PHYS201 BASIC PHYSICS I FALL 2009

  COURSE CALENDAR (subject to change - last edited 10/27/09):

   NOTE: LABS & Discussions begin WEEK 2

Weekly labs and Tuesday discussion are not included in this schedule.
 
   Date
Chapter covered
Topic Other
week 1 Aug 24
2
linear motion PAL
   26 2
acceleration
PAL
28
2-3
accel,   PAL
  week 2 Sep 2
4  
1-D projectiles
PAL
   4
  4
2-D, 3-D, projectiles
PAL
6
  4
2-D projectiles PAL
  week 3 9
   5
PAL
   11 Ch 1, 2, 3.1-7, 4.1-6 Exam #1: MOTION
week 4 14
  5
  free-body diagrams, forces meet with Dr V this week, PAL
   16 5 forces
PAL
     18
6
 friction
PAL
week 5 21
6
friction examples

PAL
   23
4.8-9, 6.4
relative motion, drag
PAL
   25
7
energy & work
PAL
week 6 28
8
conservation & dissipation of energy
meet with Dr V this week or next, PAL
   30
  9
center of mass
   Oct 2 9
PAL
week 7 5
9
collisions  PAL
   7
9, 10
review, conllisions and energy PAL
   9
chapters 3.8 (dot product), 4.8-9, 5, 6, 7, 8.1-5, 8.7-8, 9.1-5, 9.7-11
Exam #2: FORCE, ENERGY, CM, MOM
PAL
week 8 12
10
thrust, impulse PAL
   14
10
torque
   16
11
moment of inertia PAL
week 9   19
11, 12
rolling, PAL
   21
  13
angular momentum and  KE
1st draft due
   23
13
 equilibrium, stress
week 10 26
14
 universal gravity PAL
   28
14
Keppler's laws PAL
  
30
14 & review
projectiles & review PAL
Finals week

Final exam:   EQLB, GRAVITY,
and REVIEW
final draft du