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Topics and Reading Schedule – Fall 2007

Reading assignments are listed under the class period they are due.

Homework assignments are also listed under the class period they are due.

Problems marked with "*" are challenging problems for many students.

denotes that laptops will be used in the class activity that day.

 

Week

 

Sun Monday Tuesday

Wed

Thursday Friday Sat
1

 

Aug. 27

 

27

Class 1:
1-D Constant Acceleration,

Laptop Software

 

Reading Due: Chapter 1

Chapter 2

 

28

Class 1:
1-D Constant Acceleration,

Laptop Software

 

Reading Due: Chapter 1

Chapter 2

 

Everyone:

6-7:50 PM

Introduction

DCC 308

29 30

Class 2:

Vectors

2-D Motion

 

Reading Due:

Ch 3 Sec 1-7

Ch 4 Sec 1-6

 

Homework:

Ch 2: online

31

Class 2:

Vectors

2-D Motion

 

Reading Due:

Ch 3 Sec 1-7

Ch 4 Sec 1-6

 

Homework:

Ch 2: online

Sep. 1
2 Sep. 2 3

No Classes

Labor Day

4

No Physics 1 Classes

 

5 6

Class 3:

Newton ’s Laws of Motion

 

Reading Due:

Chapter 5

 

Homework:

Ch 3: online

Ch 4: online

7

Class 3:

Newton ’s Laws of Motion

 

Reading Due:

Chapter 5

 

Homework:

Ch 3: online

Ch 4: online

8
3 Sep. 9 10

Class 4:

Newton ’s 2nd Law – Complex Systems

 

Reading Due:

Sample Probs.

5-5, 7, 8, 9

 

Homework:

Ch 5: online

11

Class 4:

Newton ’s 2nd Law – Complex Systems

 

Reading Due:

Sample Probs.

5-5, 7, 8, 9

 

Homework:

Ch 5: online

12 13

Class 5:

Impulse and Momentum

 

Reading Due:

Ch 9 Sec 1-6

 

Homework:

Ch 5: online

14

Class 5:

Impulse and Momentum

 

Reading Due:

Ch 9 Sec 1-6

 

Homework:

Ch 5: online

15

 

4

Sep. 16

17

Class 6:

Conservation of Momentum

 

Reading Due:

Ch 9 Sec 7

 

Homework:

Ch 9: online

18

Class 6:

Conservation of Momentum

 

Reading Due:

Ch 9 Sec 7

 

Homework:

Ch 9: online

Option. Review 6-7:25 PM

19

20

Class 7:

Review for Exam 1

 

Reading Due:

None

 

Homework:

Ch 9: online

21

Class 7:

Review for Exam 1

 

Reading Due:

None

 

Homework:

Ch 9: online

22

5 Sep. 23 24

Class 8:

Kinetic Energy and Work

 

Reading Due:

Ch 3 Sec 8 (not vector product)

Chapter 7

 

Homework:

None

25

Class 8:

Kinetic Energy and Work

 

Reading Due:

Ch 3 Sec 8 (not vector product)

Chapter 7

 

Homework:

None

Exam #1:

6-7:25 PM

26 27

Class 9:

Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy

 

Reading Due:

Ch 8 Sec 1-6

 

Homework:

Ch 7: online

28

Class 9:

Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy

 

Reading Due:

Ch 8 Sec 1-6

 

Homework:

Ch 7: online

29
6 Sep. 30 Oct. 1

Class 10:

Conservation of Energy II

 

Reading Due:

Ch 8 Sec 1-6

 

Homework:

Ch 8: online

2

Class 10:

Conservation of Energy II

 

Reading Due:

Ch 8 Sec 1-6

 

Homework:

Ch 8: online

3 4

Class 11:

Non-Conservative Forces and Collisions

 

Reading Due:

Ch 8 Sec 7-8

Ch 9 Sec 8-11

 

Homework:

Ch 8: online

5

Class 11:

Non-Conservative Forces and Collisions

 

Reading Due:

Ch 8 Sec 7-8

Ch 9 Sec 8-11

 

Homework:

Ch 8: online

6

 

7 Oct. 7 8

No Classes

 

9

Monday Schedule

No Physics 1 Classes

10 11

Class 12:

Uniform Circular Motion

 

Reading Due:

Ch 4 Sec 7

Ch 6 Sec 5

 

Homework:

Ch 8: online

Ch 9: online

12

Class 12:

Uniform Circular Motion

 

Reading Due:

Ch 4 Sec 7

Ch 6 Sec 5

 

Homework:

Ch 8: online

Ch 9: online

13
8 Oct 14 15

Class 13:

General Rotational Motion

 

Reading Due:

Chapter 10

 

Homework:

Ch 4: online

Ch 6: online

16

Class 13:

General Rotational Motion

 

Reading Due:

Chapter 10

 

Homework:

Ch 4: online

Ch 6: online

17 18

Class 14:

Cross Product, Torque, and Angular Momentum

 

Reading Due:

Ch 3 Sec 8

Ch 11 Sec 6-7

 

Homework:

Ch 10: online

19

Class 14:

Cross Product, Torque, and Angular Momentum

 

Reading Due:

Ch 3 Sec 8

Ch 11 Sec 6-7

 

Homework:

Ch 10: online

20
9 Oct. 21 22

Class 15:

Conservation of Angular Momentum

 

Reading Due:

Ch 11 Sec 8-11

 

Homework:

Ch 3: online

Ch 11: online

23

Class 15:

Conservation of Angular Momentum

 

Reading Due:

Ch 11 Sec 8-11

 

Homework:

Ch 3: online

Ch 11: online

Option. Review 6-7:25 PM

24 25

Class 16:

Review for Exam 2

 

Reading Due:

None

 

Homework:

Ch 11: online

26

Class 16:

Review for Exam 2

 

Reading Due:

None

 

Homework:

Ch 11: online

27

 

10 Oct. 28 29

Class 17:

Gravitation

 

Reading Due:

Ch 13 Sec 1-6

 

Homework:

None

30

Class 17:

Gravitation

 

Reading Due:

Ch 13 Sec 1-6

 

Homework:

None

 

Exam #2:

6-7:25 PM

31 Nov. 1

Class 18:

Coulomb’s Law

 

Reading Due:

Chapter 21

 

Homework:

Ch 13: online

2

Class 18:

Coulomb’s Law

 

Reading Due:

Chapter 21

 

Homework:

Ch 13: online

3
11 Nov. 4 5

Class 19:

The Electric Field

 

Reading Due:

Ch 22 Sec 1-5 and 8

 

Homework:

Ch 21: online

6

Class 19:

The Electric Field

 

Reading Due:

Ch 22 Sec 1-5 and 8

 

Homework:

Ch 21: online

7 8

Class 20:

Electric Potential

 

Reading Due:

Ch 24 Sec 1-8 and 10-11

 

Homework:

Ch 22: online

9

Class 20:

Electric Potential

 

Reading Due:

Ch 24 Sec 1-8 and 10-11

 

Homework:

Ch 22: online

10
12 Nov. 11 12

Class 21:

Thinking About Electric Fields and Potential

 

Reading Due:

Review Chapters 22 and 24

 

Homework:

Ch 24: online

13

Class 21:

Thinking About Electric Fields and Potential

 

Reading Due:

Review Chapters 22 and 24

 

Homework:

Ch 24: online

14 15

Class 22:

The Magnetic Field

 

Reading Due:

Ch 28 Sec 1-3

 

Homework:

Ch 22: online

Ch 24: online

16

Class 22:

The Magnetic Field

 

Reading Due:

Ch 28 Sec 1-3

 

Homework:

Ch 22: online

Ch 24: online

17

 


 

13 Nov. 18 19

Class 23:

Magnetic Forces on Moving Charges

 

Reading Due:

Ch 28 Sec 4-6

 

Homework:

None

20

Class 23:

Magnetic Forces on Moving Charges

 

Reading Due:

Ch 28 Sec 4-6

 

Homework:

None

21 22

Thanksgiving Vacation

23

Thanksgiving Vacation

24
14 Nov. 25 26

Class 24:

e/m Ratio for the Electron

 

Reading Due:

None

 

Homework:

Ch 28: online

27

Class 24:

e/m Ratio for the Electron

 

Reading Due:

None

 

Homework:

Ch 28: online

Option. Review 6-7:25 PM

28

 

29

Class 25:

Review for Exam 3

 

Reading Due:

None

 

Homework:

None

30

Class 25:

Review for Exam 3

 

Reading Due:

None

 

Homework:

None

Dec. 1