NMT Classes

Class Information & Resources

Information on the final exam - The final exam will take place Friday August 7 in our usual classroom. The test will start at 9am, so you will have a full 2 1/2 hours to complete the test. You may bring a calculator and 3 notecards (I would suggest reusing your previous notecards and making a new one for chapters 13,14,16,17). Study your homework, past tests and practice tests and review problems. If you are one of the few people who have a conflict on Friday, the alternate test time is Thursday August 6 starting at 2pm. Come to my office a few minutes before 2pm. You may only take the test on Thursday if you have a demonstrated conflict with the Friday time.

Here are the questions for the first two tests if you need those for studying. Test 1, Test 2. As well as the answers to the final practice questions

Syllabus - Summer 2009 Phys121

New Class Forum! - register an account and then you can ask homework/lecture questions of me and your fellow students. http://phys121.forumer.com

If you need help, check my office or my lab (Workman 323 and 362 respectively). I also check email several times throughout the day, including at least once in the evening →  lschmidt@nmt.edu.

Class lectures are MTWRF from 10:00-11:30am in Workman room 113. Due to the compressed schedule of the summer semester we will be moving rather quickly through the material, so attendance is highly recommended.

If you are having trouble with physics, this may help - How to Study Physics

Rigchard Feynman was a Nobel prize winning physicist. Bill Gates recently purchased the rights to a series of lectures he did at Cornell University. They cover a lot of the same subject matter we are covering. I highly recommend watching these videos. Feynman was known for his engaging and insightful lectures. If you find yourself struggling with these concepts, these videos will help. "The Character of Physical Law" - Richard Feynman

Hyperphysics has a lot of good overviews of basic physics concepts. A good place to check for a quick review.

Fantastic Contraption is a good way to waste time.

Grading Scale

Test 2 results are in. Below is a histogram of the class scores. If you are in the lower half, you should think about what changes you need to make to improve for the final.

If you want to give input on the way the class operates, please take this short survey. It is anonymous.

Date Book Chapters Lab, Quiz & Tests Problem Assignments
Week 1
  6/16-6/19 		Ch. 1-3 Quiz #1:
Tuesday: NO LAB
Thursday: Lab 2 - Gravity & Vector Addition of Forces		 HW #1:
CH1 - 16,20,26,29,39,44
CH2 - 46,53,56,59,71
CH3 - 45,50,51,63,74
  DUE: 6/19
Week 2
  6/22-6/26
No class FRIDAY! 		Ch. 4 & 5 Quiz #2:
Tuesday: Lab 3 - Projectile Motion
Thursday: Lab 4a - Newton's Laws 		HW #2:
CH4 - 40,43,47,51,56,64
CH5 - 13,19,35,46,58,68

  DUE: 6/26
Week 3
  6/29-7/3
No class FRIDAY! 		Ch. 6 EXAM 1 on 7/2, Ch. 1-6
Review Problems
  Tuesday: Lab 4b - Newton's Laws
Thursday: NO LAB		 HW #3:
CH6 - 30,34,43,44,59,67,
Turn in to my Physics Office Mailbox!!!
  DUE: 7/2 (Thursday!)
Week 4
  7/6-7/10 		Ch. 7 & 8 Quiz #3:
Tuesday: Lab 6 - Collisions in 1-D & 2-D
Thursday: Lab 5 - Binary Stars 		HW #4:
CH7 - 20,23,25,26,27,35,56,59
CH8 - 19,20,29,39,40,48,67

  DUE: 7/10
Week 5
  7/13-7/17 		Ch. 9 & 10 Quiz #4:
Tuesday: Lab 10 - Gyroscopic Motion
Thursday: Lab 7 - Rolling without slipping 		HW #5:
CH9 - 17,19,21,36,47,53,60
CH10 - 19,32,37,49,50,64

  DUE: 7/17
Week 6
  7/20-7/24 		Ch. 11 EXAM 2 on 7/24, Ch. 7-11
Practice Test
Practice Test Answers
  Tuesday: Lab 8 - Angular Momentum
Thursday: NO LAB 		HW #6:
CH11 - 12,16,19,27,45,51

  DUE: 7/24
Week 7
  7/27-7/31 		Ch. 13,14,16 & 17 Quiz #5:
No class Thurs. July 30!
Tuesday: Lab 11 - Harmonic Oscillator
Thursday: Lab 12 - Wave Superposition & Propagation 		HW #7:
CH13 - 23,25,70
CH14 - 20,23,51
CH16 - 24,31,37
CH17 - 22,29,38

  DUE: 7/31
Week 8
  8/3-8/7 		Ch. 18 & 19 FINAL EXAM on 8/7, Cumulative
  Tuesday: NO LAB
Thursday: NO LAB 		HW #8:
Review for 13,14,16,17
can be turned in to replace a missed homework.
  DUE: 8/7

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