Schedule & Assignments

Lecture Date Subject Reading Assignment Recommended Reading Homework
Tuesday, August 18 Lecture 1: Learning Physics
Thursday, August 20 Lecture 2: Introduction to the Study of Motion Wolfson, Chapter 2
Wolfson, Chapter 3 (excluding Section 3.6)
Hyperphysics on Motion in One Dimension
Hyperphysics on Vectors
Hyperphysics on Applications of Velocity and Acceleration
Homework 1
Tuesday, August 25 Lecture 3: Motion in 2 and 3 Dimensions Wolfson, Chapter 4 on Force and Motion
Wolfson, Sections 1 & 2 of Chapter 5
Hyperphysics on Newton’s Laws
Thursday, August 27 Lecture 4: Projectile Motion (or shooting stuff) Wolfson, Section 6 of Chapter 3 on Circular Motion
Wolfson, Chapter 5 on Force and Motion
Hyperphysics on Newton’s Laws Homework 2
Tuesday, September 1 Lecture 5: Force and Motion Wolfson, Section 6 of Chapter 3 on Circular Motion
Wolfson, Chapter 5 on Force and Motion
Hyperphysics on Newton’s Laws
Thursday, September 3 Lecture 6: Circular Motion Wolfson, Reread Chapter 5, Using Newton’s Laws Homework 3
Tuesday, September 8 Lecture 7: Friction
Thursday, September 10 Lecture 8: Air Resistance and Drag Wolfson, Chapter 6 on Work, Energy, and Power Homework 4
Tuesday, September 15 Lecture 9: Introduction to the Conservation Laws
Thursday, September 17 Lecture 10: Energy and Work
Tuesday, September 22 Lecture 11: Review for Midterm Exam 1
Thursday, September 24 Lecture 12: More on Energy, Work, and Power Wolfson, Chapter 7 on Conservation of Energy
Wolfson, Chapter 8 on Gravity
Homework 5
Tuesday, September 29 Lecture 13: Gravity, Planetary Motion, and Satellite Motion
Thursday, October 1 Lecture 14: Energy of Orbiting Planets, Moons, and Satellites Wolfson, Chapter 9 on Systems of Particles Homework 6
Tuesday, October 6 Lecture 15: Elastic and Inelastic Collisions Wolfson, Chapter 10 on Rotational Motion    
Thursday, October 8 Lecture 16: More Elastic and Inelastic Collisions Wolfson, Chapter 10 on Rotational Motion
Wolfson, Chapter 11 on Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum
Homework 7
Tuesday, October 14 Lecture 17: Rigid Bodies Wolfson, Chapter 11 on Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum
Thursday, October 15 Lecture 18: Moment of Inertia and Angular Momentum Wolfson, Chapter 12 on Static Equilibrium Homework 8
Tuesday, October 20 Lecture 19: More Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum Wolfson, Chapter 12 on Static Equilibrium
Thursday, October 22 Lecture 20: Static Equilibrium Wolfson, Chapter 13 on Oscillatory Motion
Tuesday, October 27 Lecture 21: Review for Midterm Exam No. 2 Wolfson, Chapter 13 on Oscillatory Motion
Thursday, October 29 Lecture 22: Simple Harmonic Motion Wolfson, Chapter 14 on Wave Motion Homework 9
Tuesday, November 3 Lecture 23: Simple Harmonic Motion
Thursday, November 5 Lecture 24: Damped Harmonic Motion Wolfson, Chapter 14 on Wave Motion Homework 10
Tuesday, November 10 Lecture 25: Wave Motion
Thursday, November 12 Lecture 26: Wave Interference Homework 11
Tuesday, November 17 Lecture 27: Doppler Shift
Thursday, November 19 Lecture 28: Review for Exam No. 3