PHY143
General Physics I (Calculus)

Dr. Paul Kramer
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University Physics with Modern Physics, 12th Edition
By Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman, Lewis Ford
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PHY143 - 91749 - Fall 2009
Lecture: T-Th at 8:00 - 9:30 am
Recitation & Laboratory: W at 8:00 - 10:50 am

There are no morning classes at Farmingdale State on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. Classes resume at noon.

This is a period not in the regular class schedule and is reserved for a faculty/staff governance meeting.

POSTED
November 17, 2009 - 12:10 a.m.

All lecture notes through Chapter 20.

Experiments for November 18 and December 2.

Quiz Questions through A36.

Daily Schedule
Date Act Class Lab
Tue, Sep 1 A01 Chapter 1 - Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors
Wed, Sep 2 A02 Chapter 1 - Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors 1-1 Filling a Room
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Thu, Sep 3 A03 Chapter 1 - Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors
Tue, Sep 8 A04 Chapter 2 - Motion Along a Straight Line
Wed, Sep 9 A05 Chapter 2 - Motion Along a Straight Line 1-3 Vectors
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Thu, Sep 10 A06 Chapter 3 - Motion in Two or Three Dimensions
Tue, Sep 15 A07 Chapter 3 - Motion in Two or Three Dimensions
Wed, Sep 16 A08 Chapter 4 - Newton's Laws of Motion 1-6a Freely Falling Objects
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Thu, Sep 17 A09 Chapter 4 - Newton's Laws of Motion
Tue, Sep 22 A10 Chapter 5 - Applying Newton's Laws
Wed, Sep 23 A11 Chapter 5 - Applying Newton's Laws 1-6a Freely Falling Objects
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Thu, Sep 24 A12 Chapter 6 - Work and Kinetic Energy
Tue, Sep 29 A13 Chapter 6 - Work and Kinetic Energy
Wed, Sep 30 A14 Chapter 7 - Potential Energy and Energy Conservation V-10 Atwood's Machine
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Thu, Oct 1 A15 Chapter 7 - Potential Energy and Energy Conservation
Tue, Oct 6 A16 Chapter 8 - Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions
Wed, Oct 7 A17 Unit Test 1 - Unit Test 1, covering chapters 1-8, will be given in class today.
The test will be closed book. You may bring a single sheet of paper with notes on one side.
Thu, Oct 8 A18 Chapter 8 - Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions
Tue, Oct 13 A19 Chapter 9 - Rotation of Rigid Bodies
Wed, Oct 14 A20 Chapter 9 - Rotation of Rigid Bodies V-10 Atwood's Machine
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Thu, Oct 15 A21 Chapter 10 - Dynamics of Rotational Motion
Tue, Oct 20 A22 Chapter 10 - Dynamics of Rotational Motion
Wed, Oct 21 A23 Chapter 11 - Equilibrium and Elasticity V-10 Atwood's Machine
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Thu, Oct 22 A24
Chapter 11 - Equilibrium and Elasticity - Class Canceled.
Submit A24 Quzzes A & B for a full 15 point makeup credit in a later class.
Tue, Oct 27 A25 Chapter 12 - Gravitation
Wed, Oct 28 A26 Chapter 12 - Gravitation Equilibrium
Parallel Forces
Thu, Oct 29 A27 Chapter 13 - Periodic Motion
Tue, Nov 3 A28 Chapter 13 - Periodic Motion
Wed, Nov 4 A29 Chapter 15 - Mechanical Waves Elasticity
Youngs Modulus Data Sheet
Formal Report NOT Accepted
Thu, Nov 5 A30 Chapter 16 - Sound and Hearing
Tue, Nov 10 A31 Chapter 17 - Temperature and Heat
Wed, Nov 11 A32 Unit Test 2 - Unit Test 2, covering chapters 1-13, will be given in class today.
The test will be closed book. You may bring a single sheet of paper with notes on both sides.
I suggest writing on the back of the sheet you used in unit test 1.
Thu, Nov 12 A33 Chapter 17 - Temperature and Heat
Wed, Nov 18 A34 Chapter 18 - Thermal Properties of Matter Harmonic Motion of a Coiled Spring - Download here
Thu, Nov 19 A35 Chapter 18 - Thermal Properties of Matter
Tue, Nov 24 A36 Chapter 19 - The First Law of Thermodynamics
Tue, Dec 1 A37 Chapter 19 - The First Law of Thermodynamics
Wed, Dec 2 A38 Chapter 20 - The Second Law of Thermodynamics Diameter of a Sphere
also Size of a Molecule
Formal Report NOT Accepted
Thu, Dec 3 A39 Chapter 20 - The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Tue, Dec 8 A40 Review -
Wed, Dec 9 A41 Review -
Thu, Dec 10 A42 Review -
Wed, Dec 16 A43 Final Exam - Your Final Exam, covering chapters 1-20, will be given in class today.
The test will be closed book. You may bring a single sheet of paper with notes on two sides.
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