Physics 201 Spring 2008 Planner


The chapters specified are the reading assignment from Giancoli.
Homework Due Dates are given in MasteringPhysics

January 2008

Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
NO LABS
WEEK 1 		22
Lecture 1
Ch 1
Measurement and units
23
 24
Lecture 2
Chapter 2
1-d motion
 25

28
Lab MC-1a/b/c
Measurement & Error/Density of Solid/Motion(velocity & acceleration)

 29
Lecture 3
Ch 3, 1-5
Vectors
 30
 31
Lecture 4
Ch 3,6-9
2-d motion

Febuary 2008

Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday




1
4
Lab M4, M2
Acceleration in Free Fall, Force Balance
5
Lecture 5
Ch 4, 1-5
Newton's Laws
 6
 7
Lecture 6
Ch 4, 6-8
Free Body Diagrams
 8

11
Lab M-6
Uniform circular Motion

12
Lecture 7
Ch 5-1,6
 Friction and drag forces

 13

 14
Lecture 8

Review
 15

18
Lab Makeup

Evening Exam: 5:45-6:45 pm

 19
Lecture 9
Ch 5, 2-5
Circular motion
 20

 21
Lecture 10
Ch 6 1-5
 Gravitation
 22
25
Lab MC-7
Simple Pendulum
26
Lecture 11
Ch 7 1-2
Work
 27

 28
Lecture 12
Ch 7 3-4, 8 1-2
Kinetic and Potential Energy
 29

March 2008

Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday





3
Lab M-5
Projectile Motion
4
Lecture 13
Ch 8 3-4
Conservation of Mechanical Energy
 5

 6
Lecture 14
Ch 8:5-9
Conservation of Energy


 7
10

Lab Makeup


 11
Lecture 15
Review

Evening Exam: 5:45-6:45 pm
12

13
Lecture 16

Ch 9 1-4
Momentum

14

17
SPRING RECESS

18

 19


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 21
24
Lab MC-11
Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
25
Lecture 17
Ch 9 5-10
Collisions
 26
 27
Lecture 18
Ch 10 1-6
Rotational Dynamics
 28

31
Lab MC-9
Angular Acceleration & Moments of Inertia






April 2008

Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday

1
Lecture 19
Ch 10 7-9
Rotational Energy
 2
 3
Lecture 20
Ch 12 1-2
Statics


 4
7
Lab M-3
Static Forces and Moments
8
Lecture 21
Ch 12 3-6
Statics
 9
 10
Lecture 22
Ch 11 1-4
Angular Momentum

 		11

14
Lab MC-8a
Physical Pendulum - Rotational Inertia
Lab M-10
Young's Modulus & Hooke's Law

 15
Lecture 23
Ch 11 4-6
Angular Momentum
and Torque

 16
 17
Lecture 24
Ch 11
Cons of
Angular Momentum
 18
21


Lab Makeup

22
Lecture 25
Review

Evening Exam: 5:45-6:45 pm

23
 24
Lecture 26
Ch 13 1-6
Fluids
 25
28
Lab MC-12
Simple Harmonic Motion and Resonance

 29
Lecture 27
Ch 13 7-10
Fluids
 30


May 2008

Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday



1
Lecture 28
Ch 14 1-4
Oscillations
 2
5

Lab Makeup
 6
Lecture 29
Ch 14 5-8
Oscillations
 7
 8
Lecture 30
Review
 9
12

 13
 14
FINAL EXAM
12:25 P.M. 		15
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