Week |
Date |
Day |
Topic |
Text Reading |
Studio |
Quiz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
9/5/07 |
Wed. |
Course Overview | 1.1-1.6 |
Read: Vector Appendix; Do: WebAssign Tutorial; Read: Lab Report Guidelines |
|
1 |
9/7/07 |
Fri. |
Matter and Interactions; Newton's First Law of Motion | 1.1-1.6 |
Vectors |
|
2 |
9/10/07 |
Mon. |
Velocity; Momentum | 1.7-1.11 |
Problem Solving |
Quiz 1 |
2 |
9/12/07 |
Wed. |
Change of Momentum; Principle of Relativity | 1.7-1.11 |
Momentum and the Momentum Principle Download: Motion1.ds |
|
2 |
9/14/07 |
Fri. |
Momentum Principle; Impulse | 2.1-2.4 |
Introduction to 3D Computer Modeling (VP) Download: VPython Reference Sheet |
|
3 |
9/17/07 |
Mon. |
Motion under Constant Force; Graphing Motion | 2.5-2.7 |
Modeling Motion: Ball in the Box (VP) |
Quiz 2 |
3 |
9/19/07 |
Wed. |
Modeling Dynamic Systems; Systems of Particles | 2.5-2.8 |
Measuring Impulse and Momentum Change in 1D Download: Impulse.ds |
|
3 |
9/21/07 |
Fri. |
Collisions; Conservation of Momentum; Relativistic Speeds and Momenta | 2.9-2.14 |
Modeling Motion: Iterative Calculations (VP) |
|
4 |
9/24/07 |
Mon. |
Fundamental Forces; Non-constant Forces | 3.1-3.4 |
Problem Solving |
Quiz 3 |
4 |
9/26/07 |
Wed. |
Gravitational Forces | 3.5-3.8 |
Calculating Gravitational Forces with VPython (VP) |
|
4 |
9/28/07 |
Fri. |
Electrostatic Forces | 3.5-3.8 |
Spacecraft Voyage I (VP) Download: Program Shell #1 |
|
5 |
10/1/07 |
Mon. |
Newton's Third Law; Newton and Einstein; Determinism and Chaos; Probability and Uncertainty | 3.9-3.14 |
Problem Solving |
Quiz 4 |
5 |
10/3/07 |
Wed. |
Model of Solid; Interatomic Bonds | 4.1-4.4 |
Macroscopic Springs Download: Spring Data Spreadsheet |
|
5 |
10/5/07 |
Fri. |
Material Properties, Stress, Strain, and Young's Modulus, Tension, and Compression | 4.5-4.7 |
Spacecraft Voyage II (VP) |
|
6 |
10/8/07 |
Mon. |
Contact Forces; Statics | 4.8-4.10 |
Problem Solving |
Quiz 5 |
6 |
10/10/07 |
Wed. |
Curvilinear Motion | 4.11-4.13 |
Macroscopic and Microscopic Springs Read: Instructions for Using Vernier Calipers Download: Young's Modulus Spreadsheet |
|
6 |
10/12/07 |
Fri. |
Speed of Sound in a Solid | 4.14-4.17 |
Review |
|
7 |
10/15/07 |
Mon. |
The Energy Principle; Kinetic Energy | 5.1-5.2 |
Throw a Ball Straight Up |
|
7 |
10/17/07 |
Wed. |
Mechanical Work | 5.3-5.4 |
Spacecraft Voyage III (VP) |
|
7 |
10/19/07 |
Fri. |
EXAM I (1.1-4.17); Rest Energy, Work done by Non-constant Force | 5.4-5.7 |
Exam I | |
8 |
10/22/07 |
Mon. |
Potential Energy | 5.8-5.10 |
Problem Solving |
Quiz 6 |
8 |
10/24/07 |
Wed. |
Grav. Potential Energy | 5.10-5.11 |
Internal Energy Changes (Run Up Stairs) |
|
8 |
10/26/07 |
Fri. |
Electrostatic Potential Energy; Ionization Energies; Nuclear Binding Energies | 5.12-5.16 |
No Studio |
|
9 |
10/29/07 |
Mon. |
Potential Energy of Springs; Potential Energy of a Pair of Neutral Atoms; Path Independence of Potential Energy | 6.1-6.3 |
Problem Solving |
Quiz 7 |
9 |
10/31/07 |
Wed. |
Thermal Energy; Specific Heats; Power; Open and Closed Systems | 6.4-6.8 |
Specific Heats Wksht |
|
9 |
11/2/07 |
Fri. |
Energy Dissipation; Air Resistance; Friction; Irreversibility | 6.9-6.13 |
Computer Model of a Mass-Spring System Download: Program Shell |
|
10 |
11/5/07 |
Mon. |
Energy Quantization; Light and Matter | 7.1-7.3 |
Problem Solving |
Quiz 8 |
10 |
11/7/07 |
Wed. |
Quantized Vibrational Energy Levels; Diatomic Molecules; Nuclear Energy Levels | 7.4-7.8 |
Jump |
|
10 |
11/9/07 |
Fri. |
Multiparticle Systems, Center of Mass; Energy in Multiparticle Systems | 8.1-8.3 |
Multiparticle Systems Wksht |
|
11 |
11/12/07 |
Mon. |
Point Particle Systems | 8.4-8.5 |
Problem Solving |
Quiz 9 |
11 |
11/14/07 |
Wed. |
Internal Interactions in Collisions; Elastic and Inelastic Collisions | 9.1-9.2 |
Review |
|
11 |
11/16/07 |
Fri. |
EXAM II (5.1-8.5); Collisions and Scattering | 9.3-9.5 |
Exam II |
|
12 |
11/19/07 |
Mon. |
THANKSGIVING RECESS | |||
12 |
11/21/07 |
Wed. |
THANKSGIVING RECESS | |||
12 |
11/23/07 |
Fri. |
THANKSGIVING RECESS | |||
13 |
11/26/07 |
Mon. |
The Nucleus; Relativistic Momentum and Energy; Center of Mass Reference Frame | 9.6-9.10 |
Problem Solving |
Quiz 10 |
13 |
11/28/07 |
Wed. |
Angular Momentum; Angular Momentum Principle | 10.1-10.3 |
The Angular Momentum Principle Download: angular_momentum.ds |
|
13 |
11/30/07 |
Fri. |
Conservation of Angular Momentum; Three Fundamental Principles of Mechanics; Systems with Zero Torque | 10.4-10.7 |
Statics Problems |
|
14 |
12/3/07 |
Mon. |
Systems with Nonzero Torque; Quantization of Angular Momentum | 10.8-10.9 |
Problem Solving |
Quiz 11 |
14 |
12/5/07 |
Wed. |
A Statistical Model of Solids | 11.1-11.2 |
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14 |
12/7/07 |
Fri. |
Thermal Equilibrium and Entropy; The Second Law of Thermodynamics | 11.3-11.6 |
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15 |
12/10/07 |
Mon. |
REVIEW |