Schedule

Modules:

Study the linked on-line material before the end of the scheduled day. Make sure that you can work the problems that are worked out in the online material. Then make sure that you can work similar problems that are worked in the textbook and the workbook. Explore some of the links that are embedded in the on-line material. Participate in discussions for extra credit.

Scheduled day	On-line material	Textbook Chapter
August 22	Introduction
August 24	Position and displacement	2.1 - 2.3
August 29	The language of kinematics	3.1
August 31	Motion in one dimension	3.2 - 3.4
September 5	Freely falling objects	3.5 - 3.6
September 7	Motion in two and three dimensions	4.1 - 4.2
September 12	Projectile motion	4.3
September 14	Circular motion	4.4 - 4.5
September 19	Newton's 1st law	5.1 - 5.2
September 21	Newton's 2nd law	5.3 - 5.4
September 26	Review
September 28	Newton's 3rd law	5.5 - 5.7
October 3	Friction and drag	6.1, 6.2, 6.4
October 10	More applications of Newton's laws	6.3
October 12	Work and kinetic energy	7
October 17	Conservation of energy	8
October 19	Work and energy in various situations
October 24	Linear momentum	9.1 - 9.5
October 26	Rockets	9.6 - 9.7
October 31	Review
November 2	Rotational kinematics	10.1 - 10.3
November 7	Rotational dynamics	10.4 - 10.8
November 9	Angular momentum, Kepler's laws	11.1 -11.3
November 14	Simple harmonic motion	15.1 - 15.3
November 16	The pendulum	15.4 - 15.6
November 21	Mechanical waves	16
November 28	Sound waves	17.1 - 17.6
November 30	The Doppler effect	17.7 - 17.8

Homework assignments:

Assignments cover the material presented in the online material. They may refer you back to a module, to some activity you were asked to complete in a laboratory, or to the workbook.
Assignments are submitted online on Canvas. Assignments are scored by the computer and you will receive your assignment grade immediately. You can submit the assignments up to three times if you need to improve your score. The highest score counts.
Assignments are due at 11:59 PM on the indicated date. No late assignments will be accepted.

Assignment:	Due Date:
A1	August 30
A2	September 4
A3	September 6
A4	September 10
A5	September 13
A6	September 17
A7	September 20
A8	September 24
A9	October 1
A10	October 8
A11	October 11
A12	October 15

Assignment:	Due Date:
A13	October 18
A14	October 22
A15	October 25
A16	October 29
A17	November 5
A18	November 8
A19	November 12
A20	November 15
A21	November 19
A22	November 26
A23	November 29
A24	December 3

Lab:	Due Date:
1	August 29
2	September 5
3	September 12
4	September 24
5	October 3
6	October 22
7	October 29
8	November 12
9	November 19
10	November 26

Extra credit assignments:

Participate in online discussions for extra credit. You can earn up to 5 points extra credit per module. Extra credit points are added to your total score from tests, homework assignments and laboratories. Extra credit assignments are due at 11:59 PM on the indicated date.

Assignment:	Due Date:
EC 1	August 29
EC 2	September 5
EC 3	September 14
EC 4	September 28
EC 5	October 10

Assignment:	Due Date:
EC 6	October 19
EC 7	October 31
EC 8	November 9
EC 9	November 16
EC 10	November 30

Tests:

Test are proctored, computer based exams. They are only available during scheduled times, and only on the computers in a room in Nielsen Physics. Students with a scheduling conflict must contact the instructor. An alternate exam time can be arranged..

Test 1	September 27/28	formulas	Study Guide
Test 2	Nov 1/2	formulas	Study Guide
Test 3	December 6/7	formulas	Study Guide

Grades

You can examine the entries made for you in the instructor's grade book on Canvas.
Percentage grades translate to letter grades as shown in the table below. Please notify the instructor if you think a grade has not been recorded correctly.

90% and above	A
87% - 89%	A-
83% - 86%	B+
80% - 82%	B
77% - 79%	B-
73% - 76%	C+
70% - 72%	C
67% - 69%	C-
63% - 66%	D+
60% - 62%	D
57% - 59%	D-
below 57%	F