PHY 101 - Schedule -  Fall 2013

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Tentative Schedule
(last changed 9/20)
 

Date   Day Chap Topic

 Aug

22

R

1

Intro/Units, Conversions, Dimensional Anal, Sig. Figs

 

27

T

1

Trig, Vectors: Addition - Geometric & Algebraic, Component

 

29

R

2

Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, 1D Kinematics

Sep

2

M

 

Labor Day

 

3

T

2/3

Free Fall, Graphical Analysis/ 2D Kinematics

 

5

R

3/4

Projectile Motion/ Newton's Laws of Motion

 

10

T

4

Normal Force, Tension, App Weight

 

12

R

4

Gravitation, Friction, Equilibrium

 

17

T

4/5

Inclined Plane/ Uniform Circular motion

 

19

R

 

Exam I Ch 1-4

 

24

T

5/6

Circular Motion Examples/Work, Work-Energy Thm, KE

 

26

R

6

Potential Energy, Energy Conservation

 Oct

1

T

7

Impulse-Momentum Theorem, Momentum Conservation

 

3

R

7

Collisions, Center of Mass

 

8

T

8

Rotational Motion, Rotational Kinematics

 

10

R

 

Fall Break

 

11

F

 

Fall Break

 

15

T

8/9

Tangential Vars, Rolling Motion, Torque

17

R

9

Equilibrium, Rotational Dynamics

 

22

T

9

Rotational Energy and Angular Momentum

 

24

R

Exam II - Ch 5-9

 

29

T

10

Simple Harmonic Motion, Pendula

 

31

R

10/11

Deformations, Density, Pressure

 Nov

5

T

11

Archimede's, Pascal's and Bernoulli's(?) Principles

 

7

R

12

Temperature, Thermal Expansion, Heat Energy

 

12

T

13/14

Heat Transfer, Ideal Gas Law and Kinetic Theory

 

14

R

15

First Law and Thermal Processes

19

T

15

Second Law, Engines and Entropy

 

21

R

Exam III - Ch 10-15

 

26

T

16

Waves on a String, Sound Waves and Intensity

 

27

W

 

Thanksgiving

 

28

R

 

Thanksgiving

 

29

F

 

Thanksgiving

Dec

3

T

17

Superposition of Waves, Standing Waves

 

12 R Final - 8:00-11:00 AM

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