PHY 121 SPRING 2017 SCHEDULE - 3:05 MW
INSTRUCTOR G.B. Adams
Topic Day Date Topic Reading
# Chapter: Sections
M 1/09: Introduction
1. W 1/11: Vectors; Position and Velocity 1:1-9 2:1
M 1/16: MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY HOLIDAY
2. W 1/18: Acceleration; Free Fall 2:2-6
3. M 1/23: Projectile Motion 3:1-3
4. W 1/25: Circular Motion; Relative Velocity 3:4-5
5. M 1/30: Newton's Laws; Weight 4:1-6
6. W 2/01: Forces Between Surfaces; Slopes; 5:1-2
Tension Tension+
TEST #1 in PSH-563 on FRI 2/03
TEST #1 covers Topics 1-5
7. M 2/06: Pulleys; Elevators 5:1-2
8. W 2/08: Friction 5:3
(midpage 147)*
QUIZ #1 during recitation on FRI 2/10
QUIZ #1 covers Topics 5-7
9. M 2/13: Forces in Circular Motion reread p. 85,5:4
10. W 2/15: Scalar Product; Work; Kinetic Energy 1:10 (top page 22)*
6:1-3 (bottom 183)*
TEST #2 in PSH-563 on FRI 2/17
TEST #2 covers Topics 5-8
11. M 2/20: Springs; Conservative Forces 6:3 7:3 (page 219)*
14:2 (page 436)*
12. W 2/22: Power; Potential & Mechanical Energy 6:4 7:1-2 (top page 214)*
13. M 2/27: Force from Potential Energy; 7:4-5
Energy Diagrams
W 3/01: QUIZ #2 and Review for Test 3
QUIZ #2 covers Topics 8-12
TEST #3 in PSH-563 on FRI 3/03
TEST #3 covers Topics 9-13
3/6-10: SPRING BREAK HOLIDAY
14. M 3/13: Vertical Springs; Energy Conservation 7:2 7:3
15. W 3/15: Center of Mass; Momentum and Impulse 8:1-2,5
16. M 3/20: Collisions 8:3-4
17. W 3/22: Rotational Kinematics; 9:1-5
Rotational Inertia; Torque 10:1-2 p. 313**
18. M 3/27: Statics; Energy and Rotation 9:4 10:4 11:1-3
19. W 3/29: Rolling 10:3
20. M 4/03: Angular Momentum for Rotation in 2d angmom2D.pdf,
pp. 321,322
W 4/05: QUIZ #3 and Review for Test 4
QUIZ #3 covers Topics 14-19
TEST #4 in PSH-563 on FRI 4/07
TEST #4 covers Topics 14-19
21. M 4/10: Torque and Angular Momentum 1:10 10:1,5-7
Generalized
22. W 4/12: Universal Gravitation 13:1-3,7
23. M 4/17: Orbits and Conservation Principles; 13:4-5
Kepler's Laws
24. W 4/19: Simple Harmonic Motion DiffEq++
14:1-4
(top page 447)*
25. M 4/24: The Pendulum; Resonance in 14:4-6,8
Driven SHM TaylorSeries+++
W 4/26: QUIZ #4 and Review for Test 5
QUIZ #4 covers Topics 20-24
TEST #5 in PSH-563 on FRI 4/28
TEST #5 covers Topics 20-25
* 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 3:05 class -- FRI May 5 2:30- 4:20 PM