Schedule (as of March 12, 2007)

Day

Reading

Assignment Due

Labs (Thursdays)

Wed., 1/10
Fri., 1/12

1.1-1.5 Matter, Interactions, & Vectors
1.6-1.8 Velocity & Momentum

RW1

RW2

1: VPython Intro. 1-D Motion

Mon., 1/15
Wed., 1/17
Fri., 1/19

Quiz 1; 2.1-2.4 Momentum Principle & Ex’s
2.5 – 2.7 Examples and Gravitation
2.8 – 2.10, Electricity 2b.1 – 2b.2 Statics

RW3a; HW1: RQ 1.3,1.17; Pr.1.25, 1.28, 1.30
RW3b
RW3c  

2a: Gravitational Orbits 

 

Mon., 1/22
Wed., 1/24
Fri., 1/26

2b.3-2b.4 Circular Motion

2b.5 –2b.8 Several Particles, Conservation

2b.5 –2b.8 Several Particles, Conservation

RW4; HW2: Pr. 2.2, 4,16

RW5

 

2b: Circular Motion

 

Mon., 1/29
Wed., 1/31
Fri., 2/2

Quiz 2; 3.1-3.4.4 Atomic matter / springs

3.4.5-3.4.12 Analytical S.H.O.

3.5-3.7 Sound in Solid, Buoyancy, Pressure

RW6; HW2b: Pr. 2b.3, 6, 7

RW7

RW8

3: Springs & Buoyancy 

Mon., 2/5
Wed., 2/7
Fri., 2/9

3.8 Unknown Forces

Quiz 3; Review for Exam 1Ch 1-3)

4.1-4.3 Work and Kinetic Energy

RW9

HW3: Pr. 3.9,11,12

RW10

Exam 1 (Ch 1 – 3)

 

Mon., 2/12

Wed., 2/14
Fri., 2/16

Go over Exam 1

4.4 Interactions: Potential Energy

4.5 Gravitational Potential Energy

 
RW11 
RW12a

Student meetings

 

Mon., 2/19
Wed., 2/21
Fri., 2/23

4.5 Grav. P.E. 5.6 Open & Closed Systems

4.6 Electric Potential

4.7-4.8  Rest Energy

RW12b 

No RW due today

RW14

4: Work & Energy 1

 

Mon. 2/26 – Fri. 3/2 Spring Break

Mon., 3/5
Wed., 3/7
Thurs., 3/8

Fri., 3/9

Quiz 4; 5.1-5.5 Spring &Thermal Energy

5.4-5.5 Thermal Energy, Power

Eric Heller PBK Lecture ~6:00pm (TBA)

5.7-5.13 Drag, Friction, Resonance

HW4: Pr. 4.8,9,10,15,16

RW15

 

RW16

5: Eric Heller lunch 

 

 

Mon., 3/12
Wed., 3/14
Fri., 3/16

Quiz 5 

6.1-6.2 Energy Quantization, light

6.3 Vibrational Quantized Energy

HW 5: Pr. 5.10,12,13,16

 

RW17

6: Thermal Energy Transfer

Mon., 3/19
Wed., 3/21
Fri., 3/23

Quiz 6; Review for Exam 2

7.1-7.4 Multi-particle Systems

7.4-7.5 Point Particle system, friction

HW6: Pr. 6.1,3,5,7

RW19

No RW due today.

Exam 2 (Ch 4 – 6)

 

Mon., 3/26
Wed., 3/28
Thurs. 3/29

Fri., 3/30

7 Quiz; 8.1-8.2  Collisions

8.3-8.4 Scattering

Senior Symposium 4:00pm

8.5-8.7 Relativistic, Inelastic

RW21; HW7: Pr. 7.1,6,8,10

RW22

 

RW23b

7: Collisions

 

 

Mon., 4/2
Wed., 4/4

Fri., 4/6

A.2.2  ×product; 9.1-9.4 Angular Momentum

Quiz 8;9.5-9.7 translation, multi-particle

9.8-9.11 conservation, quantization

RW24

RW25; HW8: Pr. 8.4,10,11,13

RW26

8: Rotational Dynamics

 

Mon., 4/9

Wed., 4/11

Fri., 4/13

9.12-9.13 (9.14) torque

Quiz 9; Review for Exam 3 (Ch 7 – 9)

Special Topic

No RW due today

HW9: Pr.  9.11, 12, 13

Exam 3 (Ch 7 – 9)

Mon., 4/16

Review for Final (1-9)

 

 

Sat. 4/21        9 a.m. Final Exam (Ch. 1-9)

This schedule is subject to change.