assignments
due Fri Sep 4
Reading-sep 04
- Chapter 1: sections 1.1 to 1.5
- Conceptual Questions: 3, 4
In case your book did not arrive yet, here is the first chapter of the book, you must login to be able to see it (right upper corner). If you cannot login contact me at salimbeni@marlboro.edu.
due Mon Sep 7
Reading-sep 07
- Chapter 1: finish the chapter
- Conceptual Questions: 5, 6, 7, 8
due Wed Sep 9
Reading-sep 09
- Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
- Conceptual Questions: 1, 4, 5, 6
due Fri Sep 11
Reading-sep 11
due Fri Sep 11
Assignment-sep 11
Learning Goals
- Particle model
- Motion Diagram
- Understand differences between position, velocity and acceleration. Recognize the relationship between them.
- Gain initial experience with graphical addition and subtraction of vectors.
- Analyze a problem statement and translate the information into other representations
- Position vs time diagram in one dimension
- Significant figure
- Unit conversion
These are your learning goals from the reading, discussion and exercises on Chapter 1. Please, come to my office or talk with the physics tutor if you feel that you need clarification about any of these topics.
Chapter 1- Exercises: 18, 21, 27, 28, 42
Chapter 2- Exercises: 26, 27
due Mon Sep 14
Reading-sep 14
- Chapter 2: 2.6, 2.7
- Conceptual Questions: 11, 12
due Wed Sep 16
Reading-sep 16
- Chapter 3: all
- Conceptual Questions: 6, 7, 9
- Exercises: 6, 17
due Fri Sep 18
Assignment-sep 18
Student Learning Objectives:
- To differentiate clearly between the concepts of position, velocity, and acceleration.
- The interpret kinematic graphs.
- To translate kinematic information between verbal, pictorial, graphical, and algebraic representations.
- To learn the basic ideas of calculus (differentiation and integration) and to utilize these ideas both symbolically and graphically.
- To understand free-fall motion.
- To begin the development of a robust problem-solving strategy. To solve quantitative kinematics problems and to interpret the results.
- To understand the basic properties of vectors.
- To add and subtract vectors both graphically and using components.
- To be able to decompose a vector into its components and to reassemble vector components into a magnitude and a direction.
- To recognize and use the basic unit vectors.
- To work with tilted coordinate systems.
These are your learning goals from the reading, discussion and exercises on Chapter 2. Please, come to my office or talk with the physics tutor (Gage: Tu-TH room 216) if you feel that you need clarification about any of these topics.
- Exercises Chapter 2: 20, 37, 78, 83
- Exercises Chapter 3: 23, 43
due Wed Sep 23
Reading-sep 23
- Chapter 4:4.1, 4.2, 4.3 , 4.4
- Conceptual Questions: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6.
due Fri Sep 25
Reading-sep 25
- Chapter 4: finish the chapter
- Conceptual Questions: 8, 12, 13, 15
due Fri Sep 25
Assignment-sep 25
Student Learning Objectives chapter 4
- To identify the acceleration vector for curvilinear motion.
- To compute two-dimensional trajectories.
- To understand projectile motion.
- To understand relative motion.
- To understand the kinematics of uniform circular motion.
- To understand angular acceleration and the kinematics of nonuniform circular motion.
- Exercises : 40, 45, 48, 77
This last exercise you can submitte it on moday, so we have the time to talk about the worksheet:
- Chapter 2 exercise 78-- rewrite your solution using the worksheet be love and using indication given in class.
Please, use this
worksheet to solve the all the exercises. (you need to login to be able to open the link!)
due Wed Sep 30
Reading-sep 30
- Chapter 5: the whole chapter
- Conceptual Questions: 2, 4, 11, 12, 14, 15
- Chapter 2 exercise 78-- rewrite your solution using the worksheet be love and using indication given in class.
Please, use this
worksheet to solve the all the exercises. (you need to login to be able to open the link!)
due Fri Oct 2
Assignment - oct 2
Student Learning Objectives chapter 4
• To understand relative motion.
• To understand the kinematics of uniform circular motion.
• To understand angular acceleration and the kinematics of nonuniform circular motion.
Student Learning Objectives chapter 5
• To recognize what does and does not constitute a force.
• To identify the specific forces acting on an object.
• To draw an accurate free-body diagram of an object.
• To begin the process of understanding the connection between force and motion.
• To begin learning how to explain an observation on the basis of physical principles.
These are your learning goals from the reading, discussion and exercises on
Chapter 4 and 5. Please, come to my office or talk with the physics tutor
- Exercises Chapter 4: 55, 58, 63, 73
- Exercises Chapter 5: 25, 26, 28, 57
due Mon Oct 5
Reading-oct 5
- Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
- Conceptual Questions: 2, 4, 6, 9
due Wed Oct 7
Reading-oct 7
- Chapter 6:finish the chapter
- Conceptual Questions: 13, 15, 18
due Fri Oct 9
Assignment - oct 9
Student Learning Objectives chapter 6
- To draw and make effective use of free-body diagrams.
- To recognize and solve simple equilibrium problems.
- To distinguish mass, weight, and gravity.
- To learn and use simple models of friction and drag.
- To apply the full strategy for force and motion problems to problems in single-particle dynamics.
These are your learning goals from the reading, discussion and exercises on Chapter 6. Please, come to my office or talk with the physics tutor.
Chapter 6
Exercises : 3, 7, 21, 25, 51
due Mon Oct 12
Reading-oct 12
- Chapter 7:7.1, 7.2, 7.3
- Conceptual Questions: 6, 7, 10
due Tue Oct 13 11:00 am
Take-Home Test
Test 1 (you need to login to see it!)
due Wed Oct 14
Reading-oct 14
- Chapter 7:7.4, 7.5
- Conceptual Questions: 11, 13, 14
due Fri Oct 16
Assignment - oct 16
Student Learning Objectives chapter 7
- To learn how two objects interact.
- To identify action/reaction pairs of forces.
- To understand and use Newton’s third law.
- To understand how to use propulsion forces and tension forces.
These are your learning goals from the reading, discussion and exercises on Chapter 7. Please, come to my office or talk with the physics tutor if you feel that you need clarification about any of these topics.
Exercises : 16 (be careful there a lot of superfluous information in this one)-23-46-49-55
due Wed Oct 21
Reading-oct 21
- Chapter 8: all + page 217
- Conceptual questions: 2, 3, 4, 9
due Fri Oct 23
Assignment - oct 23
- Student Learning Objectives chapter 8
- To compute two-dimensional trajectories.
- To understand the dynamics of uniform circular motion.
- To learn the basic ideas of orbital motion.
- To answer “How does the water stay in the bucket?” and related questions.
If we did not discussed in class some of the topics on these problems, use the tools leaned from the reading to solve them. We will discuss your solutions in class. After the discussion you will have the opportunity to submit a new version of the solutions by Monday 26.
- Exercises :23-37-41
- Chapter 7 exercises!!!!!
due Mon Oct 26
Reading-oct 26
Compile a sheet summarizing all the essential formulas studied until now (they are not many!). Describe the physical meaning of each formula listed. We will use Monday as a review day before to start a totally new topic!
due Wed Oct 28
Reading-oct 28
- Chapter 9: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
- Conceptual questions:1, 2, 3, 5
due Fri Oct 30
Assignment - oct 30
- Student Learning Objectives chapter 8
- To compute two-dimensional trajectories.
- To understand the dynamics of uniform circular motion.
- To learn the basic ideas of orbital motion.
- To answer “How does the water stay in the bucket?” and related questions.
- Student Learning Objectives chapter 9
- To understand interactions from the new perspective of impulse and momentum.
- To learn what is meant by an isolated system.
- To apply conservation of momentum in simple situations.
- To understand the basic ideas of inelastic collisions, explosions, and recoil
If we did not discussed in class some of the topics on these problems, use the tools leaned from the reading to solve them. We will discuss your solutions in class. After the discussion you will have the opportunity to submit a new version of the solutions by Monday 26.
- chapter 8:
- Chapter 9:
- Reading: 9.5, 9.6
- Problems: 40, 42, 45
due Mon Nov 2
Reading-Nov 2
Review Chapter 9. Connect the class discussion with the book reading. Summarize the main points of this chapter. Come to class with a list of questions or comments about this topic. They can be about mathematical step that are not clear, concepts that are conferring or comments that you consider useful for other people in the class.
due Wed Nov 4
Reading-Nov 4
- Chapter 10:10.1,10.2,10.3,10.4
- Conceptual questions:3, 5, 6, 7
due Fri Nov 6
Reading-Nov 6
- Chapter 10:finish chapter 10
- Conceptual questions:8, 9, 10, 13
due Fri Nov 6
Assignment - Nov 6
- Student Learning Objectives chapter 10
- To introduce the concepts of kinetic and potential energy.
- To learn Hooke’s law for springs and the new idea of a restoring force.
- To learn to interpret energy diagrams.
- Chapter 7: 56
- Chapter 8: 65
- Chapter 9:70,72
- Chapter 10: TBD
due Mon Nov 9
Assignment addendum
- No new reading for monday. Here are the exercises on Chapter 10 that I did not assign in time for friday:
- Chapter 10: 41, 52
due Wed Nov 11
Reading-Nov 11
- Chapter 11: 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4 11.5
- Conceptual questions: 3, 5, 6, 7
due Fri Nov 13
Assignment - Nov 13
- Student Learning Objectives chapter 10
- To introduce the concepts of kinetic and potential energy.
- To learn Hooke’s law for springs and the new idea of a restoring force.
- To learn to interpret energy diagrams.
- Chapter 10: 40, 52, 54, 58, 68
- chapter 9: 13
due Mon Nov 16
Reading-Nov 16
- Chapter 11: finish it.
- Conceptual Questions: 9, 11, 12
due Wed Nov 18
Reading-Nov 18
Make an updated version of the formula sheet.
due Fri Nov 20
Assignment - Nov 20
- Student Learning Objectives chapter 11
- To introduce and use the basic energy model.
- To recognize transformations between kinetic, potential, and thermal energy.
- To define work and use the work-kinetic energy theorem.
- To develop a complete statement of the law of conservation of energy.
- To introduce and use the idea of power
- Exercises : 42 - 50 - 54 - 65 + One of 61 or 72 (or both for extra credit…. Part e of 61 requires calculus)
- Reading: 12.1 -12.2-12.3-12.4
due Mon Nov 23
Reading-Nov 23
- reading: 12.5-12.6-12.7-12.8
- Conceptual Questions: 3, 8, 10, 11
due Mon Nov 30
Reading-Nov 30
- review: 12.5-12.6-12.7-12.8
- If you have old work to submit this is your opportunity to do so!!!
due Wed Dec 2
Reading-Dec 2
- reading: all
- conceptual questions: 11, 12, 13
due Fri Dec 4
Assignment - Dec 4
- Student Learning Objectives
- To extend the particle model to the rigid-body model.
- To understand the equilibrium of an extended object.
- To understand rotation about a fixed axis.
- To understand rolling motion.
- To introduce the vector description of rotational motion and angular momentum.
- Exercises : 22, 62, 64, 70, 84, 85
due Mon Dec 7
Reading-Dec 7
- Review the concept in the chapters 1 to 8
- Control you formula sheet, check that you included all the formulas needed for these chapter.
- Select 3 exercises from these chapters that you consider challenging. You don't have to solve them but you should come to class with a possible strategy to find the solution.
due Wed Dec 9
Reading-Dec 9
- Review the concept in the chapters 9 to 12
- Control you formula sheet, check that you included all the formulas needed for these chapter.
- Select 3 exercises from these chapters that you consider challenging. You don't have to solve them but you should come to class with a possible strategy to find the solution.
due Mon Dec 14
Second take-home
see email sent on December 9th
In class Exam
December 14th 9:00am - Sci 117a
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