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 * Concepts || Notes || Homework problems ||
 * 1. Displacement, velocity, and acceleration || [|Pages 27, 31, and 36 of PSE] || [|Problems 1, 3, and 31 from Chapter 2 of PSE] ||
 * 2. Force, acceleration, and gravity || [|Pages 112, 117, 119 of PSE] || [|Problems 2 and 6 from Chapter 5 of PSE] ||
 * 3. Measuring frictional forces || [|Page 126, 127, and 134 of PSE] ||  ||
 * 4. Circular Motion || [|Page 93 of PSE] ||  ||
 * 5. Pendulums || [|Pages 468 and 469 of PSE] || [|Questions 10, 11, and 21 from Chapter 15 of PSE] ||
 * 6. Planetary gravity || [|Pages 391and 394 of PSE] ||  ||

Labs

1. [|Who's the fastest?] 2. [|MuShoe Friction Lab] 3. [|Pendulums?] 4. [|Magnetic pendulums?] 5. [|Merry-go-round, of death.]

Benchmark Project

Part 1: [|How big is the Earth]? Part 2: [|What is the acceleration due to gravity]? Part 3: [|How massive is the Earth]?

Calendar

Tuesday/Wednesday 8/9 February 2010 1. Introduction to the relationship between position, velocity, and acceleration. 2. Begin the [|Who's the fastest?] lab. 3. Homework: A. [|Problems 1, 3, and 31 from Chapter 2 of PSE] due the following class. B. Lab writeup due Tuesday/Wednesday.

Thursday/Friday 10/11 February 2010 1. Continue with [|Who's the fastest?] lab.

Monday 14 February 2010 1. Discussion of the lab analysis questions from the [|Who's the fastest?] lab.

Tuesday/Wednesday 15/16 February 2010 1. Introduction to the relationship between forces, acceleration, and force-body diagrams. 2. In class work on [|Problems 2 and 6 from Chapter 5 of PSE] 3. Introduce how to measure friction using gravity from [|Page 126, 127, and 134 of PSE]. 4. Introduce [|MuShoe Friction Lab].

Thursday/Friday 17/18 February 2010 1. Work on [|MuShoe Friction Lab]. 2. Writeup due in a week.

Tuesday/Wednesday 22/23 February 2010

Thursday/Friday 24/25 February

Monday 28 February 2010

Tuesday/Wednesday 1/2 March 2010 (Minimum days)

Thursday/Friday 3/4 March 2010

Monday 7 March 2010

Tuesday 8/9 March 2010

Thursday/Friday 10/11 March 2010

Monday 14 March 2010

Tuesday/Wednesday 15/16 March 2010

Thursday/Friday 17/18 March 2010

Monday 21 March 2010

Tuesday/Wednesday 22/23 March 2010

Thursday/Friday 24/25 March 2010

Monday 28 March 2010

Tuesday/Wednesday 29/30 March 2010 (Minimum days)

Thursday/Friday 31 March/1 April 2010