SYLLABUS
Advanced Physics I (AP-C) --PH405
NCSSM, Trimester I, 2008-2009
* = shortened week
|
Week |
Dates |
AP Topics |
Lab or Test |
Text |
| *1 | 8/19-8/22 | Simple Harmonic Motion | Pendulum | Ch. 16 |
| 2 | 8/25-8/29 | One Dimensional Kinematics, Derivatives | Pendulum (cont'd), Numerical Differentiation | Ch. 2 |
| *3 | 9/2-9/5 | Vectors and Vector Operations | Air Drag | Ch. 3 |
| 4 | 9/8-9/12 | Motion in 2 and 3 dimensions | Video Analysis | Ch. 4 |
| 5 | 9/15-9/19 | Newton's Laws I | short test (Ch. 2-4, 16) |
Ch. 5 |
| 6 | 9/22-9/26 | Newton's Laws II | long test (Ch. 3-5) |
Ch. 6 |
| *7 | 9/30-10/3 | Fluid Statics & Dynamics, Kinetic Energy and Work, Integrals |
Numerical Modeling of Air Drag | Ch. 15 |
| 8 | 10/6-10/10 | Kinetic Energy; Spring & Gravitaitonal Energy |
Euler's Method, Numerical Integration | Ch. 7, 8 |
| 9 | 10/13-10/17 | Conservation Energy |
test (Ch. 6 - 8) |
Ch. 8 |
| 10 | 10/20-10/24 | Systems of Particles | TBA |
Ch. 9 |
| *11 | 10/28-10/31 | Impulse and Momentum, Collisions I | Elastic Collisions | Ch. 10 |
| Trimester I Final Examinations (11/4 - 11/7) | ||||