Schedule
This schedule is tentative. We will deviate from it as necessary as the course proceeds. Information given in class or on WorldClass always supercedes this schedule, so do not rely on this alone.
| Date | Topic | Reading | HW Assigned | HW Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, August 23 | Expectations, How to Succeed, Intros | HW1 | ||
| Wednesday, August 25 | Math, Models, Dimensional Analysis | 1.1-1.2 | ||
| Friday, August 27 | Position & Velocity Graphs | 2.1-2.3 | HW2 | HW1 |
| Monday, August 30 | Acceleration | |||
| Wednesday, September 1 | Changing Direction | 2.4 | ||
| Friday, September 3 | Video Analysis & Modelling | 2.4 | HW3 | HW2 |
| Monday, September 6 | no class | |||
| Wednesday, September 8 | Kinematics & Example Problems | 2.5-2.7 | ||
| Friday, September 10 | Gravity | 2.5-2.8 | HW4 | HW3 |
| Monday, September 13 | Projectile Motion | 3.1-3.5 | ||
| Wednesday, September 15 | Vectors | 3.1-3.5 | ||
| Friday, September 17 | Force | 4.1-4.2 | HW4 | |
| Monday, September 20 | Force & Acceleration | 4.1-4.2 | ||
| Wednesday, September 22 | Exam 1 | |||
| Friday, September 24 | Force, Acceleration, Mass, & N2 | 4.3, 4.5 | HW5 | |
| Monday, September 27 | Newton’s 3rd Law | 4.4-4.5 | ||
| Wednesday, September 29 | Friction & Free Body Diagrams | 4.6, 5.1 | ||
| Friday, October 1 | Buffer | HW6 | HW5 | |
| Monday, October 4 | Momentum | 8.1-8.3 | ||
| Wednesday, October 6 | Impulse | 8.1-8.3 | HW7 | HW6 |
| Friday, October 8 | NO CLASS | |||
| Monday, October 11 | NO CLASS | |||
| Wednesday, October 13 | Work | 7.1 | HW7 | |
| Friday, October 15 | Kinetic Energy | 7.2 | ||
| Monday, October 18 | Exam 2 | HW8 | ||
| Wednesday, October 20 | Potential Energy | 7.3-7.5 | ||
| Friday, October 22 | Conservation of Energy | 7.6 | HW9 | HW8 |
| Monday, October 25 | Thermal Physics | 13,14,15 | ||
| Wednesday, October 27 | Collisions | 8.4-8.6 | ||
| Friday, October 29 | 2D Collisions | 8.6 | HW10 | HW9 |
| Monday, November 1 | Uniform Circular Motion | 6.1-6.3,6.5 | ||
| Wednesday, November 3 | Rotational Kinematics | 10.1-10.2 | ||
| Friday, November 5 | Rotational Dynamics & Torque | 10.3 | HW11 | HW10 |
| Monday, November 8 | Rotational Energy | 10.4 | ||
| Wednesday, November 10 | Angular Momentum | 10.5 | ||
| Friday, November 12 | Angular Momentum & Torque | 10.3-10.5 | HW12 | HW11 |
| Monday, November 15 | Statics | 9.1-9.6 | ||
| Wednesday, November 17 | Harmonic Motion | 16.1-16.6 | ||
| Friday, November 19 | Pendulum | 16.4 | HW12 | |
| Monday, November 22 | Exam 3 | |||
| Wednesday, November 24 | No class | |||
| Friday, November 26 | No class | |||
| Monday, November 29 | Relativity, Buffer | HW13 | ||
| Wednesday, December 1 | Relativity, Buffer | |||
| Friday, December 3 | Relativity, Buffer | HW13 | ||
| Wednesday, December 8 | Final Exam at 10:10am |