Course Materials and Schedule (preliminary and subject to change)
Textbook: College Physics, OpenStax, Paul Peter Urone
* ExpertTA homework assignments are always due on Sunday, 11:59 PM
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Lecture Date |
Chapter # |
Tentative Topics |
Lecture Notes |
Homework Assignments due * |
| Week 1 |
01/06 |
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Introduction |
Introduction |
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01/08 |
2 |
Displacement, Speed & Velocity, Acceleration |
Motion |
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01/09 |
＂ |
- |
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Thursday Recitations |
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01/12 |
＂ |
- |
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Assignment 1 |
| Week 2 |
01/13 |
2, 3 |
Forces & Motion |
Acceleration |
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01/15 |
2, 3, 4 |
Newton's Laws |
Forces |
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01/16 |
＂ |
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Thursday Recitations |
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01/19 |
＂ |
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Assignment 2 |
| Week 3 |
01/20 |
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Martin Luther King Day. No Classes. |
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01/22 |
2, 3, 4 |
Equations of Motion |
Newton's Laws |
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01/23 |
＂ |
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Thursday Recitations |
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01/26 |
＂ |
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Assignment 3 |
| Week 4 |
01/27 |
4, 5 |
Normal Forces and Friction |
Friction |
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01/29 |
3, 4 |
2D Motion & Friction |
2D Motion |
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01/30 |
＂ |
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Thursday Recitations |
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02/02 |
＂ |
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Assignment 4 |
| Week 5 |
02/03 |
3, 4 |
Projectile Motion & Statics |
Statics |
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02/05 |
6 |
Circular Motion: Centripetal Force |
Circular Motion |
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02/06 |
＂ |
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Thursday Recitations |
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02/09 |
＂ |
- |
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Assignment 5 |
| Week 6 |
02/10 |
6 |
Circular Motion: Gravitation |
Gravitation |
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02/12 |
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Mini-Exam #1: Chapters X-X |
Announcements |
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02/13 |
＂ |
- |
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Thursday Recitations |
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02/16 |
＂ |
- |
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Assignment 6 |
| Week 7 |
02/17 |
7 |
Work, Kinetic & Potential Energy |
Work |
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02/19 |
7 |
Kinetic & Potential Energy: Springs |
Springs |
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02/20 |
＂ |
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Thursday Recitations |
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02/23 |
＂ |
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Assignment 7 |
| Week 8 |
02/24 |
8 |
Momentum & Impulse |
Momentum |
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02/26 |
8 |
Conservation of Momentum |
Collisions |
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02/27 |
＂ |
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Thursday Recitations |
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03/02 |
＂ |
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Assignment 8 |
| Week 9 |
03/03 |
8 |
Collisions; Center of Mass |
Center of Mass |
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03/05 |
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Mini-Exam 2: Chapters XX - XX |
Announcements |
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03/06 |
＂ |
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Thursday Recitations |
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03/09 |
＂ |
- |
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| Week 10 |
03/10 |
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03/12 |
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SPRING BREAK |
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03/13 |
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03/16 |
＂ |
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Assignment 9 |
| Week 11 |
03/17 |
9 |
Center of Mass; Torque |
Rotational Motion |
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03/19 |
9 |
Torque & Moment(s) of Inertia |
Torque |
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03/20 |
＂ |
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Thursday Recitations |
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03/23 |
＂ |
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Assignment 10 |
| Week 12 |
03/24 |
9, 10 |
Torque; Rotational Kinetic Energy |
Dynamics |
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03/26 |
10 |
Rotational Dynamics |
Angular Momentum |
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03/27 |
＂ |
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Thursday Recitations |
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03/30 |
＂ |
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Assignment 11 |
| Week 13 |
03/31 |
10 |
Angular Momentum |
Precession |
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04/02 |
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Mini-Exam #3: Chapters XX-XX |
Announcements |
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04/03 |
＂ |
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Thursday Recitations |
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04/06 |
＂ |
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Assignment 12 |
| Week 14 |
04/07 |
11 |
Pressure & Density |
Buoyancy |
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04/09 |
11, 12 |
Archimedes' Principle & Bernoulli's Equation |
Fluids |
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04/10 |
＂ |
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Thursday Recitations |
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04/13 |
＂ |
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Assignment 13 |
| Week 15 |
04/14 |
12, 16 |
Oscillations & Waves |
Oscillations |
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04/16 |
16 |
Transverse & Longitudinal Waves |
Waves |
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04/17 |
＂ |
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Thursday Recitations |
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04/20 |
＂ |
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Assignment 14 |
| Week 16 |
04/21 |
17 |
Interference, Doppler Effect, Sound Waves |
Interference |
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04/23 |
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Semester Review |
Review |
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04/24 |
＂ |
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Thursday Recitations |
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04/27 |
＂ |
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| Final Exam Week |
04/29 |
Good Luck |
FINAL EXAM: XXX XXXX, 12:30 - 02:30 PM |
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