PHY141-01
COLLEGE PHYSICS (I)
FALL 2008
Shan C. Huang Instructor:
Office:
Email:
Room 4231, Phone (937) 512-2185
Pease use ANGEL course email
Personal Website: http://people.sinclair.edu/shanhuang
Office Hours: MWF 3:00 – 4:00 pm
T&H 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Class Meet:
Textbook:
MWF 1:00 – 2:40 pm, Room 4213
Physics by Giancoli, 6 th Edition, Prentice Hall
Prerequisite MAT116
Course Description: Algebra-based university parallel sequence in mechanics including vectors, statics, kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, momentum, and circular motion.
General Education Outcomes:
- Raise relevant questions
- Articulate ideas or problems.
- Organize observable data into useful format
- Use appropriate problem-solving methods
- Construct measures to evaluate appropriateness, truthfulness, usefulness, or validity of an idea or argument
- Analyze information to support a chosen position with attention to consequences
- Recognize logical fallacies.
Course Outcomes:
Vectors
– Apply vector algebra in problem solving.
Kinematics – Analyze one and two dimensional motions with graphical and mathematical models.
Dynamics
– Analyze the motion of objects with Newton's Laws of force and motion.
Energy and Momentum – Apply the conservation laws associated with energy and momentum in linear and angular motions.
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Statics
– Analyze one and two dimensional static equilibrium with Newton’s Laws of force and motion.
Course Outline:
Lecture
Fundamentals of Measurement
Uniformly Accelerated Motion
Newton's Laws
Circular Motions
Lab
Fundamentals of Measurement
Uniformly Accelerated Motion
Frames of Reference
Centripetal Force
Projectile Motion
Work and Energy Work and Energy
Linear Momentum
Rotational Motion
Static Equilibrium
The Ballistic Pendulum
Addition of Torques (I)
Addition of Torques (II)
Tentative Course Schedule:
Week Date Chapter
1 M 9/8 Introduction, Syllabus, Module 1
W 9/10 Modules 2, 3
F 9/12 Lab
– Fundamentals of Measurement
M 9/15 Module 4
2 W 9/17 Module 5
F 9/19 Lab – Uniformly Accelerated Motion
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M 9/22 Modules 6, 7
W 9/24 Module 8
F 9/26 Lab
– Projectile Motion
M 9/29 Modules 9, 10, 11
W 10/1 Modules 12, 13
F 10/3 Lab
– Frames of Reference
M 10/6 Module 14, 15, 16
5 W 10/8 Modules 17, 18, 19
F 10/10 Lab – Centripetal Force
M 10/13 Module 20
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6 W 10/15 Modules 21
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F 10/17 Midterm Exam (Modules 1-19)
M 10/20 Modules 22
W 10/22 Module 23
F 10/24 Lab – Work & Energy
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M 10/27 Modules 24, 25
W 10/29 Modules 26, 27
F 10/31 Lab
– The Ballistic Pendulum
M 11/3 Module 28
W 11/5 Module 29
F 11/7 Lab – Addition of Torques (I)
M 11/10 Module 30
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W 11/12 Module 31
F 11/14 Lab – Addition of Torques (II)
M 11/17 Module 32
W 11/19 Module 33
F 11/21 Modules 20-33 Review
12 M 11/24 Final Exam (Modules 20-33)
W 11/26 End of Quarter
Modules:
Module 01: Measurement and Uncertainty, pp.5-7
Module 02: Scientific Notation, pp.8-10
Module 03: Metric Prefix and Unit Conversion, pp.10-14
Module 04: Velocity and Acceleration, pp.15-25
Module 05: Uniformly Accelerated Motion, pp.26-30
Module 06: Falling Objects, pp. 31-37
Module 07: Vectors, pp.45-53
Module 08: Projectile Motion, pp.54-64
Module 09: Newton’s 1 st Law, pp.72-74
Module 10: Mass and Weight, pg.75
Module 11: Newton’s 2 nd Law, pp.75-77
Module 12: Newton’s 3 rd Law, pp.77-80
Module 13: Normal Force, pp.80-82; pg.86
Module 14: Friction, pp.90-91
Module 15: Force and Motion, 92-95
Module 16: Tension, pp.87-89
Module 17: Circular Motion, pp.106-112
Module 18: Highway Curves, Banked and Unbanked, pp.112-114
Module 19: Gravitation, pp.117-124
Module 20: Work and Energy Theorem, pp.136-144
Module 21: Potential Energy, pp.144-147
Module 22: Conservation of Mechanical Energy, pp.148-153
Module 23: Power, pp.158-159
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Module 24: Force and Momentum, pp. 167-169
Module 25: Conservation of Momentum, pp.170-172
Module 26: Collisions, pp.173-179
Module 27: Center of Mass, pp.182-185
Module 28: Angular Quantities, pp.194-199
Module 29: Torque, pp.203-206
Module 30: Kinematics of Angular Motion, 201-203
Module 31: Rotational Inertia, 206-208
Module 32: Angular Momentum, pp.213-215
Module 33: Static Equilibrium, pp.226-236
Grades:
Home & Class Work
Quizzes
Labs
20 %
20%
20 %
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
Total
20 %
20 %
100 %
Letter Grade: 90% & up
80% & up
70% & up
60% & up
Below 60 %
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B
C
D
F
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Grade details are posted in ANGEL >> PHY141.01>> Reports >> Grades.
Please monitor your progress regularly and let me know immediately if you have any questions.
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To receive credits, all works must be o Your own words , organized, and legible o No work, no credit.
o Lab data must be correct or within reasonable error margin.
o Graphs must be properly labeled with correct variables and units.
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Exam o Useful formula and constant will be provided. o Write all work on the exam itself. o The memory of graphic calculator must be cleared.
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Make-up Exam o Make-up exams can be scheduled with me and taken at the testing center. o There will be a 10% exam grade deduction for taking make-up exam without credible documents.
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o Make-up exam questions may be different from the scheduled classroom exam but will be kept at the same difficulty level. o Photo ID is required at the testing center. o Bring calculator. (Memory must be cleared) o Write all work on the exam itself
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Make-up lab Missed lab can be scheduled and done in Physics
Resource Lab (PRL). Stamp from PRL on the lab report is required for grade
. It is the student’s responsibility upon finishing a make-up lab to seek a tutor for stamp; the tutors in PRL do not initiate the stamping process.
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