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• Week 1: First day of instruction, Fri ,Sept (28).
• a) Don't miss any of the lectures.
• b) Read chapters 1: (Length, Mass and Weight, Time, Unit conversion, Equations and Graphs)
• c) Buy a cheap scientific calculator.
• d) Practice on scientific notation .Go back to the main page and click on www sites. Click on the " Scientific Notation ", and then click on " Take a Quiz ".
• e) See syllabus for HW#1
• f) See syllabus on how to fill out the Scantron Form
• g) Click Power of 10
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• Week 2:
• a) Read chapter 2: (Ave speed, Const speed, Delta notation, Instantaneous speed, vectors, Displacement vector, Instantaneous velocity, Vector components, Relative motion.
• b) No quiz on Tues
• c) See syllabus for HW#2
• d) Go to the front page and click on to see "In class examples" and "The homework solutions" . HW solutions will not be in the Clone Notes.
• e) Ryan's discussion section 12-1pm has changed to 1-2 pm.V
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• Week 3:
• a) Quiz 1 is on chapter 1 and 2 ( Quizzes are given during the DS).
• b) Quiz 1 is based on ave speed, ave velocity, instantaneous velocity, unit coversions, my lectures on vector componets, displacement vectors and the displacements as a function of time. Memorize the distance that a light year travels in one year. Make sure you know the "Tricky Trig" and how to use them in a problem. For example, what is the height of a building if one of the angle and the baseline to the building is known.
• c) Read chapter 3. See syllabus for chapter 3 HW problems.de
• d) As of Sept 2nd, I'll hold my MWF office hours in FRH 4152.
• e) This week lectures are on 1) Relative motion. 2) Equations of motion with constant acceleration, in a x-direction, in a y-direction, the "Free Fall" motion and motion in the x and y directions (The projectile Motion).
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• Week 4:
• a) Quiz 2 is on chapter 2 (relative velocity) and Chapter 3 (equations of motion)
• b) From now on the Quizzes are given in the lecture room on every Fri . Your quiz is projected on screen. Bring a single sheet of paper to show your work. Turn in this single sheet for grade.
• c) Make sure to work out problems involving the motion of two objects as measured by one clock.
• d) This week lecture is on chapter 4; Newton's laws of motion and Momentum.
• e) See syllabus for chapter 4 HW problems.
• f) No equation sheet is given on any Fri quiz. Bring only one sheet of paper to do your quiz.
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• Week 5:
• a) From now on quizzes on every Fri will not be projected on the screen . Instead a hard copy of the quiz will be given in class 15 minutes before the hr. Quizzes are based on in class lectures and examples.
• b) Read chapter 5.
• c) Quiz for this Fri is on projectile motion and the Newton's second Law . No equation sheet is given. You must memorize the equations of motion for the projectile motion as well as the Newton's 2nd law in its components form.
• d) I highly encourage you to come to the lectures.
• e) See syllabus for chapter 5 HW problems.
• f) Go to your discussions. Ask your TA to do lots of problems on the application of F = ma with or without the frictions.
• g) Solutions for chapter 4 are posted on this site.
• h) Some of the transparencies shown in class are posted on this website. (See in class examples).
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• Week 6:
• a) Quizzes are based on in class lectures and examples.
• b) Read chaptres 5 and 6. See syllabus for chapter 6 HW problems.
• c) Quiz for this Fri is on 1) the application of the Newton's second Law as applied to "centripetal force" and "centripetal acceleration" . 2) The law of Gravity. 3) The Kepler's Laws. No equation sheet is given. 4) The values for the constants are given.
• d) I highly encourage you to come to the lectures.
• e) Solutions for chapter 5 are posted on this site.
• f) Go to the main page and click on "In class examples" and then click on the "Third Law Animation"
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• Week 7:
• a) Quizzes are based on in class lectures and examples.
• b) Read chaptres 6 and 7. See syllabus for chapter 7 HW problems.
• c) Quiz for this Fri is on 1) The dot products of two vectors 2) Area under a curve. 3) Integrations 4) Work done by a constant force. 5) Work done by a variable force.
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• Week 8:
• a) The midterm is this Wed, Nov 8.
• b) Midterm problems and questions are based on; in class lectures, in class examples and homework problems.
• c) Don't miss the midterm. Zero points for no show.
• d) Bring into exam an scatron form 8000 and a bluebook to show your detail work. Don't forger to charge up your calculator.
• e) Make sure you know how to fill out your scantron.
• f) You only have two to four minutes per problem.
• g) The conceptual part of this test is based on what I said in class.
• h) Read chapter 8.
• i) Equation sheet is attached to your test. You must underestand the meaning of each equation. No explanations of symbols are given.
• j) See sample test in our main page. I also added a sample test 2 and few quizzes with solutions.
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• Week 9:
• a) Quizzes are based on in class lectures and examples.
• b) Read chaptres 7 and 8. See syllabus for chapter 8 HW problems.
• c) See in class examples . It is posted.
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• Week 10:
• a) No quiz this Fri . Thanksgiving holiday.
• b) Read chaptres 8 and 10. See syllabus for chapter 8 HW
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• Week 11:
• a) Read chaptres 8 and 10 ( Sections 1,5,6 and 7) . See syllabus for chapter 10 HW
• b) Fri Quize is on Rotational Motions.
• c) On this Fri we will do the student evaluations, left over lecture and the final review.
• d) Oscillation lecture transparencies are posted in "In class examples".
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• Week 12:
• a) Reviw chapters 1-8 and 10.
• b) Final exam seating charts are posted on this site and the two entrance doors of your lecture hall.
• c) Make sure you know your exact seat number and location.
• d) Final - Fri, December 8, 1:30-3:30, ELH 100 ( F grade for no show)
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