The TEAL classroom includes the opportunity for students to use the Personal Response System (PRS). Questions are posed to the class to stimulate discussion and indicate how concepts are going over. Students "vote" on answers electronically and their answers are tallied.
| SES # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES | PRS |
|---|---|---|---|
| L1 |
Hour One Introduction to TEAL Hour Two Pre-Test | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L2 |
Hour One Kinematics: One Dimensional Motion, Velocity and Acceleration | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L3 |
Hour One Experiment 1: Introducing Data Studio One Dimensional Motion, Velocity and Acceleration Hour Two Problem Solving Session 1: One Dimensional Motion | (PDF) | (PDF - 1.0 MB) |
| L4 |
Hour One Kinematics: Two Dimensional Motion, Velocity and Acceleration Hour Two Experiment 2: Projectile Motion | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L5 |
Hour One Problem Solving Session 2: Projectile Motion | (PDF) | |
| L6 |
Hour One Force, Mass, and Newton's Laws of Motion Force Laws Hour Two Problem Solving Session 3: Applying Newton's Laws of Motion | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L7 |
Hour One Vectors in Physics Newton's First Law: Principle of Relativity, Relative Inertial Frames, Tension Hour Two Experiment 3: Modeling Forces | (PDF - 1.3 MB) | (PDF) |
| L8 |
Hour One Problem Solving Session 4: Newton's Laws of Motion Spring Forces, Tension | ||
| L9 |
Hour One Circular Motion Kinematics: Uniform Circular Motion Hour Two Problem Solving Session 5: Uniform Circular Motion | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L10 |
Hour One Experiment 4: Circular Motion Hour Two Test Review | (PDF) | |
| L11 |
Hour One Universal Law of Gravitation Circular Planetary Orbits Hour Two Problem Solving Session 5: Uniform Circular Motion, Universal Law of Gravitation Circular Planetary Orbits | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L12 |
Hour One The Lever Principle: Static Equilibrium and Torque Hour Two Experiment 5a: Static Equilibrium | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L13 |
Hour One Problem Solving Session 6: Static Equilibrium and Torque | (PDF) | |
| L14 |
Hour One The Concept of Energy Work Experiment 5b: Friction Hour Two Problem Solving Session 7: Work and the Dot Product | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L15 |
Hour One Problem Solving Session 8: Work Done by Friction and other Dissipative Forces Motion with Dissipative Forces | (PDF) | |
| L16 |
Hour One Potential Energy and Conservation of Mechanical Energy Hour Two Problem Solving Session 9: Potential Energy | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L17 |
Hour One Problem Solving Session 10: Energy Techniques Hour Two Experiment 6: Conservation of Energy | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L18 |
Hour One Problem Solving Session 11: Conservation of Energy: Restoring Forces and Harmonic Motion | (PDF) | |
| L19 |
Hour One Center of Mass, Momentum, Impulse and Newton's Second Law Hour Two Problem Solving Session 12: Center of Mass, Momentum, Impulse and Newton's Second Law | (PDF) | |
| L20 | Test Review | (PDF) | |
| L21 |
Hour One Conservation Laws: Momentum and Collision Theory Hour Two Problem Solving Session 13: Conservation of Momentum | (PDF) | (PDF) |
| L22 |
Hour One Experiment 7: Collisions Hour Two Rigid Bodies Kinematics | (PDF) | |
| L23 |
Hour One Problem Solving Session 14: Moment of Inertia and Rotational Energy | ||
| L24 |
Hour One Torque, Rotational Dynamics Hour Two Problem Solving Session 15: Rotational Dynamics, Simple Harmonic Motion: Physical Pendulum | (PDF) | |
| L25 |
Hour One Experiment 8: Physical Pendulum Hour Two Conservation Laws: Angular Momentum | (PDF) | |
| L26 |
Hour One Problem Solving Session 16: Angular Momentum | (PDF) | |
| L27 |
Hour One Experiment 9: Angular Momentum Hour Two Planetary Motion | (PDF) | |
| L28 |
Hour One Problem Solving Session 17: Rotation and Translation, Galactic Black Hole Hour Two Test Review | (PDF) | |
| L29 |
Hour One Kinetic Theory Hour Two Problem Solving Session 18: Ideal Gas Law | (PDF) | |
| L30 |
Hour One Archimedes Principle Hour Two Archimedes Principle, PRS Contest | (PDF) | |
| L31 |
Hour One First Law of Thermodynamics, Entropy, and Second Law of Thermodynamics Hour Two Problem Solving Session 19: Thermodynamics | (PDF) | |
| L32 |
Hour One Temperature, Heat, and Heat Capacity Hour Two Experiment 10: Energy Transformations: Mechanical Equivalent of Heat | (PDF - 1.3 MB) | |
| L33 |
Hour One Problem Solving Session 20: First and Second Thermodynamics | ||
| L34 |
Hour One Special Relativity: Space-Time, Causality and Simultaneity Hour Two Problem Solving Session 21: Special Relativity: Time Dilation and Length Contraction | (PDF) | |
| L35 | Final Review | (PDF - 1.5 MB) |