Physics 181 Fall 2025
Course Calendar

Course Calendar

Below, is our tentative course calendar. It is completed only up to the next exam. This allows some flexibility in our pace. Here, you will find the text reading assignments, pdf's of the class powerpoints, and copies of the whiteboard problem solutions that we did in class. A separate homework calendar is on the MasteringPhysics page. Please note: We reserve the right to make adjustments to this schedule as deemed necessary

August

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

24
Week 1
 		25
Course Overview
  • Reading: Online Syllabus, Appendix A
    1 Motion
  • Reading: 1.1-8
  • Whiteboard: 1-1, 2, 3
    		• 26 27
    2-1 1D Kinematics - General
  • Reading: 2.1-3
    Whiteboard: 2-1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    		• 28 29

    September

    Sunday

    Monday

    Tuesday

    Wednesday

    Thursday

    Friday

    8/31
    Week 2
         		1
    Labor Day
    No Class!
    		2
    SI Session:
    6-7pm 311 KRG         		3
    2-2 1D Kinematics - Constant Acceleration
  • Reading: 2.4-7
    Whiteboard: 2- 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    		• 4
    SI Session:
    6-7pm 311 KRG         		5
    7
    Week 3
    SI Session:
    1-2pm 311 KRG         		8
    3 Vectors
  • Reading: 3.1-4
    Whiteboard: 3-1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    		• 9
    SI Session:
    6-7pm 327 KRG         		10
    4-1 2D Kinematics & Projectile Motion
  • Reading: 4.1,2
    Whiteboard: 4-1, 2, 3, 4
    		• 11
    SI Session:
    6-7pm 327 KRG         		12
    14
    Week 4
    SI Session:
    6-7pm 327 KRG         		15
    4-2 Relative Motion & UCM
  • Reading: 4.3-5
    Whiteboard: 4-5, 6, 7, 8
    		• 16
    SI Session:
    6-7pm 327 KRG         		17
    5 & 6-1 Force & Dynamics 1
  • Reading: 5.1-7 & 6.1-3
    Whiteboard: 5-1, 2, 3, 4
    Whiteboard: 6-1, 2, 3
    		• 18
    SI Session:
    6-7pm 327 KRG         		19
    21
    Week 5
    SI Session:
    1-2pm 327 KRG         		22
    6-2 Dynamics 2
  • Reading: 6.4-6
    Whiteboard: 6-4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    		• 23
    SI Exam Session:
    6-8pm 327 KRG         		24
    Exam 1 (In Class)
  • (chap's 1-6)
    		• 25 26

    October

    Sunday

    Monday

    Tuesday

    Wednesday

    Thursday

    Friday

    9/28
    Week 6
         		9/29
    7 Newton's Third Law
  • Reading: 7.1-5
    Whiteboard: 7-2, 3, 4, 5

  • Video: NOVA: Newton's Dark Secrets
    Backup Link
    Instructions for Video & MP
    		• 9/30
    SI Session:
    6-7pm 327 KRG         		1
    8 Dynamics in a Plane and UCM
  • Reading 8.1-4
    Whiteboard: 8-1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    		• 2
    SI Session:
    6-7pm 327 KRG         		3
    5
    Week 7
    SI Session:
    1-2pm 327 KRG         		6
    9/10-1 Work & Energy - Part 1
  • Reading: 9.1-3
    Whiteboard: 9/10-1, 2, 3, 4
    		• 7
    SI Session:
    6-7pm 327 KRG         		8
    9/10-2 Work & Energy - Part 2
  • Reading: 9.4, 10.1-4
    Whiteboard: 9/10-5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    		• 9
    SI Session:
    6-7pm 327 KRG         		10
    Fall Break
    No Class!
    12
    Week 8
    SI Session:
    1-2pm 327 KRG         		13
    9/10-3 Work & Energy - Part 3
  • Reading: 9.5-6 & 10.5-8
    Whiteboard: 9/10-10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
    		• 14
    SI Session:
    6-7pm 327 KRG         		15
    11-1 Impulse & Momentum
  • Reading: 11.1-3
  • Whiteboard: 11-1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    		• 16
    SI Session:
    6-7pm 327 KRG         		17
    19
    Week 9
    SI Session:
    1-2pm 327 KRG         		20
    11-2 Conservation of Momentum
  • Reading: 11.4-6 -
    Whiteboard: 11-6, 7, 8, 9, 1D Perf. Elastic Coll
    		• 21
    SI Session:
    6-7pm 327 KRG         		22
    12-1 Rotational Motion - Part 1
  • Reading: 12.1,2,5,10
    Whiteboard: 12-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    		• 23
    SI Session:
    6-7pm 327 KRG         		24
    26
    Week 10
    SI Session:
    1-2pm 327 KRG         		27
    12-2 Rotational Motion - Part 2
  • Reading: 12.3,6,7,8
    Whiteboard: 12-7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    		• 28
    SI Session:
    6-7pm 327 KRG         		29
    12-3 Rotational Motion - Part 3
  • Reading: 12.9
    Whiteboard: 12-12, 13, 14, 15
    		• 30
    SI Practice Exam Session:
    6-8pm 327 KRG         		31

    November

    Sunday

    Monday

    Tuesday

    Wednesday

    Thursday

    Friday

    2
    Week 11
    SI Exam Review Session:
    1-3pm 327 KRG         		3
    Exam 2 (In Class)
  • (chap's 7-12)
    		• 4 5
    13 Newtonian Gravity
  • Reading 13.1-6
    Whiteboard: 13-1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    		• 6
    SI Session:
    6-7pm 327 KRG         		7
    9
    Week 12
         		10
    15 Simple Harmonic Motion
  • Reading: 15.1-8
    Whiteboard: 15-1, 2, 3 (see lec. slides), 4, 5, 6
    		• 11 12
    16 Travelling Waves
  • Reading 16.1-3,5,7-9
    Whiteboard: 16-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    		• 13 14
    16
    Week 13
         		17
    17 Wave Superposition
  • Reading 17.1-8
    Whiteboard: 17- 1, 2, 3, 4
    		• 18 19
    Quantum Mechanics 1
  • Reading:
    Blackbody Radiation (37.1,2,8)
    Photoelectric Effect; (38.1,2,3)
    Hydrogen and Rutherford (37.6)
    Whiteboard: QM-1, 2, 3, 4
    		• 20 21
    23
    Week 14
         		24
    Quantum Mechanics 2
  • Reading:
    Bohr & his Atom (38.5,6,7)
    deBroglie & his Waves (38.4)
    Whiteboard: QM-5, 6
    		• 25 26
    Thanksgiving
    No Class!
    		 27 28
    Thanksgiving
    No Class!

    December

    Sunday

    Monday

    Tuesday

    Wednesday

    Thursday

    Friday

    11/30
    Week 15
         		1
    Quantum Mechanics 3
  • Reading:
    Psi (39.1,2,3,4)
    The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (39.6)
    The Schrodinger Equation (40.1-2)
    Whiteboard: QM-10

  • Video: NOVA: Brian Green's Quantum Leap
    Backup Link
    Instructions for Video & MP
    		• 2
    Practice Exam SI Session:
    6-7pm 319 KRG         		3
    Quantum Mechanics 4
  • Reading:
    The Infinite Square Well (40.3,4)
    The Finite Square Well (40.7)
    Quantum Tunnelling (40.10)
    Whiteboard: QM-13, 14, 15
    		• 4
    Regular SI Session: 6-8pm
    Sections A & B:327 KRG
    Section C: 224 KRG         		5
    7
    Finals
    Week
    Exam Review SI Session:
    1-3pm 327 KRG

    A comprehensive final exam will be given at the time and place scheduled by the registrar     		8 9 10 11 12
    Final Exam All Sections:
  • 12:45pm - 2:45pm
  • Location: 1000 FSB