 |
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Units
and Vectors |
Class Policies, Introduction to iClickers, Units and
Uncertainties |
Meter
stick |
1 |
Th
Jan. 15 |
Sections
1.7 – 1.9 |
Vectors |
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2 |
T
Jan. 20 |
Sections
1.10, 2.1 |
Vectors |
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2 |
Th
Jan. 22 |
Sections
2.2, 2.3, 2.4 |
#3 |
Vectors |
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3 |
T
Jan. 27 |
Sections
2.5, 2.6, 3.1 |
#4 |
1D
& 2D Motion |
Acceleration,
Motion in 1D and 2D |
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3 |
Th
Jan. 29 |
Sections
3.2, 3.3, 3.4 |
#5 |
1D
& 2D Motion |
2-D Motion, Relative
Motion, Projectile Motion |
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4 |
T
Feb. 3 |
Sections
3.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 |
#6 |
Forces |
Circular
Motion and NewtonÕs 1st and 2nd Laws |
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4 |
Th.
Feb 5 |
All
material through Chap 3 |
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EXAM
1 |
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5 |
T
Feb. 10 |
Sections
4.1-4.5 |
See MP for assignments |
Forces,
NÕs Laws |
Dynamics:
Forces, NewtonÕs Laws |
|
5 |
Th
Feb 12 |
Sections
4.6, 5.1, 5.2 |
See MP for assignments |
Forces,
NÕs Laws |
Dynamics:
Forces, NewtonÕs Laws |
|
6 |
T
Feb 17 |
Sections
5.3 5.4, 5.5 |
See MP for assignments |
Forces,
NÕs Laws |
Dynamics
(cont.): friction, circular motion |
|
6 |
Th
Feb 19 |
Sections
6.1 6.2, 6.3 |
See MP for assignments |
Work
and Kinetic Energy |
Kinetic
Energy and Work |
|
7 |
T
Feb 24 |
Sections
6.4 7.1, 7.2 |
See MP for assignments |
Work,
KE and Power |
KE,
Work, Gravitation and Elastic Potential Energy |
|
7 |
Th
Feb 26 |
Sections
7.3, 7.4, 7.5 |
See MP for assignments |
Conservation
of energy |
Conservation
of energy |
|
8 |
T
Mar 3 |
Finish
Chap 7 |
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8 |
Th
Mar 5 |
Chapters
4 – 7 |
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EXAM
2 |
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9 |
T
Mar 10 |
SPRING
BREAK |
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9 |
Th
Mar 12 |
SPRING
BREAK |
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10 |
T
Mar 17 |
Sections
8.1 – 8.4 |
|
Conservation
of Momentum |
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|
10 |
Th
Mar 19 |
Sections
8.5-8.6, 9.1 – 9.2 |
|
Conservation
of Momentum |
|
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11 |
T
Mar 24 |
Sections
9.3 – 9.6 |
|
Center
of Mass, Rocket Equation, Angular Mom. |
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12 |
Th
Mar 26 |
Sections
10.1 – 10.2 |
|
Angular
Momentum, Dynamics of Rigid Bodies |
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13 |
T
Mar 31 |
Sections
10.3 – 10.6 |
|
Dynamics
of Rigid Bodies, Conservation of Angular Momentum |
|
|
13 |
Th
Apr 2 |
Sections
10.7, |
|
Conservation
of Angular Momentum |
|
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14 |
T
Apr 7 |
Sections
11.1-11.3 |
|
Static
equilibrium |
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14 |
Th
Apr 9 |
Chapters
8-10 |
|
EXAM
3 |
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15 |
T
Apr 14 |
Chapter
13.1-13.4 |
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NewtonÕs
Law of Gravity |
Gravitation |
|
15 |
Th
Apr 16 |
Sections
13.5-13.6 |
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Gravitation |
KeplerÕs
Law |
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16 |
T
Apr 21 |
Sections
14.1-14.4 |
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Simple
Harmonic Motion |
Periodic
Motion |
|
16 |
Th
Apr 23 |
Sections
14.5-14.6 Sections
12.1-12.2 |
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Pendula,
damped and forced Oscillations |
Pendula
and Oscillations, Start Fluids |
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17 |
T
Apr 28 |
Sections
12.3 – 12.5 |
|
Fluids |
Pressure,
PascalÕs law, Buoyancy |
|
17
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Th
Apr 30 |
12.6 |
|
Fluids |
Flow,
Bernoulli, Viscosity |
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18 |
Su
May 3 |
REVIEW |
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REVIEW
noon - 2 |
REVIEW
noon - 2 |
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18 |
Th
May 7 |
FINAL |
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FINAL |
FINAL
5:30 – 7:30 |
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