General Physics I (151)

Jason Stevens

Course Syllabus

Fall 2014
MWF 12:20-1:10pm Has 20

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Date
Topics
1 - 9/3 intro, motion diagrams, velocity, acceleration (Ch. 1)
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9/5 units, unit conversion, powers of ten (Ch. 1)

3-

9/8 displacement, uniform motion, average & instantaneous velocity, speed (Ch. 2)

4-

9/10 velocity from x(t) graphs, acceleration, eq. of motion with const. acc. (Ch. 2)

5-

9/12 eq. of motion with const. acc., disp. from v(t) graphs, free fall (Ch. 2)

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9/15 free fall, motion down an inclined plane (Ch. 2)

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9/17 introduction to vectors, vector algebra (Ch. 3)

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9/19 vector algebra, relative velocity, tilted axes (Ch. 3)

9-

9/22 [extra topic] special relativity (will not be on exams or homework)

10 - 9/24 equations of motion in 2D, projectile motion (Ch. 4)

11 - 9/26 projectile motion (Ch. 4)
12 - 9/29 projectile motion (Ch. 4)
13 - 10/1 Review for Exam 1
14 - 10/2 [Thursday] Exam 1 (covers chapters 1-3; lectures 1-8; HW 1-3 plus part of HW 4)
xx - 10/3 [no class, Physics Holiday]
15 - 10/6 angular motion, centripetal acceleration (Ch. 4)
16 - 10/8 force, Newtons 1st & 2nd laws, identifying forces (Ch. 5)
17 - 10/10 normal force, free-body-diagrams, tension (Ch. 5&6)
xx - 10/13 [no class, Columbus Day]
18 - 10/14 [Tuesday] friction (Ch. 6)
19 - 10/15 Newtons 3rd law (Ch. 7)
20 - 10/17 Newtons 3rd law, centripetal force (Ch. 7&8)
21 - 10/20 centripetal force (Ch. 8)
22 - 10/22 Review for Exam 2
23 - 10/22 Exam 2 (covers chapters 4-6; lectures 10-18; HW 4-6 except first part of 4)
xx - 10/24 [no class, Physics Holiday]
24 - 10/27 impulse, momentum (Ch. 9)
25 - 10/29 conservation of momentum, inelastic collisions (Ch. 9)
26 - 10/31 inelastic collisions, momentum in more than one dimension (Ch. 9)
27 - 11/3 kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy (Ch. 10

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Date
Topics
28 - 11/5 conservation of mechanical energy, elastic collisions (Ch. 10)
29 - 11/7 springs, energy diagrams (Ch. 10)
30 - 11/10 Review for Exam 3
xx - 11/12 [no class, Tuesdays Schedule]
31 - 11/12 [Wednesday] Exam 3 (covers chapters 7-9 except 8.4 & 8.7; lectures 19-26; and HW 79)
32 - 11/14 work, dot product (Ch. 11)
33 - 11/17 work, power (Ch. 11)
34 - 11/19 center of mass (Ch. 12)
35 - 11/21 rotational motion, rotational kinetic energy, moment of inertia (Ch. 12)
36 - 11/24 moment of inertia, torque (Ch. 12)
xx - 11/26 [no class, Physics Holiday]
37 - 12/1 torque, angular acceleration, cross product (Ch. 12)
38 - 12/3 conservation of angular momentum (Ch. 12)
39 - 12/5 Review for Final Exam
Final Exam (TBA; covers mostly lectures 27-38, chapters & HW 10-12; but some earlier material)