PHYS201 BASIC PHYSICS I FALL 2008

  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
Chapter covered
Topic Other
week 1 Aug 25
2
linear motion PAL
   27 2
acceleration
lab writeups , PAL
29
2-3
accel,   PAL
  week 2 Sep 3
4  
1-D projectiles
PAL
   5
  4
2-D, 3-D, projectiles
PAL
 week 3 8
  4
review, 2-D projectiles, centripetal acceleration PAL
  10
   Ch 1, 2, 3.1-7, 4.1-4
Exam #1: MOTION

   12 5
forces PAL
week 4 15
  5
  free-body diagrams, forces PAL
   17

5
forces

PAL
     19
6
 friction
PAL
week 5 22
6
friction examples
meet with Dr V this week or next
PAL
   24
4.8-9, 6.4
relative motion, drag
PAL
   26
7
energy & work
PAL
week 6 29
8
conservation & dissipation of energy
PAL
   1
  9
center of mass
   3

Ch 3 (dot product) Ch 4.5-9, Ch 5 &6, Ch 7.1-7, Ch 8
Exam #2: FORCE & ENERGY

week 7 6
9
momentum  PAL
   8
9
collisions & energy PAL
   10
10
thrust, angular motion PAL
week 8 13
10
torque PAL
   15
10
moment of inertia 1st draft due
   17
11
angular momentum and KE PAL
week 9   20
11, 12
rolling, PAL
   22
  Ch 3 (cross product) Ch 9-11
equilibrium

   24
12
Exam #3: EXTENDED SYSTEMS
week 10 27
13
static equilibrium   PAL
  
29
143
universal gravity, Keppler's laws PAL
  
31
14 & review
projectiles & review PAL
Finals week

Final exam:   EQLB, GRAVITY,
and REVIEW