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Physics 211, "University Physics I", Spring 2021

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http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys211/phys211.html

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Outline for the course, class schedule, etc.

Grades in the course

If you want to read through my lectures from the old, lecture-based version of this course, then visit

You may also find it useful to look at my notes from an intensive version of University Physics I, which meets 4 days a week.

Workshops

The schedule below may shift a bit as the quarter progresses, though the test dates will NOT change.


Homework sets.

In order to use the on-line homework system, you need to know your login name and your initial password. Your "login name" should be the same as your last name, but spelled in lower case only; so Joe Smith should type smith. Your initial password should be the final 4 digits of your 9-digit RIT student ID number, so if your ID number is 123456789, the initial password would be 6789. Be sure to include any zeroes: if the final digits of your ID are "0035", then your password is 0035. You can change your password from the default after you log in for the first time.


Extra Credit Projects (each student may hand in up to 2 extra credit projects during the semester). Please submit your work by 5 PM on Wednesday, May 5.

  1. Human Reaction Times
  2. Indoor Exercise
  3. The Paris Gun
  4. Measure the Earth's Radius
  5. Coefficient of Static Friction
  6. Find the equilibria
  7. Bouncing balls
  8. A Solar Sail
  9. The Office Chair Radar Gun
  10. Moment of Inertia of the Human Body
  11. Verify Conservation of Angular Momentum
  12. The Pendulum
  13. Record a Wave
  14. Measure the Speed of Sound in Air


For more information

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