Physics 121 Schedule, Fall 2007

(Note: This schedule is TENTATIVE and subject to change)

Class Class number Reading
in UP, SF, T* (date due)		 Assignments Due Content Lab Tutorial
             
Week 1           Tutorial 0 -- Survey
8/29 1     Survey and Introduction to the class    
8/31 2 Sig. figs. (on web)   Quantification, Scales, Estimation    
Week 2           Tutorial 0 -- Survey
9/5 3     Dimensions and units    
9/7 4

Estimation
(on web),
UP 1, SF 1, T1

HW 1F Coordinates and Graphs    
Week 3:         Lab 1 --
Reaction time 		Tutorial 1 -- Meaning of speed
9/10 5     Velocity average and instantaneous    
9/12 6     ILD 1 -- position, velocity graphs: checking for coherence as a mistake-avoidance strategy    
9/14 7

UP 2.1-2.3,
SF 2.1-2.3,
T 2.1-2.3

HW 2F Velocity graphs and examples    
Week 4         Lab 2 --
Grandfather clock:1 		Tutorial 2-- Graphs and equations
9/17 8   HW 1M Acceleration: average and instantaneous Quiz 1  
9/19 9     ILD 2 -- velocity & acceleration: What if something violates common sense? Looking at it another way    
9/21 10 UP 2.4-2.5,
SF 2.4-2.6,
T 2.4-2.6 		HW 3F How do things move? Newton's laws    
Week 5         Lab 3--
Grandfather clock:2 		Tutorial 3 -- N3
9/24 11   HW 2M ILD 3 -- Reconciling intuition by looking at it another way: the Normal Force*    
9/26 12     The implications game; Newton's 3rd Quiz 2  
9/28 13

UP 3.1-3.6,
SF 4.1-4.4,
T 3.1-3.5

HW 4F Gravity    
Week 6         Lab 4 --
Let it roll 		Tutorial 4 -- Reconciling Newton's laws and common sense
10/1 14

UP 3.7-3.10, 4
SF 2.7, 3.1-3.4
T 4,5.1-5.3

 HW 3M Coordinates in 2D; vectors; N2 in 2D Quiz 3  
10/3 15     Forces: Normal and friction forces    
10/5 16   HW 5F Free-fall; projectiles    
Week 7         Lab 5-- Endangered creatures
Tutorial 5 -- Free-body diagrams
10/8 17

UP 5, 6
SF

HW 4M The Newtonian Synthesis* Quiz 4  
10/10 18     Review, Examples    
10/12 19     MIDTERM EXAM 1  
Week 8         Lab 6 -- No free launch:1

 Tutorial 6 -- Relating equations to common sense
10/15 20   HW 5M Go over exam 1    
10/17 21    

ILD 4 -- Deriving conservation of momentum from N2 & N3: The search for coherence, pt. 1

 Quiz 5  
10/18       Make up exam 1    
10/19 22   HW 6F Work and Energy in 1D    
Week 9         Lab 7 -- No free launch:2 Tutorial 7 -- Work and energy
10/22 23 UP 7 HW 6M Work and Energy in 2D: Dot product    
10/24 24     Energy conservation    
10/26 25   HW 7F Collisions*  
Week 10         Lab 8 --Roller coaster:1
 Tutorial 8 -- Common sense and equations: torque
10/29 26 UP 9, 10 HW 7M Circular motion, kinematics Quiz 6  
10/31 27     ILD 5 -- Circular motion      
11/2 28   HW 8F Center of mass    
Week 11         Lab 9 -- Roller coaster:2
Tutorial 9 -- Properties of matter
11/5 29 UP 8, 11 HW 8M Torque    
11/7 30     Cross products Quiz 7  
11/9 31   HW 9F Statics    
Week 12         Lab 10 -- Gravity:1
 Tutorial 10 -- Making sense of pressure
11/12 32 UP 11, 12 HW 9M ILD 6 -- Rotational energy    
11/14 33     Review    
11/16 34     MIDTERM EXAM 2    
Week 13         No lab--

No Tutorial --
11/19 35   HW 10M Go over exam 2    
11/21 36 UP 14   Universal Gravitation    
Week 14         Lab 11 -- Gravity:2 Tutorial 11 -- Reconciling arguments
11/26 37 UP 15   Properties of matter: density and pressure Quiz 8  
11/28 38     Fluids:statics    
11/29       Makeup exam 2    
11/30 39   HW 10F ILD 7 -- Temperature    
Week 15         Makeup lab Tutorial 12 -- Temperature
12/3 40   HW 11M Heat and heat flow Quiz 9  
12/5 41     Specific heat and change of state    
12/7 42   HW 11 F Transforming energy: The first law    
             
12/10 43     Review    
12/19       Final Exam (8:00-12:00)    

* UP="Understanding Physics" by Cummings et al.
SF = "College Physics" by Serway & Faughan
T = "Introductory Physics: Building Understanding" by Touger

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Edward F. Redish
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Email: redish@physics.umd.edu

Last revision 11. November, 2007.