PHY215 - General Physics I (Honors and Majors)
Calendar
- Week 1
Tuesday August 30: Lecture #1.1 Course overview, motion in 1D
(Reading: 1.1-1.8)
Wednesday August 31: Workshop #1.1 TBA
Thursday September 1: Lecture #1.2 Kinematics and graphs
(Reading: 2.1-2.3)
Friday September 2: Workshop #1.2 Velocity, motion with graphs
- Week 2
Tuesday September 6: Lecture #2.1 Kinematics, constant acceleration
(Reading: 2.4-2.7)
Wednesday September 7: Workshop #2.1 Acceleration in 1D
Thursday September 8: Lecture #2.2 Vectors, vector components
(Reading: 3.1-3.4)
Friday September 9: Workshop #2.2 Motion in 1D
- Week 3
Tuesday September 13: Lecture #3.1 Kinematics in 2D
(Reading: 4.1-4.3, 4.5-4.6)
Wednesday September 14:Workshop #3.1 Motion in 2D
Thursday September 15: Lecture #3.2 Circular Motion (Reading: 4.7)
Friday September 16: Workshop #3.2 Problems in 2D
- Week 4
Tuesday September 20: Lecture #4.1 Relative Motion
(Reading: 4.4)
Wednesday September 21: Workshop #4.1 Kinematics review
and practice problems for Exam I
Thursday September 22: Exam 1 (Reading: review)
Friday September 23: Workshop #4.2 Frames of reference
- Week 5
Tuesday September 27: Lecture #5.1 Forces, Newton's laws
(Reading: 5.1-5.7)
Wednesday September 28: Workshop #5.1 Forces
Thursday September 29: Lecture #5.2 Weight and friction
(Reading: 6.1-6.6)
Friday September 30: Workshop #5.2 Applications of Newton's laws (1)
- Week 6
Tuesday October 4: Lecture #6.1
Newton's third law (Reading: 7.1-7.5)
Wednesday October 5: Workshop #6.1 Newton's 2nd and 3rd law
Thursday October 6: Lecture #6.2 Dynamics in 2D, Circular motion
(Reading: 8.1-8.7)
Friday October 7: Workshop #6.2 Applications of Newton's laws (2)
- Week 7
Tuesday October 11: Lecture #7.1 Impulse and momentum
(Reading: 9.1-9.3)
Wednesday October 12: Workshop #7.1 Impulse and momentum
Thursday October 13: Lecture #7.2 Collisions
(Reading: 9.4-9.6)
Friday October 14: Workshop #7.2 Conservation of momentum
- Week 8
Tuesday October 18: Lecture #8.1 Energy
(Reading: 10.1-10.7)
Wednesday October 19: Workshop #8.1 Conservation of energy
Thursday October 20: Lecture #8.2 Work, scalar product
(Reading: 11.1-11.4)
Friday October 21: Workshop #8.2 Practice exam problems for Exam 2
- Week 9
Tuesday October 25: Exam 2 (Reading: review)
Wednesday October 26: Workshop #9.1 Work and the W-KE theorem
Thursday October 27: Lecture #9.1 Power, potential energy
(Reading: 11.5-11.9)
Friday October 28: Workshop #9.2 Work, power, potential energy
- Week 10
Tuesday November 1: Lecture #10.1 Extended objects, center of mass
(Reading: 12.1-12.3)
Wednesday November 2: Workshop #10.1 Extended objects, center of mass
Thursday November 3: Lecture #10.2 Torque, moment of inertia (Reading: 12.4-12.5)
Friday November 4: Workshop #10.2 Calculating moment of inertia
- Week 11
Tuesday November 8: Lecture #11.1 Torque, rotational dynamics, static equilibrium
(Reading: 12.5-12.8)
Wednesday November 9: Workshop #11.1 Problems on torque and rotational
energy
Thursday November 10: Lecture #11.2 Angular momentum (Reading: 12.9-12.11)
Friday November 11: Workshop #11.2 Problems on angular momentum
- Week 12
Tuesday November 15: Lecture #12.1
Rolling
(Reading: 12.9-12.11)
Wednesday November 16: Workshop #12.1 Practice exam problems for Exam 3
Thursday November 17: Exam 3 (Reading: review)
Friday November 18: Workshop #12.2 Problems on rolling
- Week 13
Monday November 21 -- Friday November 25 - Thanksgiving - no classes
- Week 14
Tuesday November 29: Lecture #14.1
Newtonian gravity (Reading: 13.1-13.6)
Wednesday November 30: Workshop #14.1 Problems on gravitation
Thursday December 1: Lecture #14.2 Oscillations (Reading: 14.1-14.8)
Friday December 2: Workshop #14.2 Problems on oscillations
- Week 15
Tuesday December 6: Lecture #15.1
Waves and Sound (Reading: 20.1-20.6)
Wednesday December 7: Workshop #15.1
Problems on waves
Thursday December 8: Lecture #15.2 Superposition and Interference (Reading: 21.1-21.6)
Friday December 9: Workshop #15.2 Review for Final Exam
Final Exam: Thursday, Dec. 15, 3:00 - 5:00PM
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