PHY 121 FALL 2021 SCHEDULE - 8:00 MWF
INSTRUCTOR G.B. Adams
Topic Day Date Topic Reading
# Chapter: Sections
1. F 8/20: Vectors; Position and Velocity 1:1-9 2:1
1/2 M 8/23: Position, Velocity, Acceleration 2:2-6
2. W 8/25: Acceleration; Free Fall 2:2-6
3. F 8/27: Projectile Motion (MQ0) 3:1-3
3/4 M 8/30: Projectiles, Circles 3:4-5
4. W 9/01: Circular Motion; Relative Velocity 3:4-5
5. F 9/03: Newton's Laws; Weight (MQ1) 4:1-6, 5:5
M 9/06: LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
5/6 W 9/08: Newton's Laws; Forces 5:1-2
6. F 9/10: Forces Between Surfaces; Slopes; 5:1-2,tension***
Tension (MQ2)
7. M 9/13: Pulleys; Elevators 5:1-2
TEST #1 Free Response in PSF-123 During Recitation on TUE 9/14
TEST #1 covers Topics 1-4
7/8 W 9/15: Accelerated Frames; Friction 5:3 (midpage 146)*
TEST #1 Numerical in PSF-123 During Recitation on THU 9/16
8. F 9/17: Friction 5:3 (midpage 146)*
9. M 9/20: Forces in Circular Motion reread p. 84,5:4
9/10 W 9/22: Curves; Scalar Product 1:10 (top page 22)*
10. F 9/24: Scalar Product; Work; Kinetic Energy 1:10 (top page 22)*
work.pdf
6:1,3 (midpage 182)*
11. M 9/27: Springs; Conservative Forces (MQ3) 6:3 (top page 183)*
7:3 (page 217)*
GisCons.pdf
14:2 (midpage 432)*
TEST #2 Numerical in PSF-123 During Recitation on TUE 9/28
TEST #2 covers Topics 5-8
11/12 W 9/29 Springs; Power 6:4
TEST #2 Free Response in PSF-123 During Recitation on THU 9/30
12. F 10/01: Power; Potential & Mechanical Energy 6:4 7:1-2 (top page 212)*
meCons.pdf
13. M 10/04: Force from Potential Energy; 7:4-5
13/14 W 10/06: Energy Diagrams; Vertical Springs 7:4-5 14:4 (midpage 443)*
14. F 10/08: Energy Conservation (MQ4) 7:2 energy.pdf
15. W 10/13: Center of Mass; Momentum and Impulse 8:1-2,5
TEST #3 Numerical in PSF-123 During Recitation on THU 10/14
TEST #3 covers Topics 9-13
15/16 F 10/15 Momentum; Collisions 8:3-4
16. M 10/18: Collisions 8:3-4
TEST #3 Free Response in PSF-123 During Recitation on TUE 10/19
17.a W 10/20: Rotational Kinematics and Inertia 9:1-5
17.b F 10/22: Torque 10:1-2 p. 312**
17.c M 10/25: Torque; 2nd Law for Rotation 10:1-2 p. 312**
17/18 W 10/27: 2nd Law for Rotation; Statics (MQ5) p. 312**, 11:1-3
TEST #4 Free Response in PSF-123 During Recitation on THU 10/28
TEST #4 covers Topics 14-17a
18. F 10/29: Statics; Energy and Rotation 9:4 10:4 11:1-3
18/19 M 11/01 Energy for Rotation, Rolling 10:3 (midpage 313)*
TEST #4 Numerical in PSF-123 During Recitation on TUE 11/02
19. W 11/03: Rolling 10:3 (midpage 313)*
20. F 11/05: Angular Momentum for Rotation in 2d angmom2D.pdf, pp. 320-321
20/21 M 11/08: Angular Momentum 1:10 10:1,5-7
21. W 11/10: Torque and Angular Momentum 1:10 10:1,5-7
Generalized
22. F 11/12: Universal Gravitation (MQ6) 13:1-3,7
22/23 M 11/15: Universal Gravity; Orbits 13:4-5
TEST #5 Free Response in PSF-123 During Recitation on TUE 11/16
TEST #5 covers Topics 17b-21
23. W 11/17: Orbits and Conservation Principles; 13:4-5
Kepler's Laws
TEST #5 Numerical in PSH-563 During Recitation on THU 11/18
24. F 11/19: Simple Harmonic Motion DiffEq+ 14:1-4 (midpage 443)*
24/25 M 11/22: SHM; The Pendulum 14:1-6
25.a W 11/25: The Pendulum; Resonance in 14:4-6,8 TaylorSeries++
Driven SHM
25.b M 11/29: Continuation of Topic 25
TEST #6 Numerical in PSH-563 During Recitation on TUE 11/30
TEST #6 covers Topics 22-25a
W 12/01: Review of Torque and Rolling
TEST #6 Free Response in PSF-123 During Recitation on THU 12/02
F 12/03: Review of Gravity and Orbits
* 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
MWF 8:00 class -- MON Dec 06 7:30- 9:20 AM