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

Homework

Tutorial

Logs

Lab

Tests

Material

1

Sept 6-11

Welcome
and Math

Hw 1

-

LL 1

-

T 0

-

2

Sept 12-18

Ch. 2: Vectors

Hw 2

Tu 2

LL 2

L 1

T 1

-

3

Sept 19-25

Ch. 3: Motion along
a straight line

Hw 3

Tu 3

LL 3

L 2

(BT 1)

Chs. 1-3

4

Sept 26 - Oct 2

Ch. 4: Motion in Two
and Three Dimensions

Hw 4

Tu 4

LL 4

-

-

-

5

Oct 3 - 9

Ch. 5: Newton’s Laws
of Motion

Hw 5

Tu 5

LL 5

L 3

T 2

Ch. 4

6

Oct 10 - 16

Rest and Catchup
(no new material)

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

Oct 17 - 23

Ch. 6: Applications
of Newton’s Laws

Hw 6

Tu 6

LL 6

L 4

(BT 2)

-

8

Oct 24 - 30

Ch. 7: Work and
Kinetic Energy

Hw 7

Tu 7

LL 7

L 5

T 3

Chs. 5-6

9

Oct 31 - Nov 6

Ch. 8: Potential Energy
and Conservation
of Energy

Hw 8

Tu 8

LL 8

L 6

(BT 3)

-

10

Nov 7 - 13

Reading week
(no new material)

-

-

-

-

-

-

11

Nov 14 - 20

Ch. 9: Linear
Momentum
and Collisions

Hw 9

Tu 9

LL 9

L 7

T 4

Chs. 7-8

12

Nov 21 - 27

Ch. 10: Torque
and Rotation

Hw 10

Tu 10

LL 10

L 8

(BT 4)

13

Nov 28 - Dec 4

Review and recap
(no new material)

-

-

LL 11

-

T 5

Ch. 9-10

14

Dec 5 - Dec 8

Final Exam Details
(no new material)

-

-

-

-

(BT 5)

-

Note

For the homework assignments (Hw), your best 9 of 10 will be selected for your average (Hw1 is for completion marks only). For the Learning Logs (LL), your best 10 of 11 will be selected for your average.

Note

Tests (T) and Bonus Tests (BT) will be held in-person during class on Fridays. Test 0 is a diagnostic and not for marks.

Note

Labs (L) and Tutorials (Tu) will start in Week 2 of the course.

Test Dates and times#

Test/Bonus Test

Date

Time

Duration

Test 1

Friday Sept 16, 2022

16:00 - 16:45

45 minutes

Bonus Test 1

Friday Sept 23, 2022

16:00 - 16:45

45 minutes

Test 2

Friday Oct 7, 2022

16:00 - 16:45

45 minutes

Bonus Test 2

Friday Oct 21, 2022

16:00 - 16:45

45 minutes

Test 3

Friday Oct 28, 2022

16:00 - 16:45

45 minutes

Bonus Test 3

Friday Nov 4, 2022

16:00 - 16:45

45 minutes

Test 4

Friday Nov 18, 2022

16:00 - 16:45

45 minutes

Bonus Test 4

Friday Nov 25, 2022

16:00 - 16:45

45 minutes

Test 5

Friday Dec 2, 2022

16:00 - 16:45

45 minutes

Bonus Test 5

Wednesday Dec 7, 2022

16:00 - 16:45

45 minutes