Physics 141, Fall 2007.

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Date Lecture subject Required/ recommended reading
September 4 Introduction to Physics 141, Units, Making Measurements  
September 6 Interactions and Motion Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 1.1 - 1.11
September 11 Physics 141 Pre Test  
September 11 Introduction to VPython.  The Momentum Principle: Impulse and Momentum Change. Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 2.1 - 2.14
September 13 Introduction to VPython.  The Momentum Principle: Impulse and Momentum Change (continued.) Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 2.1 - 2.14
September 17 Laboratory Experiment 1  
September 18 The Momentum Principle: Non-constant Forces Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 3.1 - 3.14
September 20 The Momentum Principle: Non-constant Forces (continued) Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 3.1 - 3.14
September 25 Contact Forces and the Momentum Principle Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 4.1 - 4.20
September 27 Contact Forces and the Momentum Principle (continued) Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 4.1 - 4.20
October 1 Laboratory Experiment 2  
October 2 The Energy Principle Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 5.1 - 5.21
October 4 The Energy Principle (continued) Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 5.1 - 5.21
October 9 Midterm Exam # 1  
October 9 The Energy Principle (continued) Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 5.1 - 5.21
October 11 Energy in Macroscopic Systems Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 6.1 - 6.14
October 15 Laboratory Experiment 3  
October 16 Energy in Macroscopic Systems (continued) Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 6.1 - 6.14
October 18 Energy Quantization Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 7.1 - 7.10
October 23 Energy Quantization (continued) Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 7.1 - 7.10
October 25 No Class  
October 30 Multiparticle Systems Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 8.1 - 8.9
November 1 Midterm Exam # 2  
November 1 Multiparticle Systemss (continued) Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 8.1 - 8.9
November 7 Collisions Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 9.1 - 9.10
November 9 Collisions (continued) Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 9.1 - 9.10
November 12 Laboratory Experiment 4  
November 13 Angular Momentum Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 10.1 - 10.12
November 14 Angular Momentum (continued) Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 10.1 - 10.12
November 20 Angular Momentum (continued) Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 10.1 - 10.12
November 27 Midterm Exam # 3  
November 27 Entropy: Limits on the Possible Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 11.1 - 11.8
November 29 Entropy: Limits on the Possible (continued) Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 11.1 - 11.8
December 3 Laboratory Experiment 5  
December 4 Entropy: Limits on the Possible (continued) Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 11.1 - 11.8
December 5 Gases and Engines Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 12.1 - 12.10
December 11 Physics 141 Post Test  
December 11 Gases and Engines (continued) Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 12.1 - 12.10
December 13 Gases and Engines (continued) Chabay and Sherwood, Sections 12.1 - 12.10
December 19 Final Exam  

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