PHYSICS 121                                                 TERM SCHEDULE                                            SPRING 2008

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Date0
(2008)

Chapter1

Demos

Pages/Source

Topics

Homework Due2

Lab Due3

Exams4

1

W Apr 30

Syllabus, 1.all

1-0,1

Syllabus, 1-13

 Measurement: standards, dimensions, units, accuracy

None

 

 

F May  2

2.all

2-1,2

19-44

 One-dimensional motion: position, speed, velocity,
 acceleration; Motion diagrams, free-fall; Treatment using
 calculus

#1.Chap.1:1-2

2

M May  5

3.all

3-1

53-64

 Vectors:  coordinate systems, versus scalars, components,
 unit vectors

#2.Chap.1:3-5; Chap.2:
1-2; #3.Chap.2:3-8

#1 Gravitational
Acceleration, g

#25 One-dimensional Motion

W May  7

4.1-3

4-1,2, monkey hunter,
vertical cannon cart

71-83

 Two-dimensional motion:  position, velocity, acceleration;
 Projectiles

 #4.Chap.3:Vector Tutorial

F May  9

4.4-6; Review

4-3

84-91

 Uniform circular motion; Acceleration components;
 Relative velocity and acceleration

#5.Chap.4:1-3

3

M May 12

5.1-5

5-1,2,3

100-107

 Newton's 1st and 2nd laws of motion; Inertial frames, force,
 mass and weight

#6.Chap.4:4-6

 #3 Projectile Motion;

#45 Elevator
Acceleration;

#5 Force Vectors

Exam #1
Chap.1-4
M May 12-
W May 14

W May 14

5.6-8

5-4

107-125

 Newton's 3rd law; Applications of Newton's laws; Friction

#7.Chap.5:1-6
#8.Chap.5:13-18

F May 16

6.all

6-1,2,3

137-154

 Forces in circular motion; Non-uniform circular motion;
 Accelerated frames; Resistive forces

#9.Chap.5:7-12

 

 

4

M May 19

7.all

7-1,2

163-187

 Work and energy; The scalar product; Kinetic energy; The
 work-kinetic energy theorem; Potential energy; Conservative
 and non-conservative forces; Energy Diagrams and equilibrium

#10.Chap.6:1-5

#6 Newton’s Laws and Frames of  reference;

#7 Nonconservative Work

W May 21

8.all; Review

8-1,2,3

195-216

 Conservation of energy; Dissipative forces; Power

#11.Chap.7:1-7

F May 23

9.1-2

9-1,2

227-234

 Linear momentum, p; p-conservation; Impulse and p

#12.Chap.8:1-5
#13.Chap.8:6-9

Exam #2
Chap.5-8
F May 23-
W May 28 

5

M May 26

M E M O R I A L   D A Y   H O L I D A Y

W May 28

9.3-8

9-2,3,4

234-258

 Collisions in 1 and 2 dimensions; Elastic and inelastic
 collisions; Center of mass; Particle systems; Deformable
 systems; Rockets

#14.Chap.9:1-4

#8 Inelastic Collisions;

#9 Elastic Collisions

F May 30

10.1-5

10-1,2

269-281

 Rigid-body rotation; Angular and linear quantities; Angular
 kinematics; Rotational kinetic energy; Moments of inertia

#15.Chap.9:5-7

 

6

M Jun  2

10.6-9; 11.1-2

10-2,3

282-297, 311-318

 Torque; Angular dynamics; Rolling; The vector cross
 product; The angular momentum, L

#16.Chap.10:1-4

#10 Rolling;

#11 Equilibrium

W Jun  4

11.3-6

11-1,2

318-328

 L of rotating bodies; L-conservation; Tops and gyroscopes

#17.Chap.10:5-9 #18.Chap.11:1-3

F Jun  6

12.1-3

12-1

337-347, 352

 Static equlibrium; The center of gravity; Examples

#19.Chap.11:4-6

7

M Jun  9

13.1-3

13-1

362-372

 Newton's law of gravitation; gravitational acceleration;
 Kepler's laws

#20.Chap.12:1-2


 #12 Angular Momentum;

#13 Harmonic Motion

 

W Jun 11

13.4-6; Review

13-2

372-381

 The gravitational field; Gravitational potential energy;
 Escape velocity; Planetary and satellite motions

#21.Chap.13:1-3

Exam #3
Chap.9-13 W Jun 11-
F Jun 13

F Jun 13

15.1-4

15-1,2

417-432

 Oscillations; Springs and Hooke's Law, Simple Harmonic
 Motion; Energy and SHM; SHM and circular motion

#22.Chap.13:4-6

8

M Jun 16

15.5-7; Review

15-3

432-439

 The pendulum; Damped oscillations; forced oscillations and
 resonance

#23.Chap.15:1-5



 

T Jun 17

EXAM  PREPARATION  DAY

W-Θ Jun 18-19

 1-13,15

 

 1-381,417-439

FINAL EXAMINATION (Testing Center)

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 Final

0Clicking on a date will open a list of sample problems used in that day’s lectures plus, in some cases, additional related problems.

1Each reading assignment, except that for the first day of class, should be completed prior to class time.  In-class quizzes will often include simple questions on the current reading
 assignment.

2Homework is due at 11:55 am on the given date.  Submit it in the Physics 121 homework slot on the other side of the hallway from N373 ESC.  Homework assignments are found in your
 “Physics 121 Class Supplement.”

3Your lab report is due at 9:00 pm on "your day."  "Your day" is determined by the first letter of your last name as follows:  A-D, Tuesday;  E-J, Wednesday;  K-M, Thursday;  N-Z
 Friday.  You may do your lab experiment at any time the building is open except on Saturday mornings when the lab personnel are changing the available equipment.  Each lab
 experiment is set up on the Saturday preceding the week for which it is assigned and taken down on the Saturday at the end of that week.  You need not perform the experiments on
 "your day," but it is expected that you will submit your report on or before your assigned deadline. 

4All examinations, including the final, are in the Testing Center.  No time limits, save the closing of the Testing Center, are imposed.  Each test may be picked up after 12 noon on the
  beginning date for the test and must be picked up before 3 pm on the ending date for that test.

5Please note that, to facilitate your spreading your work out, labs #2 and #4 are available during both the lab report deadline week and also the week preceding that.