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Welcome. What to expect in this class.

Motion diagram, displacement,
taverage velocity, average speed

Read 1.1-4

Average acceleration, examples of motion diagrams

Read 1.5-6

Velocity: tutorial pp 3-6 (bring your tutorial book)

Tutorial solution

Representations of motion: tutorial pp 7-10 (bring your tutorial book)

Tutorial solution

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Kinematics: 1D motion, position graphs

examples (see solution video on Canvas)

Read 1.7-8, 2.1-3

Motion with constant acceleration

Free fall video

Chapter 2 examples (with solutions)

Read 2.4-5

Instantaneous acceleration.

Read 2.7

Acceleration in 1D: tutorial pp 11-14 (bring your tutorial book)

Tutorial solution

Lab: changing motion

report

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Vector algebra

Read 3.1-4

Vector examples

Motion in 2D: example, solution

Read 4.1

Vectors (examples, solution)

Lab: Addition of vectors

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2D Kinematics examples

Relative motion

Read 4.3

Motion in 2D: tutorial pp 15-18 (bring your tutorial book)

Tutorial solution

Relative motion: tutorial pp 19-23 (bring your tutorial book)

Tutorial solution

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Motion in a circle, centripetal acceleration.

Kinematics circular motion examples

Read 4.4-5

Non uniform circular motion

Read 4.6

Force, Newton's 1st and 2nd laws, force examples, free body diagram (FBD)

Read 5.1-5.7

Jan 30

FBD: tutorial pp 25-30 (bring your tutorial book)

Tutorial solution

Feb 1

Lab: projectile motion

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Motion along a line: Newton's 2nd law in 1D,

Motion examples

Read 6.1-6.2

Mass, weight and apparent weight

Read 6.3

Friction, drag,

Read 6.4 - 6.6

Feb 6

Newton's 2nd & 3rd laws: tutorial pp 31-34 (bring your tutorial book)

Tutorial solution

Read 7.1-7.3

Feb 8

No class (college-wide professional development day)

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Friction examples

skier (Mathematica file)

(Examples using Newton's laws)

Reread chapters 6 & 7.1-3, read 7.4-5

Dynamics of uniform circular motion.

Dynamics circular motion examples

Mass on turn table animation

Read 8.1-8.4

Dynamics of non-uniform circular motion.

examples, loop the loop solution

Read 8.5

Feb 13

Exam 1

(chapters 1 through 5)

topics

Sample 1: exam, solution
Sample 2: exam, solution
Sample 3: exam, solution

Feb 15

Lab: Experiencing Newton's laws

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Work of a spring, work done by dissipative forces

Work energy with spring examples

Read 9.4-5

Power

Read 9.6

Feb 20

Tension: tutorial pp 35-38 (bring your tutorial book)

Work-energy theorem: tutorial pp 39-42

Tutorial solution

Lab: Friction

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Kinetic energy & potential energy

KE-PE Examples

Read 10.1-4

Energy diagrams

Read 10.5

Force and potential energy

Energy examples

Read 10.6

Feb 27

Changes in energy and momentum: tutorial pp 43-47

Tutorial solution

Feb 29

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Impulse and momentum

examples, example 1 solution

Read 11.1

Conservation of momentum

examples

Read 11.2

Collisions

Tennis ball - basket ball: video, Mathematica file

Read 11.3-4

Conservation of momentum in 1D: tutorial pp 49-52

Tutorial solution

Lab: Impulse-momentum theorem

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Momentum examples

Green goblin controversy: video

2D Momentum

Read 11.5

Review

Conservation of momentum in 2D: tutorial pp 53-56

Tutorial solution

Exam 3 (part 1)

Sample 1: exam, solution
Samplel 2: exam, solution

and some more
Sample 3: exam, solution
Sample 4: exam, solution
Sample 5: exam, solution

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Mar 18

Exam 3 (part 2) due on MasteringPhysics