Physics 211 - Course Syllabus - Spring 2010

Lab meets for the first time starting on Monday, January 25.
and discussion sections start on Tuesday, January 26.

Week
Date
Prelectures
Due 6:00 am
Lectures / Exams
Discussion Sections / Homework (Due 8:00 AM)
Labs
1

Tues
Jan 19

Lecture 1
1-D Kinematics
pdf, PPT,Text

No Homework
No Discussion Section 

No Lab  
Thurs
Jan 21
Lecture 2
2-D Kinematics
pdf, PPT, Text
2

Tues 
Jan 26

Prelecture 3

Preflight 3

Lecture 3
Circular Motion
pdf, PPT, Text

Discussion 1

Homework 1
(due Tues, Jan 26) 

No Prelab 
Lab 0
Intro + 1-D Kin 
(begins Mon,
Jan 25)

Thurs 
Jan 28

Prelecture 4

Preflight 4

Lecture 4
Newton’s Laws
pdf,  PPT, Text
3

Tues 
Feb 2

Lecture 5
Forces & FBD
pdf, PPT, Text
Discussion 2 / Quiz 1
Tutorial pp 19 - 23
Homework 2
(due Feb 2)

Lab 1
Kinematics

Thurs
Feb 4

Lecture 6
Friction
ppt, pdf, Text
4

Tues 
Feb 9

Lecture 7
Work & Energy
pdf, PPT, Text

Discussion 3 / Quiz 2
Tutorial pp 25 - 28

Homework 3
(due Feb 9)

Lab 2 
Force and Newton's Law

Thurs 
Feb 11

Lecture 8
Potential Energy
pdf, PPT, Text
5

Tues 
Feb 16

Lecture 9
General W-E
pdf, PPT, Text

Discussion 4 / Quiz 3
Tutorial pp 31

Homework 4
(due Feb 16)

Lab 3 
Frictional Forces

Thurs 
Feb 18

Prelecture 10

Preflight 10

Lecture 10
Center of Mass
pdf, PPT , Text
6
Tues
Feb 23
 
HE 1 Review
PPT

Discussion 5
Tutorial pp 35-38

Homework 5
(due Feb 23)

No Lab

Thurs 
Feb 25

Prelecture 11

Preflight 11

Lecture 11
Collisions 1
pdf, PPT , Text

Thurs 
Feb 25

  

EXAM 1 (7 PM)
7

Tues 
Mar 2

Prelecture 12

Preflight 12

Lecture 12
Collisions 2
pdf, PPT , Text

Discussion 6 / Quiz 4
Tutorial pp 39 - 42

Homework 6
(due Mar 2)

Lab 4 
Energy

Thurs 
Mar 4

Lecture 13
Impulse
pdf, PPT, Text
8

Tues
Mar 9

Lecture 14
Rotational Kin.
pdf, PPT, Text

Discussion 7 / Quiz 5
Tutorial pp 43 - 44

Homework 7
(due Mar 9)

No Lab

Thurs 
Mar 11

Lecture 15
Rot. Dynamics
pdf, PPT, Text
9

Tues 
Mar 16

Lecture 16
Torque
pdf, PPT, Text

Discussion 8 / Quiz 6
Tutorial pp 49

Homework 8
(due Mar 16)

Lab 5 
Collisions

Thurs
Mar 18

Lecture 17
Rot. Equilibrium
pdf, PPT

 

Mon-Fri
Mar 22-26
Spring Break
10

Tues 
Mar 30

 

HE 2 Review
PPT

Discussion 9
Tutorial pp 53

Homework 9
(due Mar 30)

No Lab
Thurs
Apr 1
Lecture 18
Stability
pdf  PPT

Thurs 
Apr 1

 

EXAM 2 (7 PM)
11

Tues
Apr 6

Lecture 19
Angular Mom 1
pdf, PPT

Discussion 10 / Quiz 7
Tutorial pp 57

Homework 10
(due Apr 6)

Lab 6 
Rotational Dynamics I -
Moments of Inertia

Thurs 
Apr 8

Lecture 20
Angular Mom 2
pdf, PPT
12
Tues Apr 13

Lecture 21
Harmonic Motion
pdf, PPT

Discussion 11 / Quiz 8
Tutorial pp 61-64

Homework 11
(due Apr 13)

Lab 7 
Rotational Dynamics II

Thurs 
Apr 15

Lecture 22
Pendulum
pdf, PPT
13

Tues 
Apr 20

 
HE 3 Review
PPT

Discussion 12

Homework 12
(due Apr 20) 

No Lab
Thurs
Apr 22
Lecture 23
Waves
pdf, PPT

Thurs 
Apr 22

  

EXAM 3 (7 PM)
14

Tues 
Apr 27

Prelecture 24

Preflight 24

Lecture 24
Interference
pdf, PPT

Discussion 13 / Quiz 9

Homework 13
(due Apr 27)

Lab 8 
Periodic Motion

Thurs 
Apr 29

Prelecture 25

Preflight 25

Lecture 25
Fluids 1
pdf, PPT
15

Tues 
May 4

Prelecture 26!

Preflight 26

Lecture 26
Fluids 2
pdf, PPT

Discussion 14 / Solutions on the Web / No Class

Homework 14
(due May 5
11:59pm)

No Lab

Thurs
May 6

 

Reading Day

FINAL EXAM
Combined Final Exam for all sections is Monday May 10th 1:30PM - 4:30 PM.
The conflict final exam for all sections is Wednesday May 12th 8:00AM - 11:00 AM.
  Updated May 2, 2010
 

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