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Autumn 2009 - Physics 4A - Chabot College -Tentative Course Calendar

Scott Hildreth - Chabot College


 Week
Dates
Giancoli 4th ed. Reading & Key Topics
Labs
 1
 8/17 - 21
Chapter 1: Measurement & Estimation

 2
8/24 - 28
Chapter 2: One-Dimensional Kinematics
 3
8/31 - 9/4
 


Chapter 3: Two-Dimensional Motion & Vectors

(check out the Stomp Rocket Pics...)
4
9/7 - 11
Monday 9/7 Holiday

 

Chapter 3: 2-D motion (continued)

 

Lab 4: Projectile Motion

 5
9/14 - 18
Chapter 4: Newton's Laws
Lab 5: Projectile Motion Challenge
 6
9/21 - 25
Exam Review - Chapters 1-4.
 
Exam in Class on Friday 9/25
 7
9/28 - 10/2 Chapter 5: Using Newton's Laws - Friction
 8
10/5 - 10/9
Chapter  5/Chapter 6: Gravitation

Ranking Task #4
Lab 7: Minilabs

Friction I, Friction II, Air Resistance

 Week
Dates
 
Labs
 9
10/12 - 16
Chapter 6: Gravitation

 10

10/19 - 23
Chapter 7: Work

No Class Friday!
(Work on Research Papers!)

11
10/26 - 10/30
Chapter 8: Conservation of Energy
Ranking Task #5
Work & Energy Lab
Research Paper Topic Due!
 
12
11/2 - 6
Exam Review on Chapters 5-8
Exam in class on Friday
11/6
 
13
11/9 - 11
Chapter 9: Momentum

Friday 11/13 - Veteran's Day Holiday

14
11/16 - 20
Chapter 9 Momentum
 15
11/23
Chapter 10 Rotation

Thanksgiving Holidays 11/26-28

 
 16
11/30 - 12/4
Chapter 10 Rotation/ Chapter 11: Angular Momentum

Student Research Paper presentations on Friday 12/4
17
12/7 - 12/11
Chapter 12: Statics

Student Research Paper presentations on Friday 12/11

 18
12/14

 Monday 12/14
10 AM - 11:50 AM

Final Exam
Comprehensive, with more material on later chapters 9 - 12

Note that changes to this calendar are expected based on progress and professor's discretion.


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SH - 11/10/09