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Physics at Hamilton |
Here is an outline of the expected structure of the course. While this is based on what happened in the past it is really only a guess about this year. The lab schedule is firm because we keep the labs in Physics 100 and Physics 200 in sync with each other because both courses share the same labs.
| Week: Dates | Topics | Readings | Laboratory |
| 1: 8/30 | 1-D Kinematics | TBA in class | No Lab |
| 2: 9/2-9/5 | 1-D Kinematics, Vectors | Uncertainty | |
| 3: 9/9-9/13 | 2-D Kinematics | Acceleration | |
| 4: 9/16-9/20 | Newton's Laws of Motion | Projectile Motion | |
| 5: 9/23-9/27 | Newton Contd. & Circular Motion | Newton's 2nd Law | |
| 6: 9/30-10/4 | Gravitation, Orbital Motion | No Lab (Exam I) | |
| 7: 10/7-10/11 | Work and Energy | Energy Conservation | |
| 8: 10/14-16 | Momentum and Fall Break | No Lab (break) | |
| 9: 10/21-10/24 | Centre of Mass, Rotational Motion | Ballistic Pendulum | |
| 10: 10/28-11/1 | Rotational Motion about a Fixed Axis | Rotational Motion | |
| 11: 11/4-11/8 | Statics, Equilibrium, and Fluids | Fluids | |
| 12: 11/11-11/15 | Fluids, Pressure, and Flow | Hidden Object | |
| 13: 11/18-11/22 | Vibrations and Waves |
No Lab (Exam II) | |
| 14: 11/25-11/29 | Thanksgiving Break | No Lab (break) | |
| 15: 12/2-12/6 | Thermodynamics I: Temperature, Kinetics and Heat | Standing Waves | |
| 16: 12/9-12/13 | Thermodynamics II: Entropy and the second law | Latent Heat | |
| Monday 12/16 | Final Exam 7-10pm in the evening. |
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Physics at Hamilton |