PHYSICS 20300ST FALL 2008 (MR4) TTh 5:00-6:40

Professor: Mark Shattuck (shattuck@ccny.cuny.edu)

Office: Steinman Hall T1M-16 x8161, (Marshak 424A)

Office Hours:  TTh 4:00-5:00 (Marshak 424A)

Website: http://gibbs.engr.ccny.cuny.edu/teaching.html

Textbook: Cutnell & Johnson - “Physics”, 7th edition, Volume 1.

Physics Lab Manual: http://mail.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~physdept/AltLabMan/TOC.html

 

·         10 min. quiz every Tuesday (first quiz will be Tue. Sep. 1)

·         Three tests and Final.

·         All Labs MUST be completed to pass the course!

10%     Quizzes

15%     Tests (x3)

45%     Final (cumulative)

 

 

 

 

Week Beginning

Topic

Reading

Homework

Aug. 25 (Th)

Vectors

Chap. 1

1: 2,3,14,21,45

Sep. 1

Kinematics

Chap. 2-3

2: 4,8,12,16,22,28,37,44-46,58

3: 2,6,8,12,16,32,48,53,56

Sep. 8

Forces, Newton’s Laws

Chap. 4

4: 1,4,11,15,19,20,24,37,38,43,47,58

4: 63,66,69,81

Sep. 15

Circular Motion

Chap. 5

5: 2,3,10,13,15,20,30

Sep. 22

Work & Energy

Chap. 6

6: 3,4,7,15,18,20,26,29,36,45,47,48

 Thurs. Sept. 25

Test 1 (1-4)

Sep. 29 (Th)

Impulse & Momentum

Chap. 7

7: 2,4,8,16,19,26,30,41

Oct. 6 (T)

Rotational Kinematics

Chap. 8

8: 2,5,16,20,24,30,34,39,41,48,49

Oct. 13 (Th)

Rotational Dynamics

Chap. 9

9: 2,5,12,17,24,29,31

Oct. 20

Rotations (con’t)

Chap. 9

9: 44,47,50,52,54

Oct. 27

Simple Harmonic Motion

Chap. 10

10: 3,5,25,26,29

Thurs. Oct. 30

Test 2 (5-9)

Nov. 3

Fluid Dynamics

Chap. 11

11: 3,10,19,22,38,41,46,58,61,62

Nov. 10

Temperature/Heat

Chap. 12

12: 1,13,28,39,40,43,51,54,57

Nov. 17

Heat Transfer

Chap. 13

13: 2,6,7,16,23

Tues. Nov. 25

Test 3 (10-13)

Dec. 1

Ideal Gas/Kinetic Theory

Chap. 14

14: 2,5,9,14,16,28,33,34

Dec. 8

Thermodynamics

Chap. 15

15: 1,3,8,11,30,42,46,49,51,60,62

Dec. 15 (T)

Review

 

 

Dec 16-23

FINALS

 

 

M = Guest Lecturer: TBA or Prof. Hernan Makse, T1M-12, x6847, makse@mailaps.org