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TENTATIVE
SCHEDULE, PHYSICS 171, SPRING 2004 |
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Topic |
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"6 Ideas" Chpt |
Week 1 |
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1-D MOTION |
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26-Jan |
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Intro, Measurement, Units |
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27-Jan |
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Chpt 1 |
Interactions |
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C1 |
29-Jan |
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2.1,2.2 |
1-D motion |
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C1 |
30-Jan |
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2.3,2.4 |
Acceleration and Free Fall |
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N4 |
Week 2 |
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MOTION and MOMENTUM |
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2-Feb |
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3.1, 3.2 |
Vectors and Coordinate Systems |
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C2, N2 |
3-Feb |
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3.3-3.5 |
2 & 3D motion |
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C3, N2, N10 |
5-Feb |
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QUIZ |
HW1 |
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6-Feb |
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4.1,4.2 |
momentum and Force |
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C3 |
Week 3 |
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FORCES and NEWTON's LAWS |
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9-Feb |
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4.3 -4.4 |
Gravity, Forces and Interactions |
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N1 |
10-Feb |
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4.5 |
Free Body Diagrams |
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N3 |
12-Feb |
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synthesis |
HW2 |
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13-Feb |
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4.6,4.7 |
Newton's Third Law |
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N3, N7 |
Week 4 |
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APPLICATIONS OF NEWTON |
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16-Feb |
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5.1, 5.3 |
Friction and Drag |
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N6 |
17-Feb |
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5.2 |
Circular Motion and Drag |
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N8 |
19-Feb |
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synthesis |
HW3 |
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20-Feb |
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EXAM #1 |
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Week 5 |
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ENERGY and WORK |
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23-Feb |
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6.1 |
Work, Energy and Power |
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C6,C8 |
24-Feb |
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6.2,6.3 |
Dot products: Power |
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C8 |
26-Feb |
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synthesis |
HW4 |
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27-Feb |
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6.4 |
Potential Energy |
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C6,C7 |
Week 6 |
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CONSERVATION of ENERGY |
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1-Mar |
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7.1-7.2 |
Conservation of Energy |
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C6, N11 |
2-Mar |
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the Work-Energy Theorem |
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C8 |
4-Mar |
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QUIZ |
HW5 |
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5-Mar |
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7.3-7.4 |
Mass, Energy and Quantization |
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Week 7 |
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CONSERVATION of MOMENTUM |
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8-Mar |
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8.1-8.3 |
Center of Mass |
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C4 |
9-Mar |
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8.4,8.5 |
Conservation of Linear Momentum |
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C4,C5 |
11-Mar |
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synthesis |
HW6 |
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12-Mar |
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8.6 |
Collisions I |
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C5 |
Week 8 |
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15-Mar |
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Collisions II |
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C5 |
16-Mar |
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8.7,8.8 |
Reference Frames |
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18-Mar |
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synthesis |
HW7 |
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19-Mar |
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EXAM #2 |
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Week 9 |
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SPRING BREAK |
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22-Mar |
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23-Mar |
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25-Mar |
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26-Mar |
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Week 10 |
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ROTATIONAL MOTION |
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29-Mar |
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9.1-9.2 |
Rotational motion and energy |
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C9 |
30-Mar |
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9.3,9.4 |
Moments of Inertia, Newton's Laws |
N5, C9 |
1-Apr |
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synthesis |
HW8 |
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2-Apr |
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9.5 |
Applications |
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Week 11 |
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ANGULAR MOMENTUM |
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5-Apr |
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9.6 |
Rolling |
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C9 |
6-Apr |
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10.1-10.2 |
Torque and Angular Momentum |
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8-Apr |
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QUIZ |
HW9 |
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9-Apr |
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10.3 |
Conservation of Angular Momentum |
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Week 12 |
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GRAVITATION |
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12-Apr |
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11.1 |
Kepler's Laws of Orbits |
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N12 |
13-Apr |
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11.2-11.3 |
Newton's Law of Gravity |
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15-Apr |
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synthesis |
HW10 |
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16-Apr |
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11.4 |
Gravitational PE and fields |
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Week 13 |
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RELATIVITY |
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19-Apr |
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Non-inertial reference Frames |
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N9 |
20-Apr |
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Principle of relativity |
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R1 |
22-Apr |
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synthesis |
HW11 |
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23-Apr |
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EXAM #3 |
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Week 14 |
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RELATIVITY |
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26-Apr |
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Synchronization and Time |
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R2, R3 |
27-Apr |
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The Metric Equation |
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R4 |
29-Apr |
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synthesis |
HW12 |
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30-Apr |
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Lorentz Transformations |
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R6,R7 |
Week 15 |
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RELATIVISTIC MOMENTUM |
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3-May |
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Speed of Light |
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R8 |
4-May |
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Four Momentum and Energy |
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R9,R10 |
6-May |
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QUIZ |
HW13 |
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7-May |
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13.1, 13.3 |
Density and Fluids in Motion |
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Week 16 |
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GASES and FLUIDS |
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10-May |
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17.1-17.3 |
Temperature and Gases in Motion |
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11-May |
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17.5 |
Kinetic Theory of Gases |
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FINAL EXAM, ??? |
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