Tentative Schedule--Physics 103

Date

Topic

Section

8-31   F

Introduction, Scientific notation, units   

Chapter 1

9-3   M

Motion, Position, Displacement, velocity

Chapter 2.1-3

9-5    W

Acceleration, motion in a line

2.4-5

9-7     F

 graphing motion in a line, Free Fall

2.6-7

9-10    M

 Vector addition, graphical and mathematical

3.1-2

9-12   W

 aVelocity and acceleration 2-D

3.3-4

9-14    F

 Motion in a plane with constant acceleration

3.5

9-17  M

Force, Newton's 1st Law

4.1-2

9-19   W

Newton's 2nd and Newton's 3rd Law

4.3-4

9-21    F

Gravitational Forces, Contact Forces,

4.5-4.6

9-24   M

Tension, applying newton's second law

4.7-8

9-26  W

Newton's Second Law problems

 

9-28   F

Uniform Circular Motion, radial acceleration

5.1 – 5.2

10-1   M

circular orbits, nonuniform circular motion

5.4– 5.5

10-3   W

Tangential and Angular Acceleration

5.6

10-5    F

Exam 1

Chpt 1-4

10-8   M

Conservation of Energy, Work by constant force

6.1-6.2

10-10   W

Kinetic Energy and Gravitational Potential Energy

6.3-6.5

10-12  F

Mid Semester Break – No Classes

 

10-15  M

 Work by variable forces, Elastic Potential energy 6.6-6.7

10-17 W

Power and more chapter 6 problems

6.8

10-19  F

Momentum: vector conservation law

7.1-7.2

10-22 M

Impulse-momentum theorem, conservation of momentum

7.3-7.4

10-24 W

Center of mass

7.5-7.6

10-26  F

Collisions

7.7-7.8

10-29 M

Rotational kinetic energy and Inertia, Torque

8.1-8.2

10-31 W

Work done by torque, equilibrium

8.3-8.4

11-2  F

Exam 2

Chapters 5-7

11-5    M

Equilibrium in the human body, rotational form of newton's second law

8.5-8.6

11-7  W

motion of rolling objects, angular momentum

8.7-8.9

11-9   F

 States of Matter, Pressure, Pascal's principle
9.1-9.3

11-12M

measuring pressure, archimedes principle

9.4-9.6

11-14  W

fluid flow and Bernouli equation

9.7-9.8

11-16   F

 viscosity and drag 9.9-9.10

 

Thanksgiving Break – No Classes

 

11-26  M

Simple Harmonic Motion

10:5-10.6

11-28  W

Pendulum and graphical analysis of SHM

10.7-10.8
11-30 F

Exam 3
Chap. 8-9

12-3   M

Waves: energy transport, types, speed, periodicity

11.1-11.4

12-5   W

wave math and graph and superposition

11.5-11.7

12-7    F

reflection and refraction, interference and diffraction, standing waves

11.8-11.10

12-10   M

sound waves

12.1-12.4

12-12 W

The ear, medical imaging

12.6 and 10

12-14   F

Review

Chap. 1 - 12

12-18 T

10:50 section: FINAL EXAM 8:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday December 18

Chap. 1 - 12

12-19 W

8:30 section: FINAL EXAM 8:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday Dec 19

Chap. 1 - 12