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Physics at Hamilton |
Updated 2 September 2009
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. 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 |
| 28 Aug. | Syllabus, Diagnostic Test | 1:1-8 | No Lab |
| 31 Aug., 2, 4 Sept. | Measurement, Motion in 1-D | 2:1-8 | Uncertainty |
| 7, 9, 11 Sept. | Vectors, Projectile Motion | 3:1-8 | Acceleration |
| 14, 16, 18 Sept. | Newton's Laws of Motion | 4:1-9 | Projectile Motion |
| 21, 23, 25 Sept. | Circular and Orbital Motion, Gravitation | 5:1-10 | Newton's 2nd Law |
| 28, 30 Sept., 2 Oct. | Work and Energy | 6:1-5 | Mid-term Exam I |
| 5, 7, 9 Oct. | Conservation of Energy | 6:6-10 | Bungee/Cons. of Energy |
| 12, 14 Oct. | Conservation of Momentum | 7:1-3 | No Lab: Fall Break! |
| 19, 21, 23 Oct. | Collisions, Center of Mass | 7:4-10 | Ballistic Pendulum |
| 26, 28, 30 Oct. | Rotational Motion about a Fixed Axis | 8:1-8 | Rotational Motion |
| 2, 4, 6 Nov. | Statics and Fluids | 9:1-4, 10:1-4 | Mid-Term Exam II |
| 9, 11, 13 Nov. | Fluids and Simple Harmonic Motion | 10:5-10, 11:1-6 | Fluids |
| 16, 18, 20 Nov. | Waves, Standing Waves | 11:7-15 | Hidden Object |
Thanksgiving Break! |
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| 30 Nov., 2, 4 Dec. | Thermodynamics I: Temperature and Kinetic Theory | 13:1-10 | Standing Waves |
| 7, 9, 121Dec. | Thermodynamics II: Heat and Heat Transfer | 14:1-8 | Latent Heat |
| Final Exam 2-5pm, Wednesday 16 December 2009 |
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