Week

Date(Mon.)

Chapt.

Topics

Lab

1

8/26 (F)

Ch. 21

Welcome, Relativity

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2

8/29

Ch. 21, 22

ST diagrams

Speed of Light

3

9/5

Ch. 23

Lorentz Transforms

Muon Decay

4

9/12

Ch. 24, 25

1D, 2D Kinematics

1D Motion, Bike

5

9/19

Ch. 26

Circular motion, Newton's laws – dynamics

Rockets

6

9/26

Ch. 27

Newton's laws

Midterm #1

7

10/3

Ch. 28

Gravity, Energy, springs

Newton 2^nd Law

8

10/10 (MW)

Fall Break

Ch. 29

Potential energy

Cavendish

9

10/17

Ch. 31

PE and orbits, momentum

Bungee Jumping

10

10/24

Ch. 32

Elastic, inelastic, center of mass

Ballistic Pendulum

11

10/31

Ch. 33

Relativistic p, E

Midterm #2

12

11/7

Ch. 34

Rotational kinematics, energy, torque

Electron Motion

13

11/14

Thanksgiving

Ch. 37

Break

Rotational dynamics, angular momentum

Rotation

14

11/28

Ch. 7

Fluids

Fluid Statics

15

12/5

Fluids

Mystery Object