Below are the lecture notes from Prof. Paul, last semester. There are clickable links to nicely formatted lecture notes. ALthough his exact timing will not match ours this term, it'll be similar, and the notes are very relevant for our class! They used the same text, similar CAPA's and labs, etc!
Week |
Dates |
Monday |
Wednesday |
Friday |
| 1 | Aug 26-30 |
Intro, Trust Demos |
Stars, Change, Time |
Vector intro, x vs. t Graphs |
| 2 | Sep 2-6 |
Holiday! |
Displacement, vel, acc |
Equations of Motion |
| 3 | Sep 9-13 |
1-d Motion Problems
|
Vector Arithmetic |
Flood... |
| 4 | Sep 16-20 |
Vector Equations | Vector Components | Position as a Vector |
| 5 | Sep 23-27 |
Projectile Motion |
Intro to Newton's Laws | Newton's Laws |
| 6 | Sep 30 - Oct 4 |
Planes and Pulleys |
Friction, Normal Force | Friction Problems |
| 7 | Oct 7 - 11 |
Uniform Circular Motion |
Gravitation | Kepler's Laws |
| 8 | Oct 14-18 |
Orbits | Intro to Energy | Work |
| 9 | Oct 21-25 |
Conservation of Energy | Power, Hooke's Law | Elastic Potential Energy |
| 10 | Oct 28 - Nov 1 |
Energy Applications | Momentum Intro | Conservation of Momentum |
| 11 | Nov 4-8 |
Impulse | Rotational Motion Intro | Torque |
| 12 | Nov 11-15 |
Rotational KE | Angular Momentum | Static Equlibrium |
| 13 | Nov 18-22 |
Statics Continued | Pressure | Buoyancy |
| 14 | Nov 25-29 |
Holiday |
Eat, Rest |
Enjoy! |
| 15 | Dec 2-6 |
Statics of Fluids | Wave Motion | Simple Harmonic Motion |
| 16 | Dec 9 -13 |
Harmonics | Sound and Review | Review |