Home page for General Physics 121

Fall 2017

Here is a copy of the course syllabus

New Message:

Click HERE for a practice final exam (pdf).

The answers to the practice exam are HERE *Updated with corrections 12/13/2017*

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Final exam on December 14 at 9 AM, Workman 101

Practice final exam will be posted by December 4. Stay posted!

Start reading Chap 16 on waves! Last chapter for us, and only three more practical lecture periods (part of Nov 28, Nov 30, Dec 5, and wrap-up Dec 7).

Review for final is also on Dec 7.

No 121 lab or recitation meetings for week of November 20-22.

Deadline extended for Chapter 9 Homework to Tuesday, Oct 24 @ 4pm!

Click HERE for a practice midterm exam (pdf).

Answer key is HERE

Special office hours exam week: Wednesday 2-4 pm

Office hours are now set: Thur 2-3 pm, Fri 1-3 pm, Workman 309

Click HERE for instructions and links to setting up your ExpertTA account.

Click HERE to see Stephen Colbert's views on Physics (report on the Large Hadron Collider from 2011)

You can view/download pdf's for lectures in the following list:

• August 22, 2017 (Intro, course logistics, Chap 1) pdf file

• August 22, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• August 24, 2017 (Units, conversions, scale analysis, Chap 1) pdf file

• August 24, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• August 29, 2017 (Vectors, Chap 2) pdf file

• August 29, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• August 31, 2017 (More vectors, Chap 2) pdf file

• August 31, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• September 5, 2017 (1-D equations of motion, Chap 3) pdf file

• September 5, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• September 7, 2017 (Example problems, free fall, Chap 3) pdf file

• September 7, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• September 12, 2017 (2- and 3-D motion; Projectiles Chap 4) pdf file

• September 12, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• September 14, 2017 (Projectiles, uniform circular motion Chap 4) pdf file

• September 14, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• September 19, 2017 (Finish projectiles, start Newton's laws) pdf file

• September 19, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• September 21, 2017 (Examples from Chap 5 on Newton's laws) pdf file

• September 21, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• September 26, 2017 (Chap 6 applications of Newton's laws) pdf file

• September 26, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• September 28, 2017 (More Chap 6; Hooke's law, drag forces) pdf file

• September 28, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• October 3, 2017 (Chap 7; Work and kinetic energy) pdf file

• October 3, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• October 5, 2017 (Chap 7; More on work and kinetic energy) pdf file

• October 5, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• October 10, 2017 (Chap 8; Potential energy; conservation laws) pdf file

• October 10, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• October 17, 2017 (Chap 9; Impulse and momentum) pdf file

• October 17, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• October 24, 2017 (Chap 9; Impulse and momentum) pdf file

• October 24, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• October 26, 2017 (Chap 10; Rotation, moment of inertia, rotational energy) pdf file

• October 31, 2017 (Chap 10; Torque and Newton's 2^nd law) pdf file

• October 31, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• November 2, 2017 (Chap 11; Angular momentum) pdf file

• November 2, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• November 7, 2017 (Gravity: Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• November 9, 2017 (Gravity: Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• November 14, 2017 (Chap 15; Simple Harmonic Motion) pdf file

• November 14, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• November 16, 2017 (Chap 15; Oscillator examples; damping) pdf file

• November 16, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• November 21, 2017 (Chap 16; Traveling waves) pdf file

• November 21, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• November 28, 2017 (Chap 16; Wave energy; superposition) pdf file

• November 28, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• November 30, 2017 (Chap 16; Standing waves on a string) pdf file

• November 30, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• December 5, 2017 (Chap 16; Standing waves on a string) pdf file

• December 5, 2017 (Transcript from Smartboard) pdf file

• December 7, 2017 (Review) pdf file

• December 7, 2017 (End-of-Chapter equation summary (a)) pdf file

• December 7, 2017 (End-of-Chapter equation summary (b)) pdf file