INTEGRATED COURSE BLOCK - Section 2

Daily Calendar for Math/Physics Tutorials, Fall 2007

Professors Rebecca Christianson and Sarah Spence Adams

Course Calendar - Updated Wednesday, 05-Dec-2007 4:34 PM

Check back often, as this calendar - and the associated assignments - are subject to change!

Day	Date	Topics Covered Today	Associated Reading	Homework Problems Due Today	Quiz Dates and Other Deadlines	APPROXIMATE Major Dates - TENTATIVE ONLY
W AM	5-Sep	Welcome to math/physics tutorials; group work on jumping and sequences	N/A	N/A
W PM		Group work, continued	N/A	N/A
W AM	12-Sep	More on sequences, difference equations, convergence, limits. Review of L'hopital.	Sequences - Stuart Ch 11.1 Derivative review - skim Stuart Ch 2 and Ch 3, in particular 3.2, 3.5 and 3.8 Fibonacci Forgeries	(Final draft) Stuart 11.1: #12, 54. Stuart 3.5: #30, 36. Stuart 3.8: #10. Reaction to Fib. Forg (1 paragraph - write a reaction to the article - what did you enjoy/learn?)
W PM	12-Sep	Calculus and mechanics, causality, basics of simulation, review of derivatives - product, quotient, and chain rules	WP 1,2	Physics HW1 due today was handed out on 9/5
W AM	19-Sep	Limit definition of deriv., Integration - by parts, trig substitution, etc. Studio motivation: inventory as continuous function of time, cumulative costs.	Stuart Ch 2 - Ch 7, Review as necessary.	Link to Math HW due today	Quiz-Math
W PM		Derivatives and Integrals, continued - fundamental theorems (Mean Value, Int. Value, Rolle's, etc.)	Review as necessary	(No physics HW due today)
W AM	26-Sep	Vectors-geometric interpretation of dot and cross products, unit vectors	Stewart e-book Ch 11	This math HW is not officially due - solutions will be available outside OC258 by Sept 21.
W PM		Vectors and 2D motion	WP 3,4	Physics HW2 due today was handed out in class on 9/12	Quiz - Physics
W AM	3-Oct	Vector-valued functions - sketching as parametric eqns, unit tangents, unit normals, position, vel, accel.	Stewart e-book Ch 11, 12	Link to Math HW due today	Quiz- Math
W PM		Force, motion, Newton's laws	WP 5,6	HW 3 Due today
W AM	10-Oct	More on vector-valued functions, cartesian and polar coordinates	Stewart e-book Ch 12 and Ch 10	Link to Math HW due today
W PM		Work, Energy, power	WP7,8	HW 4 Due today	Quiz - Physics
W AM	17-Oct	Conservation of energy, momentum; Systems of particles and collisions	WP 10,11	Combined Math/Physics Homework due today
W PM		Polar, spherical, and cylindrical coordinate systems, with particular focus on studio needs and physics needs; Physics intro to Rotational motion			Quiz-Math
W AM	24-Oct	Combined Math-Physics Test
W PM		Rotational Motion using polar coordinates, moments of inertia (application of cross product)	WP 12	No homework due today
W AM	31-Oct	DE's: you've seen them in ECS and studio - what exactly are these things? testing solutions, direction fields, solution curves, etc
W PM		Finish rotations, statics.	WP 13,14	Combined Math/Physics Homework due today	Quiz - Physics
W AM	7-Nov	DE's - tank project		Combined Math/Physics Homework due today	Quiz- Math
W PM		Equations of motion in rotatational/translational systems	WP 14
W AM	14-Nov	Series; Taylor: polynomials		Combined Math/Physics Homework due today
W PM		Harmonic Oscillator	WP 15		Quiz - Physics
W AM	21-Nov	Thanksgiving Break
W PM		No Class
W AM	28-Nov	Taylor series; exp(itheta)		Combined Math/Physics Homework due today
W PM		More Harmonic Oscillator: Damped and driven			Quiz-Physics (end of PM session)
W AM	5-Dec	Review of Math/Physics	Coures evals in class! Bring your laptops!	Last Combined Math/Physics Homework due today	Quiz-Math
W PM		Open Project Time
W AM	Dec 12	Open Review Time 9-11AM, regular classroom - Optional!	Come ask questions, work problems, etc.
Fri AM	Dec 14	8-11AM Combined Math/Physics Final AC 213	All HW redos due at 8am	Review Problems

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