PHY 121 FALL 2015 SCHEDULE - 1:30 MW
                         INSTRUCTOR  G.B. Adams

 Topic Day Date    Topic                                  Reading
   #                                                    Chapter: Sections
   1.   M   8/24:  Vectors; Position and Velocity        1:1-9  2:1
   2.   W   8/26:  Acceleration; Free Fall               2:2-6
   3.   M   8/31:  Projectile Motion                     3:1-3
   4.   W   9/02:  Circular Motion; Relative Velocity    3:4-5
        M   9/07: LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
   5.   W   9/09:  Newton's Laws; Weight                 4:1-6, 5:5
   6.   M   9/14:  Forces Between Surfaces; Slopes;      5:1-2,tension***
                   Tension 
   7.   W   9/16:  Pulleys; Elevators                    5:1-2

                  QUIZ #1 During Recitation on FRI 9/18

        M   9/21:  Forces - A Reality Check              Review
   8.   W   9/23:  Friction                              5:3 (midpage 147)*

       TEST #1 in PSH-563 on FRI 9/25 - (Recitation on 9/25 is Canceled)
                      TEST #1 covers Topics 1-7

   9.   M   9/28:  Forces in Circular Motion             reread p. 85,5:4
  10.   W   9/30:  Scalar Product; Work; Kinetic Energy  1:10 (top page 22)*
                                                         6:1-3 (bottom 183)*
  11.   M  10/05:  Springs; Conservative Forces          6:3   7:3 (page 219)*
  12.   W  10/07:  Power; Potential & Mechanical Energy  6:4   7:1-2 (top page 214)*
                                                         14:2 (midpage 436)*

                  QUIZ #2 During Recitation on FRI 10/09

        M  10/12: FALL BREAK HOLIDAY
  13.   W  10/14:  Force from Potential Energy;          7:4-5
                   Energy Diagrams 
  14.   M  10/19:  Vertical Springs; Energy Conservation 7:2   7:3
  15.   W  10/21:  Center of Mass; Momentum and Impulse  8:1-2,5
  16.   M  10/26:  Collisions                            8:3-4
        W  10/28: QUIZ #3 and Review for Test 2

      TEST #2 in PSH-563 on FRI 10/30 - (Recitation on 10/30 is Canceled)
                      TEST #2 covers Topics 8-16

  17.   M  11/02:  Rotational Kinematics;                9:1-5 10:1-2 p. 313**
                   Rotational Inertia; Torque
  18.   W  11/04:  Statics; Energy and Rotation          9:4  10:4 11:1-3
  19.   M  11/09:  Rolling                               10:3
        W  11/11: VETERANS' DAY HOLIDAY
  20.   M  11/16:  Angular Momentum                      angmom2D.pdf, pp. 321,322
                                                         1:10 (top page 23)*
  21.   W  11/18:  Universal Gravitation                 13:1-3,7
  22.   M  11/23:  Orbits and Conservation Principles;   13:4-5
                   Kepler's Laws
  23.   W  11/25:  Simple Harmonic Motion                DiffEq+ 14:1-4 (top page 447)*
  24.   M  11/30:  The Pendulum; Resonance in            14:4-6,8 TaylorSeries++
                   Driven SHM
        W  12/02: QUIZ #4 and Review for Test 3

      TEST #3 in PSH-563 on FRI 12/04 - (Recitation on 12/04 is Canceled)
                      TEST #3 covers Topics 17-24

  * In these cases, the reading stops in the middle of a section.
    The note indicates the location where the reading assignment
    ends.  In most cases, the relevant section is assigned again
    later in the class; the section reading resumes at the earlier
    stopping place.

 ** In this case, page 313 is an additional page to read in 
    Chapter 10 in addition to sections 1 and 2.  Also, in section
    9.4, your reading stops at the bottom of page 286.

*** Read the introduction and "Tension in one-dimensional continua"
    on Wikipedia's Tension page

  + Read the introduction to Wikipedia's Differential Equations page

 ++ Read the introduction and Definition on Wikipedia's Taylor
    Series webpage

              FINAL EXAM (40 Multiple Choice Questions)
             MW 1:30 class -- MON Dec 7  12:10- 2:00 PM