Syllabus

 

Class #

Date

Day

Text Sections

Topic

 

1

Aug. 28

T

1.1

Introduction

 

2

Aug. 30

R

1.2

Speed and velocity

 

3

Sept. 4

T

1.3

Acceleration

 

4

Sept. 6

R

1.4

Simple types of motion

 

5

Sept. 11

T

2.1-2.2

Forces and Newton's 1st law

 

6

Sept. 13

R

2.3-2.5

Mass and Newton's 2nd law

 

7

Sept. 18

T

2.6-2.7

More Examples and Newton's 3rd law

 

8

Sept. 20

R

2.8-2.9

Gravitation

 

9

Sept. 25

T

3.1-3.2

Conservation laws and linear momentum

 

10

Sept. 27

R

Test 1

Chapters 1,2

 

11

Oct. 2

T

3.3-3.4

Work and Energy

 

12

Oct. 4

R

3.5-3.6

Energy conservation and collisions

 

13

Oct. 11

R

3.7-3.8

Power, rotations

 

14

Oct. 16

T

4.1-4.2

Phases of matter, pressure

 

15

Oct. 18

R

4.3-4.4

Density, atmospheric pressure

 

16

Oct. 23

T

4.5-4.6

Archimedes and Pascal

 

17

Oct. 25

R

4.7

Bernoulli

 

18

Oct. 30

T

5.1-5.2

Temperature and thermal expansion

 

19

Nov. 1

R

Test 2

Chapters 3,4

 

20

Nov. 6

T

5.3-5.4

1st law of Thermodynamics

 

21

Nov. 8

R

5.5-5.6

Specific heat and phase transitions

 

22

Nov. 13

T

5.7

2nd law of Thermodynamics

 

23

Nov. 15

R

6.1-6.2

Waves

 

24

Nov. 20

T

no class

no class

 

25

Nov. 27

T

6.3

Sound

 

26

Nov. 29

R

6.4

Sound

 

27

Dec. 4

T

6.5-6.6

Sound

28

Dec. 6

R

 

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