Physics 170: Fall 2005 Planner

Lectures/In-class Discussion on Magenta Days.
Review and Exams on Green Days.

Exams will be held on Oct 1(Mon), Nov 4 (Mon), and Nov 28 (Mon). The Final Exam is on Dec 19.

Chapter sections specified are the reading assignment for that class day. After reading the chapter, click the link below to answer pre-flight before the lecture. Pre-flight questions must be answered by 8 AM the day of the lecture to receive credit.

Online homework and class surveys are due no later than dates indicated for full credit.

Discussion questions, practice exams and exam solutions will be linked below at appropriate places.

September 2005

Sun	Monday	Tues	Wednesday	Thurs	Friday	Saturday
4	5 Labor Day	6	7 Lecture 1 Ch 1.1-1.2(PF1) Course overview	8	9 Lecture 2 Ch 1.3-1.6(PF2) Order of magnitude	10 Homework 1 (Due 9/19 11PM)
11	12 Lecture 3 Ch 2.1-2.3(PF33) Position, Velocity, Acceleration	13	14 Lecture 4 Ch 2.4-2.5(PF4) Constant Acceleration	15	16 Lecture 5 Ch 2.6 (PF5) Free-fall	17 Class Survey 1 (Due Fri 9/23 8 AM) Homework 2 (Due Sat 9/24 11PM)
18	19 Lecture 6 Ch 3.1-3.3(PF6) Vectors	20	21 Lecture 7 Ch 3.4(PF7) Vector Components	22	23 Lecture 8 Ch 4.1-4.2 (PF8) 2D motion	24 Homework 3 (Due at Sun 10/2 5PM)
25	26 Lecture 9 Ch 4.3 (PF9) Projectile motion	27	28 Lecture 10 Ch 4.3 (PF10) Projectile motion problems	29	30 Exam 1 Review (Ch1-4) Practice Exams	Oct 1

October 2005

Sun	Monday	Tues	Wednesday	Thurs	Friday	Saturday
2	3 Exam 1	4	5 Lecture 11 Ch 5.1-5.5(PF11) Newton's Laws	6	7 Lecture 12 Ch 5.6 (PF12) Free-Body Diagrams	8
9	10 Lecture 13 Ch 5.6 (PF13) 2D Force Problems	11	12 Lecture 14 Ch 5.6(PF14) 2D Force Problems	13	14 Lecture 15 Ch 7.1-7.3 (PF15) Definition of Work	15 Homework 4 (Due Fri 10/14 5PM)
16	17 Lecture 16 Ch 7.5,7.7(PF16) Work and Frinction	18	19 Lecture 17 Ch 7.8-7.9(PF17) Power and Cars	20	21 Lecture 18 Ch 8.1-8.2 (PF18) Conservation of Energy	22 Homework 5 (Due Mon 10/24 5PM)
23	24 Lecture 19 Ch 8.3-8.4 (PF19) Non-Conservation of Energy	25	26 Lecture 20 Ch 9.1-9.3 (PF20) Conservation of Momentum (1D)	27	28 Lecture 21 Ch 9.4(PF21) Conservation of Momentum (2D)	29 Homework 6 (Due Fri 10/31 5PM)

November 2005

Sun	Monday	Tues	Wednesday	Thurs	Friday	Saturday
Oct 30	Oct 31 Lecture 22 Ch 9.4 (PF22) Momentum Examples	1	2 Review (Ch 5-9) Practice Exams **Force **Energy/Momentum	3	4 Exam 2 (Ch 5-9)	5
6	7 Lecture 23 Ch 14.1-14.4(PF23) Fluid Statics and Buoyancy	8	9 Lecture 24 Ch 14.5-14.6(PF24) Fluid Flows	10	11 Lecture 25 Ch 14.7(PF25) Fluid Examples	12 Homework 7 (Due Wed 11/16 5PM)
13	14 Lecture 26 Post-lecture summary (PF26) Nanotechnology	15	16 Lecture 27 Ch 39.1-39.3(PF27) Relativity Basics	17	18 Lecture 28 Ch 39.4(PF28) Time Dilation	19 Homework 8 (Due Sat 11/26 5PM)
20	21 Lecture 29 Ch 39.5-39.6 (PF29) Lorentz Transformation	22	23 Lecture 30 Ch 39.7-39.8 (PF30) E=mc^2	24 T'giving	25 Break Holiday	26