| Day | Date | What are we doing today? | Reading | Homework Due | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | 28 Aug | Introduction; LAB: Activity 01 | Chapter 1 | - | |
| R | 31 Aug | One dimensional kinematics and dynamics | Chapters 2 & 3 | Ch1: M3, Q10, E22, P6 | |
| M | 4 Sep | No Class (Labor Day) | - | - | |
| R | 7 Sep | Newton's Laws in "real life" | Chapters 4 & 5 | Ch.2: P27,P33; Ch.3: P10 | |
| M | 11 Sep | LAB: Activity 04 | - | - | |
| R | 14 Sep | Momentum, particles, and rigid bodies | Ch.6; Sec.7-4 | Ch.4: Q15,P18; Ch.5: P17 | |
| M | 18 Sep | Energy, the beginning. | Chapters 11, 12, ... | - | |
| R | 21 Sep | Energy, all the rest, including Gravitation | ... 13 and 14 | Ch.6: P17,P20; Ch.7: P6 | |
| M | 25 Sep | Oscillations | Chapter 17 | Ch.14: E11, E25 | |
| R | 28 Sep | Midterm Exam #1 (Thru 21 Sept) | - | - | |
| M | 2 Oct | LAB: Activity 10 ("Simple Harm Oscill #1") | - | - | |
| R | 5 Oct | Oscillations and "New Math" | Chapter 17 | - | |
| Tue | 10 Oct | LAB: "Simple Harmonic Oscillations #2" | - | - | |
| R | 12 Oct | Rotational kinematics and dynamics | Chapters 8 & 9 | Sheet | |
| M | 16 Oct | LAB: "Simple Harmonic Oscillations #3" | - | - | |
| R | 19 Oct | Angular momentum | Chapter 10 | Ch8:P4; Ch9:P3; Ch17:P20 | |
| M | 23 Oct | Traveling Waves | Chapter 18 | Ch.10: P9 | |
| R | 26 Oct | Standing Waves | Chapter 18 | Lab Books (Prelim) | |
| M | 30 Oct | Fluids; Sound Waves | Chs.15, 16, 19 | Ch.18: E26 | |
| R | 2 Nov | Midterm Exam #2 (Thru 26 Oct) | - | - | |
| M | 6 Nov | The Special Theory of Relativity | Chapter 20 | In-class | |
| R | 9 Nov | Coupled harmonic oscillators | Notes | Ch.15:P8; Ch.20:M5,6,7 | |
| M | 13 Nov | LAB: "Coupled Oscillations" | - | - | |
| R | 16 Nov | Temperature and what it means for a gas | Chapters 21 & 22 | See notes from 9 Nov | |
| M | 20 Nov | The first law of thermodynamics | Chapter 23 | ||
| R | 23 Nov | No Class (Thanksgiving) | - | - | |
| M | 27 Nov | The second law of thermodynamics | Chapter 24 | - | |
| R | 30 Nov | Midterm Exam #3 (Thru 20 Nov) | Notes | - | - |
| M | 4 Dec | The Principle of Least Action | - | - | |
| R | 7 Dec | Course Review | - | Lab Books (Final) | |