Physics 101:

Newtonian Mechanics and Measurements

The Final is 10:15 Thursday Dec 10

Study Guide for the Final

Administrative stuff:

• Course Overview
• Course Outline
• Printing out the Course Notes
• How to launch Netscape from Gladstone
• What is JAVA?
• Add your General comments about this class

Current Events in the News:

Some Network Tools for the Electronic Lab Book

• Instructions for the Lab Book
• Spread Sheet Tool
• A Graphing tool
• A whiteboard tool

Quizzes, Tests and Homework:

• First Lab/Homework Exercise
• Second Lab/Homework Exercise
• Third Lab/Homework Exercise
• Fourth Lab/Homework Exercise
• Fifth Lab/Homework Exercise
• Sixth Lab/Homework Exercise
• Seventh Lab/Homework Exercise
• GET YOUR GRADE HERE (and read the directions!)



LECTURES:

Lecture 01 Tu Sep 29 Course Intro plus Basics
Lecture 02 Th Oct 01 Running Java Applets + anonymous pre-test
Lecture 03 Tu Oct 06 Motion in One Dimension: Measurements of Length and Time
Lecture 04 Th Oct 08 Systematic and Random Errors; More properties of falling objects
Lecture 05 Tu Oct 13 Forces: Potential and Kinetic Energy
Lecture 06 Th Oct 15 Forces: Time and Impulse
Lecture 07 Tu Oct 20 Forces: Acceleration and Friction
Lecture 08 Th Oct 22 Forces: Constant Acceleration
Lecture 09 Tu Oct 27 Review with Stan
Lecture 10 Th Oct 29 First Midterm
Lecture 11 Tu Nov 03 Review of the Midterm
Lecture 12 Th Nov 05 Motion in Two Dimensions I:
Lecture 13 Tu Nov 10 Motion in Two Dimensions II:
Lecture 14 Th Nov 12 Linear Momentum
Lecture 15 Tu Nov 17 Newton's Laws and Momentum Conservation
Lecture 16 Th Nov 19 Planetary Detection; Angular Momentum
Lecture 17 Tu Nov 24 Pressure Pressure Pressure
Lecture 18 Th Nov 27 Turkeys ...
Lecture 19 Tu Dec 01 Pressure, stars, black holes and airplanes


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