Introductory General Physics
(Physics 111N)
crn #
10127 (lecture) & 10128 (lab)
Professor: Dr. Charles E. Hyde-Wright
Office: Room
215 Physics/ Oceanography Building (OCNPS)
Research Lab:
Nuclear & Particle Physics Research Facility, 1041 W. 47th
St
Phone: 683-5853
Email: chyde
‘at’ odu.edu
Web Site: http://www.physics.odu.edu/~hyde/Teaching/Fall05/Phys111/Phys111-F05.htm
Office Hours: *
Monday 11:00 – 11:59 am in the Physics Learning Center (OCNPS 142)
*
By appointment (Monday, Tuesday
before class, Thursday evenings possible)
Texts: Physics,
Vol. 1 (2nd edition) by
James S. Walker (required)
Physics 111 & 231 Laboratory Manual 10th Edition (required)
WebAssign Student Packet (required)
Equipment: PRS ‘Clicker” (required)
Lectures: Room
100, Physics/ Oceanography Building (OCNPS)
Monday: 07:10 p.m. – 09:50 p.m.
Laboratory: Rm
138, Physics/ Oceanography Building
Tuesday: 07:00 p.m. – 09:00 p.m.
Course Grade:
|
Tests (two at 10% each) |
20% |
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Attendance and ‘Clicker’ Questions
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10% |
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Homework Assignments |
20% |
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Lab |
20% |
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Final Examination |
30% |
Note: You must receive a passing grade in the
laboratory in order to pass the course.
Final Exam: Room
100, Physics/Oceanography Building
Monday
December 12, 2005 7:00 – 10:00 pm
Two 75-minute tests will be given. The tentative dates (subject to change) for the tests are Oct.
3 and Nov. 14. Each test will be closed book. You will be allowed to use a calculator and your own formula sheet
on both sides of one piece of paper
(8-1/2” x 11”). You may write anything
you find useful on the formula sheet.
No cell phones, computers, or other devices in contact with the outside
are allowed in tests and exams.
If you have to miss a test, you must contact me as soon as
possible (i.e., before the test, if
possible). A grade of zero will be
assigned unless you have a very good
excuse for missing the test. If you do
have an acceptable excuse (including a doctor’s note in case of illness), your
grade for the missed test will be the grade you receive on the final
examination. Note that no make-up tests will be given.
Assignments will usually be available on Tuesday and due
Wednesday a week later. The homework
will consist of problems assigned from the text. The homework is to be submitted via the web using WebAssign
(see below).
Homework is not a test.
You are encouraged to work together on it and get help. However, you are responsible for
understanding the physics of each homework problem and the method of
solution. It is cheating to let other
people do your homework for you. You
are welcome to ask questions in class regarding the homework.
There
will be a multiple choice quizzes in each lecture session (except when we are
having an exam). These will be answered
with the Personal Response System (PRS) “Clicker”. You must purchase a clicker in the bookstore (you can use the
same clicker from another course). Make
sure you register your clicker number.
For each day, you will receive 2 points for attendance and up to an
additional point for correct answer(s) on the quizzes. The quizes will be on
the material of that days lecture. We
will first use the clickers on Sept 12.
You are advised to
consult the Undergraduate Catalog for information concerning university
policies relating to class attendance.
Attendance in the laboratory and lecture is mandatory. Attendance is required in lecture for
several reasons:
Physics is best learned
when you are exposed to the concepts several times, i.e., by reading the
book, attending lecture, doing the homework and doing the labs.
Material that is not in
the book may be presented in class.
There will be
demonstrations as part of the lecture (the results of which may show up on
tests).
There will be quizzes.
Test dates will be
announced in class.
Homework problems may be
discussed in class.
Test material may be
discussed in class (both before and after the test).
You
must be enrolled in the Tuesday evening laboratory section associated with this
course. The first laboratory session
will be held during the first week of
class (Aug 30). A permanent change from
one laboratory section to another requires that a drop-add form be processed
through the ODU registrar.
Attendance is required
in the laboratory part of this course. For
safety reasons, you must arrive on-time for each laboratory session. Late
students may be barred from the lab. Any student with more than one absence
in the laboratory will fail the laboratory and thus the course. If you know you will have to miss a lab, contact the instructor beforehand
. You may attend a different
laboratory session during the same week if you obtain permission from
the lab instructor in the session you would like to attend.
You must bring your laboratory manual with you to the
lab. It is very important that you
read the lab before you come to class and bring any other items that you will
need. Graph paper will not be
provided so you must bring that with you if the lab requires it. You must also bring a bound notebook in
which you will record data as well as write up your laboratory reports. The reports will be turned in for grading. The lab instructor will discuss the
appropriate format for the lab reports and the grading procedure. The lab report must be turned in to get
credit for attendance at the lab.
Your lab grade will be computed by dropping your lowest lab
report grade. If you miss one lab, that
will be the grade dropped.
Additional information
about lab policies may be found at: http://sci.odu.edu/physics/undergraduate/undergrad_labinfo.shtml
Recommended Laboratory Report Format
Cover Page including Experiment Number and Title, your Name, the names of your Lab Partners, Session Number or Time (see 1. above), your Instructor’s Name, the following statement "This Report meets the Honor Code Requirements of Old Dominion University", and finally your Signature.
Introduction presents a brief (1 paragraph) description of the experiment and its goals.
Experimental Setup: Provide a brief description (2 paragraphs) of the experimental setup, and how you acquired your data. This should be sufficient so that someone who is knowledgeable about the Pasco equipment can understand what you did without reading the lab manual.
Data and Results includes your original data plus calculations you do to fulfill the experimental goals.
Discussion usually is a written section discussing the importance of your scientific findings or compares your findings with previously tabulated or reported values. In this section you can also answer the questions posed in the laboratory manual.
Conclusion. Summarizes your findings.
References. A list of any material, books, journals etc you read to help you with the experiment. These references are generally references throughout the report.
Registration:
You must purchase a registration packet at the University Bookstore and enter your registration number Please purchase your packet before the first Tuesday Laboratory session, for best orientation. Please read all the information that came with your WebAssign Student Packet before logging onto the system. WebAssign can be accessed at http://webassign.net/ . For more information about how WebAssign is used at ODU and in this course, click here for the class WebAssign web-page .
During the first laboratory session, you will be asked to log on and verify that you have been correctly entered into the system. WebAssign experts will be available to explain the system and answer any questions you may have.
The
Physics Learning Center, located in room 142 OCNPS, is a place where students
can get together to work on their homework and get assistance, if needed, from
physics faculty and grad students. No appointment is necessary! Students in any
introductory class are encouraged to drop by the Learning Center for help on
homework, lab, lecture, other course material, or just for a place to work
while in the physics building.
The
Physics Learning Center will be open all week during normal business
hours. A physics staff member will be
on duty to help students approximately 20 hours per week. A detailed staffing schedule will be
posted on the door to Room 142 and on the web at http://sci.odu.edu/physics/resources/learning_center.shtml
Students
are encouraged to use the room to work together on their assignments, even when
a physics staff member is not available for tutoring. Note: The
Physics Learning Center will be open starting
the second week of classes .
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Date |
Chapter |
Comment |
HW |
HW |
Lab (Tuesdays) |
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Available |
Due |
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Aug. 29 |
1, 2 |
Measurement |
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Mandatory
Organizational |
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Kinematics |
1 (Chapter 1, 2) |
|
Meeting Aug. 30 |
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Sep. 5 |
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Labor Day
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Holiday |
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P00 – Take Home Review
Lab See web
page* |
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Sep. 12 |
3, 4 |
Vectors, Trig |
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1 Wed. 9/14 |
P01 – Motion Concepts |
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2D Kinematics |
2 (Chapter 3, 4) |
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19 |
5 |
Newtonian |
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2 Wed. 9/21 |
P02 – Free Fall
Acceleration P03 – Acceleration on
Incline |
|
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Mechanics |
3 (Chapter 5) |
||
|
26 |
6 |
Friction, Pulleys |
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3 Wed. 9/28 |
P04 – Shoot the Target P05 – Time of Flight |
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|
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Circular Motion |
4 (Chapter 6) |
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Oct. 3 |
Test 1 |
Chapters 1—6 |
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4 Wed. 10/5 |
P06 – Composition and
Resolution of Forces |
|
|
7 |
Lecture |
5 (Chapter 7) |
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Oct 10 |
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Fall |
Holiday |
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No Lab |
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Oct 17 |
8&9
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Potential Energy |
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5 Wed. 10/19 |
P07 – Kinetic Friction |
|
|
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Collisions |
6 (Chapter 8&9) |
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|
24 |
11 &12 |
Rotation |
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6 Wed. 10/26 |
P08 – Work - Energy
Theorem P09 – Energy
Conservation |
|
|
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Gravitation |
7 (Chapter 11,12) |
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|
31 |
13 & 14 |
Oscillations |
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7 Wed. 11/3 |
P10 – Impulse &
Momentum P11 – Conservation of
Momentum |
|
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Waves |
8 (Chapter 13,14) |
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Nov. 7 |
15 |
Fluids |
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8 Wed. 11/9 |
P19 – Centripetal
Force P21 – Torque |
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9 (Chapter 15) |
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14 |
Test 2
|
Ch 1-9, 11 - 14 |
|
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P13 – Harmonic
Oscillation-I P14 – Simple Harmonic
Motion-II |
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16 |
Lecture |
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|
21 |
16 |
Heat |
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9 Tue. 11/22 |
No lab |
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|
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Temperature |
10 (Chapter 16) |
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|
28 |
17 |
Ideal Gas Law |
11 |
10 Wed. 11/30 |
P20 – Vibrating String |
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(Chapter 17, 18) |
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Dec. 5 |
18 |
Thermodynamics |
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11 |
P17 – Specific Heat |
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review |
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Fri. 12/9 |
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Dec. 12 |
Final Exam |
Cumulative |
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* http://sci.odu.edu/physics/undergraduate/undergrad_labinfo.shtml