Space, Time and Motion

PHY 151/201

Week 6 (Mar. 8 - 12)

04/03/21 13:00

Read: From Conic Sections to Projectile Motion (Chap. 11) by Wednesday and The Speed and Force of a Projectile (Chap. 12) by Friday.

Quiz: On Monday
Homework: Archery (Ex. 11.2a), Castaway physics (Ex. 12.1)
PHY 202: Archery (Ex. 11.2b)
Lab: Artillery (Ex. 11.4)

Chapter 11 & 12 (6 videos):

April 2021
March 2021
February 2021
January 2021

Course Text: Kuehn, K. (2014). A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts: Volume 2: Space, Time and Motion.

This page is designed to guide the student—week by week—through the above text by means of youtube videos and other supplementary materials. For more details, refer to the Course Syllabus

Kerry K. Kuehn, Ph.D., Professor of Physics, Office S133, kerry.kuehn[at]wlc.edu, (414) 443-8850. www.kerrykkuehn.com

Office Hours: MWF 12:45 - 2:15 p.m.
Personal meeting ID: 414 443 8850
Personal meeting URL: https://zoom.us/my/kerry.kuehn. Password: 4438850

PHY 151: General Physics 1 (Algebra-based) meets in F149 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. Meeting ID: 996 9499 6731. Password: 4438850

PHY 201: Physics 1 (Calculus-based) also meets in room S109 on Thursday from 11:30 - 12:15. Meeting ID: 932 2143 4396. Password: 4438850

Weekly Homework must be uploaded to MyWLC by noon on Saturday.

Weekly Quizzes are on Monday during the class period. You may not retake a missed quiz without a doctor's excuse.

Final Exam: Here is a copy of last year's final examination

Laboratory sections meet in Room S115 from 12:30 - 3:15 on Tuesday and Thursday (Dr. Kuehn) and Wednesday and Friday (Dr. Davis).

Uncertainty propagation notes

Example laboratory notebook (just in case you've never kept a laboratory notebook before)

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