Date | Subject | Book Chapters | Read Lecture | Listen to Lecture (Ouch) |
Aug. 27 | Structure of the course. | Chap. 1 | ||
Aug. 29 | Doing Physics. 1D motion. | Chap. 1 | Listen | |
Aug. 31 | 1D motion. Acceleration; constant acceleration | Chap. 2 | Listen | |
Sept. 5 | Constant acceleration; freefall |
Chap. 2 | Listen | |
Sept. 7 | More examples of 1D motion. Motion in 2D: Vectors | Chap. 2, 3 | Listen | |
Sept. 10 | Motion in 2D. r, v, a. Constant accel in 2D | Chap. 3 | Listen | |
Sept. 12 | Projectile problems | Chap. 3 | Listen | |
Sept. 14 | More examples. Relative motion. Circular motion. | Chap. 3 | TechProbs | TechProbs |
Sept. 17 | Quiz #1. Newton's 1st and 2nd laws.. | Chap. 4 | TechProbs | TechProbs |
Sept. 19 | Newton's 1st and 2nd laws. | Chap. 4 | Listen | |
Sept. 21 | Forces: Examples. | Chap. 4 | Listen | |
Sept. 24 | Quiz #2. Forces: Examples. | Chap. 4, 5 | Listen | |
Sept. 26 | Forces: Springs, friction. | Chap. 4, 5 | Listen | |
Sept. 28 | Forces: Circular motion, More examples. | Chap. 5 | Listen | |
Oct. 1 | Forces: Examples. Work. | Chap. 5,6 | Listen | |
Oct. 3 | Work. Kinetic energy and the work-energy theorem. | Chap. 6 | Listen | |
Oct. 5 | The work-energy theorem. Power. Potential Energy | Chap. 6, 7 | Listen | |
Oct. 8 | Conservation of Energy: Examples. | Chap. 7 | Listen | |
Oct. 10 | Conservation of Energy: More examples. |
Chap. 7 | Listen | |
Oct. 12 | Potential Energy functions. Systems of many particles |
Chap. 7, 9 | Listen | |
Oct. 17 | Newton's 2nd law for systems of particles |
Chap. 9 | Listen | |
Oct. 19 | Conservation of Momentum |
Chap. 9 | Listen | |
Oct. 22 | Impulse. Elastic collisions. |
Chap. 9 | Listen | |
Oct. 24 | More on collisions. Roations. Angular vel and acc |
Chap. 9, 10 | Listen | |
Oct. 26 | Quiz #3. Angular and linear. Case of const ang accel. |
Chap. 10 | Listen | |
Oct. 29 | Constant ang accel; Torque and N's 2nd law for rot |
Chap. 10 | Listen | |
Oct. 31 | Moment of Inertia. Torque/and accel examples. |
Chap. 10 | Listen | |
Nov. 2 | No electricity!! | |||
Nov. 5 | Torque and angular accel. KE of rotation. |
Chap. 10 | Listen | |
Nov. 7 | Rolling motion. |
Chap. 10 | Listen | |
Nov. 9 | The cross product. Angular momentum. |
Chap. 11 | Listen | |
Nov. 12 | Conservation of angular momentum. |
Chap. 11 | Listen | |
Nov. 14 | Oscillations, Introduction.. |
Chap. 13 | Listen | |
Nov. 16 | Oscillations: Energy, Simple Pendulum. |
Chap. 13 | Listen | |
Nov. 19 | General pendulum. Examples. |
Chap. 13 | Listen | |
Nov. 21 | Wave motion. Harmonic waves. |
Chap. 14 | Listen | |
Nov. 26 | Waves and energy. Sound waves. |
Chap. 14 | Listen | |
Nov. 28 | Quiz #4. Interference.. |
Chap. 14 | Listen | |
Nov. 30 | Beats. Standing waves.. |
Chap. 14 | Listen | |
Dec. 3 | Standing waves, the Doppler effect |
Chap. 14 | Listen | |
Dec. 5 | Doppler effect |
Chap. 14 | Listen | |
Dec. 7 | Wave examples. |
Chap. 14 | Listen |