PHY 121 SPRING 2021 SCHEDULE - 3:05 MW
INSTRUCTOR G.B. Adams
This is the altered schedule as published on
FRI 4/02; the original schedule is here.
Topic Day Date Topic Reading
# Chapter: Sections
M 1/11: Introduction; Exercise on Vectors
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
QUIZ #1 During Recitation on FRI 1/22
QUIZ #1 covers Topic 1
3. M 1/25: Projectile Motion 3:1-3
4. W 1/27: Circular Motion; Relative Velocity 3:4-5
QUIZ #2 During Recitation on FRI 1/29
QUIZ #2 covers Topics 2-3
5. M 2/01: Newton's Laws; Weight 4:1-6, 5:5
6. W 2/03: Forces Between Surfaces; Slopes; 5:1-2,tension***
Tension
TEST #1 in PSH-563 During Recitation on FRI 2/05
TEST #1 covers Topics 1-4
7. M 2/08: Pulleys; Elevators 5:1-2
8. W 2/10: Friction 5:3 (midpage 146)*
9. M 2/15: Forces in Circular Motion reread p. 84,5:4
10. W 2/17: Scalar Product; Work; Kinetic Energy 1:10 (top page 22)*
work.pdf
6:1,3 (midpage 182)*
QUIZ #3 During Recitation on FRI 2/19
QUIZ #3 covers Topics 5-8
11. M 2/22: Springs; Conservative Forces 6:3 (top page 183)*
7:3 (page 217)*
GisCons.pdf
14:2 (midpage 432)*
12. W 2/24: Power; Potential & Mechanical Energy 6:4 7:1-2 (top page 212)*
meCons.pdf
TEST #2 in PSH-563 During Recitation on FRI 2/26
TEST #2 covers Topics 5-8
13. M 3/01: Force from Potential Energy; 7:4-5
Energy Diagrams
14. W 3/03: Vertical Springs; Energy Conservation 7:2 energy.pdf
14:4 (midpage 443)*
QUIZ #4 During Recitation on FRI 3/05
QUIZ #4 covers Topics 9-12
15. M 3/08: Center of Mass; Momentum and Impulse 8:1-2,5
16. W 3/10: Collisions 8:3-4
TEST #3 in PSH-563 During Recitation on FRI 3/12
TEST #3 covers Topics 9-13
17.a M 3/15: Rotational Kinematics; 9:1-5 10:1-2 p. 312**
Rotational Inertia; Torque
17.b W 3/17: Torque; 2nd Law for Rotation
QUIZ #5 During Recitation on FRI 3/19
QUIZ #5 covers Topics 13-16
18. M 3/22: Statics; Energy and Rotation 9:4 10:4 11:1-3
19. W 3/24: Rolling 10:3 (midpage 313)*
TEST #4 in PSH-563 During Recitation on FRI 3/26
TEST #4 covers Topics 14-17a
20. M 3/29: Angular Momentum for Rotation in 2d angmom2D.pdf, pp. 320-321
21. W 3/31: Torque and Angular Momentum 1:10 10:1,5-7
Generalized
QUIZ #6 During Recitation on FRI 4/02
QUIZ #6 covers Topics 17-20
22. M 4/05: Universal Gravitation 13:1-3,7
23.a W 4/07: Orbits and Conservation Principles; 13:4-5
Kepler's Laws
TEST #5 in PSH-563 During Recitation on FRI 4/09
TEST #5 covers Topics 17b-21
23.b M 4/12: Orbits and Conservation Principles; 13:4-5
Kepler's Laws
24. W 4/14: Simple Harmonic Motion DiffEq+ 14:1-4 (midpage 443)*
25.a M 4/19: The Pendulum; Resonance in 14:4-6,8 TaylorSeries++
Driven SHM
25.b W 4/21: Continuation of Topics from Class 25
TEST #6 in PSH-563 During Recitation on FRI 4/23
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 Apr 30 2:30- 4:20 PM