SYLLABUS
Advanced Physics I (AP-C) --PH405
NCSSM, Trimester I, 2010 - 2011
* = shortened week
|
Week |
Dates |
AP Topics |
Lab or Test |
Text |
| *1 | 8/17 - 8/20 | Simple Harmonic Motion | Pendulum | Ch. 16 |
| 2 | 8/23 - 8/27 | One Dimensional Kinematics, Derivatives | Pendulum (cont'd), Numerical Differentiation | Ch. 2 |
| 3 | 8/30 - 9/3 | Vectors and Vector Operations | Air Drag | Ch. 3 |
| *4 | ext, 9/7 - 9/10 | Motion in 2 and 3 dimensions | Video Analysis | Ch. 4 |
| 5 | 9/13 - 9/17 | Newton's Laws I | short test (Ch. 2-4, 16) |
Ch. 5 |
| 6 | 9/20 - 9/24 | Newton's Laws II | long test (Ch. 3-5) |
Ch. 6 |
| 7 | 9/27 - 10/1 | Fluid Statics & Dynamics, Kinetic Energy and Work, Integrals |
Numerical Modeling of Air Drag | Ch. 15 |
| *8 | 10/4 -10/7, ext |
Kinetic Energy; Spring & Gravitaitonal Energy |
Euler's Method, Numerical Integration | Ch. 7, 8 |
| 9 | 10/11 -10/15 | Conservation Energy |
test (Ch. 6 - 8) |
Ch. 8 |
| 10 | 10/18 -10/22 | Systems of Particles | TBA |
Ch. 9 |
| 11 | 10/25 -10/29 |
Impulse and Momentum, Collisions I | Elastic Collisions | Ch. 10 |
| Trimester I Final Examinations (10/30 - 11/3) | ||||