PHY211 - General Physics I
Calendar
- Week 1
Tuesday August 28: Lecture #1.1 Course overview, motion in 1D
(Reading: none)
Wednesday August 29: Workshop #1.1 Velocity
(Homework due: none)
Thursday August 30: Lecture #1.2 Kinematics and graphs
(Reading: 2.1-2.3)
Friday August 31: Workshop #1.2 Motion with graphs
- Week 2
Tuesday September 4: Lecture #2.1 Kinematics, constant acceleration
(Reading: 2.4-2.6)
Wednesday September 5: Workshop #2.1 Acceleration in 1D
(Homework due: WHW 1)
Thursday September 6: Lecture #2.2 Vectors, vector components
(Reading: 1.7-1.9, 3.1-3.3)
Friday September 7: Workshop #2.2 Practice with vectors
(Homework due: FHW 1)
- Week 3
Tuesday September 11: Lecture #3.1 Vectors in 2D motion
(Reading: 3.1-3.4)
Wednesday September 12:Workshop #3.1 Motion in 2D
(Homework due: WHW 2)
Thursday September 13: Lecture #3.2 Motion in 2D
(Reading: 3.3-3.4)
Friday September 14: Workshop #3.2 Problems in 2D
- Week 4
Tuesday September 18: Lecture #4.1 Relative Motion
(Reading: 3.5)
Wednesday September 19: Workshop #4.1 Kinematics review
and Practice exam for Exam I (Homework due: WHW 3)
Thursday September 20: Exam 1
(Reading: review)
Friday September 21: Workshop #4.2 Frames of reference
- Week 5
Tuesday September 25: Lecture #5.1 Forces, Newton's laws
(Reading: 4.1-4.6)
Wednesday September 26: Workshop #5.1 Forces
(Homework due: WHW 4)
Thursday September 27: Lecture #5.2 Newton's third law
(Reading: 4.5-4.6)
Friday September 28: Workshop #5.2 Applications of Newton's laws (1) (Homework due: FHW 2)
- Week 6
Tuesday October 2: Lecture #6.1 Weight and friction
(Reading: 4.4, 5.1-5.3)
Wednesday October 3: Workshop #6.1 Newton's 2nd and 3rd law
(Homework due: WHW 5)
Thursday October 4: Lecture #6.2 Tension, circular motion
(Reading 5.4)
Friday October 5: Workshop #6.2 Applications of Newton's laws (2) (Homework due: none -- FHW3 now due Oct. 10)
- Week 7
Tuesday October 9: Lecture #7.1 Work, scalar product
(Reading: 6.1-6.3)
Wednesday October 10: Workshop #7.1 Work and the W-KE theorem
(Homework due: WHW 6 & FHW 3)
Thursday October 11: Lecture #7.2 Power, potential energy
(Reading: 6.3-6.4, 7.1)
Friday October 12: Eid Ul-Fitr -- no classes
- Week 8
Tuesday October 16: Lecture #8.1 Mechanical energy
(Reading: 7.1-7.3)
Wednesday October 17: Workshop #8.1 Practice exams for Exam 2
(Homework due: WHW 7)
Thursday October 18: Exam 2
(Reading: review)
Friday October 19: Workshop #8.2 Conservation of energy
- Week 9
Tuesday October 23: Lecture #9.1 Elastic energy, Impulse and momentum
(Reading: 7.2-7.3, 8.1-8.2)
Wednesday October 24: Workshop #9.1 Impulse and momentum (Homework due: **none**)
Thursday October 25: Lecture #9.2 Collisions
(Reading: 8.3-8.4)
Friday October 26: Workshop #9.2 Conservation of momentum (Homework due: FHW 4)
- Week 10
Tuesday October 30: Lecture #10.1 Extended objects, center of mass
(Reading: 8.5, 10.1)
Wednesday October 31: Workshop #10.1 Applications of conservation laws
(Homework due: WHW 8)
Thursday November 1: Lecture #10.2 Torque, rigid body equilibrium (Reading: 10.1, 11.1-11.3)
Friday November 2: Workshop #10.2 Extended objects, center of mass
- Week 11
Tuesday November 6: Lecture #11.1 Torque, rotation
(Reading: 10.1, 11.1-11.3, 9.1, 9.4-9.5)
Wednesday November 7: Workshop #11.1 Equilibrium of rigid bodies
and Rotational Motion (Homework due: WHW 9)
Thursday November 8: Lecture #11.2 Torque, angular acceleration and energy
(Reading: 9.2-9.5, 10.2)
Friday November 9: Workshop #11.2 Problems on torque and rotational
energy
(Homework due: FHW 5)
- Week 12
Tuesday November 13: Lecture #12.1 Rolling and Angular momentum
(Reading: 10.3 - 10.7)
Wednesday November 14: Workshop #12.1 Practice exams for Exam 3
(Homework due: WHW 10)
Thursday November 15: Exam 3
(Reading: review)
Friday November 16: Workshop #12.2 Problems on Angular Momentum
- Week 13
Tuesday November 20: Lecture #13.1 Rolling and Newtonian gravity
(Reading: 12.1-12.3)
Wednesday November 21 -- Friday November 23 - Thanksgiving - no classes
- Week 14
Tuesday November 27: Lecture #14.1 Fluid Mechanics
(Reading: 14.1-14.3)
Wednesday November 28: Workshop #14.1 Fluid Mechanics (Homework due: WHW11)
Thursday November 29: Lecture #14.2 Periodic Motion
(Reading: 13.1-13.6)
Friday November 30: Workshop #14.2 Problems on oscillations (Homework due: FHW 6)
- Week 15
Tuesday December 4: Lecture #15.1 Waves (Reading 15.1-15.8)
Wednesday December 5: Workshop #15.1 Waves
(Homework due: WHW 12)
Thursday December 6: Lecture #15.2 Sound
Waves (Reading: 16.1-16.8)
Friday December 7: Workshop #15.2 Sound Waves (Homework due: FHW 7)
Final Exam: Friday, Dec. 14, 8:00-10:00AM
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