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Here is an outline of the expected structure of the course. While this is based on what happened last time it is really only a guess about this year. For the topics and readings the table 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. For the labs it is quite firm because we keep the labs in Physics 100 and Physics 200 in sync with each other because both courses share the same labs.
Note that the definition of a week changes at fall break. Before break a week is Friday to Wednesday (really Thursday for labs) and afterwards it is Monday to Friday as normal.
| Week: Dates | Topics | Readings | Laboratory |
| 1: 8/26-8/31 | Measurement, 1-D Kinematics | 1:1-8, 2:1-8 | Measuring Data |
| 2: 9/2-9/7 | Kinematics in 2-D | 3:1-8 | Motion I |
| 3: 9/9-9/14 | Newton's Laws of Motion | 4:1-6 | Projectile Motion |
| 4: 9/16-9/21 | Newton Contd. & Circular Motion | 4:7-9, 5:1-3 | Newton II on Air Track |
| 5: 9/23-9/28 | Gravitation, Orbital Motion | 5:4-10 | Mid-term Exam I |
| 6: 9/30-10/5 | Work and Energy | 6:1-7 | Mass on a Spring/Energy |
| 7: 10/7-10/12 | Energy Conservation, Momentum | 6:8-10, 7:1-3 | No Lab |
| 10/13-14 | Fall Break | ||
| 8: 10/17-10/21 | Momentum. Collisions, Centre of Mass | 7:4-10 | Ballistic Pendulum |
| 9: 10/24-10/28 | Rotational Motion about a Fixed Axis | 8:1-8 | Rotation |
| 10: 10/31-11/4 | Statics, Equilibrium, and Fluids | 9:1-4, 10:1-4 | Mid-Term Exam II |
| 11: 11/7-11/11 | Fluids, Pressure, and Flow | 10:5-14 | Fluids I |
| 12: 11/14-11/18 | Vibrations and Waves |
11:1-15 13:1-10 |
Fluids II, the Hidden Object |
| 13: 11/21-11/25 | Thanksgiving Break | ||
| 14: 11/28-12/2 | Thermodynamics II: Heat and Heat Transfer | 14:1-8 | Standing Waves |
| 15: 12/5-12/9 | Thermodynamics III: The Laws and Heat Engines | 15:1-9 | Thermo |
| Thursday 12/15 | Final Exam 7-10pm in the evening. |
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