Note: This is the new schedule (as of 4/02). The old
schedule is here.
PHY 121 SPRING 2022 SCHEDULE - 3:05 MW
INSTRUCTOR G.B. Adams
Topic Day Date Topic Reading
# Chapter: Sections
M 1/10: Introduction; Exercise on Vectors
1. W 1/12: Vectors; Position and Velocity 1:1-9 2:1
M 1/17: Martin Luther King Day Holiday
2. W 1/19: Acceleration; Free Fall (MQ0) 2:2-6
3. M 1/24: Projectile Motion (MQ1) 3:1-3
4. W 1/26: Circular Motion; Relative Velocity 3:4-5
5. M 1/31: Newton's Laws; Weight (MQ2) 4:1-6, 5:5
6. W 2/02: Forces Between Surfaces; Slopes; 5:1-2,tension***
Tension
TEST #1 During Recitation on FRI 2/05
TEST #1 covers Topics 1-4
Group A takes FR in H-356; Group B takes NUM in PSH-563
7. M 2/07: Pulleys; Elevators 5:1-2
8. W 2/09: Friction 5:3 (midpage 146)*
9. M 2/14: Forces in Circular Motion (MQ3) reread p. 84,5:4
10. W 2/16: Scalar Product; Work; Kinetic Energy 1:10 (top page 22)*
work.pdf
6:1,3 (midpage 182)*
TEST #2 During Recitation on FRI 2/18
TEST #2 covers Topics 5-8
Group A takes NUM in PSH-563; Group B takes FR in H-356
11. M 2/21: Springs; Conservative Forces 6:3 (top page 183)*
7:3 (page 217)*
GisCons.pdf
14:2 (midpage 432)*
12. W 2/23: Power; Potential & Mechanical Energy 6:4 7:1-2 (top page 212)*
meCons.pdf
13. M 2/28: Force from Potential Energy; 7:4-5
Energy Diagrams (MQ4)
14. W 3/02: Vertical Springs; Energy Conservation 7:2 energy.pdf
14:4 (midpage 443)*
TEST #3 During Recitation on FRI 3/04
TEST #3 covers Topics 9-13
Group A takes FR in H-356; Group B takes NUM in PSH-563
3/07- 3/11 Spring Break
15. M 3/14: Center of Mass; Momentum and Impulse 8:1-2,5
16. W 3/16: Collisions 8:3-4
17.a M 3/21: Rotational Kinematics; 9:1-5 10:1-2 p. 312**
Rotational Inertia; Torque (MQ5)
17.b W 3/23: Torque; 2nd Law for Rotation
TEST #4 During Recitation on FRI 3/25
TEST #4 covers Topics 14-17a
Group A takes NUM in H-563; Group B takes FR in PSH-356
18. M 3/28: Statics; Energy and Rotation 9:4 10:4 11:1-3
19. W 3/30: Rolling 10:3 (midpage 313)*
20. M 4/04: Angular Momentum for Rotation in 2d angmom2D.pdf, pp. 320-321
21. W 4/06: Torque and Angular Momentum 1:10 10:1,5-7
Generalized (MQ6)
22. M 4/11: Universal Gravitation 13:1-3,7
23. W 4/13: Orbits and Conservation Principles; 13:4-5
Kepler's Laws (MQ7)
TEST #5 During Recitation on FRI 4/15
TEST #5 covers Topics 17b-21
Group A takes FR in H-356; Group B takes NUM in PSH-563
23.b M 4/18: Orbits and Conservation Principles; 13:4-5
Kepler's Laws
24. W 4/20: Simple Harmonic Motion DiffEq+ 14:1-4 (midpage 443)*
25.a M 4/25: The Pendulum; Resonance in 14:4-6,8 TaylorSeries++
Driven SHM
25.b W 4/27: Continuation of Topics from Class 25 (MQ8)
TEST #6 in PSH-563 During Recitation on FRI 4/29
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 (40 Multiple Choice Questions)
MW 3:05 class -- FRI May 06 2:30- 4:20 PM