PHY 121 SPRING 2016 SCHEDULE - 3:00 MW
                      INSTRUCTOR G.B. Adams

 Topic Day Date    Topic                                  Reading
   #                                                    Chapter: Sections
        M   1/11:  Introduction
   1.   W   1/13:  Vectors; Position and Velocity        1:1-9  2:1
        M   1/18: MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY HOLIDAY
   2.   W   1/20:  Acceleration; Free Fall               2:2-6
   3.   M   1/25:  Projectile Motion                     3:1-3
   4.   W   1/27:  Circular Motion; Relative Velocity    3:4-5
   5.   M   2/01:  Newton's Laws; Weight                 4:1-6
   6.   W   2/03:  Forces Between Surfaces; Slopes;      5:1-2
                   Tension                               Tension+

                  QUIZ #1 During Recitation on THU 2/04
                      QUIZ #1 covers Topics 1-5

   7.   M   2/08:  Pulleys; Elevators                    5:1-2
   8.   W   2/10:  Friction                              5:3
                                                         (midpage 147)*

                TEST #1 during recitation on THU 2/11
                      TEST #1 covers Topics 1-7

   9.   M   2/15:  Forces in Circular Motion             reread p. 85,5:4  
  10.   W   2/17:  Scalar Product; Work; Kinetic Energy  1:10 (top page 22)*
                                                         6:1-3 (bottom 183)*
  11.   M   2/22:  Springs; Conservative Forces          6:3 7:3 (page 219)*
                                                        14:2 (page 436)*
  12.   W   2/24:  Power; Potential & Mechanical Energy  6:4 7:1-2 (top page 214)*
  13.   M   2/29:  Force from Potential Energy;          7:4-5  
                   Energy Diagrams 
        W   3/02:  QUIZ #2 and Review for Test 2
                      QUIZ #2 covers Topics 6-12

                TEST #2 during recitation on THU 3/03
                      TEST #2 covers Topics 8-13

        3/7-11: SPRING BREAK HOLIDAY

  14.   M   3/14:  Vertical Springs; Energy Conservation 7:2   7:3
  15.   W   3/16:  Center of Mass; Momentum and Impulse  8:1-2,5
  16.   M   3/21:  Collisions                            8:3-4
  17.   W   3/23:  Rotational Kinematics;                9:1-5
                   Rotational Inertia; Torque           10:1-2 p. 313** 
  18.   M   3/28:  Statics; Energy and Rotation          9:4  10:4 11:1-3
  19.   W   3/30:  Rolling                              10:3
  20.   M   4/04:  Angular Momentum for Rotation in 2d  angmom2D.pdf,
                                                        pp. 321,322
        W   4/06:  QUIZ #3 and Review for Test 3
                      QUIZ #3 covers Topics 13-19

                TEST #3 during recitation on THU 4/07
                      TEST #3 covers Topics 14-20

  21.   M   4/11:  Torque and Angular Momentum           1:10 10:1,5-7
                   Generalized
  22.   W   4/13:  Universal Gravitation                13:1-3,7
  23.   M   4/18:  Orbits and Conservation Principles;  13:4-5
                   Kepler's Laws
  24.   W   4/20:  Simple Harmonic Motion               DiffEq++
                                                        14:1-4
                                                        (top page 447)*
  25.   M   4/25:  The Pendulum; Resonance in           14:4-6,8
                                                        TaylorSeries+++
                   Driven SHM
        W   4/27: QUIZ #4 and Review for Test 4
                      QUIZ #4 covers Topics 20-24

                TEST #4 during recitation on THU 4/28
                      TEST #4 covers Topics 21-25

  * 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 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 webpage.

 ++ 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 3:00 class -- WED May 4  12:10- 2:00 PM