Physics 105 Course Schedule
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Cycle |
Day |
Date |
Text |
Topics |
Tests |
Labs |
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1 |
2 |
Thu 8/27 |
1.1 – 1.9 |
Fundamentals, Units, Estimation, Trigonometry |
No Lab |
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4 |
Mon 8/31 |
2.1 – 2.3 |
Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration |
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6 |
Wed 9/2 |
2.4 – 2.6 |
Equations of Motion, Free Fall |
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2 |
2 |
Fri 9/4 |
3.1 – 3.3 |
Vectors, Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration |
Quiz 1 |
Uncertainties |
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4 |
Wed 9/9 |
3.4 |
Projectile Motion |
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6 |
Fri 9/11 |
3.5 |
Relative Velocity |
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3 |
2 |
Tue 9/15 |
4.1 – 4.4 |
Newton's Laws |
Quiz 2 |
Data Analysis |
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4 |
Thu 9/17 |
4.5 |
Applying Newton's Laws |
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6 |
Mon 9/21 |
4.6 |
Friction |
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4 |
2 |
Wed 9/23 |
1.1 – 4.6 |
Kinematics and Newton's Laws |
Test 1 |
Acceleration of Gravity |
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4 |
Fri 9/25 |
5.1 – 5.3 |
Work, Kinetic Energy, Gravitational Potential Energy |
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6 |
Tue 9/29 |
5.4 – 5.7 |
Spring Potential Energy, Systems, Power, Varying Force |
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5 |
2 |
Thu 10/1 |
6.1 – 6.2 |
Impulse and Momentum (Short Class) |
Quiz 3 |
No Lab |
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4 |
Mon 10/5 |
6.3 – 6.5 |
Collisions; Rocket Propulsion |
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6 |
Wed 10/7 |
5.1 – 6.5 |
Work, Energy, and Momentum |
Test 2 |
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Thu 10/8 – Fri 10/9 |
Free Days |
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6 |
2 |
Tue 10/13 |
7.1 – 7.3 |
Circular Motion |
Kinetic Friction |
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4 |
Thu 10/15 |
7.4 – 7.6 |
Gravitation |
Quiz 4 |
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6 |
Mon 10/19 |
8.1 – 8.4 |
Torque, Equilibrium, Center of Gravity |
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7 |
2 |
Wed 10/21 |
8.5 – 8.7 |
Rotational Inertia, Energy, and Momentum |
Ballistic Pendulum |
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4 |
Fri 10/23 |
7.1 – 8.7 |
Rotation and Gravitation |
Test 3 |
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6 |
Tue 10/27 |
9.1 – 9.3 |
Solids and Fluids |
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8 |
2 |
Thu 10/29 |
9.4 – 9.6 |
Fluids at Rest |
Rotational Motion |
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4 |
Mon 11/2 |
9.7 – 9.8 |
Laminar Fluid Flow |
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6 |
Wed 11/4 |
9.9 – 9.10 |
Surface Tension, Viscous Flow, Transport Phenomena |
Quiz 5 |
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9 |
2 |
Fri 11/6 |
10.1 – 10.3 |
Temperature, Thermal Expansion |
Archimedes' Principle |
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4 |
Tue 11/10 |
10.4 – 10.5 |
Ideal Gases, Kinetic Theory of Gases |
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6 |
Thu 11/12 |
9.1 – 10.5 |
Solids, Fluids, and Thermal Physics |
Test 4 |
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10 |
2 |
Mon 11/16 |
11.1 – 11.4 |
Heat, Calorimetry, Phase Changes |
Gas Behavior |
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4 |
Wed 11/18 |
11.5 – 11.6 |
Energy Transfer; Global Warming & Greenhouse Gases* |
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6 |
Fri 11/20 |
12.1 – 12.2 |
Work, First Law of Thermodynamics |
Quiz 6 |
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11 |
2 |
Tue 11/24 |
12.3 – 12.4 |
Thermal Processes, Second Law of Thermodynamics |
No Lab |
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Wed 11/25 – Fri 11/27 |
Thanksgiving Recess |
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4 |
Tue 12/1 |
12.5 – 12.6 |
Entropy; Human Metabolism* |
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6 |
Thu 12/3 |
11.1 – 12.6 |
Thermal Energy and Thermodynamics |
Test 5 |
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12 |
2 |
Mon 12/7 |
13.1 – 13.3 |
Hooke's Law, Energy, Simple Harmonic Motion |
Assessment Exam on the Web |
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4 |
Wed 12/9 |
13.4 – 13.6 |
Describing Oscillators, Pendula, Damped Oscillations |
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6 |
Fri 12/11 |
13.7 – 13.11 |
Waves |
Quiz 7 |
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Exam Week |
Mon 12/14 |
Study Day |
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Wed 12/16 |
10:30-12:30 |
Section 03A (11:20 class period) |
Final Exam |
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Thu 12/17 |
8:00-10:00 |
Section 04A (1:00 class period) |
Final Exam |
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*Time permitting