PHYS 2211 - Spring 2018
Lectures - TR 8-9:15 pm in H203
Breakout Sessions - TR 9:30-10:20 pm in H250 and TR 11:00 - 11:50 am Crawford 171
Office Hours - TR immediately following lectures and breakout sessions
Textbook - Serway and Jewett 9th Edition
Class Key for WebAssign - "kennesaw 0434 9296"
The syllabus for the class can be found here
SI sessions will be held - time and location are
- Mondays from 5-6 pm in D117
- Tuesday from 5-6 pm in D104
- Thursday from 10-11 am in D104
Society of Physics Students tutoring is in G 220 on the Marietta Campus
Tutoring times are
- Wednesay 4-6 pm
- Thursday 4-6 pm
- Friday from 2-4 pm
CLASS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jan 9 - Please read Chapter 1 for Thursday
Jan 11 - Please set up your WebAssign using the class key provided above
Once you have set up WebAssign please try the Mechanics Survey Pretest before Jan 18
Introduction to Physics and Measurement
Please read Chapter 2 for next week
Jan 16 - Suggested problems from Chapter 1: 9, 15, 17, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 47, 57, 59, 63, 69
Suggested problems from Chapter 2: 1, 3, 7, 21, 29, 31, 35, 53, 55, 57, 63, 73, 75
Practice Problem Set #1 - 2211 Problem Set 1 - With Solutions - Please read Chapter 3 for next week
Jan 23 - Suggested problems from Chapter 3: 1, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 23, 25, 33, 35, 39, 51
Please read Chapter 4 for Thursday
Practice Problem Set #2 - Problem Set 2 with solutions
Suggested problems from Chapter 4: 1, 9, 13, 23, 27, 33, 41, 45, 53, 67, 71, 75, 77
Homework #1 is due Tuesday, January 30 - Midterm #1 will be Tuesday February 20 covering chapters 4-8
Jan 25 Newton's Laws of Motion - Please read Chapter 5 for next week
Jan 30 - Homework #2 is due February 6
Suggested problems from Chapter 5: 3, 5, 11, 19, 23, 31, 37, 45, 47, 51, 61, 65, 81, 85, 93, 95
Practice Problem Set #3 - Problem Set 3 - With Solutions
Feb 1 - Video showing a measurement of the static coefficient of friction made by a former student
Video showing free fall from the edge of space and terminal velocity
Suggested problems from Chapter 6: 1, 9, 11, 19, 21, 23, 31, 35, 49, 55, 57, 59, 63
Please read Chapter 7 for next week
Feb 6 - Homework #3 is due Tuesday Feb 13 - Introduction to Energy (Chapter 7)
Practice Problem Set #4 - Problem Set 4 - With Solutions
Feb 8 - Suggested problems from Chapter 7: 5, 11, 15, 17, 21, 35, 43, 45, 47, 51, 63
Please read Chapter 8 for next week
Feb 13 - Suggested problems from Chapter 8: 5, 7, 23, 25, 29, 39, 47, 51, 63, 65, 73
Reminder - Midterm #1 is next Tuesday, Feb 20
Additional practice test problems: Practice Test - Practice Test Answers
Feb 16 - Major Review Solutions - Problem 1 - Problem 2 - Problem 3 - Problem 4 - Problem 5 - Problem 6 - Problem 7
Feb 20 - Midterm #1 at 2:00 pm - Please read Chapter 9 for Thursday Sep 28
Feb 22 - Video showing conservation of energy and momentum
Homework #4 is due Thursday March 8
Feb 27 - Practice Problem Set 5 - Momentum Conservation and Rotation
March 1 - Suggested problems from Chapter 9 - 13, 23, 27, 31, 37, 41, 43, 51, 53, 67, 71, 79, 89
Please read Chapter 10 for next week - Midterm #2 will be Tuesday, March 27 on Chapters 9, 10 and 11
March 8 - Link to Consent Form for Study on Active Learning
March 10 - Suggested problems from Chapter 10 - 5, 17, 19, 21, 27, 33, 45, 55, 57, 59, 61, 67, 73, 77
Homework #5 is due Tuesday March 15 - Please read chapter 11 for next week
March 20 - Suggested problems from Chapter 11 - 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 27, 33, 37, 39, 41, 55
Practice Problem Set 6 - Angular Momentum
Reminder - Homework #6 is due Tuesday, March 27
Reminder - Midterm #2 will be Tuesday, March 27
March 22 - Answers to Problem Sets on Momentum, Rotation and Angular Momentum
Practice Test #2 - Practice Test #2 with answers
March 27 - Midterm #2 and Homework #6 today - Please read Chapter 12 for Thursday
March 29 - Simple Machines
Suggested Problems from Chapter 12 - 5, 13, 31, 33, 37, 45, 49, 51
Please read Chapter 13 over Spring Break
April 9 - Practice Problem Set - Gravity and Oscillations
Midterm #3 will be Tuesday April 24 on Chapters 12, 13, 15 and 39
Homework #7 is Due Tuesday April 17
Homework #8 is Due Tuesday April 24 - same time as Midterm #3
Final Exam will be Thursday May 3 from 8-10 am - Final Bonus post-test due same time as Final
April 12 - Suggested Problems from Chapter 13 - 1, 11, 21, 27, 33, 61, 69
Oscillatory Motion - Chapter 15
April 17 - Suggested Problems from Chatper 15: 5, 9, 15, 19, 21, 29, 37, 41, 55, 59, 65, 67, 75 - Special Relativity
April 19 - Suggested Problems from Chapter 39: 15, 19, 25, 33, 43, 47, 49, 51, 55, 57, 61, 67, 77
Practice Test #3 with solutions
April 26 - Final Exam will be Thursday, May 3 from 8 am to 10 am - Final Exam will cover chapters 4-13, 15, 39
Mechanics post-test is now available on web-assign due the same time as the final exam
Today is the final class and final breakout sessions
Dec 4 - Final Review / Practice Exam with answers
SI Final Surveys - Section 1 - Section 3 - Section 5 - Section 7
