Physics 115 Fall '16 Calendar/Syllabus
*Note: Reading must be completed by Tuesday of each week- Reading quiz before Tuesday lectures
(with the exception of the first week)
*Reading
Ch.1
Pages: 1-8
Ch.2,3
Pages: 1625; 33-40
Ch. 3
Pages 40-46
Ch. 3, 4
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
9/7
Thursday
9/8
Friday
9/5
9/6
LABOR DAY
Lecture
Scales of size,
energy and force
PreTest: Physics
Diagnostic
Lecture
Mathematizing in
Physics
HW#1 Due
9/12
9/13
9/14
9/15
9/16
Summary
Scaling, mass
volume density
Lecture
Representing
Steady 1-D Motion
Workshop:
Steady Motion in
1-D
Lecture
Representing
Steady 1-D Motion
HW#2 Due
9/19
9/20
9/21
9/22
9/23
Summary
Constant v motion
Lecture
Representing
Changing 1-D
Motion
Reading Quiz
Workshop:
Steadily Changing
Motion in 1-D
Lecture
Representing
Changing 1-D
Motion
HW#3 Due
9/26
9/27
9/28
9/29
9/30
Summary
Constant a motion
Lecture
Math Statements,
Vectors
Workshop:
Math Descriptions
of Motion
Lecture
Rates of change
/Math Statements
HW#4 Due
10/5
10/6
10/7
Pages 46-49;
63-67
9/9
Reading Quiz
Ch.4
Pages 57-68
Ch.4
Pages 68-69
10/3
Design
Practical
Kinematics
10/4
10/10
10/11
10/12
10/13
10/14
Summary
Force Vectors and
instantaneous
accelerations
Lecture
Newton's Laws
Workshop:
Force, Velocity
and Acceleration
Lecture
Newton's Laws
HW#5 Due
10/17
10/18
10/19
10/20
10/21
Summary
Force and Motion
Lecture
Newton's Laws
Workshop:
Combining Forces
Lecture
Newton's Laws
HW#6 Due
Lecture
Intro to Force
Review
First Hourly
(on everything
done before 10/4)
Reading Quiz
Reading Quiz
Reading
Ch.4
Pages 2628; 70-71;
75-76
Monday
10/24
Summary
Newton’s Laws
Problem Solving
Tuesday
10/25
Wednesday
10/26
Thursday
10/27
Friday
10/28
Lecture
Newton’s Laws:
Complex systems
Workshop:
Newton’s Laws
Lecture
Newton’s Laws:
Complex systems
HW#7 Due
Reading Quiz
Ch. 4
10/31
Design
Practical
Dynamics
11/1
11/2
11/3
11/4
Lecture
Special Motions:
Projectile and
UCM
Reading Quiz
Workshop:
Projectile Motion
And UCM
Lecture
Projectile and
UCM
HW#8 Due
11/7
11/8
11/9
11/10
11/11
Summary
Projectile Motion
and UCM
Lecture
Newton’s Law of
Universal
Gravitation
Reading Quiz
Workshop:
Gravitation
Lecture
Newton’s Law of
Universal
Gravitation
HW#9 Due
11/14
11/15
11/16
Summary
Gravitation
Lecture
Intro to
Conservation
Laws: Momentum
11/17
11/18
Second Hourly
Ch.4
11/21
11/22
Pages 7174;
Summary
Momentum
Pages 7778,
Projectile
Motion
Supplement
Ch.5
Pages 90101
Ch.6
Pages
103-116
Thursday Schedule
Lecture
Intro to Work and
Energy
11/28
11/29
Workshop:
Conservation of
Mechanical
Energy
Lecture
Total Mechanical
Energy
Pages
117-125
11/23
(on everything
done 10/4-11/14)
11/24
11/25
Friday Schedule
HW#10 Due
THANKS GIVING
12/5
12/6
11/30
Design
Practical
Mechanical
Energy
12/7
12/8
12/9
Summary
Total Energy
Lecture
Energy and
Momentum
Workshop:
Energy and
Momentum
Lecture
Energy and
Momentum
HW#12 Due
12/14
Post Test
Makeup day
12/15
12/16
Reading Quiz
Ch.6
Review
12/1
12/2
Lecture
Total Energy
HW#11 Due
Reading Quiz
12/12
Group
Presentations
12/19
Finals Prep
at the
MSLC
12/13
Lecture
PostTest: Physics
Diagnostic
12/20
Final
Exam
4-7 PM
12/21