Weekly homework

Each week, the written test is on the material assigned during the lectures of the preceding week. The current week is identified below by the pointer [-->] which advances each Friday afternoon. To prepare for this week's test, look above this pointer.

[  ] Before coming to class: high school math
  • PPLATO modules MATH 1.1, 1.3 through 1.6, as needed
  • WeBWorK online homework assignments 1.Introduction to WeBWorK and 2.Elementary Math Review.
[  ] Week 1. Introduction. Units, significant figures. Problem-solving strategy.
  • Textbook 1.1 through 1.4. All of the section-end problems.
  • PPLATO module MATH 1.2
  • WeBWorK online homework assignment 3.Math, Units, Significant Figures (will be finalized on Monday)
[  ] Week 2. Vectors. Components of motion. Velocity and acceleration.
  • Textbook 2.1-2.4, 3.2-3.3,3.5. All of the section-end problems.
  • PPLATO MATH 2.4: Introducing scalars and vectors
  • WeBWorK online homework Assignment 4.Vectors

  • You may find this to be a useful practice problem. Solve it both graphically and through the component method.

    You may use [Javascript] to help you with the problems of vector addition; report answers as (magnitude,direction) or (x-component,y-component) pairs, as appropriate.

[  ] Week 3. Kinematics in 1D. Uniform acceleration: free fall.
[  ] Week 4. Kinematics in 2D. Projectile motion.
[  ] Week 5. Newton's Laws. Relating forces and motion. Contact forces: normal, friction, tension
  • Textbook 4.1 through 4.6 (4.7 optional, but recommended); 5.1. All of the section-end problems.
  • PPLATO PHYS 2.3: Forces, subsections 1 through 4.
  • WeBWorK online homework Assignment 7.Newton's Laws
[  ] Week 6. Reading week
[  ] Week 7. Work and energy. Conservation of energy.
[  ] Week 8. Conservation of energy, cont'd. Power. Simple rotations.
[  ] Week 9. Dynamics of uniform rotation. Centripetal force. Gravity.
[  ] Week 10. Torque and equilibrium. N2L for rotations. Rotational work and energy.
[  ] Week 11. Momentum and impulse. Conservation of momentum. Collisions.
[  ] Week 12. Angular Momentum.
[-->] Week 13. Oscillations, waves, and sound.

All Textbook references are to College Physics, second edition, by Urone, Hinrichs, Dirks, and Sharma, published by OpenStax.