CLASS
SCHEDULE:
Wednesday Oct. 31 - Introduction to Physics and Concepts of Motion
read:
chapter 1, sections 1, 2, and 3
Thursday/Friday - Lab: Introduction to Windows, Excel, and Maple
Friday Sept.
2 - Concepts
of Motion
read: chapter 1,
sections 4, 5, 6, and 7
Monday Sept.
5 - Labor Day -
- Motion in One Dimension - Linear Motion
read: chapter 1,
sections 8 and 9; chapter 2, sections 1, 2, and 3
Wednesday Sept. 7 - Motion
and Differential Calculus
read: chapter 2,
sections 4, 5, and 8
Maple
tutorial www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/tutorals/maple1.htm
Thursday/Friday - Lab: Motion: Displacement, Velocity, and
Acceleration
Friday Sept.
9 - Constant
Acceleration: Free Fall
read: chapter 2,
sections 5, 6, and 7
Monday Sept.
12 - Vectors
read: chapter 3
Wednesday Sept. 14 - Force
read: chapter 4,
sections 1, 2, 3, 4
Thursday/Monday - Lab: Constant Acceleration: Free Fall
Friday Sept.
16 - Force
and Motion:
read: chapter 4,
sections 5, 6, 7
Monday Sept.
19 - Dynamics:
Motion Along a Line
read: chapter 5,
section 1, 2, 3
Wednesday Sept. 21 - Friction and Drag
read: chapter 5,
sections 4, 5, 6
Thursday/Friday - Lab: Nonuniform Motion and Newton’s Law
Friday Sept.
23 - Dynamics:
Motion in a Plane
read:chapter 6 sections 1, 2, 3, 4
Sunday Sept.
25 Review Session for Exam #1
Monday Sept.
26 - Exam #1
covers material from Aug. 31 through Sept. 21
Wednesday Sept. 28 - Dynamics:
Motion in a Circle
read: chapter 7,
sections 1, 2, 3
Thursday/Friday - Lab: Projectile Motion
Friday Sept.
30 - Nonuniform
Circular Motion
read: chapter 7,
sections 4, 5, 6
Monday Oct.
3 -
read: chapter 8,
sections 1, 2, 3
Wednesday Oct. 5 - Application of Newton’s Laws
read: chapter 8,
sections 4, 5
Thursday/Friday - Lab: Newton’s Second Law and Friction
Friday Oct.
8 - Impulse
and Momentum
read: chapter 9,
sections 1, 2, 3
Monday Oct.
11 - Columbus Day -no class
Wednesday Oct. 13 - Collisions
read: chapter 9,
sections 4, 5, 6, 7
Thursday/Friday - Lab: Work and Energy
Friday Oct.
15 -
Energy
read: chapter 10
sections 1, 2, 3
Monday Oct.
18 - Energy
Applications
read: chapter 10,
sections 4, 5, 6, 7
Wednesday Oct. 20
- Work
(Maybe some of chapter 12)
read: chapter 11,
sections 1, 2, 3, 4
Thursday/Friday - Lab: Collisions
Friday Oct.
22 -
Work
read: chapter 11, sections
5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Monday Oct.
25 - Kinematics: Rotation Of a
Rigid Body
read: chapter 13,
sections 1, 2
Wednesday Oct. 27 - Dynamics: Rotation of a Rigid Body
read: chapter 13, sections
3, 4, 5, 6
Thursday/Friday - Lab: Rotational Dynamics
Friday Oct.
29 - Energy:
Rotation of a Rigid Body
read: chapter 13,
sections 7, 8, 9, 10
Sunday Oct.
31 - Review Session for Exam #2
Monday Nov.
1 - Exam #2 covers material from Sep. 28 through Oct. 29
(25?)
Wednesday Nov. 3 - Simple Harmonic Motion
read: chapter 14,
sections 1, 2, 3, 4
Thursday/Friday - Lab: Hook’s Law and Harmonic
Oscillator
Friday Nov.
5 - Examples
of Oscillations
read: chapter 14,
sections 5, 6, 7, 8
Monday Nov.
8 - Macroscopic
Description of Matter
read: chapter 16, sections 1, 2, 3, 4
Wednesday Nov. 10 - Ideal Gas
read: chapter 16,
sections 5, 6
Thursday/Friday - Lab: : Ideal Gas Laws
Friday Nov.
12 - Heat
and Work
read: chapter 17,
sections 1, 2, 3
Monday Nov.
15 - First
Law of Thermodynamics
read: chapter 17,
sections 4, 5, 6, 7
Wednesday Nov. 17 - The Micro/Macro Connection
read: chapter 18,
sections 1, 2, 3
Thursday/Friday - Lab: Standing Waves in a Tube
Friday Nov.
19 - The Second Law of Thermodynamics
read: chapter 18,
sections 4, 5, 6
Monday Nov.
22 - Heat Engines and Refrigerators
read: chapter 19,
sections 1, 2, 3, 4
Tuesday Nov.
23 - Thanksgiving Break starts -no
class
Monday Nov.
29 - Traveling
Waves
read: chapter 21,
sections 1, 2
Wednesday Dec. 1 - Sound
read: chapter 21,
sections 2, 3
Thursday/Friday -
Lab: Make-up Lab
Friday Dec.
3 - Standing Waves
read: chapter 22,
sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Sunday Dec.5 - Review
for Exam #3
Monday Dec.
6 - Exam #3 covers material from Nov. 3 through Dec. 3
(Nov. 29?)
Wednesday Dec. 8 - Interference
Read: chapter 21,
sections 5, 6, 7, 8
Thursday Dec. 9 - Reading
Day
Friday Dec.
10 - Finals Start
Have a great Christmas
and a happy New Year !