General Physics Activity Schedule

PHY 161: General Physics I
Students will use computer-based sensors and probes to learn the fundamental phenomena, principles, and laws of physics. They will investigate Newtonian mechanics, rotational motion, thermodynamics, simple harmonic oscillators and wave motion. Students will become aware of physics in everything they do and see.
Three two-hour lab/lecture sessions or two three-hour lab/lecture sessions per week. A tutorial session is available and strongly recommended. 4 credit hours
Jamestown Cattaraugus fall Corequisite: MAT 160,
Eligibility: ENG 153; Reading: score of 40+.

Sessions: I , II , III , IV , V , VI , VII , VIII , IX , X , XI , XII , XIII , XIV , XV , XVI , XVII , XVIII , XIX , XX , XXI , XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX

Session Activity
I Introduction and Computing
II MacMotion Activities
III MacMotion Activities
ALPS Kits - motion diagrams
IV MacMotion Activities
ALPS Kits - problems
V MacMotion Activities
ALPS Kits
VI Reaction Time Investigation
Introduction to Vectors
VII ALPS Kits -- Vectors
Projectile Motion
VIII Acceleration due to gravity
Formal Lab Report
IX Projectile Motion Lab due at end of class
X Passive forces-investigation
XI Exam I Chap. 1-3
ALPS Kits on Forces
XII Force and Motion
ALPS Kits on Forces
XIII Problem Solving Session
Finish Force and Motion
XIV Uniform Circular Motion Lab
Informal Write-up
XV Law of Universal Gravitation
ALPS Kits
Cavendish Apparatus
Orbit of Mars
XVI Problem Solving with Kepler's Laws
Work and energy Investigations
XVII Energy stored in a spring
ALPS Kits on Work and Energy
Spring Constant Lab
XVIII: Exam II - Chap. 4 and 5
More ALPS on Energy
XIX Hot Wheels Lab due at end of class
XX Impulse-Momentum
Investigations
ALPS Kits
XXI Collisions - one and two dimensional
XXII Inelastic Collisions
Ballistic Pendulum Lab
XXIII Rotational Motion and Torque
Moment of Inertia of a disk lab
XXIV Rotational Kinetic Energy
Agular Momentum demos
ALPS Kits
XXV: Problem Solving - Chap. 8, 9
Static Equilibrium
ALPS Kits
XXVI: Exam III - Chap. 6, 7, 8
More Statics Problem
XXVII Young's Modulus
Formal Lab
XXVIII: Archimedes Principle
Density of fluids
XXIX: Problem Solving
XXX Exam IV - Chap. 9, 10
Lab Practicum
LAB NOTEBOOK DUE!!

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