KNOWLEDGE YOU NEED TO BRING TO CLASS BY WEDNESDAY
9/14/2016
- Metric Prefixes, giga, mega, kilo, milli, micro, nano and stuff like that. Be able to convert between metric prefixes.
- Understand exponential notation. So if I so if I say that the typical altitude of a small plane is 2×10³ meters , you know what I am talking about.
- Understand how to apply trig functions. Look at example 1.10, page 17 of your text.
- Read sections 2.1-2.3 Ignore instantaneous velocity. Pay particular attention to the meaning of the greek symbol Δ.
KNOWLEDGE YOU NEED TO BRING TO CLASS BY MONDAY
9/19/2016
- Read sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6
KNOWLEDGE YOU NEED TO BRING TO CLASS BY WEDNESDAY
9/21/2016
- Read sections 3.2, 3.4 and take a look at example 3.5
10/6/2016
- Read pages 88-94 Look over example 4.2
10/14/2016
- Read pages 95-115
- Focus on examples 4.4, 4.6, 4.74, 4.104.12
THE LAWS OF MOTION (NEWTONIAN MECHANICS)
- PRINT OUT NOTES FOR CLASS!!
- READ 4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 AND 4.4. LOOK OVER EXAMPLES 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
- READ 4.5 FOCUS ON PROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGY
- KNOW HOW TO SOLVE EXAMPLES 4.11, 4.13, 4.14
MOMENTUM AND COLLISIONS
11/13/2017
- READ ALL OF CHAPTER 6
- BE ABLE TO DO THE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- UNDERSTAND FIGURE 6.1
- KNOW HOW TO SOLVE EXAMPLES 6.1 AND 6.2
WORK, ENERGY AND POWER
11/14/2012
- READ SECTION 5 AND 5.1 “WORK”
REDO EXAMPLE 5.1
UNDERSTAND WHY N AND mg DO NO WORK IN THE ESKIMO PROBLEM
UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF NEGATIVE WORK - READ “WORK AND DISSIPATIVE FORCES”
- READ 5.2 “KINETIC ENERGY AND WORK ENERGY THEROM”
REDO EXAMPLE 5.3 - READ “CONSERVATIVE AND NON CONSERVATIVE FORCES”
11/15/2012
- READ 5.3 “GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY”
- READ “GRAVITATIONAL WORK AND POTENTIAL ENERGY”
- READ “GRAVITY AND THE CONSERVATION OF MECHANICL ENERGY”
- READ TIP 5.4
REDO EXAMPLES 5.5 AND 5.6 - READ “GRAVITY AND NONCONSERVATIVE FORCES”
REDO EXAMPLES 5.7 AND 5.8 - READ SECTION 5.4 “SPRING POTENTIAL ENERGY”
REDO EXAMPLES 5.9 AND 5.10
11/19/2012
- READ 5.6 “POWER”
REDO EXAMPLES 5.12 AND 5.15 - READ 5.7 “WORK DONE BY VARYING FORCES”
REDO EXAMPLE 5.15
11/20/2012
- READ 6 THROUGH AND INCLUDING 6.3 “MOMENTUM”
- REDO ALL EXAMPLES
- FOCUS ON INELASTIC VS. ELASTIC COLLISIONS AND CONSERVATION OF LINEAR MOMENTUM
11/26/2012
- READ 13.5 “MOTION OF A PENDULUM”
- UNDERSTAND HOW A PENDULUM WORKS AND HOW TO USE BOTH FORMULAS
STATIC FLUIDS
12/4/2012
- READ 9,1 “STATES OF MATTER”, 9.2 “DENSITY AND PRESSURE” AND 9.4 “VARIATION OF PRESSURE WITH DEPTH”
- UNDERSTAND EXAMPLES 9.5, 9.6, 9.7
12/6/2012
- READ 9.6 “BOUYANT FORCES AND ARCHIMEDES’ PRINCIPLE”
- TAKE A GANDER AT EVAMPLE 9.8 AS WE WILL BE DOING A SIMILAR LAB
DYNAMIC FLUIDS
12/10/2012
- READ 9.7 “FLUIDS IN MOTION”
- DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE EXAMPLES OR DERIVATIONS. UNDERSTAND WHEN AND WHY TO USE THE CONTINUITY EQUATION AND BERNOULLI’S EQUATION
THERMODYNAMICS
12/17/2012
- READ 10 THROUGH 10.4 BUT DON”T WORRY ABOUT THE FAHRENHEIT SCALE
12/19/2012
- READ 10.4 “THE IDEAL GAS LAW”
2ND SEMESTER
ELECTROSTATICS
1/29/2013
- ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FORCES. READ 15 THROUGH 15.3.
- FOCUS ON “METHODS OF CHARGING” AND EXAMPLES 15.1, 15.2 AND 15.3
1/31/2013
- THE ELECTRIC FIELD. READ 15.4 AND 15.5.
- UNDERSTAND EXAMPLE 15.5. PAY ATTENTION TO FIELD DIRECTION
2/4/2013
- THE MILLIKAN OIL-DROP EXPERIMENT. 15.7
3/18/2013
- MAGNETISM. READ 19 THROUGH 19.3
- UNDERSTAND F=qvB AND EXAMPLE 19.1
3/20/2013
- MAGNETIC FORCES 19.4
3/22/2013
- MOTION OF A CHARGED PARTICLE IN A MAGNETIC FIELD 19.6
- LOOK AT ALL EXAMPLES SHOWING CHARGED PARTICLES BENDING IN MAGNETIC FIELDS(CIRCULAR MOTION)
4/2/2013
THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE LEARNED
- MAGNETIC FIELDS AROUND A WIRE 19.7
- MAGNETIC FORCE BETWEEN TWO WIRES 19.8
- MAGNETIC FIELDS OF SOLENIODS 19.9
- MAGNETIC DOMAINS 19.10
- UNDERSTAND ALL EXAMPLES AND THE SUMMARY ON PAGE 675 (COOL FROG)
THIS IS NEW MATERIAL YOU NEED UNDERSTAND COMING BACK FROM THE BREAK. BE ABLE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IN THESE CHAPTERS AS THERE WILL BE A QUIZ ON 4/2/2013
- INDUCED VOLTAGES AND INDUCTANCE (THAT FUNNY-LOOKING E) AND LENZ’S LAW 20, 20.1, 20.2
- MOTIONAL EMF 20.3
- GENERATORS 20.4 (DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE FORMULA HERE, UNDERSTAND CONCEPT ONLY)
- SELF-INDUCTANCE 20.5
WAVES TEXT ASSIGNMENTS
3/21/2017-3/34/2017
I would do the “Quick Quiz” at the end of each chapter and check the answers in the back of the book
3/21/2017 13.3-13.4 This may be one or two multiple choice questions and you should not spend too much time on it. 13.5 you should have already done in the beginning of the year
Homework: read 13.7-13.9 to prepare for the lab
3/22/2017
Speed of wave in a string lab
3/23/2017 14.1, 14.6 (no equations but understand the concept), 14.7,14.8(no equations but understand the concept)
3/24/2017 14.10, 14.11(no formulas) Work on UTexas
3/21/2017-3/34/2017
3/27/2017 22, 22.1, 22.2(concepts, no formulas), 22.3(understand how to use Snell’s Law)
3/28/2017 22.7(concepts, no formulas), 23.1,23.2,23.4
3/29/2017 23.6, 24.1
3/30/2017 24.2, 24.3, 24.6, 24.8(Concept only), 24.9