General Physics I
PHYS 130 -- Spring 2008
Tentative Lesson Schedule

Date
Topic
Reading Assignment
Homework Assignment
Laboratory
1/17 Measurements, Trigonometry, and Vectors 1.1-1.9    
1/22 Accelerated Motion 2.1-2.7   Exp. 1: Measurements
1/24 Projectile Motion and Relative Velocity 3.1-3.4 Chapter 1 Due  
1/29 Relative Velocity 3.4   Exp. 2: Accelerated Motion
1/31 Newton's Three Laws of Motion 4.1-4.12 Chapter 2 Due  
2/5 Gravitation 4.7   Exp. 5: Force and Motion
2/7 Force and Motion 4.11-4.12    
2/12
Chapter 4 Due
Unit One Test
2/14 Centripetal Force 5.1-5.4    
2/19 Orbital Motion and Apparent Weightlessness 5.5-5.6   Exp. 10: Centripetal Force
2/21 Work and Energy 6.1-6.5 Chapter 5 Due  
2/26 The Work-Energy Theorem 6.6   Exp. 6: Work and Energy
2/28 Power 6.7-6.9 Chapter 6 Due  
3/4 Linear Momentum 7.1-7.3 Chapter Six Due  
3/6 Collisions 7.4-7.5   Exp. 9: Conservation of Momentum
3/11
Chapter 7 Due
Unit Two Test
3/13 Rotational Kinemetics 8.1-8.6    
3/25 Rotational Equilibrium 9.1-9.2   Exp. 11: Torque
3/27 Rigid Body Dynamics 9.2-9.6 Chapter 8 Due  
4/1 Harmonic Motion 10.1-10.6   Exp. 13: Simple Harmonic Motion
4/3 Wave Motion and Sound 16.1-16.9 Chapter 9 Due  
4/8 Interference and Standing Waves 17.1-17.2   Exp. 15: Air Column Resonance
4/10 Standing Waves, Diffraction, and Beats 17.3-17.6 Chapter 10 Due  
4/15
Chapter 16 and 17 Due
Unit Three Test
4/17 Elasticity
Fluid Properties
10.7-10.8
11.1-11.6
   
4/22 Fluid Motion 11.8-11.10   Exp. 16: Buoyancy
4/24 Temperature and Heat Exchange 12.1-12.8 Chapter 10 and 11 Due  
4/29 Transfer of Heat 13.1-13.4   Exp. 18: Linear Expansion
5/1 The Gas Laws 
The Laws of Thermodynamics
14.1-14.3
15.1-15.5
Chapter 12 and 13 Due  
5/6 Heat Engines and Entropy 15.7-15.12   Exp. 19: Calorimetry
5/8
Chapter 14 and 15 Due
Unit Four Exam
5/15
Final Exam 7:00pm