Course Schedule

Course Schedule

This is the tentative plan for PHYS 111 this term. The exact details are subject to change, so this is roughly the plan we will try to follow.

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Week

Topics

Lab

Homework

Logs

Tests

Concepts Tested

1

Sept 6-12

Introduction to Physics 111
(and University!)

-

HW 1

LL 1

Test 0

Course policies

2

Sept 13-19

Chs. 1 and 2: Math
and Vectors

Intro

HW 2

LL 2

(Bonus Test 0)

-

3

Sept 20-26

Ch. 3: Motion along
a straight line

Lab 1

HW 3

LL 3

Test 1

Math and Vectors

4

Sept 27 - Oct 3

Ch. 4: Motion in Two
and Three Dimensions

Lab 2

HW 4

LL 4

(Bonus Test 1)

-

5

Oct 4 - 10

Ch. 5: Newton’s Laws
of Motion

Lab 3

HW 5

LL 5

Test 2

Kinematics in 1D, 2D, and 3D

6

Oct 11 - 17

Rest and Catchup
(no new material)

-

-

-

-

-

7

Oct 18 - 24

Ch. 6: Applications
of Newton’s Laws

Lab 4

HW 6

LL 6

(Bonus Test 2)

-

8

Oct 25 - Oct 31

Ch. 7: Work and
Kinetic Energy

Lab 5

HW 7

LL 7

Test 3

Forces

9

Nov 1 - 7

Ch. 8: Potential Energy
and Conservation of Energy

Lab 6

HW 8

LL 8

(Bonus Test 3)

-

10

Nov 8 - 14

Reading week
(no new material)

-

-

-

Test 4

Energy and Work

11

Nov 15 - 21

Ch. 9: Linear Momentum
and Collisions

Lab 7

HW 9

LL 9

(Bonus Test 4)

-

12

Nov 22 - 28

Ch. 10: Torque
and Rotation

Lab 8

HW 10

LL 10

Test 5

Momentum and Impulse

13

Nov 29 - Dec 8

Review and recap
(no new material)

-

-

LL 11

(Bonus Test 5)

-

Note

Note that the lab schedule is currently tentative.

Note

For the homework assignments, your best 8 of 9 will be selected for your average (HW1 is not for marks). For the Learning Logs, your best 10 or 11 will be selected for your average.

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