S10 Physics1C Lec13A - UCSD Department of Physics
Physics 1C
Lecture 13A
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother."
--Albert Einstein
Introduction
Welcome to Physics 1C!
Physics 1 is a three quarter course designed as an introduction into basic physics for students in the biological sciences.
Physics 1C in particular will focus on waves, light, and modern physics.
Please note that the lecture and the lab are separate courses with separate instructors.
Introduction
Who is this guy?
I am Dr. Michael
Anderson.
I am a faculty lecturer in the Physics department (LPSOE).
My degree is in nuclear physics from UC Davis.
I have taught Physics for over 7 years at various places.
I was a satellite engineer for
Lockheed-Martin for
4 years.
This is my fourth year at UCSD.
My office is located in the 2611
Mayer Hall
Addition.
Introduction
The TA for this course is:
Elizabeth
Rivers.
Administrativa
The website will be an extremely useful place. There you have:
An academic calendar
The class syllabus
The problem sets
Current announcements
Office hours and Problem Sessions
Lecture PDFs http://physics.ucsd.edu/students/courses/spring2010/physics1cc
Administrativa
The book we will be using is:
Serway and Faughn, College Physics,
7th Edition, Vol. 1 & 2 Thomson/Brooks/Cole
The list of problems for the quarter is on the website.
They are divided into: Easy, Medium, and
Hard.
Solutions will be posted on the website before the quiz.
Administrativa
There is a lot of help available for you to complete your homework and understand the concepts:
Problem Solving Sessions:
???days, ??pm - ??pm ???? ???? Hall
First one: ??????
Physics Dept. Tutorial Center runs from
Sunday-Thursday from 3:00pm-8:00pm
2702 Mayer Hall.
There are also office hours.
Administrativa
"Equations are the devil’s sentences!"
--Stephen Colbert
Concepts will be emphasized. Yet math will still play a major role in the course.
Your grades will be determined by your performance on the quizzes and the final exam.
There are 5 quizzes:
F 4/9 F 4/23 F 5/7 F 5/21 W 6/2
Your lowest quiz score will be dropped.
The cumulative final exam will be Thursday,
Jun. 10th from 11:30am-2:30pm.
Lectures
"The lecture method is the process whereby the lecture notes of the instructor get transferred to the notebooks of the students without passing through the brains of either!"
--Darrell Huff
That quote pretty much sums up my feelings about modern lectures.
That is why I strongly encourage your participation in the lecture process.
This is why I have turned to using clickers (InterWrite PRS).
Clickers
To use the clicker:
First, put your student ID (before your first use).
Select your answer. You must choose one of the offered choices or you will receive no credit.
The receiver will tell you if your answer is received by the system.
You will receive one point for merely answering and an additional point for answering correctly.
We will start using the clickers on next Monday.
Administrativa
Your grade will be calculated by:
60% Quizzes + 40% Final + 5% EC(clickers).
Your grade will be determined by using the following tentative scale:
Between 85% and 100% => A
Between 70% and 85% => B
Between 55% and 70% => C
Between 40% and 55% => D
Grade below 40% => F
Physics 1CL
Lab TA Coordinator
Aleksandr Rodin alerodin@physics.ucsd.edu
Art Evans artio.evans@gmail.com
Faculty Instructor:
Dr. Michael Anderson mganderson@physics.ucsd.edu
Lab Manual/Syllabus/Cal. Link for next week: on WebCT
OR http://physics.ucsd.edu/students/courses/spring2010/ physics1labs/
Labs start next week (with Prelab Assignment)!
Physics 1CL
Don’t forget that labs are now at 2110 and 2130
Mayer Hall!
Also, you are to bring the Academic Integrity
Policy to the first day of lab.
The reading quiz given on the second lab meeting will be on the
Academic Integrity
Policy and the Scientific
Integrity Primer!
Academic Integrity
As you can tell I take academic integrity very seriously.
Research into the field shows that violating academic integrity guidelines only postpones the inevitable.
Your first assignment is to read the following online article by next week: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Cheaters-Never-Win-at-
Least/21895/?sid=at&
Also, along those same lines I expect you to be respectful of others during lecture.
If you can’t, then you will be asked to leave lecture.
Physics: Friend or Foe?
Why do you have to learn about waves?
Why do you have to learn about optics?
Why do you have to learn about modern physics?
For Next Time (FNT)
Download and read syllabus and article
Read Chapter 13
Start on the homework for
Chapter 13
When is the first quiz?
In just under two weeks (Friday,
4/9)
