General Physics I  PES 111

Spring 2008

Syllabus


Assignments


Review Test 1     Review Test 2     Review Test 3     Review Test 4


Physics: the Fundamental Science

Describing Motion

Falling Objects and Projectile Motion

Newton's Laws: Explaining Motion

Circular Motion, the Planets and Gravity


Chapter 1  Systems of Measurments


1-1  Units

1-2  Conversion of Units

1-3  Dimensions of Physical Quantities

1-4  Scientific Notation

1-5  Significant Figures and Order of Magnitude


(Vector Notes)


The Displacement Vector

Addition of Displacement Vectors

General Properties of Vectors

Multiplying a Vector by a Scalar

Subtracting Vectors

Components of Vectors

Unit Vectors

Position, Velocity, & Acceleration

Position & Velocity Vectors

Relative Velocity


Monday, Feb. 11th, 2008

Section 3-4 Special Case 1: Projectile Motion  (Kinematic Equation Tables)

Section 3-5 Special Case 2: Circular Motion  (Centripetal Notes, Etc...)

Chapter 2  (Extra Notes)


Chapter 4   Newton’s Laws     4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, & 4-6

(Chapter 4 Notes)


Wednesday, Feb. 13th, 2008

4-1 Newton's First Law:  The Law of Inertia

Inertial Reference Frames

4-2 Force, Mass, & Newton's Second Law

4-3 The Force Due to Gravity: Weight

Units of Force & Mass

Friday, Feb. 15th, 2008

4-4 Forces in Nature

The Fundamental Forces

Action at a Distance

Contact Forces

Monday, Feb. 18th, 2008

4-5 Problem Solving: Free-Body Diagrams

4-6 Newton's Third Law

4-7 Problems With Two or More Objects

Wednesday, Feb. 20th, 2008

Review Chapters 1 – Chapters 4


Test 1

(Chapters: 1, 2, 3, & 4)


Chapter 5  Application of Newton's Laws

5-1, 5-2, & 5-3


Monday, Feb. 25th, 2008

5-1 Friction

Wednesday, Feb. 27th, 2008

5-2 Motion Along a Curved Path

Friday, Feb. 29th, 2007

5-3 Drag Forces


Chapter 6:  Work and Energy

6-1, 6-2, 6-3, & 6-4


Monday, March 03rd, 2008

6-1 Work & Kinetic Energy

Wednesday, March 05th, 2008

6-2 The Dot Product

6-3 Work & Energy in 3 Dimensions

Friday, March 07th, 2008

6-4 Potential Energy


Chapter 7  Conservation of Energy

7-1, 7-2, 7-3, & 7-4


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7-1 The Conservation of Mechanical Energy

7-2 The Conservation of Energy

Monday, March  17th, 2008

7-3 Mass & Energy

Wednesday, March  19th, 2008

7-4 Quantization of Energy


Test 2

(Chapters: 5, 6, & 7)


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Chapter 8  Systems of Particles & Conservation of Linear Momentum 

8-1, 8-3, 8-4, 8-5, 8-6, & 8-8


monday, march 31st, 2008

8-1 The Center of Mass

8-3 Motion of the Center of Mass

wednesday, april  02nd, 2008

8-4 Conservation of Linear Momentum

8-5 Kinetic Energy of a System

friday, april  04th, 2008

8-6 Collisions

monday, april  07th, 2008

8.8 Systems w/ Continuously Varying Mass: Rocket Propulsion  (Apollo Saturn V)


Chapter 9 Rotation

9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, & 9-6


wednesday, april  09th, 2008

9-1 Rotational Kinematics: Angular Velocity & Angular Acceleration

9-2 Rotational Kinetic Energy

friday, april  11th, 2008

9-3 Calculating the Moment of Inertia

9-4 Newton's Second Law for Rotation

monday, april  14th, 2008

9-5 Application of Newton's Second Law for Rotation

9-6 Rolling Objects


Chapter 10 Conservation of Angular Momentum

10-1, 10-2, & 10-3


wednesday, april  16th, 2008

10-1 The Vector Nature of Rotation

friday, april  18th, 2008

10-2 Torque & Angular Momentum

monday, april  21st, 2008

10-2 Torque & Angular Momentum

10-3 Conservation of Angular Momentum

wednesday, april  23rd, 2008

10-3 Conservation of Angular Momentum


Test 3

(Chapters: 8, 9, & 10)


Chapter 12:  Static Equilibrium & Elasticity

12-1, 12-2, 12-6, & 12-8


monday, april  28th, 2008

12-1 Conditions for Equilibrium

12-2 The Center of Gravity

wednesday, april  30th, 2008

12-6 Stability of Rotational Equilibrium

12-8 Stress & Strain


Part II  Oscillations & Waves

Chapter 14:  Oscillations

14-3


friday, may  02nd, 2008

14-3 Some Oscillating Systems


Chapter 11:  Gravity

11-1, 11-2, 11-3, & 11-4


friday, may  02nd, 2008

11-1 Kepler's Laws

monday, may  05th, 2008

11-2 Newton's Law of Gravity

wednesday, may 07th, 2008

11-3 Gravitational Potential Energy

11-4 The Gravitational Field  "g"


Chapter R:  Special Relativity

Relativity


friday, may 07th, 2008

R-1 The Principle of Relativity & the Constancy of the Speed of Light

monday, may  12th, 2008

R-1 The Principle of Relativity & the Constancy of the Speed of Light


UCCS Finals Schedule

Test 4   

(Chapters: 12, 14, 11, & R)


Sample Chapters:

Describing Motion; Thomas Griffith 5e McGraw Hill

Forces & Newton's Laws of Motion; Cutnell & Johnson 7e, Wiley Publishers


Apollo 11 Lift-Off

Video Mars Delta II Rocket

747 Jet Engine Thrust


UCCS Physics On-Line Tutoring Program

PHYSics appLETS

TI-83/84 Plus Basic Science Programs

On-Line Conversions

The Physics Classroom


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