Physics 211 - Course Syllabus - Spring 2012

Lab meets for the first time starting on Monday, January 23.
and discussion sections start on Tuesday, January 24.

Week

Date

Prelectures
Due 8:00 am

Lectures / Exams

Discussion Sections / Homework
(Due 8:00 AM)

Labs

1

Tues
Jan 17

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 1
1-D Kinematics
pdf, PPT

No Discussion Section

Homework 1
(due Jan 24)  

No Lab  

Thurs
Jan 19

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 2
2-D Kinematics
pdf, PPT

2

Tues 
Jan 24

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 3
Circular Motion
pdf, PPT

Discussion 1

Homework 2
(due Jan 31)

No Prelab 
Lab 0
Intro + 1-D Kin 
(begins Mon,
Jan 23)

Thurs 
Jan 26

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 4
Newton’s Laws
pdf,  PPT

3

Tues 
Jan 31

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 5
Forces & FBD
pdf, PPT

Discussion 2 / Quiz 1
Homework 3
(due Feb 7)

Lab 1
Kinematics

Thurs
Feb 2

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 6
Friction
ppt, pdf

4

Tues 
Feb 7

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 7
Work & Energy
pdf, PPT

Discussion 3 / Quiz 2

Homework 4
(due Feb 14)

Lab 2 
Force and Newton's Law

Thurs 
Feb 9

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 8
Potential Energy
pdf, PPT

5

Tues 
Feb 14

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 9
General W-E
pdf, PPT

Discussion 4

Quiz 3

Homework 5
(due Feb 21)

Lab 3 
Frictional Forces

Thurs 
Feb 16

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 10
Center of Mass
pdf, PPT

6

Tues
Feb 21

 

HE 1 Review
PPT

Discussion 5

Homework 6
(due Feb 28)

No Lab

Wed 
Feb 22

 

EXAM 1 (7 PM)

Thurs 
Feb 23

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 11
Collisions 1
pdf, PPT

7

Tues 
Feb 28

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 12
Collisions 2
pdf, PPT

Discussion 6

Quiz 4

Homework 7
(due Mar 6)

Lab 4 
Energy

Thurs 
Mar 1

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 13
Impulse
pdf, PPT

8

Tues
Mar 6

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 14
Rotational Kin.
pdf, PPT

Discussion 7

Quiz 5

Homework 8
(due Mar 13)

No Lab

Thurs 
Mar 8

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 15
Rot. Dynamics
pdf, PPT

9

Tues 
Mar 13

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 16
Torque
pdf, PPT

Discussion 8

Quiz 6

Homework 9
(due Mar 27)

Lab 5 
Collisions

Thurs
Mar 15

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 17
Rot. Equilibrium
pdf, PPT

 

Mon-Fri
Mar 19-23

Spring Break

10

Tues 
Mar 27

 

HE 2 Review
PPT

Discussion 9

 

Homework 10
(due Apr 3)

No Lab

Wed
Mar 28

 

EXAM 2 (7 PM)

Thurs
Mar 29

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 18
Stability
pdf  PPT

11

Tues
Apr 3

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 19
Angular Mom 1
pdf, PPT

Discussion 10  /   Quiz 7

Homework 11
(due Apr 10)

Lab 6 
Rotational Dynamics I -
Moments of Inertia

Thurs 
Apr 5

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 20
Angular Mom 2
pdf, PPT

12

Tues Apr 10

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 21
Harmonic Motion
pdf, PPT

Discussion 11 / Quiz 8

Homework 12
(due Apr 17) 

Lab 7 
Rotational Dynamics II

Thurs 
Apr 12

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 22
Pendulum
pdf, PPT

13

Tues 
Apr 17

 

 

HE 3 Review
PPT

Discussion 12

Homework 13
(due Apr 24)

No Lab

Wed 
Apr 18

 

EXAM 3 (7 PM)

Thurs
Apr 19

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 23
Waves
pdf, PPT

14

Tues 
Apr 24

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 24
Interference
pdf, PPT

Discussion 13 / Quiz 9

Homework 14
(due May 2
11:59pm)

Lab 8
Periodic Motion

Thurs 
Apr 26

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 25
Fluids 1
pdf, PPT

15

Tues 
May 1

Prelecture &
Checkpoint

Lecture 26
Fluids 2
pdf, PPT

 

 

No Lab

Thurs
May 3

 

Reading Day

FINAL EXAM
The combined final exam will be Wednesday May 9 at 1:30 pm.
The conflict final exam will be Thursday May 10 at 8 am.
You may take either exam but must sign up in the gradebook online.
 

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