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Readings

The table below provides information on the course's lecture (L) and exams (E) sessions. "YF" indicates readings from the textbook: Buy at Amazon Young, Hugh D., and Roger A. Freedman. University Physics with Modern Physics. 11th ed. San Francisco, CA: Addison Wesley, July 25, 2003. ISBN: 9780805386844.

SES # TOPICS READINGS
L1 Hour One
Introduction to TEAL

Hour Two
Pre-Test
Hour One
YF 1.1-1.6
L2 Hour One
Kinematics: One Dimensional Motion, Velocity and Acceleration
Hour One
YF 2.1-2.6
L3 Hour One
Experiment 1: Introducing Data Studio

One Dimensional Motion, Velocity and Acceleration

Hour Two
Problem Solving Session 1: One Dimensional Motion
Hour One
Experiment 1

Hour Two
YF 2.4-2.6
L4 Hour One
Kinematics: Two Dimensional Motion, Velocity and Acceleration

Hour Two
Experiment 2: Projectile Motion
Hour One
YF 3.1-3.3

Hour Two
Experiment 2
L5 Hour One
Problem Solving Session 2: Projectile Motion
Hour One
YF 3.3
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
Hour One
YF 4.1-4.6, Experiment 3

Hour Two
YF 1.8-1.11, 3.5
L7 Hour One
Vectors in Physics

Newton's First Law: Principle of Relativity, Relative Inertial Frames, Tension

Hour Two
Experiment 3: Modeling Forces
Hour One
YF 5.1-5.3, 5.5
L8 Hour One
Problem Solving Session 4: Newton's Laws of Motion

Spring Forces, Tension
Hour One
YF 5.1-5.3, 5.5
L9 Hour One
Circular Motion Kinematics: Uniform Circular Motion

Hour Two
Problem Solving Session 5: Uniform Circular Motion
Hour One
YF 3.4, 5.4

Hour Two
YF 5.4
L10 Hour One
Experiment 4: Circular Motion

Hour Two
Test Review
Hour One
Experiment 4
E1 Quiz One: Fundamental Concepts; Kinematics; Newton's Laws  
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
YF 5.4, 12.1-12.2
L12 Hour One
The Lever Principle: Static Equilibrium and Torque

Hour Two
Experiment 5a: Static Equilibrium
Hour One
YF 11.1-11.3

Hour Two
YF 11.3, Experiment 5
L13 Hour One
Problem Solving Session 6: Static Equilibrium and Torque
 
L14 Hour One
The Concept of Energy

Work

Experiment 5b: Friction

Hour Two
Problem Solving Session 7: Work and the Dot Product

YF 6.1-6.4

L15 Hour One
Problem Solving Session 8: Work Done by Friction and other Dissipative Forces

Motion with Dissipative Forces
Hour One
YF 5.3, 6.1-6.4
L16 Hour One
Potential Energy and Conservation of Mechanical Energy

Hour Two
Problem Solving Session 9: Potential Energy
YF 7.1-7.5
L17 Hour One
Problem Solving Session 10: Energy Techniques

Hour Two
Experiment 6: Conservation of Energy
Hour One
YF 7.1-7.5

Hour Two
Experiment 6
L18 Hour One
Problem Solving Session 11: Conservation of Energy: Restoring Forces and Harmonic Motion
Hour One
YF 13.1-13.5
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
YF 8.1-8.5
L20 Test Review  
E2 Quiz Two: Newton's Laws, Circular Motion, Static Equilibrium, and Conservation of Energy  
L21 Hour One
Conservation Laws: Momentum and Collision Theory

Hour Two
Problem Solving Session 13: Conservation of Momentum

YF 8.3-8.6

L22 Hour One
Experiment 7: Collisions

Hour Two
Rigid Bodies Kinematics
Hour One
Experiment 7

Hour Two
YF 9.1-9.6
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
 
L25 Hour One
Experiment 8: Physical Pendulum

Hour Two
Conservation Laws: Angular Momentum
 
L26 Hour One
Problem Solving Session 16: Angular Momentum
 
L27 Hour One
Experiment 9: Angular Momentum

Hour Two
Planetary Motion
Hour One
Experiment 9

Hour Two
Class Notes: Planetary Orbits: The Kepler Problem, Energy Diagrams

YF 7.1, 7.5, 12.3-12.5
L28 Hour One
Problem Solving Session 17: Rotation and Translation, Galactic Black Hole

Hour Two
Test Review
Hour One
YF 10.3
E3 Quiz Three: Energy, Momentum, and Rotational Motion  
L29 Hour One
Kinetic Theory

Hour Two
Problem Solving Session 18: Ideal Gas Law
YF 18.1-18.6
L30 Hour One
Archimedes Principle

Hour Two
Archimedes Principle, PRS Contest
Hour One
YF 14.1-14.3
L31 Hour One
First Law of Thermodynamics, Entropy, and Second Law of Thermodynamics

Hour Two
Problem Solving Session 19: Thermodynamics
 
L32 Hour One
Temperature, Heat, and Heat Capacity

Hour Two
Experiment 10: Energy Transformations: Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
Hour One
YF 18.4, 17.1-17.7

Hour Two
Experiment 10
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
Hour One
YF 37.1-37.4, pp. 1403-1414
L35 Final Review  
E4 Final Exam