PHY200
Classical Physics I
Gustavus Adolphus College
Instructor:
Dr. Steven Mellema
Office Hours: MTWRF 9:00-11:15 AM
Fall 2008
Office: Olin Hall 210
Phone/Voicemail: 933-7306
Email:
mellema@gustavus.edu
Homepage: http://physics.gac.edu/~mellema/
Textbooks:
University Physics (12th Edition), by Young and Freedman
Laboratory Manual (for PHY201, co-requisite lab course)
Course Policy and Evaluation:
1. Class Meetings and Reading Assignments: The class will meet five days a week from 11:30am12:20pm. Usually, four periods per week will be used for lecture, recitation or homework review.
Class periods on the fifth day will be used for group problem-solving sessions or for exams. Attached
is a daily calendar of all activities and reading assignments for the course. When reading assignments
are made for a class session, the reading is expected to be completed before coming to the class.
2. “Lectures”: The lectures for this course may seem somewhat “non-traditional”. They will not be
used simply to repeat material covered in the textbook. I will assume that each student is capable of
reading and understanding the textbook for the course, which has been chosen for its clarity and
completeness of presentation. (Of course, questions about areas that were unclear when you read the
textbook are always encouraged during the lectures!) Lecture time will be spent exploring in greater
depth the concepts introduced in the textbook using demonstrations, discussion, and “Conceptests”.
We will also devote time to examining and developing problem-solving techniques through
additional worked examples.
3. Pre-lecture, Online Quizzes: On each class day that precedes or follows a lecture, each student is
required to take an online quiz to demonstrate:
a. that he/she has learned and can apply the concepts from the preceding lecture to the solution
of simple problems; and/or
b. that he/she has read and obtained a basic understanding of the material in the textbook for the
next lecture.
These quizzes will be conducted using the Mastering Physics program (accessible on the World Wide
Web at www.masteringphysics.com). You should register at the www.masteringphysics.com website as
soon as possible using the Student Access kit that came with your textbook. Our Class ID is PHY200F08.
The day’s reading quiz may be accessed 24 hours in advance, and must be completed 15 minutes
before class starts, i.e. at 11:15 am.
4. Homework: Homework problems will be due approximately once per week, and are due at the
beginning of class on the assigned date. (See the complete list of homework assignments below.) Late
homework may be accepted at the discretion of the instructor with a reduction in credit. By far the
best way to incorporate homework problems into your learning is to work on some problems each
day, as soon as possible after reading the related material in the text. For this reason, I suggest that
you try the problems indicated on the daily calendar below, which are keyed to the sections covered
that day in the reading and in lecture.
5. Group Problem Solving: Approximately once per week, students will work in assigned groups of
three or four to solve difficult problems in a cooperative-learning setting. These sessions will require
each group to submit a solution in a particular format, using the five-step physics problem-solving
method that will be taught. The entire group will receive one grade for their solution, with the grade
depending on technique (adherence to the problem-solving method) as well as the answer.
6. Attendance: Regular attendance at all class meetings is expected. Students will be held responsible
for informing themselves of all announcements/assignments made in class.
7. Exams : There will be five one-hour exams and a two-hour final exam. The date for each of the
exams is given in the calendar below. Students must arrange in advance to take an exam at other than
the scheduled time, and may do so only for a valid health or school-related reason.
8. Evaluation :
Homework
Online Quizzes
Group Problem Solutions
Hour Exams (best four scores)
Final Exam
Total
25%
15%
10%
7.5% each
20%
100%
Assignment of final letter grades will be based upon the following guidelines:
B+ = 86-90%
C+ = 74-78%
D+ = 62-66%
A = 94-100%
B = 82-86%
C = 70-74%
D = 58-62%
A- = 90-94%
B- = 78-82%
C- = 66-70%
9. Academic Honesty: Having signed and agreed to abide by the College’s Honor Code, students
thereby pledge that, in all academic exercises, examinations, papers, and reports, they shall submit
their own work. Footnotes, or some other acceptable form of citation must accompany any use of
another's words or ideas. In the context of this course, students are expected to collaborate and to
discuss their out-of-class assignments. However, submitting under one’s own name work that is
merely copied from another is a violation of the Honor Code. (The full text of the Gustavus
Academic Honor Code Policy may be found in the Gustavus Academic Bulletin 2007-2008, p. 32).
10. Incompletes : A grade of incomplete will only be given for work not completed due to circumstances
beyond the control of the student.
September
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
6
Sections 1.1-1.6
Sections 2.1-2.3
Sections 2.4-2.5
(Exercises 1.3,
1.9 & 1.25)
(Exercises 2.6 & (Exercises 2.25,
2.12)
2.30 & 2.41)
Classes begin:
Syllabus and
Course
Introduction
7
8
Section 2.6
(Problem 2.66)
9
Group Problem
(1-D
Kinematics)
(Problem 2.87)
14
21
28
15
16
Section 37.3
Section 37.4
(Exercises 37.5
& 37.8)
(Exercise 37.13)
10
Sections 9.1-9.2 Section 9.3
(Exercises 9.7 &
9.16)
(Exercise 9.29)
Chapters 1-2
Homework due
17
Group Problem
(Relativistic
Kinematics)
25
24
Sections 1.7-1.9
Sections 4.1-4.3
Sections 4.4-4.5
(Exercises 1.35,
1.51 & Problem
1.74)
(Exercises 4.9,
4.12 & 4.13)
(Exercises 4.17
& 4.21)
Section 1.10
(Exercises 1.54,
1.57 & Prob.
1.93)
Ch. 1,4&12
Homework due
Sections 6.1-6.2
Review Day
(Problem 37.52)
23
30
18
Chapters 9&37
Homework
due
22
29
11
Sections 12.112.2
(Exercises
12.5(a), 12.6 &
12.16)
12
13
Sections 37.137.2
(Exercise 37.1)
19
20
Hour Exam #1
26
Group Problem
(Newton’s
Laws)
(Exercise 12.19)
(Exercises 6.1,
6.6 & 6.22)
2008
27
October
Sun
5
Mon
6
Group Problem
(Work, Energy,
Momentum and
Power)
(Problem 8.73)
12
13
Sections 3.1-3.2
Tue
7
No Class:
Nobel
Conference
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
Sections 6.3-6.4
Section 7.1
(Exercises 6.28,
6.40 & 6.50)
(Exercises 7.2 & (Exercises 8.7 &
7.6)
8.18)
8
No Class:
Nobel
Conference
9
Review
Sections 8.1-8.2
10
11
Hour Exam #2
Ch. 1,6,7&8
Homework due
14
15
16
Section 3.3
Section 3.4
Section 3.5
(Exercises 3.33
& 3.34)
(Exercises 3.39
& 3.42)
(Exercises 3.2 & (Exercises 3.13
3.5)
& 3.27)
17
18
Group Problem
(2-D
Kinematics)
(Problem 3.58)
19
20
No Class:
Fall Reading
Days
26
27
21
No Class:
Fall Reading
Days
28
22
Section 37.5
(Exercise 37.16,
Problem 37.51)
Chapter 3
Homework due
23
24
Section 37.7
Sections 37.8
(Exercises 37.28
& 37.29)
(Exercises 37.39
& 37.41)
29
30
31
Group Problem
(Newton’s
Laws)
(Problems 5.65
& 5.95)
Sections 5.1-5.2
Section 5.3
Sections 5.4-5.5
(Exercises 5.9,
5.14 & 5.18)
(Exercises 5.34
& 5.37)
(Exercises 5.52
& 5.59)
Review
Ch. 37&5
Homework due
2008
25
November
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
Hour Exam #3
9
16
6
7
Section 7.2
4
Section 7.3
Sections 7.4-7.5
(Exercises 7.18
& 7.23)
(Exercises 7.29
& 7.31)
(Exercises 7.36
& 7.37)
Group Problem
(Energy
Conservation)
(Problems 7.46
& 7.65)
10
11
12
13
14
Section 9.4
(Exercises 9.41
& 9.49)
Chapter 7
Homework due
Sections 9.5-9.6
Sections 8.3-8.4
Sections 8.5-8.6
(Exercises 9.56
& 9.61)
(Exercises 8.39,
8.40 & 8.43)
(Exercises 8.49,
8.59 & Problem
8.103)
Group Problem
(Momentum/
Energy)
(Problem 8.109)
17
18
19
20
Review
Hour Exam #4
24
Sections 10.510.6
(Exercises 10.36
& 10.45)
Sections 10.110.2
(Exercises 10.2,
10.10 & 10.15)
Chapters 8-9
Homework due
23
5
25
Group Problem
(Rotational
Motion)
(Problem 10.92)
26
No Class:
Thanksgiving
Break
21
Section 10.3
Section 10.4
(Exercises 10.22
& 10.23)
(Exercises 10.27
& 10.31)
27
28
No Class:
Thanksgiving
Break
No Class:
Thanksgiving
Break
30
2008
8
15
22
29
December
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
6
Sections 11.111.2
(Exercise 11.2)
Chapter 10
Homework due
7
8
Group Problem
(Gravitation)
Section 11.3
(Exercises 11.11
& 11.17)
(Prob. 11.47)
9
15
10
Pinewood Derby Sections 38.338.5
(Prob. 12.71)
14
Group Problem
(Static
Equilibrium)
(Prob. 38.23)
16
17
Sections 12.312.4
Section 12.5
(Exercises 12.23
& 12.30)
(Exercise 12.36
& Problem
12.78)
11
12
Review
13
Hour Exam #5
Chapters
11,12,38
Homework due
18
19
20
26
27
Final Exam
(Comprehensive)
10:30 am12:30 pm
21
22
23
24
28
29
30
31
25
2008
PHY200
Classical Physics I
Homework Assignments
Fall 2008
(All assignments are due at 11:30 am at the beginning of class unless otherwise specified.)
Due Date
Wednesday
Sept. 10
Problems Assigned
Chapter 1: #3, 9, & 25
Chapter 2: #6, 12, 25, 30, 41, 66 & 87
Thursday
Sept. 18
Chapter 9: #7, 16 & 29
Chapter 37: #1, 5, 8, 13 & 52
Monday
Sept. 29
Chapter 1: #35, 51 & 74
Chapter 12: # 5(a), 6, 16 & 19
Chapter 4: #9, 12, 13, 17 & 21
Thursday
Oct. 9
Chapter 1: #54, 57 & 93
Chapter 7: #2 & 6
Chapter 6: #1, 6, 22, 28, 40 & 50
Chapter 8: #7, 18 & 73
Wednesday
Oct. 22
Chapter 3: # 2, 5, 13, 27, 33, 34, 39, 42 & 58
Friday
Oct. 31
Chapter 37: # 16, 28, 29, 39, 41 & 51
Chapter 5: #9, 14, 18, 34, 37, 52, 59, 65 & 95
Monday
Nov. 10
Chapter 7: #18, 23, 29, 31, 36, 37, 46 & 65
Monday
Nov. 17
Chapter 8: #39, 40, 43, 49, 59, 103 and 109
Chapter 9: #41, 49, 56,and 61
Monday
Dec. 1
Chapter 10: #2, 10, 15, 22, 23, 27, 31, 36, 45 and 92
Thursday
Dec. 11
Chapter 11: #2, 11, 17, and 47
Chapter 12: #23, 30, 71 and 78
Chapter 38: #23