Home page for General Physics 121-02
Fall 2009
Here is a copy of the course syllabus
Office Hours: Thursdays 10:30-12:00, Fridays 1:00-2:30, Workman 309.
Breaking News: Revised office hours for the week of Nov 2-6: Wed 12:30-2, Fri 10:30-12.
Exam #2 on Monday, Nov 9. Topics in Chapters 6, 7, 9, 10, and 11.
Click here for the practice exam
Click here to see Stephen Colbert's report on the Large Hadron Collider (select "Big Bang Theory" video)
You can view/download pdf's for lectures in the following list:
August 26, 2009 (Intro, course logistics) pdf file
August 28, 2009 (Chap 2: 1-D kinematics) pdf file
August 31, 2009 (Chap 2: 1-D kinematics) pdf file
Sept 2, 2009 (Chap 2: examples of motion with constant acceleration) pdf file
Sept 4, 2009 (Chap 3: vectors and 2-D motion) pdf file
Sept 9, 2009 (Chap 3: examples of 2-D motion with constant acceleration) pdf file
Sept 11, 2009 (Chap 4: Forces and motion) pdf file
No class meeting Sept. 14
Sept 21, 2009 (Chap 5: Applying Newton's Laws) pdf file
Sept 23, 2009 (Chap 5: Applying Newton's Laws) pdf file
Sept 25, 2009 (Chap 5: Applying Newton's Laws) pdf file
Sept 28, 2009 (Chap 6: Work and Energy) pdf file
Sept 30, 2009 (Chap 6: Work and Energy) pdf file
Oct 2, 2009 (Chap 6: Work and Energy) pdf file
Oct 7, 2009 (Chap 7: Potential Energy) pdf file
Oct 9, 2009 (Chap 7: Conservation of Energy) pdf file
Oct 12, 2009 (Chaps 7&9: Potential Energy Curves; Center of Mass) pdf file
Oct 14, 2009 (Chap 9: Momentum, Impulse, Collisions) pdf file
Oct 16, 2009 (Chap 9: Momentum, Impulse, Collisions) pdf file
Oct 19, 2009 (Chap 10: Rotation) pdf file
Oct 21, 2009 (Chap 10: Rotation) pdf file
Oct 26, 2009 (Chap 10 & 11: Rotation and Angular Momentum) pdf file
Oct 28, 2009 (Chap 11: Angular Momentum) pdf file
Oct 30, 2009 (Chap 11: More angular mo) pdf file
Nov 2, 2009 (Chap 8: Gravitation) pdf file
Nov 4, 2009 (Chap 8: Gravitational Potential Energy) pdf file
Nov 6, 2009 (Chap 8: Gravitational Potential Energy; Exam 2 review) pdf file