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 in bold text that are embedded in the on-line material. Complete the optional exercises for extra credit.

Scheduled day	On-line material	Textbook Chapter
August 23	Introduction
August 25	Position and displacement	2.1 - 2.3
August 30	The language of kinematics	3.1
September 1	Motion in one dimension	3.2 - 3.4
September 6	Freely falling objects	3.5 - 3.6
September 8	Motion in two and three dimensions	4.1 - 4.2
September 13	Projectile motion	4.3
September 15	Circular motion	4.4 - 4.5
September 20	Newton's 1st law	5.1 - 5.2
September 22	Newton's 2nd law	5.3 - 5.4
September 29	Newton's 3rd law	5.5 - 5.7
October 4	Friction and drag	6.1, 6.2, 6.4
October 11	More applications of Newton's laws	6.3
October 13	Work and kinetic energy	7
October 18	Conservation of energy	8
October 20	Work and energy in various situations
October 25	Linear momentum	9.1 - 9.5
October 27	Rockets	9.6 - 9.7
November 3	Rotational kinematics	10.1 - 10.3
November 8	Rotational dynamics	10.4 - 10.8
November 10	Angular momentum, Kepler's laws	11.1 -11.3
November 15	Simple harmonic motion	15.1 - 15.3
November 17	The pendulum	15.4 - 15.6
November 22	Mechanical waves	16
November 29	Sound waves	17.1 - 17.6
December 1	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 31
A2	September 5
A3	September 7
A4	September 11
A5	September 14
A6	September 18
A7	September 21
A8	September 25
A9	October 2
A10	October 9
A11	October 12
A12	October 16

Assignment:	Due Date:
A13	October 19
A14	October 23
A15	October 26
A16	October 30
A17	November 6
A18	November 9
A19	November 13
A20	November 16
A21	November 20
A22	November 27
A23	November 30
A24	December 4

Lab:	Due Date:
1	August 30
2	September 6
3	September 13
4	September 25
5	October 4
6	October 20
7	October 31
8	November 10
9	November 16
10	November 27

Extra credit assignments:

Extra credit assignments must be handed in on time. You can earn up to 5 points extra credit by completing an assignment. 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. No late assignments will be accepted.

Assignment:	Due Date:
EC 1	August 29
EC 2	September 5
EC 3	September 14
EC 4	September 22
EC 5	October 11

Assignment:	Due Date:
EC 6	October 18
EC 7	October 26
EC 8	November 13
EC 9	November 20
EC 10	December 1

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 26/27	formulas	Study Guide
Test 2	Oct 31/Nov 1	formulas	Study Guide
Test 3	December 7/8	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