CLASS SCHEDULE, READING & HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
This is the place where the tentative schedule containing the dates when topics are covered in class, reading assignments, homework assignments, and tests will be posted. I will update this regularly, adding assignments several lectures ahead of time.
All homework assignments will be done online using Mastering Physics (MP). The MP homeworks are to be finished by 5:00 PM of the day they are due. In Mastering Physics, always answer numerical questions with 3 significant figures unless the problem specifically requests that you do otherwise. CAUTION: Do not wait until the last minute to work and submit your Mastering Physics homework. It is a computer based system. Things go wrong with computers. I will not accept "computer problems" as an excuse for not being able to submit Mastering Physics homework on time.
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Class Day, date |
Reading Assignment/Topics discussed that day |
Homework Assignment in Mastering Physics (MP) |
Homework Due Date |
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Tue, 25 Aug |
Intro to course. Reading: class syllabus & Chap 1 |
Purchase, register clicker, register for MP. First homework (hw#1) is MP: Intro to Mastering Physics (not graded) |
Fri, 29 Aug |
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Thu, 27 Aug |
Reading: class syllabus & Chap 2, sections 1-3 |
MP: hw: #2 (not graded) |
Fri, 29 Aug |
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Tue, 1 Sep |
Reading: Chap 2, section 4-6 |
MP: hw #3 (henceforth, all hw will be graded) |
Wed, Sep 2 |
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Thu, 3 Sep |
Reading: Chap 2, section 6, Chap 3, sections 1-2 |
MP: hw #4 |
Fri, 4 Sep |
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Tue, 8 Sep |
Reading: Chap 3, sections 2-4 |
MP: hw #5 |
Wed, 9 Sep |
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Thu, 10 Sep |
Reading: Chap 3, sections 4-5 |
MP: hw #6 |
Fri,11 Sep |
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Tue, 15 Sep |
TEST 1 covering material from Chap 1-3 |
none |
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Thu, 17 Sep |
Reading: Chap 4, sections 1-3 |
MP: hw #7 |
Fri, 18 Sep |
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Tue, 22 Sep |
Reading: Chap 4, sections 4-6 |
MP: hw #8 |
Wed, 23 Sep |
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Thu, 24 Sep |
Reading: Chap 5, sections 1-3 |
MP: hw #9 |
Fri, 25 Sep |
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Tue, 29 Sep |
Reading: Chap 5, sections 3-5 |
MP: hw #10 |
Wed, 30 Sep |
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Thu, 1 Oct |
Reading: Chap 5, section 5, Chap 12, sections 1-2 |
MP: hw #11 |
Fri, 2 Oct |
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Tue, 6 Oct |
Reading: Chap 12, sections 2-3 |
MP: hw #12 |
Wed, 7 Oct |
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Thu, 8 Oct |
Reading: Chap 12, section 4-5 but skip discussion about energy |
MP: hw #13 |
Fri, 9 Oct |
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Tue, 13 Oct |
TEST 2 on material we covered in Chap 4, 5, 12 |
none |
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Thu, 15 Oct |
Fall Break |
none |
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Tue, 20 Oct |
Reading: Chap 6, sections 1-3 |
MP: hw #14 |
Wed, 21 Oct |
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Thu, 22 Oct |
Reading: Chap 6, sections 3-4 |
MP: hw #15 |
Fri, 23 Oct |
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Tue, 27 Oct |
Reading: Chap 7, sections 1-3 |
MP: hw #16 |
Wed, 28 Oct |
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Thu, 29 Oct |
Reading: Chap 7, sections 3-5 |
MP: hw #17 |
Fri, 30 Oct |
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Tue, 3 Nov |
Reading: Chap 12, section 3, Chap 8, sections 1-3 |
MP: hw #18 |
Wed, 4 Nov |
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Thu, 5 Nov |
Reading: Chap 8, sections 3-4 |
MP: hw #19 |
Fri, 6 Nov |
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Tue, 10 Nov |
Reading: Chap 8, section 5, Chap 9, sections 1-2 |
MP: hw #20 |
Wed, 11 Nov |
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Thu, 12 Nov |
Reading: Chap 9, sections 2-4 |
MP: hw #21 |
Fri, 13 Nov |
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Tue, 17 Nov |
Reading: Chap 9, sections 4-5 |
MP: hw #22 |
Wed, 18 Nov |
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Thu, 19 Nov |
Test 3 on material in Chap 6-9 |
none |
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Tue, 24 Nov |
Reading: Chap 10 sections 1-3, skip 4 |
MP: hw #23 |
Wed, 25 Nov |
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Thu, 26 Nov |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
none |
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Tue, 1 Dec |
Reading: Chap 10, section 5-6, Chap 11, section 1 |
MP: hw #24 |
Wed, 2 Dec |
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Thu, 3 Dec |
Reading: Chap 11, sections 2-4 |
MP: hw #25 |
Fri, 4 Dec |
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Tue, 8 Dec |
Reading: Chap 13, sections 1-3 |
MP: hw #26 |
Wed. 9 Dec |
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Thu. 10 Dec |
Reading: Chap 13, sections 4-6 |
MP: hw #27 |
Fri, 11 Dec |
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14-18 Dec |
Exam Week |
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Thu, 17 Dec |
Final Exam 6:00-8:00 PM in Regener 103 |
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