COLLEGE PHYSICS I RETURN to COLLEGE PHYSICS I (PC 110)

INSTRUCTOR: Thomas C. Gibbons | Questions? Contact me at tgibbons@eicc.edu

 Eastern Iowa Community College District | Clinton Community College

TEXTBOOK: Sears et. al., "College Physics", Addison-Wesley, 7th Ed.

 DAYS: The class meets in a lecture session 10:30 - 11:30 AM MWF and has Lab 10:30AM - 12:40PM Tues

Fall, 2005-2006 Schedule

 APPROXIMATE DATES

TOPICS

TEXTBOOK CHAP/PAGES

 Aug 26 through Aug 29

 Description of Physics & Units

Ch. 1, PP. 1 - 11

 Aug 30 through Sep 6

Moving Objects (in a straight line)

Ch. 2

Sep 7 through Sep 12

Objects Moving in 2 Dimensions (baseballs & other projectiles)

Chap. 3 (except 3-5)

Sep 13 through Sep 16

Introduction to Vectors

Ch. 1, pp. 12 - 18

Sep 19

Summary of Newton's Laws of Motion (Force, Mass, Reference Frames, Units, etc.)

Chapter 4

Sep 20 through Sep 27

Newton's 1st and 3rd Laws (objects at rest, statics, vector problems)

Ch. 5, pp. 94-96 and pp. 100-103

Sep. 28

TEST NUMBER ONE

Over the above material

Sep 30 through Oct 7

Newton's Second Law (How force and motion are related) - friction forces

Ch. 5, pp. 96-100 & pp. 106-114

Oct 10 through Oct 14

Circular Motion (Using Newton's 2nd Law in 2 dimensions)

Ch. 3, pp. 62 - 64

Ch. 6, pp. 124-129

Oct 17 through Oct 21

Newton's Law of Gravitation

Ch., 6 pp. 130-134

Oct 24

Satellite Motion

Ch. 6, pp. 136-139

Oct 25 through Nov. 1

Work, Potential Energy, Kinetic Energy, Energy Conservation, Power

Chapter 7

Nov 2

TEST NUMBER TWO

Over material since Test 1

Nov 4 through Nov 11

Impulse and Momentum, Momentum Conservation, recoil & Collisions

Chapter 8

Nov 14 through Nov 18

Rotation, Angular velocity, Angular Momentum, Torque, Center of Mass

Chapter 9, 10

Nov 21

Elastic Materials, Stress, Strain

Chapter 12

Nov 23 through Nov 30

Periodic Motions, Vibrations, Chaos

Chapter 11

Dec 2

TEST NUMBER THREE

Over material since Test 2

Dec 5 through Dec 13

Fluids at rest, fluids in motion

Chapter 13

During final exam period (Dec 14,15,16--as scheduled in the college's final exam schedule)

FINAL EXAMINATION

COVERS THE ENTIRE COURSE

 

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