COURSE CALENDAR (last edited 8/22/08):
NOTE: LABS & Discussions begin WEEK 2
Weekly labs and Tuesday discussion are not included in this
schedule.
Lab experiments
for a given week can be found in your lab manual. Tuesdays we will
discuss
questions regarding the previous week's lectures.
| Date |
|
Topic | Other | |
| week 1 | Aug 25 |
|
linear motion | PAL |
| 27 | 2 |
acceleration |
lab
writeups , PAL |
|
| 29 |
|
accel, | PAL
|
|
| week 2 | Sep 3 |
|
1-D projectiles | PAL |
| 5 |
|
2-D, 3-D, projectiles | PAL |
|
| week 3 | 8 |
|
review, 2-D projectiles, centripetal acceleration | PAL |
| 10 |
|
|
|
|
| 12 | 5 |
forces |
PAL |
|
| week 4 | 15 |
|
free-body diagrams, forces | PAL |
| 17 |
|
forces |
|
|
| 19 |
|
friction |
PAL | |
| week 5 | 22 |
|
friction
examples |
meet
with Dr V
this week or next PAL |
| 24 |
|
relative
motion, drag |
PAL | |
| 26 |
|
energy
&
work |
PAL | |
| week 6 | 29 |
|
conservation
& dissipation of energy |
PAL |
| 1 |
|
center of mass | ||
| 3 |
|
Exam #2: FORCE
&
ENERGY
|
|
|
| week 7 | 6 |
|
momentum | PAL |
| 8 |
|
collisions & energy | PAL | |
| 10 |
|
thrust, angular motion | PAL | |
| week 8 | 13 |
|
torque | PAL |
| 15 |
|
moment of inertia | 1st
draft due |
|
| 17 |
|
angular momentum and KE | PAL | |
| week 9 | 20 |
|
rolling, | PAL |
| 22 |
|
|
||
| 24 |
|
Exam #3: EXTENDED SYSTEMS | ||
| week 10 | 27 |
|
static equilibrium | PAL |
29 |
|
universal gravity, Keppler's laws | PAL | |
31 |
|
projectiles & review | PAL | |
| Finals week |
|
and REVIEW |