Classes are on MWF 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM in Lewis Room 101
Classes:
- 08/20/2018 - Units and measurement: Scope and scale of physics, significant figures, solving problems in physics [Chapter 1, Sections 1.1,1.6,1.7].
- 08/22/2018 - Units and measurement: Units and standards, unit conversion, dimensional analysis [Chapter 1.2-1.5].
- 08/24/2018 - Vectors [Chapter 2].
- 08/27/2018 - In-class quiz. More on vectors [Chapter 2].
- 08/29/2018 - Exercises on vectors [Chapter 2].
- 08/31/2018 - Scalar and vector product. Review of chapter 2 [Chapter 2].
- 09/05/2018 - In-class quiz. Motion along a straight line [Chapter 3].
- 09/07/2018 - More on motion along a straight line [Chapter 3].
- 09/10/2018 - Exercises. Free fall. [Chapter 3].
- 09/12/2018 - Motion in two and three dimensions. Projectile motion. [Chapter 4].
- 09/14/2018 - More on projectile motion. Circular motion. [Chapter 4].
- 09/17/2018 - Forces and Newton's Laws. [Chapter 5].
- 09/19/2018 - More on forces and Newton's Laws [Chapter 5]. Prep for in-class test.
- 09/21/2018 - In-class test.
- 09/24/2018 - Solving problems with forces and Newton's Laws [Chapter 5].
- 09/26/2018 - More problems on forces. [Chapter 5 and 6].
- 09/28/2018 - More and more problems on forces. Friction. Centripetal force. [Chapter 6].
- 10/01/2018 - Even more problems on forces. Drag. [Chapter 6].
- 10/03/2018 - Work and energy [Chapter 7].
- 10/05/2018 - Work-energy theorem. Power. [Chapter 7].
- 10/08/2018 - Problems on work, energy and power. Potential energy. [Chapter 7 and 8].
- 10/10/2018 - Problems on potential energy. Conservative forces. Conservation of energy. [Chapter 8].
- 10/12/2018 - Energy. [Chapter 8].
- 10/15/2018 - Problems on Chapter 8. [Chapter 8].
- 10/17/2018 - Impulse and linear momentum [Chapter 9].
- 10/19/2018 - Center of mass [Chapter 9].
- 10/22/2018 - Problems on chapter 9 [Chapter 9].
- 10/24/2018 - Fixed-axis rotation [Chapter 10].
- 10/26/2018 - Rotational energy and torque [Chapter 10].
- 10/29/2018 - Problems on Chapter 10.
- 10/31/2018 - Review chapters 5-9.
- 11/02/2018 - In-class test.
- 11/05/2018 - Rotation and angular momentum [Chapter 11].
- 11/07/2018 - Problems on Chapter 11.
- 11/09/2018 - Static equilibrium [Chapter 12, sections 1 and 2].
- 11/12/2018 - Gravitation: Newton's law and gravitational potential energy [Chapter 13, sections 1, 2 and 3].
- 11/14/2018 - Orbits, Kepler's laws and Einstein's theory of gravity [Chapter 13, sections 4, 5 and 7].
- 11/16/2018 - Fluid mechanics: Density, pressure and Pascal's principle [Chapter 14, sections 1, 2 and 3].
- 11/26/2018 - Archimede's principle, fluid dynamics, Bernoulli equation, viscosity and turbulence [Chapter 14, sections 4 - 7].
- 11/28/2018 - Review, part I.
- 11/30/2018 - Review, part II.
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