Schedule

Modules:

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 web material.  Explore some of the links that are embedded in the web material.  Read the associated chapter in the textbook.  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
23-Jan Introduction        
26-Jan Position and displacement 2.1, 2.2   A1 30-Jan
30-Jan Speed, velocity, and acceleration 2.3 - 2.8   H1, Lab 1, Discussion 1 1-Feb
2-Feb Newton's 1st and 2nd Laws of Motion 4.1, 4.2   A2 6-Feb
6-Feb Weight, Newton's 3rd law 4.3, 4.4   H2, Lab 2, Discussion 2 8-Feb
9-Feb Projectile motion, Hooke's law 3.1 - 3.5   A3 13-Feb
13-Feb Friction, drag, circular motion 5.1, 5.2   H3, Lab 3, Discussion 3 15-Feb
16-Feb Work, kinetic and potential energy 7.1 - 7.3   A4 20-Feb
20-Feb Conservation of energy, power 7.4 - 7.8   H4, Lab 4, Discussion 4 22-Feb
23-Feb Momentum and impulse 8.1-8.2   A5 27-Feb
27-Feb Conservation of momentum 8.3 - 8.7   H5, Lab 5, Discussion 5 1-Mar
2-Mar Rotational kinematics and dynamics 10.1 - 10.3   A6 6-Mar
6-Mar Rotational energy and angular momentum 10.4, 10.5   H6, Lab 6, Discussion 6 8-Mar
9-Mar Review        
21-Mar Test 1        
23-Mar Static fluids, pressure and buoyancy 11.1 - 11.6   A7 27-Mar
27-Mar Pumps, surface tension 11.7 - 11.9   H7, Lab 7, Discussion 7 29-Mar
30-Mar Fluid dynamics, ideal fluids 12.1 - 12.3   A8 3-Apr
3-Apr Fluid dynamics, viscous fluids 12.4 - 12.6   H8, Lab 8, Discussion 8 5-Apr
6-Apr Temperature and heat 13.1 - 13.3   A9 10-Apr
10-Apr Thermal properties of matter 14.1 - 14.7   H9, Lab 9, Discussion 9 12-Apr
13-Apr The laws of thermodynamics 15.1, 15.2   A10 17-Apr
17-Apr Devices, entropy 15.3 - 15.7   H10, Lab 10, Discussion 10 19-Apr
20-Apr Oscillations 16.1 - 16.5   A11 24-Apr
24-Apr Mechanical waves 16.7 - 16.11   H11, Lab 11, Discussion 11 26-Apr
27-Apr Sound waves 17.1 - 17.3   A12 1-May
1-May The Doppler effect 17.4, 17.5   H12, Lab 12, Discussion 12 3-May
4-May Review        
11-May Test 2            

Homework assignments:

Laboratories:

Attend the Studio session for your section on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday.  Each section has its own lab instructors.  The lab instructor will teach the laboratories and grade the lab reports.  The Spring 2023 Physics 221 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:

Attend class on Thursday and answer clicker questions to earn 50% of class participation credit for a module.  Participate in Canvas discussions.  Meaningful participation before the due date of the second homework, lab, and extra credit associated with a module gives you the other 50% class participation credit for the 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 extra credit points from answering extra credit questions on Canvas.  You can submit the Canvas extra credit assignments up to three times if you need to improve your score.  The highest score counts.  The questions are challenging, but you are encouraged to discuss extra credit questions with your fellow students before the submission.  Extra credit points are added to your total score from tests, homework assignments and laboratories. 

Tests:

Tests are 90-minute online exams.  Test 1 questions are about material covered in modules 1 - 6, and test 2 questions are about material covered in modules 7 - 12.  You will take the tests online using the Chrome browser with the Proctorio extension during any 90-minute period between 7:00 am and 11:30 pm on the test day.

Test 1 March 21 formulas
Test 2 May 11  formulas

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 promptly 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