EASTERN NAZARENE COLLEGE

PY 201 General Physics I

Fall 2006

CLASS SCHEDULE:

Wednesday Oct. 30 - 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. 1 - Concepts of Motion

read: chapter 1, sections 4, 5, 6, and 7

Monday Sept. 4 - Motion in One Dimension - Linear Motion

- Labor Day- read: chapter 1, sections 8 and 9; chapter 2, sections 1, 2, and 3

Wednesday Sept. 6 - 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. 8 - Constant Acceleration: Free Fall

read: chapter 2, sections 5, 6, and 7

Monday Sept. 11 - Vectors

read: chapter 3

Wednesday Sept. 13 - Forces and Force Diagrams

read: chapter 4, sections 1, 2, 3, 4

Thursday/Monday - Lab: Constant Acceleration: Free Fall

Friday Sept. 15 - Force and Motion: Newton’s Laws

read: chapter 4, sections 5, 6, 7

Monday Sept. 18 - Dynamics: Motion Along a Line

read: chapter 5, section 1, 2, 3

Wednesday Sept. 20 - Friction and Drag

read: chapter 5, sections 4, 5, 6

Thursday/Friday - Lab: Nonuniform Motion and Newton’s Law

Friday Sept. 22 - Dynamics: Motion in a Plane

read: chapter 6 sections 1, 2, 3, 4

Sunday Sept. 24 Review Session for Exam #1

Monday Sept. 25 - Exam #1 covers material from Aug. 30 through Sept. 20

Wednesday Sept. 27 - Dynamics: Motion in a Circle

read: chapter 7, sections 1, 2, 3

Thursday/Friday - Lab: Projectile Motion

Friday Sept. 29 - Nonuniform Circular Motion

read: chapter 7, sections 4, 5, 6

Monday Oct. 2 - Newton’s Third Laws (Maybe one lecture)

read: chapter 8, sections 1, 2, 3

Wednesday Oct. 4 - Application of Newton’s Laws

read: chapter 8, sections 4, 5

Thursday/Friday - Lab: Newton’s Second Law and Friction

Friday Oct. 6 - Impulse and Momentum

read: chapter 9, sections 1, 2, 3

Monday Oct. 9 - Columbus Day -no class

Wednesday Oct. 11 - Collisions

read: chapter 9, sections 4, 5, 6, 7

Thursday/Friday - Lab: Work and Energy

Friday Oct. 13 - Energy

read: chapter 10 sections 1, 2, 3

Monday Oct. 16 - Energy Applications

read: chapter 10, sections 4, 5, 6, 7

Wednesday Oct. 18 - Work (Maybe some of chapter 12)

read: chapter 11, sections 1, 2, 3, 4

Thursday/Friday - Lab: Collisions

Friday Oct. 20 - Work

read: chapter 11, sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Monday Oct. 23 - Kinematics: Rotation of a Rigid Body

read: chapter 13, sections 1, 2

Wednesday Oct. 25 - Dynamics: Rotation of a Rigid Body

read: chapter 13, sections 3, 4, 5, 6

Thursday/Friday - Lab: Rotational Dynamics

Friday Oct. 27 - Energy: Rotation of a Rigid Body

read: chapter 13, sections 7, 8, 9, 10

Sunday Oct. 29 - Review Session for Exam #2

Monday Oct. 30 - Exam #2 covers material from Sep. 28 through Oct. 29 (25?)

Wednesday Nov. 1 - Simple Harmonic Motion

read: chapter 14, sections 1, 2, 3, 4

Thursday/Friday - Lab: Hook’s Law and Harmonic Oscillator

Friday Nov. 3 - Examples of Oscillations

read: chapter 14, sections 5, 6, 7, 8

Monday Nov. 6 - Macroscopic Description of Matter

read: chapter 16, sections 1, 2, 3, 4

Wednesday Nov. 8 - Ideal Gas

read: chapter 16, sections 5, 6

Thursday/Friday - Lab: Standing Waves in a Tube

Friday Nov. 10 - Heat and Work

read: chapter 17, sections 1, 2, 3

Monday Nov. 13 - First Law of Thermodynamics

read: chapter 17, sections 4, 5, 6, 7

Wednesday Nov. 15 - The Micro/Macro Connection

read: chapter 18, sections 1, 2, 3

Thursday/Friday - Lab: Ideal Gas Laws

Friday Nov. 17 - The Second Law of Thermodynamics

read: chapter 18, sections 4, 5, 6

Monday Nov. 20 - Heat Engines and Refrigerators

read: chapter 19, sections 1, 2, 3, 4

Wednesday Nov. 22 - Thanksgiving Break starts -5:00 PM

Monday Nov. 27 - Traveling Waves

read: chapter 20, sections 1, 2, 3

Wednesday Nov. 29 - Sound

read: chapter 20, sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Thursday/Friday - Lab: Make-up Lab

Friday Dec. 1 - Standing Waves

read: chapter 21, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Sunday Dec. 3 - Review for Exam #3

Monday Dec. 4 - Exam #3 covers material from Nov. 1 through Dec. 1

Wednesday Dec. 6 - Reading Day

Thursday Dec. 7-12 - Finals Start

Have a great Christmas

and a happy New Year !