Physics 1020
Course Outline Winter 2011
Instructor: Dr. Martin Plumer.
Office: C3025.
Email: plumer@mun.ca, but prefer you use D2L.
Textbook: Physics 8e by Cutnell and Johnson, in bookstore. BUY IT.
Classes: MWF 3:00-3:50 in ED1020. ATTEND.
Labs: are held in C2038. Lab workbooks
http://www.mun.ca/physics/ugrad/labs.php. ATTEND.
are
available
in
the
bookstore.
D2L: Information on D2L will be provided in the first laboratory session. https://online.mun.ca/
News, Information, Quiz solutions and supplemental material will be found on D2L course page.
USE IT.
Help Center: The Physics Help Centre is located in C3071 and is open 9-5 M-F. USE IT.
LON-CAPA Assignments: The assignments in this course will be done using the LON-CAPA
computer based assignment system. http://loncapa.physics.mun.ca/adm/roles
Information on LON-CAPA will be provided in the first laboratory session.
Your CAPA workbook must be signed upon completion of each assignemt.
DO THEM.
Grading Scheme:
Assignments (CAPA)
CAPA Book
Lab Reports
Problem Sessions
Term Quizzes (2)
Quiz 1. Fri. Feb. 4.
Quiz 2. Wed. Mar. 16.
Final Exam
10%
2%
10%
3%
30 %
Total
45%
100%
NOTE:
 A mark of 50% is required on the lab component of the course to pass the course.
 A supplemental exam is available for this course, as outlined in the calender.
 Students repeating the course must repeat the lab portion.
See second page.
Course Content (Book chapters and sections):
Chapter
Title
1
Sections # of lectures
Mathematical Concepts, Vectors
1 to 9
4
1 to 8
4
‐‐ units, trigonometry, vectors
2
Kinematics in One Dimension
‐‐ displacment, velocity, acceleration, motion along a line, gravity, graphical analysis
3
Kinematics in Two Dimensions
1 to 5
3
1 to 7
7
1 to 8
3
1 to 4
3
1 to 10
4
‐‐ 2D x and y motion using vectors
4
Forces and Newton's Laws of Motion
‐‐ Newton ∑F=ma, gravitational force, friction, tension
5
Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion
‐‐ Centripetal force and acceleration
9*
Rotational Dynamics
‐‐ Torque, rigid body equilibrium, center of gravity.
6
Work and Kinetic Energy
2
‐‐ Potential energy (mgh), kinetic energy (½mv ), conservative forces, power (P=W/t)
7
Impulse and Momentum
1 to 6
3
‐‐ Impulse (J=Ft), conservation of momentum (p=mv), collisions in 1D and 2D.
8
Rotational Kinematics
1 to 8
3
‐‐ angular displacement, velocity and acceleration.
* Out of sequence
34
Laboratory Schedule.
Week Starting
Week 2:(Jan 10)
Week 3(Jan 17)
Week 4(Jan 24)
Week 5:(Jan 31)
Week 6:(Feb. 7)
Week 7:(Feb 14)
Week 8:( Feb 21)
Week 9:( Feb. 28)
Week 10:(Mar. 7)
Week 11:(Mar. 14)
Week 12:(Mar. 21)
Week 13:(Mar. 28)
Week 14:(April 4)
Errors Workshop
Lab 1. Measurements.
Lab 2. Motion in 1D.
Problem Session#1. Quiz Feb. 4.
Lab. 3. Gravity.
Lab 4. Force and Acceleration.
Term Break. No Lectures Mon. Feb. 21 or Wed. Feb 23.
Lab 5. Equilibrium of a Rigid Body.
No Lab.
Problem Session #2. Quiz Mar. 16
Lab 6. Impulse and Momentum.
Problem Session #3.
Last class April 6.
Medical Notes- Students who request permission to drop courses, to withdraw from University
studies, to have examinations deferred or to obtain other waivers of University, departmental or
course regulations based on medical grounds are required by the University to produce a note
from a physician in support of their request. Such notes must be sufficiently specific to allow a
proper consideration of the student's case. See complete expanation in D2L.