Schedule

Modules:

Concentrate on the web material.  Study the linked on-line material before the end of the day in the reading scheduled.   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.  Complete homework assignments, laboratories, and extra credit assignments and contribute to the module discussion before midnight on the due date in the homework, lab, and extra credit schedule. 

Reading
Schedule
Online material
 
Textbook Chapters   Homework, Lab, Piazza,
Ex. Credit Schedule
Due
Date
24-Aug Introduction        
25-Aug Position and displacement 2.1 - 2.3      
29-Aug The language of kinematics 3.1   A1, Lab 1, Ex 1, Discussion 1 31-Aug
1-Sep Motion in one dimension 3.2 - 3.4   A2 6-Sep
6-Sep Freely falling objects 3.5 - 3.6   A3, Lab 2, Ex 2, Discussion 2 7-Sep
8-Sep Motion in 2 and 3 dimensions 4.1 - 4.2   A4 12-Sep
12-Sep Projectile motion 4.3   A5, Lab 3 14-Sep
15-Sep Circular motion 4.4 - 4.5   A6, Ex 3, Discussion 3 19-Sep
19-Sep Newton's 1st law 5.1 - 5.2   A7 21-Sep
22-Sep Newton's 2nd law 5.3 - 5.4   A8, Lab 4 26-Sep
26-Sep Newton's 3rd law 5.5 - 5.7   A9, Ex 4, Discussion 4 28-Sep
29-Sep Friction and drag 6.1, 6.2, 6.4   A10, Lab 5 10-Oct
10-Oct More applications of Newton's laws 6.3   A11, Ex 5, Discussion 5 12-Oct
13-Oct Review        
17-Oct Test 1        
20-Oct Work and kinetic energy 7   A12 24-Oct
24-Oct Conservation of energy   A13, Lab 6 26-Oct
27-Oct Situations     A14, Ex 6, Discussion 6 31-Oct
31-Oct Linear momentum 9.1 - 9.5   A15 2-Nov
3-Nov Rockets 9.6 - 9.7   A16, Lab 7, Ex 7, Discussion 7 7-Nov
7-Nov Rotational kinematics 10.1 - 10.3   A17 9-Nov
10-Nov Rotational dynamics 10.4 - 10.8   A18,  Lab 8 14-Nov
14-Nov Angular momentum, Kepler's laws 11.1 -11.3   A19. Ex 8, Discussion 8 16-Nov
17-Nov Simple harmonic motion 15.1 - 15.3   A20 21-Nov
21-Nov The pendulum 15.4 - 15.6   A21, Lab 9, Ex 9, Discussion 9 28-Nov
28-Nov Mechanical waves 16   A22 30-Nov
1-Dec Sound waves 17.1 - 17.6   A23, Lab 10 5-Dec
5-Dec The Doppler effect 17.7 - 17.8   A24, Ex10, Discussion 10 7-Dec
7-Dec Review     Make-Up Lab 7-Dec
9-Dec Test 2        

Homework assignments:

Laboratories:

The Fall 2022 Physics 135 Lab Syllabus on Canvas explains the lab grading policy.  You cannot earn passing grade for the course, unless you earn a passing grade for the labs.

Class participation:

Participate in online discussions for class participation credit.  Meaningful participation before the due date of the second homework, lab, and extra credit associated with a module gives you 100% class participation credit for this module.  Post questions, answers, hints, comments, etc, under one of the suggested topics or start your own topic.

What is a meaningful contribution?

Extra credit assignments:

You can earn up to 50 points extra credit by answering 25 extra credit questions, distributed over the 10 modules.  You can submit these extra credit assignment twice.  The questions are challenging, but you are encouraged to discuss the assignment with your fellow students in the discussion forum before the submission.  Extra credit points are added to your total score from tests, homework assignments, class participation, and laboratories.

Tests:

Tests are 90 minute online exams.  Exam 1 questions are about material covered in modules 1 - 5, and exam 2 questions are about material covered in modules 6 - 10.  You will take the tests online using the Chrome browser with the Proctorio plug-in.

Test 1 October 17 formulas Study Guide
Test 2 December 9 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