Chapter 1: Measurements and units
Wednesday, Jan. 4: learn by heart letter, numerical value, and scientific notation' exponent of each prefix (T, G, M, k, m, mu, n, p); page 11, all.
Thursday, Jan. 5: learn the fundamental units of measure in S.I. (m, kg, s) and conversion factors from and to british units (in, lb); page 13, all.
Friday, Jan. 6: learn by heart definition and unit of measure for volume and density, and the formula connecting them; page 17, all.
Monday, Jan. 9: learn definition and unit of measure for mass and weight and their difference; page 20, all.
Tuesday, Jan. 10: pages 22-23, even.
Thursday, Jan. 12: pages 22-23, odd. Test in class.
Tuesday, Jan. 17: Worksheet II/1 given in class.
Thursday, Jan. 19: Worksheet II/2 given in class.
Friday, Jan. 20: Worksheet II/3 given in class. Test in class.
Chapter 2: Forces and motion.
Tuesday, Jan. 24: learn by heart the S.I. units of measure of speed, velocity and acceleration; page 27, all problems.
Thursday, Jan. 26: page 29, all problems.
Friday, Jan . 27: page 33, all problems; page 35, all problems.
Monday, Jan. 30: learn by heart the S.I. unit of measure of force and Newton's first law of motion; page 37, all problems.
Tuesday, Jan. 31: learn by heart Newton's second law of motion; page 39, all problems.
Thursday, Feb. 2: page 50, problems #s 1-5. Test in class.
Monday, Feb. 6: page 41, all.
Tuesday, Feb. 7: page 43, all.
Wednesday, Feb. 8: learn by heart Newton's third law of motion; page 45, all.
Thursday, Feb. 9: page 47, all.
Monday, Feb. 13: page 49, all; pages 50-51, 6-12, even.
Tuesday, Feb. 14: pages 50-51, 7, 9, 11. Test in class.
Chapter 3: Forces and pressure.
Thursday, Feb. 16: learn by heart the definition of Torque (a.k.a. Moment of Force) and its S.I. unit of measure, the principle of moments, and the conditions for equilibrium; page 55, all problems.
Friday, Feb. 17: learn by heart the definition of center of mass (a.k.a. center of gravity) and the different states of equilibrium (names and definition); page 57, all problems.
Wednesday, Feb. 22: page 59, all problems; learn by heart the definition of elastic material, plastic material, load and extension referred to springs, limit of proportionality, elastic limit.
Thursday, Feb. 23: learn by heart Hooke's Law and the meaning of spring constant, compressing, bending, stretching; page 61, all problems.
Friday, Feb. 24: learn by heart the definition of Pressure, its S.I. unit of measure, its formula; page 63, all problems.
Monday, Feb. 27: page 74, problems 1, 2, 4, 5, 6. Test in class.
Wednesday, Feb. 29: learn by heart the properties of pressure in liquids, the formula connecting density and weight, the formula for calculating pressure in a liquid; page 65, all.
Thursday, Mar. 1: page 67, all.
Friday, Mar. 2: learn by heart the properties of pressure from the air, units of measure of atmospheric pressure, the definition of altimeter and nanometer; page 69, all.
Monday, Mar. 5: learn by heart the properties of the relationship between the pressure and volume, Boyle's law, the ideal gas; page 71, all.
Tuesday, Mar. 6: page 73, all.
Wednesday, Mar. 7: pages 74-75, #s 3, 9, 10.
Thursday, Mar. 8: Test in class covering the whole chapter 3.
Chapter 4: Forces and energy.
Monday, Mar. 26: learn by heart the definitions and the unit of measure of work and energy, the different forms of energy at page 79, the formula connecting work and energy. Page 79, all.
Tuesday, Mar. 27: learn by heart the law of conservation of energy, the concepts of wasted energy, transformed energy, and work done, page 81, all. Test in class on first 3 chapters.
Thursday, Mar. 29: learn by heart the definition of gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy, and their relation; page 83, all.
Friday, Mar. 30: learn by heart the definition of efficiency and power and their units of measure; page 85, all.
Monday, April 2: page 94, problems 1-3, 5, 6.
Tuesday, April 3: Test in class.
Wednesday, April 4: bring to class a set of completed index cards, one for each of the topics, words and formulas that you have been asked to learn by heart from the beginning of the year until now.
Chapter 5: Thermal effects.
Thursday, Apr. 5: learn by heart (with the help of index cards), the properties of solids, liquids, and gases, the definition, of brownian motion, internal energy, heat and thermal energy; page 99, all problems.
Tuesday, Apr. 10: learn by heart the definition of temperature, temperature scale, thermometer, the way of moving from Celsius to Fahrenheit and Kelvin, and vice- versa; page 101, all problems.
Wednesday, Apr. 11: learn by heart the pressure law and Charles's law; page 107, all problems.
Thursday, Apr. 12: learn by heart the definition of thermal conduction, convection, and thermal radiation, evaporation, refrigeration and condensation.
Friday, Apr. 13: learn by heart the definition of specific heat capacity and thermal capacity; page 117, all problems.
Tuesday, Apr. 17: learn by heart the definition of latent heat; page 119, all problems.
Wednesday, Apr. 18: pages 120-121, even problems.
Thursday, Apr. 19: pages 120-121, odd problems.
The first day in which we will have class, whenever that could be: bring to class your index cards for the chapter. Test in class.
Chapter 6: Waves, sounds and vibrations
Thursday, Apr. 26: learn by heart (with the help of index cards), the definition of wave, oscillation, transverse wave, longitudinal wave, and the properties of wavs (speed, frequency, period, wavelength, amplitude), Hertz, the wave equation.
Friday, Apr. 27: page 125, all problems.
Monday, Apr. 30: learn by heart the wave effects (reflection, refraction and diffraction); page 127, all problems.
Tuesday, May 1: learn by heart the nature of sound waves; page 129, all problems.
Wednesday, May 2: learn by heart the properties of speed of sound, the nature of echoes; page 131, all problems.
Thursday, May 3: learn by heart the characteristics of sound waves and the wave equation.
Friday, May, 4: page 133, all problems.
Monday, May 7: page 136; problems #1-4.
Tuesday, May 8: no class.
Wednesday, May 9:
pages 136-137, problems 5-8.
Thursday, May 10:
Worksheet given in class.
Friday, May 11: bring to class your index cards for the chapter. Test in class.
Monday, May 14 - Friday, May 18: Final Review.
Thursday, May 24: Final! :( Thank you for flying with us.
Thursday, September 6: back to school! :)