Date | Subject | Book Chapters | Read Lecture | Listen to Lecture (Ouch) |
Jan. 17 | Structure of the course. | Chap. 1 | ||
Jan. 18 | Doing Physics. 1D motion. | Chap. 1 | Listen | |
Jan. 23 | 1D motion: velocity, acceleration. Constant accel. | Chap. 2 | Listen | |
Jan. 25 | 1D motion: Constant accel, free fall | Chap. 2 | Listen | |
Jan. 28 | 1D motion: Constant accel, free fall. 2D motion. | Chap. 2, 3 | Listen | |
Jan. 30 | Vectors. Velocity and Acceleration in 2D | Chap. 3 | Listen | |
Feb. 1 | 2D Motion: Constant Accel and projectiles. | Chap. 3 | Listen | |
Feb. 4 | More projectiles; relative motion. | Chap. 3 | Listen | |
Feb. 6 | Relative motion examples. Circular motion | Chap. 3 | Listen | |
Feb. 8 | Quiz #1 Newton's first two laws. | Chap. 4 | Listen | |
Feb. 11 | Using F=ma | Chap. 4 | Listen | |
Feb. 13 | Newton's 3rd Law. Force examples. | Chap. 4, 5 | Listen | |
Feb. 15 | Quiz #2 More force examples | Chap. 5 | Listen | |
Feb. 18 | Springs. Kinetic Friction. | Chap. 5 | Listen | |
Feb. 20 | Static Friction. Forces and circular motion. | Chap. 5 | Listen | |
Feb. 22 | More force problems. | Chap. 5 | Listen | |
Feb. 25 | Work, kinetic energy | Chap. 6 | Listen | |
Feb. 27 | Work-Energy Theorem, Power | Chap. 6 | Listen | |
Mar. 1 | Potential Energy; Conservation of Energy | Chap. 7 | Listen | |
Mar. 4 | Conservation of Energy. Potential Energy curves | Chap. 7 | Listen | |
Mar. 6 | Potential Energy curves. Motion of the Ctr of Mass | Chap. 7, 9 | Listen | |
Mar. 8 | Momentum. Conservation of mom for isol system. | Chap. 9 | Listen | |
Mar. 18 | Conservation of mom for isol system; collisions | Chap. 9 | Listen | |
Mar. 20 | More on collisions; rotations of a rigid body. | Chaps. 9, 10 | Listen | |
Mar. 22 | Quiz #3 Rotational kinematics. | Chap. 10 | Listen | |
Mar. 25 | Const Ang acceleration. How to open a door. | Chap. 10 | Listen | |
Mar. 27 | Torque and relation to ang accel. Moment of Inertia. | Chap. 10 | Listen | |
Apr. 1 | Moment of Inertia. N's 2nd law for rotations. | Chap. 10 | Listen | |
Apr. 3 | N's 2nd law for rotations. Rot'l KE. Rolling motion. | Chap. 10 | Listen | |
Apr. 5 | Rolling motion. Examples with rolling motion. | Chap. 10 | Listen | |
Apr. 8 | Ang vel and torque as vectors. Angular momentum. | Chap. 11 | Listen | |
Apr. 10 | Angular momentum & conservation of it. | Chap. 11 | Listen | |
Apr. 12 | Oscillations: Basic equations. | Chap. 13 | Listen | |
Apr. 15 | Energy and oscillations. Pendulae.. | Chap. 13 | Listen | |
Apr. 17 | More on Oscillators. Examples. Waves. | Chap. 13, 14 | Listen | |
Apr. 19 | Quiz #4 Types of waves; harmonic waves. | Chap. 14 | Listen | |
Apr. 22 | Harmonic waves. Waves on a string. Power. | Chap. 14 | Listen | |
Apr. 24 | Intensity. Sound waves. Beats. | Chap. 14 | Listen | |
Apr. 26 | Beats. Reflection. Standing waves. | Chap. 14 | Listen | |
Apr. 29 | Doppler Effect. | Chap. 14 | Listen | |
May 1 | Doppler Effect. | Chap. 14 | Listen | |
May 3 | Some review . | Chap. 10-14 | Listen |
Old lectures: | Fall 12 | Spring 12 | Fall 11 | Fall 10 |