1. 1/17: Dimensions and Units; Vectors
2. 1/19: Speed, Velocity and Acceleration
3. 1/22: Constant Acceleration; Free Fall
4. 1/24: Two-dimensional Motion; Projectiles
5 1/26: Super Duper Bowl vacation - no class
6. 1/29: Circular Motion; Tangential and Radial Acceleration
7. 1/31: Relative Velocity and Acceleration
8. 2/02: Newton's First and Second Laws; Inertial Frames; Mass and Weight
9. 2/05: Newton's Third Law; Applications in Frictionless Situations
10. 2/07: Examination #1 (lectures 1-7)
11. 2/09: More Applications of Newton's Laws
12. 2/12: Frictional Forces
13. 2/14: Circular Motion; Centripetal Force
14. 2/16: Motion Against Resistive Forces; Motion in Accelerated Frames
15. 2/19: Forces in Nature - Gravitational Force
16. 2/21: Forces in Nature - Electrical Force; Magnetic Force
17. 2/23: Examination #2 (lectures 8-14)
11. 2/26: Work Done By Forces; Scalar Products; Hooke's Law
19. 2/28: Kinetic Energy; Work-Energy Theorem; Power
20. 3/01: Applications of the Work-Energy Theorem
21. 3/04: Potential Energy; Conservation of Energy
22. 3/06: Conservation of Energy in Nonconservative Force Situations
23. 3/08: Applications of the Conservation of Energy
3/11-3/15 Spring Break
24. 3/18: Gravitational and Electrical Potential Energy; Equilibrium
25. 3/20: Conservation of Linear Momentum; Impulses
26. 3/22: Collisions in One Dimension; Elastic and Inelastic
27. 3/25: Examination #3 (lectures 15-24)
21. 3/27: Two-dimensional Collisions; Center of Mass
29. 3/29: Rockets; More Applications of Conservation Principles
30. 4/01: The Principle of Relativity
31. 4/03: Consequences of Special Relativity
32. 4/05: Galilean and Lorentz Transformations; Relativistic Momentum
33. 4/08: Relativistic Energy; Nuclear Fission and Fusion
34. 4/10: Rotational Motion
35. 4/12: Examination #4 (lectures 25-32)
36. 4/15: Vector Cross Product; Torque; Angular Momentum
37. 4/17: Conservation of Angular Momentum; Rigid Body Rotation
31. 4/19: Applications of Rigid Body Rotation
39. 4/22: Orbits; Kepler's Laws
40. 4/24: Energy Considerations for Orbits
41. 4/26: The Hydrogen Atom and Bohr Orbits
42. 4/29: Examination #5 (lectures 33-40)
43. 5/01: Special Topics
(Topics covered in lectures 41 and 43 will be covered by the Final Exam)
FINAL EXAM Tue 5/07 10:00-11:50