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 |
01/08 |
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Introduction |
Introduction |
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01/10 |
2 |
Displacement, Speed & Velocity, Acceleration |
Motion |
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| Week 2 |
01/15 |
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Martin Luther King Day. No Classes. |
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Assignment 1 |
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01/17 |
2, 3 |
Forces & Motion |
Acceleration |
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01/18 |
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Thursday Recitations |
| Week 3 |
01/22 |
2, 3, 4 |
Newton's Laws |
Forces |
Assignment 2 |
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01/24 |
2, 3, 4 |
Equation of Motion |
Newton's Laws |
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01/25 |
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Thursday Recitations |
| Week 4 |
01/29 |
4, 5 |
Normal Forces and Friction |
Friction |
Assignment 3 |
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01/31 |
3, 4 |
2D Motion & Friction |
2D Motion |
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02/01 |
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Thursday Recitations |
| Week 5 |
02/05 |
3, 4 |
Projectile Motion & Statics |
Statics |
Assignment 4 |
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02/07 |
6 |
Circular Motion: Centripetal Force |
Circular Motion |
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02/08 |
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Thursday Recitations |
| Week 6 |
02/12 |
6 |
Circular Motion: Gravitation |
Gravitation |
Assignment 5 |
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02/14 |
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Mini-Exam #1: Chapters X-X |
Announcements |
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02/15 |
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Thursday Recitations |
| Week 7 |
02/19 |
7 |
Work, Kinetic & Potential Energy |
Work |
Assignment 6 |
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02/21 |
7 |
Kinetic & Potential Energy: Springs |
Springs |
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02/22 |
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Thursday Recitations |
| Week 8 |
02/26 |
8 |
Momentum & Impulse |
Momentum |
Assignment 7 |
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02/28 |
8 |
Conservation of Momentum |
Collisions |
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02/29 |
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Thursday Recitations |
| Week 9 |
03/04 |
8 |
Collisions; Center of Mass |
Center of Mass |
Assignment 8 |
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03/06 |
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Mini-Exam 2: Chapters XX - XX |
Announcements |
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03/07 |
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Thursday Recitations |
| Week 10 |
03/11 |
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Assignment 9 |
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03/13 |
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SPRING BREAK |
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03/14 |
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| Week 11 |
03/18 |
9 |
Center of Mass; Torque |
Rotational Motion |
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03/20 |
9 |
Torque & Moment(s) of Inertia |
Torque |
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03/21 |
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Thursday Recitations |
| Week 12 |
03/25 |
9, 10 |
Torque; Rotational Kinetic Energy |
Dynamics |
Assignment 10 |
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03/27 |
10 |
Rotational Dynamics |
Angular Momentum |
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03/28 |
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Thursday Recitations |
| Week 13 |
04/01 |
10 |
Angular Momentum |
Precession |
Assignment 11 |
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04/03 |
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Mini-Exam #3: Chapters XX-XX |
Announcements |
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04/04 |
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Thursday Recitations |
| Week 14 |
04/08 |
11 |
Pressure & Density |
Buoyancy |
Assignment 12 |
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04/10 |
11, 12 |
Archimedes' Principle & Bernoulli's Equation |
Fluids |
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04/11 |
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Thursday Recitations |
| Week 15 |
04/15 |
12, 16 |
Oscillations & Waves |
Oscillations |
Assignment 13 |
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04/17 |
16 |
Transverse & Longitudinal Waves |
Waves |
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04/18 |
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Thursday Recitations |
| Week 16 |
04/22 |
17 |
Interference, Doppler Effect, Sound Waves |
Interference |
Assignment 14 |
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04/24 |
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Semester Review |
Review |
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04/25 |
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Thursday Recitations |
| Final Exam Week |
04/30 |
Good Luck |
FINAL EXAM: EOA 1050, 12:30 - 02:30 PM |
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