DATE

 LECTURE

PRE- READING

 ASSIGNMENT Due in Lecture

 KEY CONCEPTS

Tuesday,

August 30, 2016

No Reading Assigned
Prior to First Lecture.

For all subsequent lectures,

Any Reading,
Writing or
Problem-Solving

Found in a Row
of this calendar

Is Due on the Date
found in that Same Row.

* * *

Introductory Reading
FROM First Lecture:

1. Physics Is About . . .

2. Train of Thought

No Problems Due for First Class

Thursday,

September 1, 2016

UNIT 1:

Constant Velocity Model

LAB 1:

Model for a Buggy

Check Web-site for any updates to HW,
procedures or the like.

Check The Date & Time.

Is it 7:30 pm, Wednesday, August 31 yet?

No?

Check Web-site again.

Follow any new instructions found there.

Repeat from Top.

Yes?
Stop checking web-site.

If possible, get some sleep.

If possible, wake up on a subway; collect data.

Tuesday,

September 6, 2016

First Things First:

A) DEFINITIONS,

DATA &

MENTAL MODELS

* * *

B) DEFINITION
for
'MOVING'

(e.g., 'Are you MOVING?'):

Galileo's
PRINCIPLE of RELATIVITY

('Forms i, ii, iii')

* * *

C) Some more specific
Definitions:

Point & Interval

Position & Instant

Scalar & Vector

Distance & Displacement

Average Speed &Average Velocity

1) COMPLETE and SUBMIT:

Train of Thought

2)

a ) READ:

Chapter 1,

AND STILL IT MOVES.

The Link for
And Still It Moves is found in part (d), below.

b) To complete this reading and a large number of other course assignments,
you MUST have ongoing access to an
e-Book READER.
(You need to install a reading 'App', such as Kindle or Nook or iBooks, etc., on a device you use for school
(laptop, phone, tablet, whatever preferred).

If you are already comfortable with e-Books and readers, then please continue to use whatever software you prefer and skip to part (d).

(c) If you are not familiar with
e-book format, then please try the link below. It is just one example, but it works on just about any device (Windows or Apple) and is a solid place to start. Download accordingly and play around until you are somewhat familiar with its basic functions.
It is almost always possible to find and download some free e-books for this purpose.

DOWNLOAD
help with

GOOGLE READER

HERE.

(d)

DOWNLOAD

AND STILL
IT MOVES

HERE:

Galileo's Principle of Relativity

 Form #1: The laws of physics hold in all unaccelerated reference frames*. p align="center"> Form #2: No experiment can measure the speed or direction of a solitary object; the motion of an object cannot be measured in comparison only to space itself.

Form #3: Speed and direction are relations, not properties; the motion of one object is not meaningful without comparison to another object.

*A reference frame is a perspective. More precisely, a reference frame is a coordinate system defined in relation to an observer and which moves with the motion of the observer.

Distance: how far?

Displacement: how far & what direction?

Speed: how fast?

Velocity: how fast & what direction?

Thursday,

September 8, 2016

UNIT 2:

Constant Acceleration Model

LAB 2:

The Marble and the Inclined Plane

Don't memorize
the above;
know
the above
because you understand the above.

Tuesday,

September 13

Mental Models


1) For the Universe

(Meet Ptolemy and Galileo),

2) For the Train of Thought

(4 Videos for 4 Frames of Reference)

Read Chapter 1,

ASIM

A Mental MODEL consists of:

1) an imagined representation

2) of some phenomenon or structure in space and time

3) which aids understanding by pursuing simplification; a mental model deliberately omits elements that are deemed 'true' yet 'inessential'.

4) which may be built or expressed
partly through verbal language (words),
but which cannot rely exclusively on words;
a representation of an aspect of space and time
which must, rather, include
some kind of visual element.

5) and which, moreover,
must somehow make reference to the temporal;
a mental model cannot be entirely static.

6) For a mental model to successfully serve its purpose,
its implications must seem sufficiently familiar
to account for the set of data faced in the present (or past) and yet be sufficiently unfamiliar to facilitate accurate predictions for the future.

Thursday,

September 15

Tuesday,

September 20

Observation & Inference,

Day 1 :

SUN

Read Chapter 2,

ASIM

A direct observation, in its purest form, entails external data (and/or stimuli) entering the body
via the five senses. It entails a physical interaction between a person and the world
(of space, time and things).
Once the raw experience is considered in relation to other experiences or thoughts,
we have crossed into the realm of inference.

'The sun is hot' may well be an observation (ow!),
while "the sun is large' seems inescapably to require some level of inference
(seems to fit a quarter in my field of vision).

Thursday,

September 22

LAB 4:

Motion Detectors

Tuesday,

September 27

Observation & Inference,

Days 2 & 3:

MOON &STARS

Read Chapter 3,

ASIM

REGARDING CHAP. 3,
Complete and Submit:

4-Column
'IO IO' Table:

1. Observations (Familar)
2. Observations (New)
3. Inferences (Familar)
4. Inferences (New)

Two fundamental types of inference are:

Induction

and

Deduction...

Behold the 2 x 2
Epistemological Matrix

Thursday,

September 29

UNIT 3:

Free-Fall Model

LAB 5:

Acceleration due to Gravity

A quantity can CHANGE
in an UNCHANGING way:

Free-fall near the surface of Earth
provides a reliable, vivid and familiar approximation for
constant acceleration.

Tuesday,

October 4

Thursday,

October 6

jJay Classes Follow
MONDAY Schedule
(No Physics 101)

Tuesday,

October 11

Practice Many Problems

Thursday,

October 13

in-class review and prep (!)

for midterm exam #1 (!!)

(!!!)

Complete

But Do Not Submit

DRAFT of:
PRACTICE EXAM

COMMAND

of the practice exam

is certainly

NECESSARY

(for success on the real exam),

but, surprisingly, it can even prove

SUFFICIENT

IFF

your COMMAND

is suFFIciently

STRONG.

(Precise details and definitions

for how to study

provided in review class.)

in-class review and prep (!)

for midterm exam #1 (!!)

(!!!)

FINAL VERSION of:
PRACTICE EXAM!

Complete

But Do Not Submit

FINAL VERSION of:
PRACTICE EXAM!

(Once you see a link for the above,
that means:
NO MORE EDITS &
YOUR ACTUAL EXAM WILL BE VERY SIMILAR)

Tuesday,

October 18

FINAL VERSION of:
PRACTICE EXAM!

midterm exam #1 (of 2) !

Definitions

Data

Analysis

Observations

Inference

Models

Displacement

Velocity

Acceleration

Coordinate Systems

Reference Frames

Complete and Conquer

the PRACTICE EXAM

x 3

Thursday,

October 20

UNIT 4:

2-Dimensional Model

LAB 6:

Projectile Motion

Any 2-dimensional phenomenon

or problem

or experiment (etc.)

is really

2 (TWO)

1-dimensional phenomena

(or problems or experiments, etc.)

occurring

simultaneously

yet

independently.

Tuesday,

October 25

The Universal Law of the Excluded Middle;

The Synthetic A Priori;

Ramble Twins Crab Liverish...

Day 4:

VENUS

Galileo's Principle of Relativity

 Form #4:

Thursday,

October 27

UNIT 5:

Force Model (Newton's Laws)

LAB 7:

Mundane Interactions

Tuesday,

November 1

The Most Excellent Canopy

Read Chapter 5

ASIM

REGARDING CHAP. 5,
Complete and Submit:

4-Column
'IO IO' Table:

1. Observations (Familar)
2. Observations (New)
3. Inferences (Familar)
4. Inferences (New)

Galileo's Principle of Relativity

 Form #5:

Thursday,

November 3

LAB 7B:

2-D Kinematics

Complete

But Do Not Submit

PRACTICE EXAM

COMMAND

of the practice exam

is certainly

NECESSARY

(for success on the real exam),

but, surprisingly, it can even prove

SUFFICIENT

IFF

your COMMAND

is suFFIciently

STRONG.

(Precise details and definitions

for how to study

provided in review class.)

Tuesday,

November 8

Razors & Retrograde.

Day 5:

JUPITER

Definitions

Data

Analysis

Observations

Inference

Models

Displacement

Velocity

Acceleration

Coordinate Systems

Reference Frames

Complete and Conquer

the PRACTICE EXAM

x 3

Thursday,

November 10

in-class review and prep (!)

for midterm exam #2 (!!)

(!!!)

SOLUTIONS TO THAT
PRACTICE EXAM!

Tuesday,

November 15

midterm exam #2 (of 2) !

Read Chapter 6

ASIM

REGARDING CHAP. 6
Complete and Submit:

4-Column
'IO IO' Table:

1. Observations (Familar)
2. Observations (New)
3. Inferences (Familar)
4. Inferences (New)

Galileo's Principle of Relativity

 Form #6:

Thursday,

November 17

LAB 8:

Newton Simulation

Tuesday,

November 22

Loops. Choices.

Symmetry. Conservation. Paths.

Day 6:

PHASES of VENUS

Read Chapter 7

ASIM

REGARDING CHAP. 7,
Complete and Submit:

4-Column
'IO IO' Table:

1. Observations (Familar)
2. Observations (New)
3. Inferences (Familar)
4. Inferences (New)

Thursday,

November 24

No jJay Classes Held

Tuesday,

November 29

Day 7:

MOONS of JUPITER

Read Pages 1 - 14:

Dialogue Concerning the
Two Chief World Systems

REGARDING the 'DIALOGUE'
Complete and Submit:

4-Column
'IO IO' Table:

1. Observations (Familar)
2. Observations (New)
3. Inferences (Familar)
4. Inferences (New)

Thursday,

December 1

UNIT 6:

Conserved Energy Model

LAB 9:

Energy

and/or

UNIT 7:

Orbits

LAB 10:

Revolution

Tuesday,

December 6

Day 7.1:

Sagredo, Salviato, Simplicio

&

Eppur Si Muove

Galileo's Principle of Relativity

 Form #7:

Thursday,

December 8

Day 9.8:

So Great An Absurdity

GRAVITATION . . . &

(!!!)

Complete

But Do Not Submit

PRACTICE EXAM

COMMAND

of the practice exam

is certainly

NECESSARY

(for success on the real exam),

but, surprisingly, it can even prove

SUFFICIENT

IFF

your COMMAND

is suFFIciently

STRONG.

(Precise details and definitions

for how to study

provided in review class.)

Tuesday,

December 20

2:30 pm
tuesday,
12/20 -->

final exam !

location: physics lab

03.65

see y'all in Physics 203!

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