| Period | Chapters | Class Goals: Learn and comprehend
concepts of various physical quantities and physical laws for mechnics,
acquire skills to solve for motions using these concepts |
| Week of Jan. 14 and Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 | Chapters 1
- 3: Estmiate, measurements, Kinematics in one and two dimensions |
Learn and comprehend concepts of units,
estimates, uncertainties and kinematics for description on motion in
one and two dimensional space |
| Weeks of
Jan. 28, Feb. 4, and Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 |
Chapters
4, 5 and 6: Dynamics: Forces and Newton's Law of Motion, Circular Motion; Gravitation; Work and energy |
Learn
and
comprehend
concepts of cause of motion, forces, Newton's Laws,
circular motions and gravitation, and work and energy Osbtain skills for describing motion using dynamics and linear and circular motions |
| Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 | First Term Exam (Chap. 1 - 5 or 6) | |
| Week of
Feb. 18, 2013 |
Chapters 6
and 7: Work and energy; Linear Momentum |
Learn
and
comprehend
concepts of work and energy and the relationship between
the two important quantities and the conservation of energy; Learn and
comprehend concepts of linear momentums Acquire skills in solving for motion using these concepts in complex situations |
| Week of Feb. 25, Week of Mar. 4 and Monday, Mar. 18, 2013 | Chapters 7 and 8: Linear Momentum, Rotational Motion |
Learn
and
comprehend
concepts of linear momentum, its conservation and
collisions Learn concepts of rotational motion and kinematic quantities and kinematics for rotational motions Acquire skills in solving for motions using these concepts in collisions |
| Wednesday,
Mar.
20,
2013 |
Mid-Term
Comprehensive
Exam
(Chap. 1 - 8) |
|
| Weeks
of Mar. 25 and Apr. 1, 2013 |
Chapters
8, 9 and 10: Rotational Motion, Static Equilibrium and Fluids |
Learn
and
comprehend
concepts of rotational kinematicsn and conditions for
static equilibrium in mechanics Learn and comprehend concepts of physical quantities and physical laws for fluid motion Acquire skills in solving for motions using these concepts in static equilibrium situations and for fluid |
| Week
of
Apr.
8 and Monday, Apr. 15, 2013 |
Chapters
8,
9
and 10: Rotational Motion, Static Equilibrium and Fluids Chapters 11 - 12: Fluids; Vibrations and Waves;Sound; |
Learn and comprehend concepts of
physical quantities and physical laws for fluid motion, vibration and
oscillations and the motion of waves, including sound Acquire skills in solving for motions using these concepts for fluid and waves |
| Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2013 | Second Term Exam (Chap. 8 - 12) | |
| Week
of
Apr.
22
|
Chapters
12 - 14: Vibrations and Waves;Sound; Temperature and Kinetic Theory; Heat |
Learn
and
comprehend
concepts of physical quantities and physical laws for
vibration and oscillations and the motion of waves, including sound Acquire skills in solving for motions using these concepts for fluid and waves Learn thermodynamics for concepts of temperature, multi-body interactions and heat |
| WeekApr.
29, 2013 |
Chapters
14 - 15: Heat, The Laws of Thermodynamics |
Learn
and
comprehend
concepts of heat, thermodynamics and the laws of
thermodynamics Acquire skills in solving for motions using these concepts for gas and other multi-body problems |
| Monday, May. 6, 2013 | Final Comprehensive Exam (Chap. 1 - 15) |
** The above schedule might change depending on progress in the class.
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