PHY 101 - Schedule -  Fall 2009 

                           

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                                  Tentative Schedule

Date   Day Chap Topic

 Aug

20

R

1

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

 

25

T

1
2

Vectors: Addition - Geometric & Algebraic, Components
Displacement, Velocity

 

27

R

2

Acceleration, 1D Kinematics, Free Fall

Sep

1

T

2/3

Graphical Analysis/2D Kinematics

 

3

R

3/4

Projectile Motion/ Newton's Laws of Motion

 

7

M

 

Labor Day

 

8

T

4

Gravitation, Normal Force, Tension, App Weight

 

10

R

4

Friction, Equilibrium

 

15

T

 

Exam I Ch 1-4

 

17

R

5

Circular Motion, Satellites

 

22

T

6

Work, Work-Energy Thm, KE

 

24

R

6

Potential Energy, Energy Conservation

 

29

T

7

Impulse-Momentum Theorem, Center of Mass

 Oct

1

R

7

Momentum Conservation, Collisions

 

5

M

 

Fall Vacation

 

6

T

 

Fall Vacation

 

8

R

8

Rotational Motion, Rotational Kinematics

 

13

T

8/9

Tangential Vars, Torque

15

R

9

Equilibrium, Rotational Dynamics

 

20

T

9

Rotational Energy and Momentum

 

22

R

Exam II - Ch 5-9

 

27

T

10

Simple Harmonic Motion, Pendula

 

29

R

10/11

Deformations, Density, Pressure

 Nov

3

T

11

Archimede's, Pascal's and Bernoulli's Principles

 

5

R

12

Temperature, Thermal Expansion, Heat Energy

 

10

T

13/14

Heat Transfer, Ideal Gas Law and Kinetic Theory

 

12

R

15

First Law and Thermal Processes

17

T

15

Second Law, Engines and Entropy

 

19

R

Exam III - Ch 10-15

 

24

T

16

Waves on a String, Sound Waves and Intensity

 

25

W

 

Thanksgiving

 

26

R

 

Thanksgiving

 

27

F

 

Thanksgiving

Dec

1

T

17

Superposition of Waves, Standing Waves

 

10 R Final - 8:00 AM

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