Physics 110 Spring 2023
Notes
Week #1
Sign up for Mastering Physics using the login ID on the syllabus.
Here's a set of instructions for accessing the online homework: MasteringPhysicsInstructions.
This is the formula sheet that will be used for the quizzes and exams.
There will be lab in the first week of class. Lab will start on Thursday, March 30, 2023.
Physics Help center runs every week on T/Th evenings from 7pm - 10pm in ISEC120.
Quiz #1 on will be on Friday, March 31, 2023 and will cover unit conversions and the definitions of motion.
Week #2
Lab #2 will be on Thursday, April 6, 2023.
Quiz #2 will be on Friday, April 7, 2023 and will cover motion in one-dimension with constant acceleration and vectors.
Vertical Motion Problems from class.
Projectile Motion problems from class.
Week #3
There will be no class on Monday, 4/10/23. The lecture (as a video) is posted on Nexus. The lecture does these Projectile Motion problems.
There will be lab on Thursday, April 13, 2023.
Quiz #3 will be on projectile motion and forces.
Week #4
There will be NO lab on Thursday, April 20, 2023.
Exam #1 will be on Friday, April 21, 2023 and will cover Chapters 1 - 5. There will be 3 problems and 4 free-response parts per problem on the exam. The exam will cover motion in 1 & 2D with constant acceleration, vectors, forces and motion in 1 & 2D, and circular moiton and forces.
Circular Motion problems.
Week #5
There will be no office hours on Monday, 2/24/23. I have jury duty at 10am. Depending on my jury duty schedule, I may have to change around my office hours. I will be updating them either Monday night or Tuesday.
There will be lab this week on Thursday, April 27, 2023
Quiz #4 will be on Friday, April 28, 2023 and will cover forces, work, and the work kinetic energy theorem.
UPDATE: It turns out that I got out of jury duty, so there will be no change in office hours.
Week #6
Conservation of Energy problems for class.
There will be lab on Thursday, May 4, 2023.
Quiz #5 will be on Friday, May 5, 2023 and will cover conservation of energy.
Week #7
Momentum Problems for class.
****UPDATE**** There will be NO lab on Thursday, 5/11/23.
There will be NO quiz on Thursday, 5/11/23.
There is no class this Friday, 5/12/23 for Steinmetz Day.
Week #8
There is physics help center on T/Th nights in ISEC 120. There are tutors there that will help with homework problems.
There will be no office hours on Wednesday, May 17. I will be leaving immediately after class to pick my daughter up from school.
There will be no lab on Thursday, May 18, 2023.
Exam #2 will be on Friday, May 19, 2023 and will cover Chapter 5 (sections 5.1 - 5.2), Chapter 6 (sections 6.1 - 6.9), Chapter 7 (sections 7.1 - 7.7), & Chapter 8 (sections 8.1 - 8.7). The format will be identical to exam #1.
Week #9
There will be lab on Thursday, May 25, 2023.
Quiz #6 will be on Friday, May 26, 2023 and will cover rotational and translational statics and fluids.
Rotational and translational statics problems for class.
Fluids problems for class.
Week #10
There will be lab on Thursday, June 1, 2023.
There will be no quiz on Friday, June 2, 2023.
I've posted blank copies of this years quizzes (on the quiz page) and exams (on the exams page) if you want to practice them for the final.
Fluids problems for class.
Final 2023 Exam Information:
Final Exam: Monday, June 5, 2023 from 8:30am - 10:30am in Wold 128
The final exam will have 5 problems worth 30 points each. The final exam will be out of 150 points total.
Each individual problem will have five (5) worked parts (@ 6 points each) for a total of 30 points per problem.
Topics on the final exam by problem. In each problem below the following topics will be covered.
1. Conservation of energy, collisions & conservation of momentum, forces, circular motion, motion in 2D and the equations of motion.
2. Conservation of energy, work, work-kinetic energy theorem, forces and changes in motion (accelerations), and circular motion .
3. Motion in 1D, the equations of motion for translation and rotation, forces and torques (dynamics).
4. Rotational and translational statics, conservation of energy, rotational and translational quantities of motion.
5. Fluids, fluids at rest, fluid flow, pressure, conservation of energy, motion in 1D & 2D and the equations of motion.