Instructor
• Dr. Grant W. Hart
Physics 101
Basic Physics
– Office N-271 ESC
– Office Phone:
422-6162
– Lab Phone:
422-5665
– Email:
grant_hart@byu.edu
– Office hours:
• MWF 9-10 AM
• TTh 2:30-3:30 PM
• Any time I am in my office, I’m glad to talk to you.
Teaching Assistant
• Bryce Johnson
• Email: brycesjohnson@gmail.com
• Office hours:
Tues
2:20-6:20 PM
Thurs 9 AM-Noon
Fri
10 AM-1 PM
A bit about me
• I have taught at BYU for 28 years now
• My research area is Plasma Physics
– Plasma Physics is not about blood!
– It is about gases that are so hot that the
atoms get knocked apart. (Most plasmas are
above 11,000 (C, which is above almost
20,000 (F)
– Held in the 105/121 Tutorial lab room,
N-304 ESC
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My Family
Tell me about you
• There will be a chance to do this later in
Reading Quiz # 1.
Class Organization
Activity
Pre-class quizzes (26, 5 points each, drop 4)
iClicker quizzes (26, 3 points each, drop 4)
Homework assignments (18, drop 2, 10 points)
Home experiments (all 5, 25 points each)
Practice exams (all 3, 25 points each)
Midterm exams (all 3, 100 points each)
Final exam (200 points)
Totals:
Extra credit (50 points maximum)
Possible
Points
Pre-Class Quizzes
Percent
of Grade
110
66
160
125
75
300
200
1036
10.6%
6.4%
15.4%
12.1%
7.2%
29.0%
19.3%
100%
50
4.8%
• You will take an pre-class reading quiz the
day before the class period where we cover
new material.
• There is a list reading questions on each
section to guide your reading.
• There will be some simple applications of the
concepts that you have read.
• You will have the opportunity to ask
questions about the material so it can be
discussed in class.
• 5 points/quiz. They will be graded loosely.
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In-Class Quizzes
• Each day we will have several iClicker
quizzes.
• I will ask you to discuss your answer with
your neighbor and then answer with your
iClicker.
• Participation is the most important thing
here, so you will be graded on
participating, not on whether you get the
right answer.
Homework Assignments
• 10 points each
• One assignment per chapter.
• On Learning Suite. Must be submitted by
11 PM on the due date on the schedule.
Register your iClicker
• You will need to register your iClicker at
http://gardner.byu.edu/101f/quizid.html
• There will be a link to this site from
Learning Suite.
• There is a web site label on the back of
your iClicker. This site may be useful for
your other classes, but not for this class.
Home Experiments
• 5 in the semester. It is best if two of you
work together to do it, but each writes up
their own 1-2 page report.
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Practice Exams
• 3 practice exams to be carried out before
the review period.
• They will be on Learning Suite.
• They will be discussed in the review
period.
• They are worth 75 points overall, so don’t
forget them. They can lower your grade by
one or two notches if you don’t do them.
Extra Credit
• 50 points possible during the semester.
• 4 points maximum per chapter.
• Any question not divisible by 3: ½ point
each
• Even-numbered Exercises: 1 point each
• Even-numbered Synthesis Problems: 2 points
each
Midterm Exams
• There will be three midterms during the
semester.
• Multiple choice part in the Testing Center
• Essay part is on Learning Suite. It is due the
last day of the exam.
• If you desire, you can retake a different version
of the exam on the days scheduled. These
retakes cost $5.00 each. It does not include the
essay portion.
What we will do in class
• I will discuss the main ideas of the material in the
reading assignment.
• We will have physical demonstrations of some of the
concepts involved.
• I will pose questions that you will answer and
discuss with a neighbor to illustrate the ideas. We
will use the clickers in class for these questions.
• We will work through some problems together in
class.
• PowerPoint slides will be posted for each lecture on
Learning Suite.
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What is science?
• More than anything, science is a method
of learning about the world by observing
and measuring what happens and creating
testable hypotheses about what is seen.
• The most important step is the feedback of
further measurements onto the
hypotheses or theories, refining them so
that they cover a larger range of
experience.
Physics
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Mechanics – The study of forces and motion
Thermodynamics – temperature, heat, energy
Electricity and Magnetism – electric forces & currents
Optics – light
Atomic physics – properties of atoms
Nuclear physics – properties of nuclei
Particle physics – subatomic particles
Condensed matter physics – solids and liquids
Acoustics – sound and sound waves
Plasma Physics – properties of plasmas
Physics
• Physics covers the basic nature of matter
and its interactions. It is subdivided into
the following major subfields:
Why do we use Math?
• Math is a shorthand way of writing
relationships along with a way of
manipulating them so that the result is true
if the starting point is true.
• Any mathematical equation or operation
can be stated in words, but the math is
much more concise.
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Units and Standards
• Measurements are necessary.
• Why do we use Metric units?
– The rest of the world uses them, so we can
communicate with each other.
– Easy conversion from one to another.
Applications
• We will try to present lots of things that are
related to things that occur all around you.
Keep your eyes open and you will see the
principles we discuss in action
everywhere.
• Scale of the Universe
• See the Powers of 10 video link on the
Learning Suite page.
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