| Date |
Subject |
Book Chapters |
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| Aug. 30 |
Structure of the course. |
Chap. 1 |
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| Sept. 1 |
Units, scientific math. Describing 1D motion |
Chap. 1, Chap. 2 |
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| Sept. 3 |
Acceleration; the case of constant acceleration. |
Chap. 2 |
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| Sept. 8 |
One-dimensional motion: Free-fall. |
Chap. 2 |
pdf |
Listen |
| Sept. 10 |
More 1-D motion. 2-D motion, vectors. |
Chap. 2, Chap. 3 |
pdf |
Listen |
| Sept. 13 |
2-D motion, velocity and acceleration.; Constant acceleration. |
Chap. 3 |
pdf |
Listen |
| Sept. 15 |
Free-fall problems; projectiles |
Chap. 3 |
pdf |
Listen |
| Sept. 17 |
More f ree-fall problems; relative velocity |
Chap. 3 |
pdf |
Audio portion absent! (?) |
| Sept. 20 |
Quiz #1;Uniform circular motion; centripetal acceleration (& non-uniform) |
Chap. 3 |
pdf |
Listen |
| Sept. 22 |
Forces; Newton's 1st and 2nd laws |
Chap. 3, Chap. 4 |
pdf |
Listen |
| Sept. 24 |
Forces; solving problems with forces. |
Chap. 4 |
pdf |
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| Sept. 27 |
Forces; solving problems with forces. |
Chap. 4, Ch. 5 |
pdf |
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| Sept. 29 |
Forces; spring force; friction forces. |
Chap. 4, Ch. 5 |
pdf |
Listen |
| Oct. 1 |
Quiz #2; Forces; friction forces and circular motion. |
Ch. 5 |
pdf |
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| Oct. 4 |
Forces: Circular motion. |
Ch. 5 |
pdf |
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| Oct. 6 |
Work, kinetic energy: Definitions |
Ch. 6 |
pdf |
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| Oct. 8 |
Work-Energy Theorem; Power |
Ch. 6 |
pdf |
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| Oct. 11 |
Potential Energy; Conservation of Energy |
Ch. 7 |
pdf |
Listen |
| Oct. 13 |
Conservation of Energy: Examples |
Ch. 7 |
pdf |
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| Oct. 15 |
Potential Energy curves. Total force on a system; center of mass. |
Ch. 7, Ch. 9 |
pdf |
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| Oct. 20 |
Motion of the CM; Conservation of momentum. |
Ch. 9 |
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| Oct. 22 |
Conservation of momentum; elastic collisions |
Ch. 9 |
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| Oct. 25 |
More on collisions. More examples. |
Ch. 9 |
pdf |
Listen |
| Oct. 27 |
Quiz #3; The motion of real objects. |
Ch. 10 |
pdf |
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| Oct. 29 |
Rotational kinematics; torque |
Ch. 10 |
pdf |
Listen |
| Nov. 1 |
Torque; the moment of inertia |
Ch. 10 |
pdf |
Listen |
| Nov. 3 |
Finding the moment of inertia; Newtons' 2nd law for rotations. |
Ch. 10 |
pdf |
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| Nov. 5 |
Rotational energy; rolling motion |
Ch. 10 |
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| Nov. 8 |
Rolling motion and energy; examples. |
Ch. 10 |
pdf |
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| Nov. 10 |
Comments on rotation problems; Vectors and rotations. |
Ch. 10, Ch. 11 |
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| Nov. 12 |
Vectors and rotations. Angular momentum. |
Ch. 11 |
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| Nov. 15 |
More on angular momentum. Oscillations. |
Ch. 11, Ch. 13 |
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| Nov. 17 |
Oscillations: Mass-spring system. |
Ch. 13 |
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| Nov. 19 |
Oscillations: Simple and "physical" pendulae. |
Ch. 13 |
pdf |
Listen |
| Nov. 22 |
Oscillations: Examples. Damped and driven oscs |
Ch. 13 |
pdf |
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| Nov. 24 |
Waves: General features. |
Ch. 14 |
pdf |
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| Nov. 29 |
Waves: Mathematical form. Waves on a string.. |
Ch. 14 |
pdf |
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| Dec. 1 |
Quiz #4; Sound waves.. |
Ch. 14 |
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| Dec. 3 |
Waves: Interference, beats, standing waves. |
Ch. 14 |
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| Dec. 6 |
Waves: Standing waves. The Doppler Effect |
Ch. 14 |
pdf |
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| Dec. 8 |
Waves: The Doppler Effect |
Ch. 14 |
pdf |
Listen |
| Dec. 10 |
Waves: Wrap-up and Brief Review |
Ch. 14 |
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Listen |