assignments

due Fri Jan 20

Reading Jan 20

Review the first part of chapter 12 (Book I)
Read Chapter 12 (Book I): The vector description of Rotational motion

due Mon Jan 23

Reading Jan 23

Finish to read Chapter 12
Conceptual Questions: 12, 13

due Wed Jan 25

Assignment 1 - Jan 25

Read Chapter 13 (Book I): 13.1, 13.2, 13.3

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.

Chapter 12: 78, 71, 83, 87, 88

due Mon Jan 30

Reading Jan 30

Read Chapter 13 (Book I): Finish the chapter
Conceptual Questions:3, 5, 7, 8, 10

due Wed Feb 1

Assignment 2 - Feb 1

Book volume 1 - Chapter 14: sections 14.1, 14.2, 14.3

Reading Chapter 14:

To study the dynamics and energy associated with a distance-dependent force.
To understand the basic observations of satellite and planetary motion.
To practice force and energy ideas that will be essential for understanding electricity.

Chapter 13: 34, 42, 44, 50, 54 (if you have done it for Monday), 66

due Fri Feb 3

Reading Feb 3

Book volume 1 - Chapter 14: to the end of the Chapter
Conceptual Questions: 1-3-7-4-5-8-9

due Mon Feb 6

Reading Feb 6

Review Chapters 12-13-14

due Wed Feb 8

Assignment Feb 8

To understand the physics and mathematics of oscillations.
To draw and interpret oscillatory graphs.
To learn the concepts of phase and phase constant.
To understand and use energy conservation in oscillatory systems.
To understand the basic ideas of damping and resonance.

Problems: 14.30, 14.35, 14.40, 14.49, 14.77, 14.80

due Fri Feb 10

Reading Feb 10

Reading Chapter 15: 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
Conceptual Questions: 2, 4, 5

due Mon Feb 13

Reading Feb 13

Reading Chapter 15: 15.4, 15.5
Conceptual Questions: 6, 7, 9, 10

due Wed Feb 15

Reading Feb 15

Review chapter 15

due Fri Feb 17

Assignment Feb 17

Reading, Volume 2, Chapter 16.

Student Learning Objectives Chapter 15

To understand pressure in liquids and gases.
To practice using a variety of pressure units.
To use Archimedes’ principle to understand buoyancy.
To use an ideal-fluid model to study fluid flow.

Please, come to my office or talk with the physics tutor if you feel that you need clarification about any of the topics listed in the learning objectives.

Chapter 15, Problems: 33, 40, 50, 53, 60, 63

due Mon Feb 20

In class work - Feb 20

I will be in Atlanta for a conference. Forest will be there to help you. Here is the work you will have to do:

Work as a group: summarize the main points of section 16.4, 16.5, 16.6. Please, take notes, we will discuss them on Wednesday.
Solve as many as you can of the following problems: 5, 6, 8, 13, 14, 18, 26, 29, 50, 57. Discuss your solution at the end of each problem. If your solutions are different you should discuss how, and understand if they are both valid.

due Wed Feb 22

In class work - Feb 22

We will discuss the work don on today and chapter 16

due Fri Feb 24

Assignment Feb 24

Chapter 17 reading: 17.1, 17.2, 17.3

Student Learning Objectives chapter 16

To develop atomic-level models of solids, liquids, and gases.
To recognize and use the state variables that characterize macroscopic phenomena.
To understand the idea of phase change and interpret a phase diagram.
To understand and use the ideal-gas law.
To understand and practice using pV diagrams for ideal-gas processes.

Please, come to my office or talk with the physics tutor if you feel that you need clarification about any of the topics listed in the learning objectives.

Chapter 16, Problems: 34, 35, 45, 58, 64, 72

due Mon Feb 27

Reading Feb 27

Reading Chapter 17: Finish the chapter
Conceptual Questions: 2, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12

due Wed Mar 1

Reading March 1

Read experiment 2

due Fri Mar 3

Assignment March 3

Reading: 18.1, 18.2 (These sections are more math intensive, please read carefully and analyses the reasoning of the book step by step) Student Learning Objectives

To understand energy conservation as expressed in the first law of thermodynamics.
To begin the process of understanding the concept of heat.
To learn how heat is related to temperature change through specific heats and molar specific heats.
To apply heat transfer ideas to practical situations of calorimetry.
To understand adiabatic processes.

Chapter 17: 38, 48, 59, 62, 79 (this is a multi steps problem, there is a lot of thinking to do), 82

due Mon Mar 6

Reading March 6

reading: 18.3, 18.4 Conceptual questions:3, 4, 6, 7

due Wed Mar 8

Mid-term

due Wed Mar 8

Reading March 8

Finish chapter 18 Conceptual questions: 8, 9

due Fri Mar 10

Assignment March 10

Student Learning Objectives

To recognize the connection between temperature, thermal energy, and the average translational kinetic energy of the molecules in the system.
To understand the molecular basis for pressure and the ideal-gas law.
To use the micro/macro connection to predict the molar specific heats of gases and solids.
To understand how heat is transferred via molecular collisions and how thermally interacting systems reach equilibrium.
To obtain a qualitative understanding of entropy, the second law of thermodynamics, and some of the implications of the second law.

Problems: 18.39, 18.45, 18.46, 18.51, 18.54, 18.60, 18.65

due Mon Mar 27

Reading March 27

Submit assignment due on 10
Reading 19: 19.1, 19.2, 19.3
Conceptual Questions: 1, 2, 3

due Wed Mar 29

Reading March 29

Reading 19: 19.4, 19.5, 19.6
Conceptual Questions: 4, 5, 6, 7

due Fri Mar 31

Assignment March 31

Student Learning Objectives

To understand the thermodynamics of the four basic processes of an ideal gas.
To understand the physics of simple heat engines and refrigerators.
To recognize that thermodynamics has practical applications to real devices.
To learn that there is a limit to the efficiency of a heat engine.

Please, come to my office or talk with the physics tutor if you feel that you need clarification about any of the topics listed in the learning objectives.

Chapter 19: 35, 42, 46, 48, 59

due Mon Apr 3

Reading April 3

We will spend today review Thermodynamic. Please, come to class with questions you have and topics you want to review.
Chapter 19: 70, 71, 72
if we have time we will start the new chapter: Reading from volume 3: 20.1, 20.2

due Wed Apr 5

Reading April 5

if we have time we will start the new chapter: Reading from volume 3: 20.1, 20.2, 20.3

due Fri Apr 7

Reading April 7

Finish chapter 20
Conceptual Questions: 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12

due Mon Apr 10

Assignment April 10

Student Learning Objectives

To use the wave model and understand how it differs from the particle model.
To visualize wave motion and develop intuition about waves.
To work with functions of two variables, using both graphical and mathematical representations.
To become familiar with the properties of sinusoidal waves, such as wavelength, wave number, phase, and frequency.
To study important characteristics of sound waves and light waves.
To understand the Doppler effect.

Problems: 20.40, 20.44, 20.58, 20.59, 20.68, 20.73, 20.78

due Wed Apr 12

Reading April 12

Chapter 21: 21.1, 21.2, 21.3

due Fri Apr 14

Reading April 14

Chapter 21: 21.5, 21.6 Conceptual questions: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7

due Mon Apr 17

Reading April 17

Finish chapter 21

due Wed Apr 19

Assignment April 19

Reading 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4

Some simulations that could help you

Student Learning Objectives CH 21

To understand and apply the principle of superposition.
To understand that standing waves are the superposition of two traveling waves.
To study the basic properties of standing waves.
To understand how and why interference occurs in one dimension and in two and threedimensions.
To understand beats as the superposition of two waves of unequal frequency

Problems: 21.39, 21.44, 21.50, 21.55, (21.63, 21.67, we haven't over this in class, try them out, we will start from this topic), 21.75

due Mon Apr 24

Reading April 24

Finish chapter 22
conceptual questions: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7

due Wed Apr 26

Reading April 26

Reading: 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, 23.5 23,6

Student Learning Objectives CH 22

To introduce and use the wave model of light.
To understand how and why interference of light occurs.
To understand the interference patterns of double slits and diffraction gratings.
To study the inevitable spreading of waves due to diffraction.

Problems: 22.37, 22.41, 22.45, 22.58, 22.61, 22.67, 22.75

due Fri Apr 28

Reading April 28

Reading: 23.6, 23.7, 23.8
Conceptual questions:2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12

due Mon May 1

Assignment May 1

Come to class with with questions, problems, and topic of discussion for this class and the next. They can be on any of the topics studied this semester.

due Wed May 3

Assignment May 3

Student Learning Objectives CH 23

To understand the ray model of light and its domain of applicability.
To understand reflection and refraction.
To apply ray tracing from situations ranging from apertures to image formation.
To understand how, when, and why images are seen.
To apply these ideas to thin lenses and spherical mirrors.

Chapter 23: 23.39, 23.45, 23.48, 23.53, 23.62, 23.79

due Mon May 8

Second test

I will send an email on Thursday

In class exam

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