Course Schedule#

This is the tentative plan for PHYS 111 this term. Things may change depending on many factors so this is subject to change.

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Date

Topic

Homework

Lab

Logs

Test / Bonus Test

0

Jan 11

About this course

Diagnostic

Lab X

LL X

Test 0: Course policies

1

Jan 18

Kinematics in 1 D

HW X

Lab X

LL X

Diagnostic (Pre)

2

Jan 25

Vectors and Coordinate Systems

HW X

Lab X

LL X

Test 1: Chapters 2 & 3

3

Feb 1

Kinematics in 2D

HW X

Lab X

LL X

Bonus Test 1

4

Feb 8

Force and Motion

HW X

Lab X

LL X

Test 2: Chapters 4 & 5

5

Feb 15

Reading Week (no new material)

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-

-

-

6

Feb 22

Dynamics I: Motion along a line

HW X

Lab X

LL X

Bonus Test 2

7

Mar 1

Newton’s third law

HW X

Lab X

LL X

Test 3: Chapters 6 & 7

8

Mar 8

Dynamics II: Motion in a Plane

HW X

Lab X

LL X

Bonus Test 3

9

Mar 15

Work and Kinetic Energy

HW X

Lab X

LL X

Test 4: Chapters 8 & 9

10

Mar 22

Interactions and Potential Energy

HW X

Lab X

LL X

Bonus Test 4

11

Mar 29

Impulse and momentum

HW X

Lab X

LL X

Test 5: Chapters 10 & 11

12

Apr 5

Review and recap

Practice

Lab X

LL X

Diagnostic (Post) Bonus Test 5