PHY 121 LECTURE SCHEDULE - 12:15 TTH LECTURER G.B. ADAMS Lecture Day Date Topic # 1. T 8/23: Vectors; Position and Velocity 2. TH 8/24: Acceleration; Free Fall 3. T 8/30: Projectile Motion 4. TH 9/01: Circular Motion; Relative Velocity 5. T 9/06: Newton's Laws; Weight 6. TH 9/08: Forces Between Surfaces; Slopes; Tension 7. T 9/13: Pulleys; Elevators 8. TH 9/15: Friction T 9/20: TEST #1 - lectures 1-7 Returned in Recitation beginning 9/26 9. TH 9/22: Forces in Circular Motion 10. T 9/27: Scalar Product; Work; Kinetic Energy 11. TH 9/29: Springs; Conservative Forces 12. T 10/04: Power; Definition of Potential Energy 13. TH 10/06: Mechanical Energy; Energy Diagrams 14. T 10/11: Vertical Springs; Conservation of Energy 15. TH 10/13: Center of Mass; Momentum and Impulse T 10/18: TEST #2 (lectures 8-14) Returned in Recitation beginning 10/24 16. TH 10/20: Collisions 17. T 10/25: Rotational Kinematics; Rotational Inertia; Torque 18. TH 10/27: Statics; Energy and Rotation 19. T 11/01: Rolling 20. TH 11/03: Angular Momentum for Rotation in 2D 21. T 11/08: Torque and Angular Momentum Generalized; Evaluations TH 11/10: TEST #3 (lectures 15-20) Returned in Recitation beginning 11/14 22. T 11/15: Universal Gravitation 23. TH 11/17: Kepler's Laws; Orbits and Conservation Principles 24. T 11/22: Energies of Circular Orbits; Simple Harmonic Motion TH 11/24: THANKSGIVING 25. T 11/29: Energy and Simple Harmonic Motion; The Pendulum 26. TH 12/01: Small Oscillations; Resonance in Driven SHM T 12/06: TEST #4 (lectures 21-26) Available from your Recitation Instructor on Reading Day Dec 7. FINAL EXAM (40 Multiple Choice Questions) 12:15 TTH LECTURE Tue. Dec. 13 12:20-2:10 PM