| Spring 2002 | MWF 11:00-11:50 | Daniel Finley |
| Text: Fundamentals of Physics , Halliday, Resnick, and Walker; | |
|
6th Edition, Parts I and II [Chapters 1-16 (skipping 13)]
(paperback, in a total of 5 parts, for the 3 semester sequence) | |
| Week beginning | Chapters/Sections | Content/Comments |
| 14 January | Chapters 1 and 2 (first half) | Measurement, Dimensions, Units Location, Displacement, Motion |
| 21 January a Short Week | Chapter 2 (continuing) | Motion in one Dimension, Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration graphs and slopes |
| 28 January | Chapter 3, but with first applications to Chapter 4, simultaneously | Vector Arithmetic !!
Use of Trigonometry and Pictures; Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration as Vectors |
| 4 February | Chapter 4 (continuing) and Sections 8, 9, & 10 [Relative Motion] |
Projectile Motion & other Vector Problems;
Circular Motion; Relative Motion [incl. relativistic] |
| 11 February Exam I on Friday: Chapters 1-4 | Chapter 5-1,2,3,4,5,6 |
Newton's First and Second Laws Forces and Free-Body Diagrams |
| 18 February | Chapter 5-5,6,7 Chapter 6 | Newton's
Third Law Friction; Lift and Drag; Forces that cause Circular Motion |
| 25 February | Chapter 6 (finishing) Chapter 7-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Centripetal Forces and Others; Kinetic Energy and Work |
| 4 March | Chapter 7-7,8 ; Chapter 8-1,2,3,4 |
Relativistic Kinetic Energy; Potential Energy: Gravity and Springs |
| Spring Break | ||
| 18 March |
Chapter 8-5, 6, 7, 8 Chapter 9-1, 2 |
Potential Energy via Graphs; When is Energy Conserved? Center of Mass |
| 25 March EXAM II on Monday: Chapters 5-8 | Chapter 9-3, 4, 5, 6 |
(Linear) Momentum When is Momentum Conserved? |
| 1 April | Chapter 10 | Collisions: Elastic & Inelastic |
| 8 April | Chapter 11 |
(Angular) Variables, for Rotations; Moment of Inertia Angular Momentum and Torque; |
| 15 April | Chapter 12; Chapter 14-7 [Kepler's Laws] |
Newton's Laws for Rotation Conservation of Angular Momentum Kepler's Laws for Planetary Motion |
| 22 April Exam III Monday, on Rotations; Chapters 9-12. | Chapter 14 (continuing); Chapter 15 (briefly) | Newton's Law for Gravity Escape Velocity and Black Holes Shell Theorems and Potential Energy Simple Fluid Behavior |
| 29 April | Chapter 16-1,2,3,4,6; also some of Chapter 17. | Simple Harmonic Motion; Wave Motion |
| (Cumulative) Final Exam | ||
| half on Chapters 14-16; half on Chapters 1-12 | ||
| Wednesday, 8 May, 10-12 AM | ||