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PHYSICS 2211 A - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I

Course Schedule

Date			Class	Reading
Aug	21	Mon	Introduction: what is this course about?	Website, 1.1
	23	Wed	How do we describe motion?	1.2 – 1.5
	25	Fri	How do we analyze motion?	1.6 – 1.9

	28	Mon	How are position and velocity linked?	2.1 - 2.4
	30	Wed	What is the effect of acceleration?	2.5
Sep	1	Fri	How does the Earth affect motion?	2.6 - 2.7

	4	Mon	Labor Day Holiday
	6	Wed	What if acceleration changes?	2.8
	8	Fri	How are vectors used?	3.1 – 3.4

	11	Mon	What are forces?	4.1 – 4.4
	13	Wed	Quiz #1 Ch 1 – 3	Practice
	15	Fri	How does motion change?	4.5 - 4.7

	18	Mon	What is equilibrium?	5.1 –5.2
	20	Wed	How are weight and mass related?	5.3
	22	Fri	What are common forces?	5.4 – 5.6

	25	Mon	What is the path of a thrown ball?	6.1 - 6.3
	27	Wed	Quiz #2 Ch 4 – 5	Practice
	29	Fri	Do two people see the same motion?	6.4

Oct	2	Mon	How is circular motion described?	7.1 – 7.2
	4	Wed	Why do astronauts feel weightless?	7.3 - 7.4
	6	Fri	Is there a centrifugal force?	7.5 - 7.6

	9	Mon	What keeps you in your chair?	8.1 - 8.3
	11	Wed	How does a rope work?	8.4
	13	Fri	How do we analyze interactions?	8.5

	16	Mon	Fall Recess
	18	Wed	What happens during a collision?	9.1 - 9.3
	20	Fri	How does a rocket work?	9.4 - 9.6

	23	Mon	Quiz #3 Ch 6 – 8	Practice
	25	Wed	What is energy?	10.1 – 10.3
	27	Fri	How does a spring work?	10.4 – 10.5

	30	Mon	What is a perfectly elastic collision?	10.6 - 10.7
Nov	1	Wed	How is energy transferred?	11.1 - 11.4
	3	Fri	When is energy conserved?	11.5 - 11.6

	6	Mon	Where does energy go?	11.7 - 11.9
	8	Wed	Quiz #4 Ch 9 - 11	Practice
	10	Fri	What is your weight on the moon?	12.1 - 12.4

	13	Mon	How do the planets orbit the sun?	12.5 - 12.6
	15	Wed	What is the motion of a spring?	14.1 - 14.3
	17	Fri	How does a pendulum work?	14.4 - 14.6

	20	Mon	How do shock absorbers work?	14.7 - 14.8
	22	Wed	How does a rigid body move?	13.1 - 13.2
	24	Fri	Thanksgiving Holiday

	27	Mon	What are your (physics) questions?
	29	Wed	Quiz #5 Ch 12 & 14	Practice
Dec	1	Fri	Where will the ladder slip?	13.3 -13.6

	4	Mon	Which is faster, a hoop or a sphere?	13.7 - 13.8
	6	Wed	What changes angular momentum?	9.7, 13.9 - 13.10
	8	Fri	Conclusion: what have we learned?

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PHYSICS 2211 A - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I

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