Physics 121, Fall 2009

Schedule:

 

Week of Sept 21	Week of Sept 28	Week of Oct 5
Introduction – Motion in One Dimension Chapters 1 and 2 Lab: Measuring π (Formal), Motion I,II	More Motion and Force Chapters 2 and 3 Lab: Motion III, IV,V	Newton’s Second Law Chapter 3 and 4 Lab: Force Investigation, No class Mon Oct 5 Exam 1: Thursday Oct 8 Chapters 1-3
Week of Oct 12	Week of Oct 19	Week of Oct 26
Motion in Two and Three Dimensions Force and Newton’s Second Law Chapter 4 Lab: Acceleration of a Falling Object (Formal), Projectile Motion	Newton’s Second Law Chapter 5 Lab: Force Investigation II, Newton’s second law(Formal)	Conservation of Momentum, Impulse Chapter 6 Lab: Impulse and momentum Exam 2: Thursday Oct 29 Chapters 4-6
Week of Nov 2	Week of Nov 9	Week of Nov 16
Systems of particles Chapter 7 Lab: Collisions	Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics Chapters 8 and 9 Lab: Torque No class Wednesday Nov 11	Angular Momentum Chapters 10 Lab: Angular Momentum Exam 3: Tuesday Nov 17 Chapters 7-9
Week of Nov 23	Week of Nov 30	Week of Dec 7
Work and Energy Chapters 11 and 12 No Class Nov 26 and 27	Work and Energy Chapters 12 and 13 Lab: Ballistic Pendulum (Formal)	Final Exam Wednesday December 9 11:30a – 1:20p

Schedule is subject to revision