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Physics at Hamilton |
Updated 28 August 2008
Here is an outline of the expected structure of the course. While this is based on what happened last year it is really only a guess about this year. It is likely to be about as reliable as a weather forcast: quite accurate at the beginning and steadily less and less and reliable the further you look to the future. This is less true of the labs because we keep the labs in Physics 100 and Physics 200 in sync with each other because both courses share the same labs.
| Dates: | Topics | Readings | Laboratory |
| 29 Aug. | Syllabus, Diagnostic Test | 1:1-8 | No Lab |
| 1, 3, 5 Sept. | Motion in 1-D, Vectors | 2:1-8, 3:1-4 | Data Analysis |
| 8, 10, 12 Sept. | Projectile Motion, Newton's Laws of Motion | 3:5-8, 4:1-6 | Motion I & II |
| 15, 17, 19 Sept. | Newton's Laws and Circular Motion | 4:7-9, 5:1-3 | Projectile Motion |
| 22, 24, 26 Sept. | Gravitation, Orbital Motion | 5:4-10 | Newton's 2nd Law |
| 29 Sept., 1, 3 Oct. | Work and Conservation of Energy | 6:1-10 | Energy of Mass on Spring |
| 6, 8, 10 Oct. | Conservation of Momentum | 7:1-3 | Mid-term Exam I |
| 13, 15 Oct. | Momentum. Collisions, Centre of Mass | 7:4-10 | No Lab: Fall Break! |
| 20, 22, 24 Oct. | Rotational Motion about a Fixed Axis | 8:1-8 | Ballistic Pendulum |
| 27, 29, 31 Oct. | Statics and Fluids | 9:1-4, 10:1-4 | Rotational Motion |
| 3, 5, 7 Nov. | Oscillations | 10:5-14 | Fluids |
| 10, 12, 14 Nov. | Vibrations and Waves, Standing Waves | 11:1-15 | Mid-Term Exam II |
| 17, 19, 21 Nov. | Thermodynamics I: Temperature and Kinetic Theory | 13:1-10 | Hidden Object |
Thanksgiving Break! |
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| 1, 3, 5 Dec. | Thermodynamics II: Heat and Heat Transfer | 14:1-8 | Cavendish Experiment |
| 8, 10, 12 Dec. | Thermodynamics III: The Laws and Heat Engines | 15:1-9 | Thermo |
| Final Exam 2-5pm, Tuesday 16 December 2008 |
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