Tentative Syllabus

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Date

Chapter

Sections

Topics

9-Jan

2

1

Introduction, Average Speed, Average Velocity

11-Jan

2

2-3

Derivatives, Instantaneous Speed, and Acceleration 

16-Jan

1 1-10

Measurements, Dimensional Analysis and Motion Graphs

18-Jan

2

4-6

Uniformly Accelerated Motion

23-Jan

3

1-3

Vectors and Vector Addition

25-Jan

3, 4

3:4-5, 4:1

X, V, A as vectors and relative velocity

30-Jan

4

2-3

Projectile Motion

1-Feb

4

4-5

Circular motion and EXAM 1 -- Over Chapters 1, 2, and 3

6-Feb

5 1-8

Newton's Laws

8-Feb

6

1-2

F=ma and freebody diagrams

13-Feb

6

4-5

Friction

15-Feb

6, 9, 23

6:3, 9:1-3, 23:1-3

Centripetal, Gravitational and Electrical Forces

20-Feb

Monday Tuesday Switch Day -- No Class

22-Feb

7

1-3, 5-6

Work, Power, Kinetic Energy, and Potential Energy

27-Feb

EXAM 2 -- Over Material Since First Exam

1-Mar

8

1-3

Conservation of Energy

6-Mar

8

3-5

More practice with Energy Concepts and Problems

8-Mar

15

1-2

Finish Energy and Begin Simple Harmonic Motion

20-Mar

15

5-7

Complete Simple Harmonic Motion

22-Mar

EXAM 3 -- Over Chapters 7, 8, and 15

27-Mar

10, 11 10:1, 11:1

Center of Mass, Momentum, and Impulse

29-Mar

10, 11, 12, 13 10:2, 11:2-4, 12:1, 13:2-4

Conservation of Momentum and Angular Momentum

3-Apr 16, 17 16:1-6, 17:1-2 Mechanical Waves

5-Apr

17, 34, 37 17: 5-6, 34:7, 37:1-4

Sound and Light Waves

10-Apr

39 1-2

History of the atom

12-Apr

39 3-4

The "Old" Quantum Theory

17-Apr EXAM 4 --Over Material Since Last Exam

19-Apr

39, 40

39:5-6, 40:1-2

Uncertainty Principle, Wave-Particle Duality, and the "New" Quantum Theory

24-Apr

40

3-8

Continue Quantum Theory

26-Apr

41 1-4

Understanding the Periodic Table

 

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