PhysicsCalculus

6/22/2011
The machine! Except that I messed up filming the part where it seemed like it was not working...media type="file" key="oops.m4v" width="390" height="390"

5/27/2011
Rai and I have solved the two separate problems of (a) the final project presentations/calculations and (b) final exam scheduling conflicts by turning them both into one problem with one solution, viz. the final exam will be a take-home final with all problems based on the Rube Goldberg machine. This will mean there will be energy conservation, friction, collisions, rotational motion problems and possibly more depending on the Inniss-Van Horne components. We will iron out the exam by the end of next week, June 3rd and then you will have until Wednesday June 8th to complete the final and hand it in. You must work individually and not collaborate on the final exam.

5/18/2011
Continue thinking about [|arduino projects] and/or using [|Google Sketchup] to design and then fabricate 3D things. Read Chapter 15 in HRW, our last topic.

4/14/2011
Here's a bonus problem in honor of Sam:

Don't forget to email me your quiz score out of 29.
=== Here is the energy skate park simulation. There are a LOT of things you can vary here, so please explore them all for homework. Make sure to turn on the energy bar graphs and zoom in to make them nice and big. I want to hear what you did. === http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park

3/15/2011
I made all of the online Chapter 6 problems available in a set on webassign. This is not a required assignment, it is for your benefit to get to practice for the test. I would definitely pay attention to the conceptual problems and simulations. Also your goal is to be able to solve the complicated problems in terms of variables.

3/8/2011
Problem Set 3 is online. I may still add to it.

2/20/2011
Watch Frames of Reference here: http://www.archive.org/details/frames_of_reference Check WebAssign for the new assignment. The new assignment is LONG. I have given you until Friday after break to finish it, but DO NOT PUT IT OFF, or you will regret it. If you need to contact me for any reason, use my email address. It is much faster than posting comments here. Feel free to post comments for each other.

2/15/2011
Check out the new course calendar (also linked in the navigation sidebar). Now you can read ahead before each class.

2/11/2011
Please re-open the Problem Set file below, which now contains instructions about WebAssign.

**2/8/2011**
Problem Set 1 is due Wed 2/16 Get to know the moving man: []

**2/4/2011**
On Monday, I will hand out the first real problem set. Until then, do some problems in Ch 1: 5, 12, 19, 30, 38, 57.

**2/2/2011**
Welcome! Check back often. Problem sets will be posted here without fanfare. A syllabus and calendar are forthcoming.

For homework for Friday 2/4 a) please write a brief comment in the discussion tab to let me know that you found your way to this page. b) Finish the Maxwell reading and read Chs. 1 and 2 in HRW for Friday. Have questions ready. Here it is if you lost it:

MIT has put up wonderful lectures by Walter Lewin for the first-year physics course 8.01 (1999). I recommend them highly. __[|MIT Open Courseware: Physics] __