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Midterm I (Chapters 1-3): Friday 13 June, 11:30-1:00 pm (Fretwell 107)
Midterm II (Chapters 4-6): Friday 20 June, 11:30-1:00 pm (Fretwell 107)
Final Exam (Chapters 1-10): Wednesday 2 July, 12:00-2:45 pm (Fretwell 116)
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Lecture and Reading Assignments
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Homework
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Lecture 1
Step 1
Print out lecture blank to take notes during the lecture.
Lecture
1 Blank
Step 2
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pause when you need to take notes or a break.
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lecture proceeds:
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Step 3
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Lecture
1 Quiz Due Tuesday 5/28, Midnight
Step 4
Review the copy of completed Lecture
1 (available after due date)
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Due Wednesday
5/28, Midnight
Covers Beginning - 1.6
and the Student
Guide
HW1 Solutions
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Lecture 2
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 1
o 1.1 The Nature of Physics
o 1.2 Units
o 1.3 The Role of Units in Problem
Solving
o 1.4 Trigonometry
o 1.5 Scalars and Vectors
o 1.6 Vector Addition and Subtraction
Step 2
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Lecture
2 Blank
Step 3
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Step 4
Enter your lecture quiz answers in WebAssign:
Lecture
2 Quiz Due Wednesday 5/28, Midnight
Step 5
Review the solution to the lecture quizzes (posted here after
assignment due). This is important. The exams are HEAVILY based
on the lecture quizzes:
Paper Solutions
to Lecture 2 Quiz
Students tell me that listening
to the solution explanations in the movie is much
more helpful than just checking the answers. The exams are heavily
based on concepts, like the questions in the lecture quizzes.
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Lecture 3
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 1
o 1.7 The Components of a Vector
o 1.8 Addition of Vectors by
Means of Components
o 1.9 Concepts and Calculations
o 1D Motion Diagrams
Extra Information on Motion Diagrams:
o Sections 1.1 - 1.6, Chapter
1 from “Physics for Scientists and Engineers”by
Knight. Available in the PRC.
Step 2
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Lecture
3 Blank
Step 3
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Step 4
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Lecture
3 Quiz Due Thursday 5/29, Midnight
Step 5
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Due Friday
5/30, Midnight
Covers 1.7 – 1.9
and
1D Motion Diagrams
HW2 Solutions
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Lecture 4
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 2
o 2.1 Displacement
o 2.2 Speed and Velocity
o 2.3 Acceleration
Step 2
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Lecture
4 Blank
Step 3
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4 Quiz Due Friday 5/30, Midnight
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Due Tuesday
6/03, Midnight
Covers 2.1 – 2.6
HW 3 Solutions
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Lecture 5
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 2
o 2.4 Equations of Kinematics
for Constant Acceleration
o 2.5 Applications of the Equations
of Kinematics
o 2.6 Freely Falling Bodies
Step 2
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Lecture
5 Blank
Step 3
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Step 4
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Lecture
5 Quiz Due Monday 6/02, Midnight
Step 5
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Lecture 6
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 2
o 2.7 Graphical Analysis of
Velocity and Acceleration
Step 2
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Lecture
6 Blank
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Step 4
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6 Quiz Due Tuesday 6/03, Midnight
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Due Thursday
6/05, Midnight
Covers 2.7 – 3.1
HW 4 Solutions
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Lecture 7
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 2
o 2.8 Concepts and Calculations
o 2D Motion Diagrams
Chapter 3
o 3.1 Displacement,
Velocity, and Acceleration
Step 2
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Lecture
7 Blank
Step 3
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Lecture
7 Quiz Due Wednesday 6/04, Midnight
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Lecture 8
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 3
o 3.2 Equations
of Kinematics in Two Dimensions
Step 2
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Lecture
8 Blank
Step 3
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Step 4
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8 Quiz Due Thursday 6/05, Midnight
Step 5
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Due Monday
6/09, Midnight
Covers 3.2 – 3.5
HW 5 Solutions
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Lecture 9
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 3
o 3.3 Projectile Motion
o 3.5 Concepts and Calculations
Step 2
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Lecture
9 Blank
Step 3
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Step 4
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Lecture
9 Quiz Due Friday 6/06, Midnight
Step 5
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to Lecture 9 Quiz - Part A
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Exam I: Motion Diagrams, Chapters 1 - 3
Friday 13 June, 2008 11:30am - 1:00pm in Fretwell 107
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Lecture 10
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 4
o 4.1 The Concepts of Force
and Mass
o 4.2 Newton's First Law of
Motion
o 4.3 Newton's Second Law of
Motion
o 4.4 The Vector Nature of Newton's
Second Law of Motion
o 4.5 Newton's Third Law
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Lecture
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10 Quiz Due Monday 6/09, Midnight
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Due Wednesday
6/11, Midnight
Covers 4.1 – 4.5
HW 6 Solutions
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Lecture 11
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 4
o 4.6 Types of Forces: An Overview
o 4.7 The Gravitational Force
o 4.8 The Normal Force (Apparent
Weight)
o 4.9 Static and Kinetic Frictional
Forces
o 4.10 The Tension Force
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11 Quiz Due Tuesday 6/10, Midnight
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Due Friday
6/13, Midnight
Covers 4.6 - 4.11
HW 7 Solutions
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Lecture 12
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 4
o 4.11 Equilibrium Applications
of Newton’s Laws
Step 2
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Lecture
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12 Quiz Due Wednesday 6/11, Midnight
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Lecture 13
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 4
o 4.12 Nonequilibrium Applications
of Newton’s Laws
o 4.13 Concepts and Calculations
Step 2
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Lecture
13 Blank
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13 Quiz Due Thursday 6/12, Midnight
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Due Tuesday
6/17, Midnight
Covers 4.12 – 5.8
HW 8 Solutions
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Lecture 14
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 5
o 5.1 Uniform Circular Motion
o 5.2 Centripetal Acceleration
o 5.3 Centripetal Force
o 5.5 Satellites in Circular
Orbits
o 5.8 Concepts and Calculations
Step 2
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Lecture
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14 Quiz Due Friday 6/13, Midnight
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Lecture 15
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 6
o 6.1 Work Done by a Constant
Force
o 6.2 The Work-Energy Theorem
and Kinetic Energy
Step 2
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Lecture
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15 Quiz Due Monday 6/16, Midnight
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Due Thursday
6/19, Midnight
Covers 6.1 – 6.7
HW 9 Solutions
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Lecture 16
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 6
o 6.3 Gravitational Potential
Energy
o 6.4 Conservative versus Nonconservative
Forces
o 6.5 The Conservation of Mechanical
Energy
Step 2
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Lecture
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16 Quiz Due Tuesday 6/17, Midnight
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Lecture 17
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 6
o 6.6 Nonconservative Forces
and the Work-Energy Theorem
o 6.7 Power
Step 2
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Lecture
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Lecture
17 Quiz Due Wednesday 6/18, Midnight
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Exam II: Chapters 4, 5, and 6
Friday 20 June, 2008 11:30am - 1:00pm in Fretwell 107
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Lecture 18
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 7
o 7.1 The Impulse-Momentum Theorem
Step 2
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Lecture
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18 Quiz Due Thursday 6/19, Midnight
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Due Monday
6/23, Midnight
Covers 7.1 – 7.3
HW 10 Solutions
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Lecture 19
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 7
o 7.2 The Principle of Conservation
of Linear Momentum
o 7.3 Collisions in One Dimension
Step 2
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Lecture
19 Blank
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19 Quiz Due Friday 6/20, Midnight
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Lecture 20
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 8
o 8.1 Rotational Motion and
Angular Displacement
o 8.2 Angular Velocity and Angular
Acceleration
o 8.3 The Equations of Rotational
Kinematics
Step 2
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Lecture
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20 Quiz Due Monday 6/23, Midnight
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Due Wednesday
6/25, Midnight
Covers 8.1 – 8.8
HW 11 Solutions
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Lecture 21
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 8
o 8.4 Angular Variables and
Tangential Variables
o 8.5 Centripetal Acceleration
and Tangential Acceleration
o 8.6 Rolling Motion
o 8.8 Concepts and Calculations
Step 2
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Lecture
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21 Quiz Due Tuesday 6/24, Midnight
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Lecture 22
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 9
o 9.1 The Action of Forces and
Torques on Rigid Objects
o 9.2 Rigid Objects in Equilibrium
o 9.3 Center of Gravity
o 9.4 Newton's Second Law for
Rotational Motion About a Fixed Axis
Step 2
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Lecture
22 Blank
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22 Quiz Due Wednesday 6/25, Midnight
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Due Friday
6/27, Midnight
Covers 9.1 – 10.3
HW 12 Solutions
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Lecture 23
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 10
o 10.1 The Ideal Spring and
Simple Harmonic Motion
o 10.2 Simple Harmonic Motion
and the Reference Circle
Step 2
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Lecture
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23 Quiz Due Thursday 6/26, Midnight
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Lecture 24
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 10
o 10.3 Energy and Simple Harmonic
Motion
Step 2
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Lecture
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24 Quiz Due Friday 6/27, Midnight
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Lecture 25
Step 1
Read the Following:
Chapter 16
o 16.1 The Nature of Waves
o 16.2 Periodic Waves
o 16.3 The Speed of a Wave on
a String
Step 2
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Lecture
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Step 3
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25 Quiz Due Monday 6/30, Midnight
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Due Tuesday
7/01, Midnight
Covers 16.1 – 16.3
HW 13 Solutions
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Final Exam: All Chapters
Wednesday 2 July, 2008 12:00pm - 2:45pm in Fretwell 116
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