| Objectives |
- Understand what is meant by "world view"
- Be able to explain why Bode's Law is not a physical law.
- *Be familar with the range of distances and times encountered in physics
- Learn the metric prefixes: kilo, centi, milli
- Define and apply mathematically the concept of average speed
- Understand the difference between average and instantaneous speed
- Be able to define what is meant by velocity
- Understand the relationship between speed and velocity
- Define and apply mathematically the concept of average acceleration
- Be able to describe and compare the world views of Aristotle and Galileo
- Be able to analyze "strobe photo" diagrams of motion
- Be able to state Galileo's "Odd-Integer Rule"
- Understand and apply what is meant by "freely falling objects"
- Understand the significance of "g"
- *Sketch graphs of position versus time, velocity versus time and acceleration versus
time for a constant acceleration
- *Understand the connection between velocity and the position-time graph
- *Understand the connection between acceleration and the velocity-time graph
* Material that is presented in class, but may not be in the readings. |
| Homework |
- Chapter 1 Questions: 4, 8, 11, 19
- Chapter 1 Exercises: 2, 8, 11
- Chapter 2 Questions: 2, 4, 8, 9, 14, 19, 25, 27, 30, 31, 38, 51
- Chapter 2 Exercises: 2, 14, 16, 23
- Topical Computer
Assignment 1 -- Due Before Start of Next Class
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