A VERY effective way to study physics is to do
the homework as the material is covered in class and then do additional problems
when you study for an exam.
See the table below for the latest updates on assigned homework problems.
Electronic links to the homework problems are below with the assignments.
Solutions for those assigned problems can also be found on the course website.
The problems and solutions are password-protected and are solely for the use of students in
Physics 131-01 and are not be shared with people outside this class.
The solutions, in particular, are not be downloaded, printed, or archived in any way.
Sharing, saving, or archiving these solutions are Honor code violations.
The sections labelled 'C' below refer to chapters in the text Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Knight. Items labeled with an 'L' refer to the laboratory manual Physics For Doing by Belk et al. The other labels refer to sections of the homework problems: K (kinematics), F (forces), E (energy), M (momentum), R (rotation), P (periodic), and Rel (relativity). The full contents can be found here.
If you have trouble with homework help is available from me during my office hours (see page 1 of this syllabus) and at other times when I'm available. The Physics Department is also arranging tutoring sessions. More on that as the schedule develops. The Academic Skills Center (http://asc.richmond.edu, 289-8626 or 289-8956) provides several services including tutoring. A list of their services is at the following address along with other information.
https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~ggilfoyl/genphys/links.html
| Date | Assignment | Date | Assignment | ||
| Aug | 24 | Read the syllabus; Read C1.1-1.4; Do K: 5,6,7,9; Do L1: 1→5. |
Oct | 19 | M: 6,16 |
| 26 | Read C1.5-1.8; Do K: 10,11,12; Do L1: 6→13; L2: 6,7,8,11; . |
21 | Test 2; M: 23,24,25 | ||
| 28 | Do K: 8,13,14,15,16; Do L3: 1→2; Read C2.1-2.8. | 23 | M: 14,20,22,26,27,29; Finish Lab 27. | ||
| 31 | Do K:19,20,21; L4: 1→9; lecture. | 26 | Read C: 12.1-12.2; M: 17,18,19,21,28 | ||
| Sep | 2 | Do K:22,23,24,25; L5: 8→24; submit remaining Summaries to Box with CamScanner. | 28 | R: 1,2,3,4,5 | |
| 4 | Do K:17,18,26,27; L6: 1→2; Upload Labs 1,2,3,4 summaries by Monday, Sep 7. | 30 | R: 6,8,9,36,37; Lab manuals due. | ||
| 7 | Read C3.1-3.4, C4.1-4.3; Do K:28,29,30,38,39,40. | Nov | 2 | Read C12.3-12.7; R: 7,10,11,14,15,16 | |
| 9 | Do K:31,41,42,43,44,45 | 4 | Read C12.9, C12.11; R: 13,17,18,19,20,21 | ||
| 11 | Read C4.4-4.6; Do K:46,47,48,49 | 6 | R: 22,24,25,27,29; finish lab 35. | ||
| 14 | Do K: 51,52; complete Activities 1-3 (inclusive) of Lab 11; Review Session on Tuesday (video). | 9 | Read C: 15.1-15.2; P: 1,2,3,4,5 | ||
| 16 | Test 1; Finish Lab 11; do K: 54; Lab manuals due on Monday. |
11 | Read C: 15.4-15.5; P: 6,7,8,9,10,11 | ||
| 18 |
Do Read C: 5.1-5.5; F: 7,8,9,10,11; Lab manuals due on Monday. |
13 | Read C: 15.3; P: 14,15,16,17,19,22 | ||
| 21 |
Read C: 5.6-5.7, 7.1-7.3; F: 12,13,14,16; Lab 12: 1→5; Lab manual due; Finish Lab 12. |
16 | Read C: 15.3, 15.5-15.6; P: 18,20,21,23,24,26 | ||
| 23 | Read C: 6.1-6.4; F: 15,17,18,19,20. | 18 | Read C: 36.1-36.2; Rel: 1,2; lecture. | ||
| 25 | Read C: 13.1-13.4; F: 21,22,23,24,26,33. | 20 | Test 3; Read C: 36.3-36.6; Finish Lab 40; Rel: 3,4,5 | ||
| 28 |
Read C: 8.1-8.4; finish Lab 20 for homework; F: 25,27,28,29,30,31 |
23 | Thanksgiving Break | ||
| 30 | F: 32,33,34,35,37 | 25 | Thanksgiving Break |
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| Oct | 2 |
F: 38,39,40,42,43,45; |
27 | Thanksgiving Break | |
| 5 |
Read C: 9.1-9.4, 10.1-10.3;
E: 1,2,3,4,5,6; Finish Lab 22. |
30 | Rel: 6,8,9,10,11 | ||
| 7 | Read C: 10.4-10.6; E: 7,8,9,10,11 | Dec | 2 | Rel: 12,13,14,15. | |
| 9 | E: 14,16,17,20,22,31,35, finish Lab 23 for HW. | 4 | Rel: 7,16,17,18,20,21. | ||
| 12 | E: 15,21,23,25,33,34 | ||||
| 14 | Finish lab 24 for HW; Read C: 11.1-11.4; M: 1,2,3,4,5 | ||||
| 16 | M: 7,8,9,10,11 |
