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Fall 2012 Syllabus
Fall 2012 Physics 101: Basic Concepts of Physics
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Location: HW 511 Lecture Times: Tu and Fr: 2.10pm - 3.25pm
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Instructor: Georgina Olivares Office hours: Tu and Fr: 10.00am-11.00am |
Text: Conceptual Physics, 11th Edition, by Paul G. Hewitt (Pearson, Addison-Wesley, 2009); However note that 9th and 10th editions are also just fine.
Lectures posted on-line after the lecture.
Grading:
ü Attendance/Participation 10%
ü Laboratory 15%
ü Midterm Exams 40%
ü Final Exam 35%
Attendance/Participation: All the lectures incorporate a few multiple-choice questions based on the concepts we are learning. You will individually enter answers via a clicker, and a bar graph will be instantly generated for you to see how you all answered. Then, you will be asked to discuss with your neighbor, and convince them of your answer*! After a few minutes, you will all re-enter answers individually and we will all see what happens to the bar graph! Importantly, it is your participation that will give you course credit (10%) for this, NOT the correctness of your actual answers – individual answers are never correlated with individuals. Attendance will also be monitored via the clickers – you will enter the last 4 digits of your SSN at some point in the lecture.
Laboratory: Make sure you are registered for the lab, Physics 101 LB. You cannot receive credit for the class without taking the lab!!
Final Exam: cumulative, all multiple-choice.
- Note that this is a one-semester terminal physics course, and it does not fulfill the pre-med physics requirement.
(* based on idea of Eric Mazur, Harvard University, “Peer Instruction”)
Syllabus:
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Introduction/Newton’s First Law |
1, 2 |
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Linear Motion |
3 |
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Newton's Second Law |
4 |
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Newton’s Third Law |
5 |
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Momentum |
6 |
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Energy |
7 |
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Rotation |
8 |
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Gravity |
9 |
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The Atomic Nature of Matter |
11 |
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Liquids |
13 |
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Gases and Plasmas |
14 |
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Heat |
15 |
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Vibrations and Waves |
19 |
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Sound |
20 |
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Electrostatics |
22 |
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Electric current |
23 |
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Magnetism |
24 |
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Electromagnetic Induction |
25 |
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Properties of Light |
26 |
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Color |
27 |
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Reflection and Refraction |
28 |
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Light waves |
29 |
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Light emission |
30 |
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Light Quanta |
31 |
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The Atom and the Quantum |
32 |
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The Atomic Nucleus and Radioactivity |
33 |
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