PHY 121 FALL 2020 SCHEDULE - 3:05 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
QUIZ #1 During Recitation on THU 8/27
QUIZ #1 covers Topic 1
3. M 8/31: Projectile Motion 3:1-3
4. W 9/02: Circular Motion; Relative Velocity 3:4-5
QUIZ #2 During Recitation on THU 9/03
QUIZ #2 covers Topics 2-3
M 9/07: LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
5. W 9/09: Newton's Laws; Weight 4:1-6, 5:5
TEST #1 in PSH-563 During Recitation on THU 9/10
TEST #1 covers Topics 1-4
6. M 9/14: Forces Between Surfaces; Slopes; 5:1-2,tension***
Tension
7. W 9/16: Pulleys; Elevators 5:1-2
8. M 9/21: Friction 5:3 (midpage 146)*
9. W 9/23: Forces in Circular Motion reread p. 84,5:4
QUIZ #3 During Recitation on THU 9/24
QUIZ #3 covers Topics 4-7
10. M 9/28: Scalar Product; Work; Kinetic Energy 1:10 (top page 22)*
work.pdf
6:1,3 (midpage 182)*
11. W 9/30: Springs; Conservative Forces 6:3 (top page 183)*
7:3 (page 217)*
GisCons.pdf
14:2 (midpage 432)*
TEST #2 in PSH-563 During Recitation on THU 10/01
TEST #2 covers Topics 5-8
12. M 10/05: Power; Potential & Mechanical Energy 6:4 7:1-2 (top page 212)*
meCons.pdf
13. W 10/07: Force from Potential Energy; 7:4-5
Energy Diagrams
QUIZ #4 During Recitation on THU 10/08
QUIZ #4 covers Topics 8-11
14. M 10/12: Vertical Springs; Energy Conservation 7:2 energy.pdf
14:4 (midpage 443)*
15. W 10/14: Center of Mass; Momentum and Impulse 8:1-2,5
TEST #3 in PSH-563 During Recitation on THU 10/15
TEST #3 covers Topics 9-13
16. M 10/19: Collisions 8:3-4
17.a W 10/21: Rotational Kinematics; 9:1-5 10:1-2 p. 312**
Rotational Inertia; Torque
QUIZ #5 During Recitation on THU 10/22
QUIZ #5 covers Topics 12-15
17.b M 10/26: Torque; 2nd Law for Rotation
18. W 10/28: Statics; Energy and Rotation 9:4 10:4 11:1-3
19. M 11/02: Rolling 10:3 (midpage 313)*
20. W 11/04: Angular Momentum for Rotation in 2d angmom2D.pdf, pp. 320-321
TEST #4 in PSH-563 During Recitation on THU 11/05
TEST #4 covers Topics 14-17a
21. M 11/09: Torque and Angular Momentum 1:10 10:1,5-7
Generalized
W 11/11: VETERANS' DAY HOLIDAY
QUIZ #6 During Recitation on THU 11/12
QUIZ #6 covers Topics 16-20
22. M 11/16: Universal Gravitation 13:1-3,7
23. W 11/18: Orbits and Conservation Principles; 13:4-5
Kepler's Laws
TEST #5 in PSH-563 During Recitation on THU 11/19
TEST #5 covers Topics 17b-21
24. M 11/23: Simple Harmonic Motion DiffEq+ 14:1-4 (midpage 443)*
25.a W 11/25: The Pendulum; Resonance in 14:4-6,8 TaylorSeries++
Driven SHM
25.b M 11/30: Continuation of Topics from Class 25
26. W 12/02: Held in Reserve
TEST #6 in PSH-563 During Recitation on THU 12/03
TEST #6 covers Topics 22-25
* 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 312 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 285.
*** Read the introduction and "Tension in one dimension"
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 (30 Numerical Questions)
MW 3:05 class -- FRI Dec 11 2:30- 4:20 PM