Date

Topic

Activities

Assignment

9-Jan

CH 1 – Units, errors, math

Exercise on Units and Error

iClicker registration

Concept Pretest

 

11-Jan

Recitation

Intro to WebAssign

WebAssign

14-Jan

Ch 2 – 1D Motion

1D motion activities

Lab:  1D Motion

 

16-Jan

Ch 2 – 1D Motion

1D motion activities

Lab:  Bouncing Ball

 

18-Jan

Recitation

Quiz

Ch 2 probs due

21-Jan

MLK Holiday

 

 

23-Jan

Ch 3 – 2D Motion

projectile motion exercises

 

25-Jan

Recitation

Quiz (free fall)

 

28-Jan

Ch 3 – 2D Motion

2D motion exercises

 

30-Jan

Ch 4 - Newton's Laws

Lab:  Newton’s 2nd Law

 

1-Feb

Recitation

Quiz

Ch 3 probs due

4-Feb

Ch 4 - Newton's Laws

Lab:  Coefficient of Friction

 

6-Feb

CH 5 - Energy

Work-energy exercises

 

8-Feb

Recitation

Quiz

CH 4 probs due

11-Feb

Exam 1 (CH 1-4)

 

 

13-Feb

CH 5 - Energy

Energy Problems

Lab:  Work-Energy

 

15-Feb

Recitation

Energy Problems

 

18-Feb

Ch 6 - Momentum & Collisions

Collision exercises

CH 5 probs due

20-Feb

Ch 6 - Momentum & Collisions

Lab:  1D Collisions

 

22-Feb

Recitation

Quiz

CH 6 probs due

25-Feb

CH 7 - Rotational Motion

Exercises on rotation and gravity

 

27-Feb

CH 7 - Universal Gravity

Exercises on Kepler’s laws

 

29-Feb

Recitation

Quiz

CH 7 probs due

3-Mar

CH 8 - Rot Equil & Dynamics

 

 

5-Mar

CH 8 – Rot Equil & Dynamics

Lab:  Rolling Objects

 

7-Mar

Recitation

Quiz

Ch 8 probs due

10-Mar

Ch 9 – Solids & Fluids

 

 

12-Mar

Exam 2 (CH 5-8)

 

 

14-Mar

Recitation

Quiz

 

17-Mar

Spring break

 

 

19-Mar

Spring break

 

 

21-Mar

Spring break

 

 

24-Mar

Ch 9 – Solids & Fluids

Lab:  Archimede’s Principle

 

26-Mar

CH 10 - Thermal Physics

Exercises on fluids and thermal physics

 

28-Mar

Recitation

Quiz

CH 9 probs due

31-Mar

CH 10 - Thermal Physics

Lab:  Boyle’s Law

 

2-Apr

CH 11 - Energy in Thermal Processes

Exercises on heat

 

4-Apr

Recitation

 

CH 10 probs due

7-Apr

CH 11 - Energy in Thermal Processes

Lab:  Calorimetry

 

9-Apr

CH 12 - Laws of Thermo

Thermo exercises

 

11-Apr

Recitation

Quiz

CH 11 probs due

14-Apr

CH 12 - Laws of Thermo

Thermo exercises

 

16-Apr

CH 13 - Vibrations

Lab:  Simple Harmonic Motion

 

18-Apr

Honors Day (no class)

 

CH 12 probs due

21-Apr

CH 13 - Waves

Lab:  Standing Waves

 

23-Apr

Exam 3 (CH 9-12)

 

 

25-Apr

Recitation

 

 

28-Apr

CH 14 - Sound

Sound exercises, WA problems

 

30-Apr

Semester review

 

 

2-May

Recitation

Concept post test

 

5-May

Final Exam 8-10:30 am