Physics I Schedule Fall 2011
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
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Wk 1 Aug. 22 Syllabus, course logistics, MOODLE |
Begin Lab 1 |
Class - Newton's First Law, Lecture tutorial - Motion
with no forces |
Finish Lab 1 |
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Wk 2 Aug. 29 Introduce Echolocator and acceleration
Bowling and fancart no thrust (see lab handout). |
Begin Lab 2 Velocity
and Accel I |
Kinematics |
Finish Lab 2 |
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Wk 3. Sept. 5. Practice with kinematics equations |
Begin Lab 3 Velocity
and Accel II |
Review Lab 3 concepts Newton II |
Finish Lab 3 |
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Wk4 Sep 12 HW 9
Trajectories and Gravity - due Mon Sept. 19,
2011 (Note: the HW numbers are not in sequential
order - varied from previously) |
Review for Exam I. (New review for
2011 is posted) |
Sept 14, 2011 |
Begin
Lab 4 Gravity/projectiles 2ball drop, toss-up, trajectory |
| Wk 5 Sep 19."Popper upper"
demo HW10 (due Sept. 21, 2011) [Omit probs 4, 5) Gravity (Free fall, throw up, and Projectiles)] |
Finish Gravity/Projectiles
lab |
Newton II - Forces and motion Newtonian dynamics with friction, inclines, and gravity Why do all masses fall at same accel? HW 7 due Sept 26 - Newton II plus (Zumstein's section Prob. 4 of HW10).(Due Sept. 26, 2011) Tutorial: Motion under gravity "Popper Upper" Video |
Begin Lab 5 Shove-it |
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Wk6 Sept. 26 |
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Begin Circular motion. Applet
for circular forces HW11. Circular Motion and Gravity II Due Oct. 3 |
Begin Lab 6 |
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Wk7 Oct. 3 HW12:
Momentum, Impulse, and Tires Due Wed, Oct. 5
Due Monday, Oct.
10. Note revised date!!! Text, Halliday/Resnick Page 130 #9,11 Page 134 #43,49,57,70* *Great Problem!! |
Finish Lab 6 Circular accel |
HW
12a More Momentum amd Newton III - due Mon Oct. 10,
along with HW 12 Tutorial Quiz - Momentum |
Begin Lab 7 Impulse/momentum |
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Wk 8 Oct. 10 |
Exam II |
Finish Lab 7 Impulse/momentum |
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Fall Break |
Fall Break |
Fall Break |
Fall Break |
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Wk9 Oct. 24 Introduce work, energy, and
conservation of energy |
Impulse lab report due. |
HW 14. Work
and Energy II. Due Mon, Oct. 31. |
Finish Lab 8 |
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Wk10 Oct. 31 Begin electricity; electrostatics.
Halliday/Resnick Ch. 21, 26. |
Energy lab report due |
HW
Electricity II. Due Monday, Nov. 7. |
Finish Lab 9 |
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Wk11 Nov. 7 |
Begin Lab 10 |
Finish Lab 10 |
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Wk 12 Nov. 14 |
Circuits II lab report due |
Exam III |
Begin Lab 11 |
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Wk 13 Nov. 21 |
Finish Lab 11 |
Thanksgiving break |
Thanksgiving break |
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Wk 14 Nov. 28 |
Diode lab report due |
Dice Game and radioactivity Discuss radioactivity |
Finish Lab 12 |
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Wk. 15 Dec. 5 |
Radioactivity report due |
Ping Pong calculations - find theory for exit velocity. |
PingPong Cannon Videos AM and 1:00 pm at classes
directory: |
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Wk16 Dec 12 Review
- on-line review updated for 2011. Updated again
on Dec. 11. |
Demonstrations (LN2 rocket, fire extinguisher thrust,
electrostatic ping pong, and more... |
Exam IV |
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