LB 273 Calendar, Fall 2012

This is the course schedule for LB 273 (Lyman Briggs Calculus-Based Physics I), as taught by Professor O'Shea, Professor Kortemeyer, and J.T. Laverty in the Fall 2012 semester. Please note that this schedule is a guideline only, and may change somewhat during the course of the semester. The only exception to this are exam dates, which are fixed. All exams (including final exam sessions) are in C-106 Holmes Hall.

All assignments are due by 11:59 p.m. of the day that they are listed. Please note that homework is always due on Friday and reading assignments are due at different times of the week!

Links: Course syllabus (pdf), Course grading document (pdf), Course pack (pdf), Grade calculator

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Day Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 Aug. 30 Aug. 31 Sept. 1 Sept. 2
Type Lecture Lecture
Topic Course Intro/Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Deadlines Reading questions:
Chapter 1
Homework: Syllabus quiz
Event Treat today as a Monday!
First day of lecture
Monday hands-on sessions today
No hands-on sessions today
Hands-on Concept inventories (Monday students only - Tues-Thurs students go next week)
 
 
Day Sept. 3 Sept. 4 Sept. 5 Sept. 6 Sept. 7 Sept. 8 Sept. 9
Type Labor Day -
No Classes
Lecture Lecture
Topic Chapter 1 Chapter 2
Deadlines Reading questions:
Chapter 2
Homework: Chapter 1
Event Labor Day -
No Classes
Help room starts today
(in W-40 Holmes)
Hands-on Concept inventories (Tues-Thurs only - Monday students should have gone the previous week)
 
 
Day Sept. 10 Sept. 11 Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept. 14 Sept. 15 Sept. 16
Type Lecture Lecture Lecture
Topic Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 3
Deadlines Reading questions:
Chapter 3
Reading questions:
Chapter 4
Event
Hands-on Lab: Familiarization
 
 
Day Sept. 17 Sept. 18 Sept. 19 Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Sept. 22 Sept. 23
Type Lecture Lecture Lecture
Topic Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Chapter 5
Deadlines Reading questions:
Chapter 5
Homework: Chapters 2, 3
Event
Hands-on Lab: Statistical analysis of data
 
 
Day Sept. 24 Sept. 25 Sept. 26 Sept. 27 Sept. 28 Sept. 29 Sept. 30
Type Lecture Lecture Lecture
Topic Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 6
Deadlines Reading questions:
Chapter 6
Homework: Chapters 4,5
Event
Hands-on Lab: Newton's second law
 
 
Day Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 7
Type Exam 1 Lecture Lecture
Topic Chapters 1-4 Chapter 7 Chapter 7
Deadlines Reading questions:
Chapter 7
Homework: Chapter 6 Reading questions:
Chapter 8
Event Exam 1
Hands-on Lab: Cart acceleration
 
 
Day Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 10 Oct. 11 Oct. 12 Oct. 13 Oct. 14
Type Lecture Lecture Lecture
Topic Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Chapter 8
Deadlines Homework: Chapter 7 Reading questions:
Chapter 9
Event
Hands-on Lab: Air resistance
 
 
Day Oct. 15 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 18 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 21
Type Lecture Lecture Lecture
Topic Chapter 9 Chapter 9/10 Chapter 10
Deadlines Reading questions:
Chapter 10
Homework: Chapters 8,9 Reading questions:
Chapter 11
Event Middle of semester - last day to drop classes
Hands-on Lab: Bouncing ball
 
 
Day Oct. 22 Oct. 23 Oct. 24 Oct. 25 Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Oct. 28
Type Lecture Lecture Lecture
Topic Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 12
Deadlines Reading questions:
Chapter 12
Homework: Chapter 10
Event
Hands-on Lab: Moment of Inertia
 
 
Day Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 Nov. 2 Nov. 3 Nov. 4
Type Exam 2 Lecture Lecture
Topic Chapters 5-10 Chapter 13 Chapter 13
Deadlines Reading questions:
Chapter 13
Homework: Chapter 11, 12 Reading questions:
Chapter 14
Event Exam 2
Hands-on Lab: Collisions
 
 
Day Nov. 5 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 8 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 Nov. 11
Type Lecture Lecture Lecture
Topic Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 15
Deadlines Reading questions:
Chapter 15
Homework: Chapters 13, 14 Reading questions:
Chapter 16
Event
Hands-on Lab: Springs
 
 
Day Nov. 12 Nov. 13 Nov. 14 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 18
Type Lecture Lecture Lecture
Topic Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Chapter 16
Deadlines Homework: Chapter 15
Event
Hands-on Lab: Vibrating string
 
 
Day Nov. 19 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Nov. 25
Type Exam 3 Lecture Thanksgiving Holiday Thanksgiving Holiday
Topic Chapters 11-15 Chapter 17
Deadlines Reading questions:
Chapter 17
Event Exam 3 Thanksgiving Holiday Thanksgiving Holiday
Hands-on No hands-on sessions this week - Thanksgiving holiday
 
 
Day Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 2
Type Lecture Lecture Lecture
Topic Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Chapter 18
Deadlines Reading questions:
Chapter 18
Homework: Chapter 16
Event
Hands-on Lab: Archimedes
 
 
Day Dec. 3 Dec. 4 Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 Dec. 9
Type Lecture Lecture Lecture
Topic Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Semester Review
Deadlines Homework: Chapters 17, 18
All contested grades due by 5:00 p.m.
Event Last day of class
Hands-on Concept inventory post-tests
Lab makeup sessions.
 
 
Day Dec. 10 Dec. 11 Dec. 12 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 15 Dec. 16
Type Final Exam
Topic Chapters 16-18,
Cumulative final
Deadlines
Event Final Exam
Session A
10 a.m. - noon
C-106 Holmes Hall
Hands-on No hands-on sessions this week - Final exams
 
 

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