Fall Quarter, 2012

• Welcome to the Web page for PHY 299 - Recitation for PHY 131
• Course Description

  Physics 299 is a recitation course for Physics 131 and is designed to provide with more practice with and a deeper understanding of the concepts of Newtonion mechanics. The course is pass/fail, and the work consists of guided activities carried out during the hour of the class. However, to succeed in Physics 131, it may be necessary for you to 1) spend more time working on and reviewing the material from recitation, 2) spend additional time studying for Physics 131. Based on student learning assessments, Physics 131 has been shown to be one of the most difficult classes for many students, and you may have to spend 12-15 hours/week studying for that class.

• Course Information

  Instructor: Alex Rudolph
  Office: 8-220
  Phone #: 909-869-4180
  E-mail: alrudolph@csupomona.edu           
  Office Hours: MW 10:30-11:30.  Other hours can be made by appointment.

  Texts:  Tutorials in Introductory Physics by Lillian C. McDermott, Peter S. Shaffer and the Physics Education Group.

• Schedule
              The order of topics is tentative and subject to change

• Week	Date	Topic	Relevant sections of the text
  1	9/21/12	Description of course structure, representations of motion
  2	9/28/12	1-D motion	HRW, Ch. 2.6-2.9
  3	10/5/12	Forces	HRW, Ch. 5.2-5.5, 5.7
  4	10/12/12	Newton's 2nd & 3rd Laws	HRW, Ch. 5.6, 5.8
  5	10/19/12	Work and KE	HRW, Ch. 7.3-7.5
  6	10/26/12	Conservation of Energy	HRW, Ch. 8.5
  7	11/2/12	Conservation of Momentum	HRW, Ch. 9.4-9.7
  8	11/9/12	Rotation	HRW, Ch. 10.2-10.5, 10.8
  9	11/16/12	Conservation of Angular Momentum	HRW, Ch. 11.7-11.11
  	11/23/12	Thanksgiving Break-No class
  10	11/30/12	Review and final assessment

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