syllabus
Schedule and Assignments (coming)
Week 0: Sept. 1 - Sept. 5
- Intro Class on Thursday Sept. 4th @ 11am
- First Class on Friday Sept. 5th @ 11:30am
Week 1: Sept. 8 - Sept. 12
- Topic: Measurement, Units, Uncertainties, Curve Fitting
- Reading: UP Ch. 1 as well as reviewing any useful links under 'resources' in left navigation bar
- Homework 1 due (See 'assignments' in left navigation bar for specific assignments)
Week 2: Sept. 15 - Sept. 19
- Topic: Kinematics of the Simple Pendulum
- Reading: Week 2 Pendulum Lab Guide (hand out)
- Homework 2 due
Week 3: Sept. 22 - Sept. 26
- Topic: The Pendulum and Freefall Motion
- Reading: Week 3 Pendulum Lab Guide (hand out)
- Homework 3 due
Week 4: Sept. 29 - Oct. 3
- Topic: Position, Velocity, Acceleration
- Reading: UP Ch. 2
- Data for in class PASCO Lab: position data & velocity data
- Homework 4 due
Week 5: Oct. 6 - Oct. 10
- Topic: Force and Motion in 1-D
- Reading: UP Ch. 3
- Homework 5 due
Week 6: Oct. 13 - Oct. 17
- Topic: Vectors, and Introduction to Motion in 2-D and 3-D
- Reading: UP Ch. 4
- In-class lab activity Monday
- Homework 6 due
Week 7: Oct. 20 - Oct. 24
- Walter Hendricks Days: No class on Monday
- Topic: Motion in 2-D and 3-D
- Reading: UP Ch. 5
- Homework 7 due
Week 8: Oct. 27 - Oct. 31
- Topic: Forces and Free-Body Diagrams
- Reading: UP Ch. 6
- Homework 8 due
Week 9: Nov. 3 - Nov. 7
- Topic: Forces Continued, and Newton's Laws
- Reading: Continue reading UP Ch. 6
- Homework 9 due
Week 10: Nov. 10 - Nov. 14
- Topic: Momentum and Extended Systems
- Reading: UP Ch. 7 and 8
- Homework 10 due
Week 11: Nov. 17 - Nov. 21
- Topic: Extended Systems continued, Kinetic Energy and Work
- Reading: UP Ch. 8 and 9
- Homework 11 due
Week 12: Nov. 24 - Nov. 28
- Thanksgiving Week: No class on Friday
- Topic: Kinetic Energy and Work continued
- Reading: UP Ch. 9
Week 13: Dec. 1 - Dec. 5
- Topic: Potential Energy and Energy Conservation
- Reading: UP Ch. 10
- Homework 12 due
Week 14: Dec. 8 - Dec. 12
- Final class meeting on Wednesday
- Topic: Catch-up and Wrap-up
- Reading Days Thursday and Friday
Finals Period: Dec. 13 - Dec. 16
