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The table below provides information on the course's lecture (L) and exams (E) sessions. "YF" indicates readings from the textbook:

Young, Hugh D., and Roger A. Freedman. University Physics with Modern Physics. 11th ed. San Francisco, CA: Addison Wesley, July 25, 2003. ISBN: 9780805386844.

SES #	TOPICS	READINGS
L1	Hour One Introduction to TEAL Hour Two Pre-Test	Hour One YF 1.1-1.6
L2	Hour One Kinematics: One Dimensional Motion, Velocity and Acceleration	Hour One YF 2.1-2.6
L3	Hour One Experiment 1: Introducing Data Studio One Dimensional Motion, Velocity and Acceleration Hour Two Problem Solving Session 1: One Dimensional Motion	Hour One Experiment 1 Hour Two YF 2.4-2.6
L4	Hour One Kinematics: Two Dimensional Motion, Velocity and Acceleration Hour Two Experiment 2: Projectile Motion	Hour One YF 3.1-3.3 Hour Two Experiment 2
L5	Hour One Problem Solving Session 2: Projectile Motion	Hour One YF 3.3
L6	Hour One Force, Mass, and Newton's Laws of Motion Force Laws Hour Two Problem Solving Session 3: Applying Newton's Laws of Motion	Hour One YF 4.1-4.6, Experiment 3 Hour Two YF 1.8-1.11, 3.5
L7	Hour One Vectors in Physics Newton's First Law: Principle of Relativity, Relative Inertial Frames, Tension Hour Two Experiment 3: Modeling Forces	Hour One YF 5.1-5.3, 5.5
L8	Hour One Problem Solving Session 4: Newton's Laws of Motion Spring Forces, Tension	Hour One YF 5.1-5.3, 5.5
L9	Hour One Circular Motion Kinematics: Uniform Circular Motion Hour Two Problem Solving Session 5: Uniform Circular Motion	Hour One YF 3.4, 5.4 Hour Two YF 5.4
L10	Hour One Experiment 4: Circular Motion Hour Two Test Review	Hour One Experiment 4
E1	Quiz One: Fundamental Concepts; Kinematics; Newton's Laws
L11	Hour One Universal Law of Gravitation Circular Planetary Orbits Hour Two Problem Solving Session 5: Uniform Circular Motion, Universal Law of Gravitation Circular Planetary Orbits	YF 5.4, 12.1-12.2
L12	Hour One The Lever Principle: Static Equilibrium and Torque Hour Two Experiment 5a: Static Equilibrium	Hour One YF 11.1-11.3 Hour Two YF 11.3, Experiment 5
L13	Hour One Problem Solving Session 6: Static Equilibrium and Torque
L14	Hour One The Concept of Energy Work Experiment 5b: Friction Hour Two Problem Solving Session 7: Work and the Dot Product	YF 6.1-6.4
L15	Hour One Problem Solving Session 8: Work Done by Friction and other Dissipative Forces Motion with Dissipative Forces	Hour One YF 5.3, 6.1-6.4
L16	Hour One Potential Energy and Conservation of Mechanical Energy Hour Two Problem Solving Session 9: Potential Energy	YF 7.1-7.5
L17	Hour One Problem Solving Session 10: Energy Techniques Hour Two Experiment 6: Conservation of Energy	Hour One YF 7.1-7.5 Hour Two Experiment 6
L18	Hour One Problem Solving Session 11: Conservation of Energy: Restoring Forces and Harmonic Motion	Hour One YF 13.1-13.5
L19	Hour One Center of Mass, Momentum, Impulse and Newton's Second Law Hour Two Problem Solving Session 12: Center of Mass, Momentum, Impulse and Newton's Second Law	YF 8.1-8.5
L20	Test Review
E2	Quiz Two: Newton's Laws, Circular Motion, Static Equilibrium, and Conservation of Energy
L21	Hour One Conservation Laws: Momentum and Collision Theory Hour Two Problem Solving Session 13: Conservation of Momentum	YF 8.3-8.6
L22	Hour One Experiment 7: Collisions Hour Two Rigid Bodies Kinematics	Hour One Experiment 7 Hour Two YF 9.1-9.6
L23	Hour One Problem Solving Session 14: Moment of Inertia and Rotational Energy
L24	Hour One Torque, Rotational Dynamics Hour Two Problem Solving Session 15: Rotational Dynamics, Simple Harmonic Motion: Physical Pendulum
L25	Hour One Experiment 8: Physical Pendulum Hour Two Conservation Laws: Angular Momentum
L26	Hour One Problem Solving Session 16: Angular Momentum
L27	Hour One Experiment 9: Angular Momentum Hour Two Planetary Motion	Hour One Experiment 9 Hour Two Class Notes: Planetary Orbits: The Kepler Problem, Energy Diagrams YF 7.1, 7.5, 12.3-12.5
L28	Hour One Problem Solving Session 17: Rotation and Translation, Galactic Black Hole Hour Two Test Review	Hour One YF 10.3
E3	Quiz Three: Energy, Momentum, and Rotational Motion
L29	Hour One Kinetic Theory Hour Two Problem Solving Session 18: Ideal Gas Law	YF 18.1-18.6
L30	Hour One Archimedes Principle Hour Two Archimedes Principle, PRS Contest	Hour One YF 14.1-14.3
L31	Hour One First Law of Thermodynamics, Entropy, and Second Law of Thermodynamics Hour Two Problem Solving Session 19: Thermodynamics
L32	Hour One Temperature, Heat, and Heat Capacity Hour Two Experiment 10: Energy Transformations: Mechanical Equivalent of Heat	Hour One YF 18.4, 17.1-17.7 Hour Two Experiment 10
L33	Hour One Problem Solving Session 20: First and Second Thermodynamics
L34	Hour One Special Relativity: Space-Time, Causality and Simultaneity Hour Two Problem Solving Session 21: Special Relativity: Time Dilation and Length Contraction	Hour One YF 37.1-37.4, pp. 1403-1414
L35	Final Review
E4	Final Exam