PHYS-141 Cross listed:

141-71, MTWR, 3:10, 53-201
141-05, MTWR, 5:10, 53-202
141-16, MTWR, 6:10, 53-215

Office Hours: outside building 53 on the concrete square.
MTWR 4:00 - 5:00
MTWR: 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Wednesday: 2:30 - 3:00

Syllabus is in menu at left.
Our Text/Work book is free online, but I'll print it out chapter by chapter as we cover them. It's about a tenth the amount of most textbooks, so I expect everyone to read each section and write all over it before we address the topic in class.

Format: In-person flipped classroom
Past Classes: Winter 2022, 141 Fall 2021, 141, Winter 2021, public page: all class resources and past classes.
Pete Schwartz, Cal Poly Physics, About me, directory of all my classes,
- Email: pschwart@calpoly.edu,
- Office: Baker Science, 180-608
- Office Phone: 805-756-1220.
- Student Feedback Monday, Week 3

Course Schedule (keep checking for updates)
Week/Module	Topics	Assignments [Due Dates]
Week 0	Make sure you open the week (left column) to access the required reading and videos.	Introduce Yourself Discussion [R 9/21] Short Survey Day 1 [R 9/21] Videos, see "Week 0" link in left column
Week 1	Getting to know each other, and learning method Introduction to the four "lenses"	PS#1, Submit PS #1 [T 9/26], PS#1 Solutions Weekly Assmt#1 [W 9/26], Assmt#1_Solutions
Week 2	How to set up a problem, getting used to using lenses, first video project	Short Survey Day 5 [M 9/25] PS #2, Submit PS #2 [T 10/3] PS #2 Solutions [10/3] Assessment #2 [W 10/4], Assmt #2 solutions
Week 3	Vectors, Video Analysis, Springs, Potential Energy Graphs	Problem Set #3 submission website PS #3, Submit PS #3, PS#3 solutions [T 10/10] Assessment #3 [W 10/11], Asmt #3 solutions Video Project #1 new submission [Thurs 10/12], old submission link
Week 4	Vector Review, Changing Reference Frames, Elastic Collisions, Friction	Short Survey Day 13 [M 1/24] PS #4 [T 10/17], submit PS#4, PS#4 solutions Assessment #4 [W 10/18], Assmt #4 Solutions
Week 5	Four Lenses for Rotational Motion, Torque, Moment of Inertia, Statics, Empathy	Short Survey Day 17 [M 1/31] PS #5 [T 10/24], Submit PS#5, PS#5 Solutions Assessment #5 [W 10/25], Assmt #5 Solutions
Week 6	Angular Momentum, Gravity, Centripetal Acceleration, Loop the loop	PS #6 [10/31], Submit PS#6, PS#6 Solutions Assessment #6 [W 11/1] my comments, Solutions
Week 7	Satellites, Systems, Parallel Axis Theorem	PS #7 [T 11/7], PS#7_Submission, PS#7 Solutions Assessment #7 [W 11/8] Asmnt#7_Solutions
Week 8	Components, Second Video Project	Project #2 Proposal [T 11/14] PS #8 [T 11/14], PS #8_Submission, PS#8_Solutions Assessment #8 [W 11/15], Assmt #8 Solutions
Week 9	Angular Momentum, Precession	Empathy Self Intervention [M 11/27] PS #9 [T 11/28], PS#9 submission, PS#9 Solutions Assmnt #9 [W 3/2] Assmt#9 solutions *Video Project #2 [Sat 1/12) optional]**
Week 10	Trig, Kinematic Formulas, Review	PS #10 [T 12/5] ps#10 submission, PS#10 Solutions Weekly Assessment #10 [W 12/6], Assessment #10 Solutions Anonymous Course Evaluation [F 12/8] Farewell Forum [F 12/8]
Finals	Celebration of Learning	Problem Set #11 [M 12/11] not to be handed in. Solutions posted 12/7 Final Exam: Tuesday 7:10 PM in the PAC building, 006-124. About the Final Exam I will answer student questions about the final exam in this document, and continue to update it with additional questions.

As I try to improve the class, I am keeping Notes to Self