6/19/08
Physics 1a Course Schedule
Date Lecture Assignment Problems Weekly Readings
and Quizzes
   
9/29/08 Monday Frautschi et al., Chapter 1
9/30/08 Tuesday     Feynman Vol. I, Chs 1, 2, 8
10/1/08 Wednesday Introduction QP1, QP17, Frautschi et al.
Chapter 3, Problems 10, 13 		 
10/2/08 Thursday Frautschi et al., Chapter 2
10/3/08 Friday The Laws of Falling Bodies and Derivatives  
10/6/08 Monday Frautschi et al., Chaps 3, 4
10/7/08 Tuesday     Feynman Vol. I, Chap 11
10/8/08 Wednesday Integrals and Inertia QP9, QP43, Frautschi et al.
Chapter 3, Problems 17, 20
Homework Due

 
10/9/08 Thursday Frautschi et al. Chapter 5
10/10/08 Friday Vectors Quiz 1 handed out
10/13/08 Monday Frautschi et al., Chapter 6
10/14/08 Tuesday       Feynman Vol. I, Chs 9, 7
10/15/08 Wednesday Newton's Laws
(Shoot the Monkey) 		QP3, QP4, Frautschi et al.
Chapter 7, Problems 16, 17
Homework Due
10/16/08 Thursday Quiz 1 Due Frautschi et al., Chapter 7
10/17/08 Friday Gravitation and Circular Motion  
10/20/08 Monday Frautschi et al., Chapter 8
10/21/08 Tuesday     Feynman Vol. I, Chapter 12
10/22/08 Wednesday Forces of Nature QP20, QP21, QP28,
Frautschi et al., Ch. 9, Prob. 6
Homework Due 		 
10/23/08 Thursday Frautschi et al., Chapter 9
10/24/08 Friday Non-Inertial Frames Quiz 2 handed out
10/27/08 Monday Frautschi et al., Chapter 10
10/28/08 Tuesday     Feynman Vol. I, Chs 4, 13, 14
10/29/08 Wednesday Engery Frautschi et al.
Chapter 10, Problems 11, 25, 28, 32
Homework Due
10/30/08 Thursday Quiz 2 Due No Required Reading
10/31/08 Friday
Special Lecture
 
11/3/08 Monday Frautschi et al., Chapter 11
11/4/08 Tuesday     Feynman Vol. I, Chs 10, 21, 23, 24
11/5/08 Wednesday Conservation of Momentum FP2,FP10, QP6, QP23
Homework Due 		 
11/6/08 Thursday Frautschi et al., Chapter 12
11/7/08 Friday Oscillatory Motion Quiz 3 handed out
11/10/08 Monday Frautschi et al., Chapter 13
11/11/08 Tuesday     Feynman Vol. I, Chs 18, 19, 20
11/12/08 Wednesday Angular Momentum FP5, FP8, QP15, QP16
Homework Due
11/13/08 Thursday Quiz 3 Due Frautschi et al., Chapter 14
11/14/08 Friday Rotation of Rigid Bodies  
11/17/08 Monday No Required Reading
11/18/08 Tuesday     Feynman Vol. II, Chs 40,41
11/19/08 Wednesday Fluid Mechanics FP3, FP11, FP17
Homework Due
11/20/08 Thursday   Frautschi et al., Chapter 16
11/21/08 Friday Kepler's Laws Quiz 4 handed out  
11/24/08 Monday Homework Due Frautschi et al., Chapter 17
11/25/08 Tuesday      
11/26/08 Wednesday Solving the Kepler Problem FP4, FP6, FP12, FP18
Quiz 4 Due 		 
11/27/08 Thursday Thanksgiving Holiday  
11/28/08 Friday   Thanksgiving Holiday  
12/1/08 Monday Frautschi et al., Chapter 15
12/2/08 Tuesday  
12/3/08 Wednesday Gyroscopes FINAL EXAM HANDED OUT - No New Homework
12/5/08 Friday NO LECTURE TODAY
12/11/08 Thursday FINAL EXAM DUE at NOON in the Box outside 201 E. Bridge

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