Physics 103 Fall 2005 Planner

Labs (Monday through Thursday) and Discussions (Tuesday & Thursday) are conducted by teaching assistants. Each week's lab assignment is listed on the Sunday at the beginning of the week.

Chapter Sections specified are reading assignments - after reading, click that link to answer the preflight before the lecture. Preflights open at 5 PM, five days before the due date. Do not wait until the morning of the lecture to complete them. If you have problems with your computer, it will be too late to go to another computer and get credit! Answers to preflights can be found in the lecture notes  and will also appear in later preflights. 

Homework may be worked on at any time during the semester. Homework is due on Wednesdays  at 5 PM. The second due date, for 80% credit, is always the following Wednesday, again at 5 PM (except Homework 14; see the calendar below). See the Syllabus page for details. Due dates are also listed at the top of each assignment page.

The Practice Exam links will work all semester. There are more Practice Exams on the Practice Exam Page. Midterm and Final exam links will link to exam solutions after the exams have been graded. For exams, you must report to your assigned

Midterm Exam Rooms               Final Exam Rooms

You can find more resources and information on the Course Info Page.

Lectures will be given by
Professor Clint Sprott (CS) and Professor Wesley Smith (WS)


September 2005


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Aug 28
29
30
31
Sept 1
2
3
4
No Labs
This Week
5
Labor Day
No Classes
6
First
Discussions

Lecture 1 (CS)
Chapter 1
Introduction
8 9 10
11
Lab MC-1
Systematic Errors
12
Lecture 2 (CS)
Chapter 2 
Motion in 1D

13 14
Lecture 3 (CS)
Chapter 2
Motion in 1D
Homework 1
15
16 17
18
Lab MC-2
Problems 1 & 2
Velocity and Acceleration
19
Lecture 4 (CS)
Chapter 3
Motion in 2D
20 21
Lecture 5 (CS)
Chapter 3
Motion in 2D
Homework 2
22 23 24
25
Lab MC-4
Acceleration in Free Fall
26
Lecture 6 (WS)
Chapter 4
Laws of Motion
27 28
Lecture 7 (WS)
Chapter 4
Laws of Motion
Homework 3
29
30
Oct 1


October 2005


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
2
Makeup Labs This Week
3
Lecture 8 (WS)
Chapter 5
Energy
4
Rosh
Hashanah —
makeups will be available for all graded work today.

Lecture 9 (WS)
Chapter 5
Energy
Homework 4
6
PracticeExam1
PracticeSol'ns1
Midterm 1
5:45-7 PM
Covers Chapters 1-4
7 8
9
Lab MC-6
Problem 2
Force and Motion
10
Lecture 10 (CS)
Chapter 6
Momentum
11 12
Lecture 11 (CS)
Chapter 6
Collisions
Homework 5
13
Yom Kippur —
makeups will be available for all graded work today.
14 15
16
Lab M-5
Conservation of Momentum
17
Lecture 12 (CS)
Chapter 7
Rotational Motion
18 19
Lecture 13 (CS)
Chapter 7 
Gravitation
Homework 6
20 21 22
23
Lab MC-11
Problems 2 & 3
Collisions
24
Lecture 14 (WS)
Chapter 8
Rotational Equilibrium
25 26
Lecture 15 (WS)
Chapter 8
Rotational Dynamics
Homework 7
27 28 29


November 2005


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Oct 30
Lab M-3
Equilibrium of Forces and Torques
31 
Lecture 16 (WS)
Chapter 9
Solids and Fluids
Nov 1
Lecture 17 (WS)
Chapter 9
Fluids
Homework 8

Review
PracticeExam2
PracticeSol'ns2
Midterm 2
5:45-7 PM
Covers Chapters 5-8
4 5
6
Lab MC-9
Angular Acceleration

Lecture 18 (CS)
Chapter 10 
Thermal Physics
8
Lecture 19 (CS)
Chapter 10
Thermal Physics
Homework 9
10 11 12
13
Lab HC-1
Ideal Gas
Problems HC-1a and HC-1b
14
Lecture 20 (WS)
Chapter 11
Thermal Energy
15 16
Lecture 21 (WS)
Chapter 11
Thermal Energy
Homework 10
17 18 19
20
Makeup Labs
This Week
21
Lecture 22 (WS)
Chapter 12
Thermodynamics
22 23
Lecture 23 (WS)
Chapter 12
Thermodynamics
Homework 11
24
Happy
Thanksgiving!

25 26


December 2005


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Nov 27
Makeup Labs
This Week

Nov 28
Lecture 24 (CS)
Chapter 13
Vibrations
Nov 29

Nov 30
Lecture 25 (CS)
Chapter 13
Waves
Homework 12

PracticeExam3
PracticeSol'ns3
Midterm 3
5:45-7 PM
Covers Chapters 9-12
2 3
4
Lab HC-3
Latent Heat

Lecture 26 (CS)
Chapter 14
Sound

6
Lecture 27 (CS)
Chapter 14
Sound
Homework 13
8 9
10
11
Lab SC-1
Waves
12
Lecture 28 (CS)
Preflight 28
Review I
13 14
Lecture 29 (CS)
Preflight 29
Review II
Homework 14
15
16 17
Preflight 30

Note:
5:00 PM today is the last chance for 80% on Homework 14!

18
Practice Final
Practice Sol'ns
Final Exam
7:25-9:25 PM
Covers Chapters 1-14
19 20 21
22

23 24


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