PSC 1121
Unit 1

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Updated: 5/6/2008

Week 1

Tues 5/6:  Review syllabus;
Chapter 1 (Science) and Appendix A (SI Units).
Handout on metric units and scientific notation plus Workbook.

Wed 5/7:  Handout journal information.
Review first day, answering questions about syllabus.
Chapter 2 (Newton's First Law).
Emphasis on motion graphs and net F = 0.

Thurs 5/8:  Chapter 3 (Newton's Second Law) and acceleration (Appendix B).

Fri 5/9:  Chapter 4 (Newton's Third Law).

Week 2

Mon 5/12:  Chapter 5 (Momentum) from unit 2.
First Journal Entry is Due.

Tues 5/13:  Chapter 6 (Work and Energy) from unit 2.

Wed 5/14:  Review questions;
Exam 1, Chapters 1-4.

Some related web sites for the material in this section:

• Applet illustrating linear motion.
• Flight of a Baseball Java applet I wrote.
• Some comments on WEIGHT.
• NASA's "Vomit Comet" used for zero-g (actually micro-g) research.

Contact me if you have any questions.