Date

Topic

Reading

Problems Assigned

1

W

14 Jan

Introduction

App.1;Ch1

2,6,12,15,16,17,28,31

2

F

15 Jan

Concepts Test

M

19 Jan

MLK Holiday

#1

3

W

21 Jan

Straight Line Motion

3.1–3.2

6,8,19,20,22,25

4

F

23 Jan

Uniform Acceleration

3.3

36,39,48,63,67

5

M

26 Jan

Vectors

2.1–2.3

9,12,16,19,22,24

#2

6

W

28 Jan

Projectile Motion

4.1–4.2

5,11,16,23

7

F

30 Jan

Circular Motion

4.3

28,31,33, 36,38

8

M

2 Feb

Newton’s 1st Law; Inertia

5.1

1,2,3,4

#3

9

W

4 Feb

Class Canceled — Snow

10

F

6 Feb

Class Canceled — Snow

11

M

9 Feb

Newton’s 2nd Law

5.2–5.3

5,6,15,16,17

#4

12

W

11 Feb

Test 1

13

F

13 Feb

Simple Applications

5.4

19,24,36,38

14

M

16 Feb

Newton’s 3rd Law

5.5

41,44,47,51,54

#5

15

W

18 Feb

Friction

6.1

1,3,8,12

16

F

20 Feb

Circular Motion Dynamics

6.2

13,14,15,16,22

17

M

23 Feb

Gravitation

6.3

26,27,29,57,58

#6

18

W

25 Feb

Newton’s laws—problem solving

19

F

27 Feb

Work; Scalar Product

2.4; 7.1, 7.2

ch 7: 2,5,10,11,13

20

M

2 Mar

Kinetic Energy; Power

7.3–7.5

30,32,34,36,43

#7

21

W

4 Mar

Potential Energy, I

8.1–8.2

1,5,6,7,16

22

F

6 Mar

Test 2

23

M

9 Mar

Potential Energy, II

8.5–8.6

29,37,39,41,61

#8

24

W

11 Mar

Energy Conservation

8.3

17,18,19,22

25

F

13 Mar

Non-conservative Forces

8.4

23,24,25,26

M

16 Mar

Spring Break (until March 20)

26

M

23 Mar

Impulse & Momentum

9.1–9.3

5,6,11,13,15

#9

27

W

25 Mar

Mom. Conservation; Collisions

9.4–9.5

18,21,24,25

28

F

27 Mar

Center of Mass

10.1–10.3

1,3,7,9,17

29

M

30 Mar

Rigid bodies; Variable Mass

10.4–10.5

23,34,37,57

#10

30

W

1 Apr

Kinematics of Rotation

11.1

7,9,10,13,16

31

F

3 Apr

Rotational Energy & Inertia

11.2

21,33,34,35

32

M

6 Apr

Torque

11.3–11.4

39,41,45,46,47

#11

33

W

8 Apr

Angular Momentum

11.5

51,52,68

34

F

10 Apr

Rolling; Vector Product

12.2; 2.4

ch12: 15,18,19;ch2: 8

35

M

13 Apr

Angular Momentum Vector

13.1–13.3

1,7,10,15

#12

36

W

15 Apr

Test 3

37

F

17 Apr

Oscillatory Motion

14.1–14.2

1,12,17,23,24

38

M

20 Apr

Oscillators & Energy

14.3–14.4

43,47,48,64,65

#13

39

W

22 Apr

Mechanics Review

40

F

24 Apr

Waves

15.1–15.2

1, 3,4,5,11,13,14

41

M

27 Apr

Wave Energy

15.3–15.4

18,20,25,29,31

#14

42

W

29 Apr

Wave Superposition

15.5

33,35,37,44,45

43

F

1 May

Kinetic Theory of Gas

21.1

1,2,5,8,11

Thursday, May 7, 8am–10am: Final Exam