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Course
Description, Schedule of Topics
Instructor: N.V. Alexander (aka drn)
TEXTBOOK Paul Hewitt, Conceptual Physics, 10th
ED ( This Edition is crucial to your success because it has important Supplements! If you get
an earlier edition, make sure you photocopy the problems, as well as the
Supplements from the 10th ED. I will try to have the 10th ED + Supplements in
the library on reserve, but you should try to save a little money and buy the
book, which is a good investment.)
LECTURES Will generally follow the text. Try to scope the
assigned material before you come to class. Please ask questions in
class or during my office hours. Mistakes could be made on my
part. Thus, here are links for occasional lecture,
lab or quiz
corrections.
I'll be honest. This course
may get hectic. I strongly recommend you form study groups; explore the
wealth of resources I've tried to provide. Read on !
EMAIL Subscribe to the class
email list for updates, reminders, corrections, discussion of the course
material and more! Please fill in your own info in the boxes provided.
Details discussed later.
HOMEWORK Homework will be assigned from the text book and you will be given weekly multiple choice
quizzes based on these book
problems . Buy a package
of Scantrons. Problems
to do from the book
will be posted on this web site via the links provided in
the column on the left side of this page. For example see “Q1.” The "Practicing
Physics" paperback supplement to the course is mission critical. It has
the answers to the odd problems in the book ! It also has sample exams that
will help you pass my quizzes. It also has answers to the Practice Exercises
in the supplement. The quizzes will be multiple choice and based on assigned
problems from the book, as well as the Practice Exercises and the
sample exams in the Supplement. You must learn the material so you
can move to the next level !
EXAMS Tentative dates for three or more multiple choice
midterm exams (based on the quizzes) will be announced. You shouldn't collab.
with your friends during exams.
Please work independently; be original. Line for line, you should shine
on your own work. Don't worry. One or more pages of your own handwritten
notes aka cheat sheets are allowed. Please do not use pages xeroxed
from the book or downloaded from the quiz hints or solutions. (You may
use two or more pages during the final exam.) Do not bring scratch
paper to the exams. The only things you need are a pencil or pen, eraser, and your alert mind. Before the
test begins, please put all other things on the floor. Avoid
staying up all night crammin'; stay on top of it.. Get your rest, and
you will be blessed (for optimal performance). Any disputes on grading
must be resolved within one or two days after the exam is returned.
No make-up exams are allowed unless you can prove a state of
emergency with legal, medical documents. You must take the final exam on the date and time that
it is scheduled.
LABORATORY Laboratory
Room: 1708
Laboratory Schedule: The tentative dates of the lab experiments will be
given in class. All experiments assigned are required. If you do not
complete them all your total course grade will be dropped by one grade point
or more. Your lab report is generally due a week after the experiment at
the next lab session. Read the manual or handout before coming
to the lab. If you miss an experiment for unavoidable reasons, make
arrangements to make it up as soon as possible. Some lab reports will
require using the spreadsheet program Excel. See these links: L1, L2, and L3 for exercises on Excel. I will provide in-class
tutorials on using the software, if requested, and I have ordered a short
reference book on Excel that you may wish to buy. You may also get
access to Computer Science lab by talking to me. The computers in the
school library and Tutorials
Center are also
available.
GRADING POLICY Grades in the course will be based on a total
score consisting approximately of the following percentages: Laboratory: 18
Quizzes: 18 Midterm exams: 40 Final exam: 24 Letter grades:90-100
A; 80-89 = B; 63-79 = C; 50-62
= D
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TENTATIVE
COURSE OUTLINE
Physics 11----SUMMER 2009!
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Week
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Chapter
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Topic
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1
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2
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Newton's 1st Law of
motion
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1
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3
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Linear
motion
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1
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4
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Newton's 2nd Law of
motion
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2
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5
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Newton's 3rd Law of
motion
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2
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6
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Momentum
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2
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7
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Energy
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3
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8
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Circular
Motion
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3
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9
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Gravity
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3
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10
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Projectile
/Satellite Motion
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4
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13
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Fluids |
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4
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15
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Heat
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4
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16
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Heat
Transfer
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5
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17
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Phase
Changes
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5
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18
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Thermodynamics
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5
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19
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Vibrations/Waves
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6
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20, 22
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Electricity
and Magnetism
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6
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23, 24
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Electromagnetic
waves/Light
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7
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24- 26
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Quantum
Mechanics/nukes
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8
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30-32,
35
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Relativity
/ Review
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