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Week Date Prelectures Checkpoints Lectures Lecture handouts Labs Discussions Homework Exams
1
Monday
1/16/2023
Martin Luther King Jr Day, No Class No lab activities this week  
Tuesday
1/17/2023
        Discussion 1
Explanation 1
 
   
Wednesday
1/18/2023
Pre-lecture: Straight-Line Motion with Constant Velocity Checkpoint: 
Straight-Line Motion with
Constant Velocity
Lecture 1:
Introduction to Physics
& Kinematics
Chapter 1
pdf
Handout 1    
Thursday
1/19/2023
           
Friday
1/20/2023
           
2
Monday
1/23/2023
Pre-lecture:  Straight-Line Motion with Constant Acceleration Checkpoint: 
Straight-Line Motion with
Constant Acceleration
Lecture 2: 
Linear Kinematics
Chapter 2-1 through 2-8
pdf
Handout 2        
Tuesday
1/24/2023
        Prelab 0 
 
Discussion 2
Explanation 2

Quiz 1
 
   
Wednesday
1/25/2023
Pre-lecture: Vectors Checkpoint: 
Vectors
Lecture 3:
Vectors & 2-D Kinematics
Chapter 3-1 through 3-5
pdf
Handout 3    
Thursday
1/26/2023
           
Friday
1/27/2023
        Homework 1  
3
Monday
1/30/2023
Pre-lecture:  Projectile & Circular Motion Checkpoint: 
Projectile & Circular Motion
Lecture 4:
Projectile & Circular Motion
Chapter 3-6 through 3-10
pdf
Handout 4        
Tuesday
1/31/2023
        Prelab 1
Lab 1
 
Discussion 3
Explanation 3

Quiz 2
 
   
Wednesday
2/1/2023
Pre-lecture:
Newton's First & Second Laws
Checkpoint: 
Newton's First & Second Laws
Lecture 5:
Newton's First & Second Laws
Chapter 4-1 through 4-4
pdf
Handout 5    
Thursday
2/2/2023
           
Friday
2/3/2023
        Homework 2  
4
Monday
2/6/2023
Pre-lecture:
Newton's Third Law
Checkpoint:
Newton's Third Law
Lecture 6:
Newton's Third Law
Chapter 4-5 through 4-7
pdf
Handout 6        
Tuesday
2/7/2023
        Prelab 2
Lab 2
 
Discussion 4
Explanation 4

Quiz 3
 
   
Wednesday
2/8/2023
Pre-lecture:
Friction & Circular Motion
Checkpoint:
Friction & Circular Motion
Lecture 7:
Friction & Circular Motion
Chapter 5-1 through 5-6
pdf
Handout 7    
Thursday
2/9/2023
           
Friday
2/10/2023
        Homework 3  
5
Monday
2/13/2023
    Lecture 8:
Friction &
Circular Motion (cont.)
Chapter 5-1 through 5-6
pdf
Handout 8        
Tuesday
2/14/2023
        No lab activities this week Discussion 5
Explanation 5


 
  Exam 1:

Sign-Up for an exam time
with the CBTF
Wednesday
2/15/2023
Pre-lecture:
Work-Energy Theorem
Checkpoint:
Work-Energy Theorem
Lecture 9:
Work-Energy Theorem
Chapter 6-1 through 6-5
pdf
Handout 9  
Thursday
2/16/2023
         
Friday
2/17/2023
        Homework 4
6
Monday
2/20/2023
Pre-lecture:
Potential Energy & Energy Conservation
Checkpoint:
Potential Energy &
Energy Conservation
Lecture 10:
Potential Energy &
Energy Conservation
Chapter 6-6 through 6-8
pdf
Handout 10        
Tuesday
2/21/2023
        Prelab 3
Lab 3

Discussion 6

Explanation 6

Quiz 4

   
Wednesday
2/22/2023
Pre-lecture:
Linear Momentum
Checkpoint:
Linear Momentum
Lecture 11:
Linear Momentum
Chapter 7-1 through 7-3
pdf
Handout 11    
Thursday
2/23/2023
           
Friday
2/24/2023
        Homework 5  
7
Monday
2/27/2023
Pre-lecture:
Collisions
Checkpoint:
Collisions
Lecture 12:
Collisions
Chapter 7-4 through 7-7
pdf
Handout 12        
Tuesday
2/28/2023
        Prelab 4
Lab 4
 
Discussion 7
Explanation 7

Quiz 5
 
   
Wednesday
3/1/2023
Pre-lecture:
Rotational Energy
Checkpoint:
Rotational Energy
Lecture 13:
Rotational Energy
& Kinematics
Chapter 8-1 through 8-4
pdf
Handout 13    
Thursday
3/2/2023
           
Friday
3/3/2023
        Homework 6  
8
Monday
3/6/2023
    Lecture 14:
Rotational Energy
& Kinematics (cont.)
Chapter 8-1 through 8-4
pdf
Handout 14        
Tuesday
3/7/2023
        Prelab 5
Lab 5
 
Discussion 8
Explanation 8

Quiz 6
 
   
Wednesday
3/8/2023
Pre-lecture:
Rotational Kinematics & Dynamics
Checkpoint:
Rotational Kinematics &
Dynamics
Lecture 15:
Rotational Dynamics &
Angular Momentum
Chapter 8-4 through 8-9
pdf
Handout 15    
Thursday
3/9/2023
           
Friday
3/10/2023
        Homework 7  
9
Monday
3/13/2023
Spring Break, No Class
 
Tuesday
3/14/2023
Wednesday
3/15/2023
Thursday
3/16/2023
Friday
3/17/2023
10
Monday
3/20/2023
    Lecture 16:
Rotational Dynamics &
Angular Momentum (cont.)
Chapter 8-4 through 8-9
pdf
Handout 16
Review lecture
       
Tuesday
3/21/2023
         
No lab activities this week

 
Discussion 9
Explanation 9
 
 
  Exam 2:

Sign-Up for an exam time
with the CBTF
Wednesday
3/22/2023
Pre-lecture:
Universal Gravitation
Checkpoint:
Universal Gravitation
Lecture 17
Universal Gravitation
Chapter 10-1 through 10-5
pdf
Handout 17  
Thursday
3/23/2023
         
Friday
3/24/2023
          Homework 8
11
Monday
3/27/2023
Pre-lecture:
Fluid Statics
Checkpoint:
Fluid Statics
Lecture 18
Fluid Statics
Chapter 11-1 through 11-8
pdf
Handout 18        
Tuesday
3/28/2023
        Prelab 6
Lab 6
 
Discussion 10
Explanation 10

Quiz 7
 
   
Wednesday
3/29/2023
Pre-lecture:
Fluids in Motion
Checkpoint:
Fluids in Motion
Lecture 19
Fluids in Motion
Chapter 11-9 through 11-12
pdf
Handout 19    
Thursday
3/30/2023
           
Friday
3/31/2023
        Homework 9  
12
Monday
4/3/2023
Pre-lecture:
Simple Harmonic Motion
Checkpoint:
Simple Harmonic Motion
Lecture 20
Simple Harmonic Motion
Chapter 12-1 through 12-4
pdf
Handout 20        
Tuesday
4/4/2023
       

Prelab 7
Lab 7
 
Discussion 11
Explanation 11
Quiz 8
   
Wednesday
4/5/2023
Pre-lecture:
Pendula
Checkpoint:
Pendula
Lecture 21
Pendula
Chapter 12-5 through 12-8
pdf
Handout 21    
Thursday
4/6/2023
           
Friday
4/7/2023
          Homework 10  
13
Monday
4/10/2023
Pre-lecture:
Wave Properties
Checkpoint:
Wave Properties
Lecture 22
Wave Properties
Chapter 13-1 through 13-5
pdf
Handout 22
Review lecture
       
Tuesday
4/11/2023
        Prelab 8
Lab 8

Discussion 12
Explanation 12
Quiz 9

   
Wednesday
4/12/2023
Pre-lecture:
Interference & Sound
Checkpoint:
Interference & Sound
Lecture 23
Interference & Sound
Chapter 13-6 through 13-9
pdf
Handout 23    
Thursday
4/13/2023
           
Friday
4/14/2023
          Homework 11

 

14
Monday
4/17/2023
Pre-lecture:
Temperature & Kinetic Energy
Checkpoint:
Temperature & Kinetic Energy
Lecture 24
Doppler Effect, Temperature,
& Thermal Expansion
Chapter 13-10, 14.2, 14.4
pdf
Handout 24 No lab activities this week      
Tuesday
4/18/2023
        Discussion 13
Explanation 13

 
  Exam 3:

Sign-Up for an exam time
with the CBTF
Wednesday
4/19/2023
    Lecture 25
Ideal Gas Law
Chapter 14-3
pdf
Handout 25  
Thursday
4/20/2023
         
Friday
4/21/2023
        Homework 12
15
Monday
4/24/2023
Pre-lecture:
Heat & Phase Changes
Checkpoint:
Heat & Phase Changes
Lecture 26
Kinetic Theory, Heat Capacity,
Chapter 14-3, 14-5, & 14-6
pdf
Handout 26        
Tuesday
4/25/2023
        Lab Practical Prelab
& Lab Practical Exam
Discussion 14
Explanation 14
Quiz 10
 
 
   
Wednesday
4/26/2023
Pre-lecture:
Thermodynamic Processes
Checkpoint:
Thermodynamic Processes
Lecture 27
Phase Diagrams, & Conduction,
Convection, & Radiation
Chapter 14-6 & 14-7
pdf
Handout 27    
Thursday
4/27/2023
           
Friday
4/28/2023
          Homework 13  
16
Monday
5/1/2023
Pre-lecture:
Entropy & Heat Engines
Checkpoint:
Entropy & Heat Engines
(optional)
Lecture 28
Review Lecture 1
pdf
Handout 28 No lab activities this week      
Tuesday
5/2/2023
        No Discussion    
Wednesday
5/3/2023
    Lecture 29
Review Lecture 2
pdf
Handout 29 Homework 14  
Thursday
5/4/2023
Reading Day
Friday
5/5/2023