Syllabus, Fall 2007
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday (Honors) | Lab | HW | |
| Week 1 |
Sept. 3, Labor
Day |
Sept.
5, Winokur
Welcome, Motion Read Chap. 1 |
Sept.
7
Introduction to honors |
No lab
|
Intro. & HW1 due Wed. 9/12 midnight |
| Week 2 |
Sept.
10, Winokur
Motion, Kinematics Read Chap. 1, 2.1-2.6 |
Sept.
12, Winokur
Kinematics, Vectors Read Chap 2.7-2.8, 3 |
Sept.
14
Plastic Electronics Winokur |
MC1-a,c
Errors & Motion |
HW2
due Wed. 9/19 11:59 pm |
| Week 3 |
Sept.
17, Winokur Force & Motion Read Chap. 4 |
Sept. 19, Winokur Newton's 2nd Law, Dyn. I Read Chap. 4.5-4.6, 5 |
Sept. 21 |
M4 Acceleration in Free Fall |
HW3 due Wed. 9/26 11:59 pm |
| Week 4 |
Sept. 24, Winokur
Dynamics II, Two-Dimensions Read Chap. 6 |
Sept.
26, Winokur Dynamics III, Uniform Circular Motion Read Chap. 7 |
Sept. 28 Dan Chung Cosmology |
M2 Equilib Force M5 Projectile |
HW4 due Wed. 10/3 at 4 PM |
| Week 5 Exam 1 Thurs. night |
Oct.
1, Gilbert Chapter 7, Dynamics III Circular Motion |
Oct. 3, Timbie Review for Exam 1 Chap. 1-7 |
Oct. 5 Micro CT Jamey Weichert |
Makeup labs: |
HW4A due |
| Week 6 | Oct. 8, Winokur
Newton's 3rd Law Read Chap 8 |
Oct. 10, Winokur
Impulse & Momentum Read Chap 9 |
Oct. 12 C. Blanchard What we can learn from scattering |
M6 Circular Motion |
HW5 due Wed. 10/17 11:59 pm |
| Week
7 |
Oct. 15,
Winokur Energy Read Chap. 10 |
Oct. 17, Winokur
Work Read Chap. 11 |
Oct. 19 Jim Lawler Lighting and Energy Use |
MC-11b Air Track Collisions |
HW6 due Wed. 10/25 11:59 pm |
| Week 8 | Oct. 22, Winokur More Work Read Chap. 11 |
Oct. 25,
Winokur Rotations of a Rigid Body Read Chap 13 |
Oct. 26 Susan Nossal Climate Change |
Special: Energy and Work Simulation |
HW7 due Wed. 10/31 4 pm |
| Week
9 Exam 2 Thurs. night |
Oct.
29,
Winokur Catch up |
Oct. 31, Winokur Review for Exam 2 Chap. 8-11, 13 |
Nov. 2 Gilbert, Biominerals |
Makeup
labs: |
HW7A due Wed. 11/7 11:59 pm |
| Week 10 |
Nov. 5, Gilbert
Oscillations Read Chap 14 |
Nov. 7, Gilbert
Oscillations Chap 14 continued |
Nov. 9 Clint Sprott, Chaos |
MC12b Simple Harmonic Motion & Resonance |
HW8 due Wed. 11/14 11:59 pm |
| Week
11 |
Nov. 12, Gilbert
Fluids & Elasticity Read Chap 15 |
Nov.
14, Gilbert Fluids & Elasticity Chap 15 continued & READ Chap 16, Matter |
Nov 16 Rob Blank Skeletons in the Lab |
Special: Blood Pressure & Physiology |
HW9 due Wed. 11/21 11:59 pm |
| Week 12 |
Nov. 19, Gilbert
Chap 16 continued & READ Chap 17, Work, 1st Law TD |
Nov.
21,
Gilbert Work, 1st Law TD Chap 17, Continued |
Nov.
23 No lecture Thanksgiving recess |
No
lab Thanksgiving recess |
HW10 due Wed. 11/28 11:59 pm |
| Week 13 Exam 3 Thurs. night |
Nov.
26, Gilbert |
Nov. 28,
Gilbert
Review for Exam 3 Chap. 13-18 |
Nov. 30
Michelle Harris, Jumping Cats |
Makeup
labs: |
HW11 due Wed. 12/05 11:59 pm |
| Week 14 |
Dec. 3, Gilbert Engines and Work Read Chap 19 |
Dec. 5, Gilbert Traveling Waves Read Chap 20 |
Dec. 7 Tom Yin, Sound Perception |
HC1 Absolute Zero |
HW12 due Wed. 12/12 11:59 pm |
|
Week 15 |
Dec. 10, Gilbert |
Dec. 12, Gilbert Last class |
Dec.
14, No class |
SC1,S2 Waves on String Velocity of Sound |
|
| Week 16 Finals week |
Dec. 17, Final exam 12:25 PM Room TBA |
Dec. 19 |
Dec. 21 |
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| Final Exam: |
Monday, Dec. 17 (12:25 PM to 2:25 PM) |
| B102 & B130 Van Vleck |