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Physics 2101: Physics I Homepage
Instructor
E-mail:
Dr.
David Bahr [Office
hours]
Phone:
(218)755-2916
Note to students:
Physics Club
problem-solving clinic
schedule in
Sattgast 334, or check with a Physics Club member.
Preliminary Course Syllabus
Textbook Interactive
Website
Student Study Guide -- selected homework problems with solutions
PHGradeAssist2
Course Agenda (revised 10/2/2008):
Week 1: Tools; Straight-Line Motion
8/25/2008: Course introductions; fundamental quantities, accuracy and
significant figures. Ch
1 PowerPoint
8/26/2008: Lab 1:
Intro to lab; PHGradeAssist2 registration
8/27/2008: Scientific notation, unit conversion; scalars
and vectors
8/28/2008: Displacement, velocity, acceleration in
one dimension
8/29/2008: Kinematics of constant acceleration;
free-fall
Week 2: Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
9/1/2008: Labor Day - no classes
9/2/2008: Lab 2:
Picket fence free fall
9/3/2008: Free-fall kinematics; more on
vectors
9/4/2008: Kinematics in two and three dimensions
9/5/2008: Projectile motion
Week 3: Newton's Laws
9/8/2008: Uniform circular motion
9/92008: Lab 3:
Atwood's machine
9/10/2008: Homework review
9/11/2008: Newton's three laws; free-body
analysis;
HW1
due (online)
9/12/2008: Quiz 1 (in
class)
Week 4: Work and Energy
9/15/2008: Work and kinetic energy of unbalanced
forces
9/16/2008: Lab 4:
Uniform circular motion - centripetal acceleration
9/17/2008: Work and potential energy of balanced
forces
9/18/2008: Conservation of mechanical energy
9/19/2008: Homework review
Week 5: Linear Momentum
9/22/2008: Linear momentum, conservation of momentum
9/23/2008: Lab 5:
Kinetic and potential energy
9/24/2008: Elastic and inelastic collisions
9/25/2008: Center of mass
9/26/2008: Homework review
Week 6: Rigid Rotational Motion
9/29/2008: Definition of rotational kinematics; torque
and rotational inertia
9/30/2008: Lab 6:
Conservation of Linear Momentum & Energy
10/1/2008: Rotational kinetic energy and its
conservation
10/2/2008: Rotational momentum and its
conservation
10/3/2008: No class; faculty in-service day
Week 7: Generalized Torque and Angular Momentum
10/6/2008: Generalized torque and angular momentum
10/7/2008: Lab 7:
Torque and Moment of Inertia;
HW2
due (online)
10/8/2008: Quiz 2
(in class)
10/9/2008: Conservation of angular momentum
10/10/2008: Rotational work and energy
Week 8: Statics
10/13/2008: Conditions for static equilibrium
10/14/2008: Lab 8:
Statics
10/15/2008: Elasticity, deformation and fracture
10/16/2008: Homework review; Newton's Law of
Gravitation
10/17/2008: Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion;
HW3
due (online)
Week 9: Gravitation
10/20/2008: Hooke's Law; simple harmonic motion; the
simple pendulum
10/21/2008: Lab 9:
Pendulum Periods
10/22/2008: Quiz 3 (in class);
mid-course evaluations
10/23/2008: Damped harmonic motion
10/24/2008: Forced harmonic motion; resonance
Week 10: Simple Harmonic Motion
10/27/2008: Definition of waves; wave types and
characteristics
10/28/2008: Lab 10:
Harmonic Oscillations
10/29/2008: Standing waves
10/30/2008: The wave equation; energy transport
10/31/2008: Homework review
Week 11: Wave Motion
11/3/2008: The superposition principle
11/4/2008: Lab
11: Standing Waves in a Cord (Meldes'
Experiment)
11/5/2008: Spatial interference - constructive and
destructive
11/6/2008: Temporal interference (beats);
HW4
due (online)
11/7/2008: Quiz
4 (in class)
Week 12: Superposition; Spatial and Temporal Interference
11/10/2008: Sound
11/11/2008: Lab
12: Standing Waves of Sound
11/12/2008: The Doppler effect
11/13/2008: States of matter; density and pressure
11/14/2008: Pascal's and Archimedes' principles
Week 13: Fluid Mechanics
11/17/2008: Bernoulli's principle and applications;
Torricelli's principle
11/18/2008: Lab 13:
Newton's Law of Cooling
11/19/2008: Temperature and heat; heat transfer
and calorimetry
11/20/2008: States, processes, reversibility; cycles; the First Law of
Thermodynamics
11/21/2008: The kinetic theory of gases;
statistical mechanics
Week 14: Thermal Physics
11/24/2008: The Second Law of Thermodynamics
11/25/2008: Lab 14:
Calorimetry
11/26-28/2008: Thanksgiving Break - no
classes
Week 15: Thermodynamics
12/1/2008: Heat engines, efficiency and the Carnot
cycle
12/2/2008: Lab 15:
TBA
12/3/2008: Second Law in terms of entropy
12/4/2008: Homework review;
HW5 due
(online)
12/5/2008: Quiz
5 (in class)
Week 16: Finals Week
12/8/2008: Homework review; course evaluations;
assessment post-test (online)
12/9/2008: Lab
make-up day; final exam study help available during lab periods
12/17/2008: Final
Exam 8:00 - 10:00 in room S201 click
here for crib sheet
Last modified: 10/2/2008
Comments to: dbahr@bemidjistate.edu