Physics 8
Spring 2008
Instructor: Jacob Morris
Office: SCI 279
Phone: 434-3520
Email: morris_jacob@smc.edu
Webpage:
http://homepage.smc.edu/morris_jacob/
Office Hours: M 1-3, T
Course Description: This
course is a calculus-based introduction to mechanics, waves, and
thermodynamics.
(Prerequisite:
Math 7)
Time and Place:
Lecture:
Tuesday and Thursday 4-6, SCI 153
Lab:
Monday
Text: R. D. Knight, Physics for Scientists and Engineers with
Modern Physics, 1st edition, Addison Wesley, 2004.
Supplementary Text: R. Knight, Student Work Book and Student Solutions
Manuel (both not required).
Grade:
Homework 5%
Participation 5%
Lab/Tutorial 15%
Midterm 1 10% Thursday 3/6
Midterm 2 15% Thursday 4/3
Midterm 3 15% Thursday 5/8
Conceptual
Quiz 5% Thursday
5/29
Final 30% Friday
6/6,
Upon returning each exam I will give a breakdown of the grades for that exam.
Classroom
Conduct: Under no circumstances is
there to be any food or drink in either the lecture hall or laboratory. Please make a point of
coming to class on time; doing otherwise creates a distraction both to other
students and the instructor. Attendance is not mandatory, however, missing
class or laboratory might adversely affect your grade.
Exam Policy: There are no make-up exams. If you miss an exam due to an emergency
or personal hardship a note from a suitable professional will be required. All
exams are closed note and closed book. The midterm exams will consist of
problems and conceptual questions
based on material from the homework, class examples, text examples, tutorial
problems, and laboratory. The
midterms will not be just a compilation of the quizzes they will have
greater scope and will require you to think and put ideas together. Failure
to take the final will result in an F grade for the course.
Lab: There are no make-up labs. Laboratory is
mandatory to the extent that points will be given for every lab session
regardless of whether you are required to submit written work for that session.
If there is ever any doubt you should submit all the work you have completed in
the laboratory. Also, make sure you receive a graded report for every
report you have submitted. In the event you do not receive a report that you
submitted it is your responsibility to bring its absence to my attention.
Participation:
This component of your grade is based on your active participation in
lecture and laboratory. I will consider the frequency that you ask/answer
questions in class, your attentiveness, and whether you consistently review the
relevant material prior to the lecture and laboratory.
Homework: There will be an assignment each
week consisting of roughly 25 problems. Each assignment will be graded
on a three-point scale: S-, S, S+ based on
completeness, clarity, and organization. Late homework automatically receives
an S grade. To receive a grade on an assignment it must be stapled and clearly
labeled. Please do not staple different assignments together.
Help: I realize some of you may
have trouble making my office hours. If you need help please do not hesitate to
drop by any time I am in my office. There is a tutoring available in the LRC
located in SCI 245.
Academic Dishonesty: The college policy regarding academic
dishonesty will be strictly enforced. In particular I will not hesitate
to inform the campus disciplinarian of any students dishonest conduct relating
to the course. This includes, but is not limited to: cheating on a quiz or
exam, submission of an altered exam for a regrade, verbatim copying of lab
activities, falsification of laboratory work/attendance, and forgery of my
signature/grade or forgery of any written excuse.
Week of: Sections: Topics:
Feb. 11 1.1 2.2 Motion, Motion Diagrams, Velocity
Acceleration, Scalars, Vectors
Feb. 18 2.2 3.4 Description of Motion, Graphing, Kinematics, Free Fall,
Vector Algebra
Feb. 25 4.1 4.7 Force,
Motion,
Mar. 3 5.1
5.6 Mass, Weight, Friction,
Second Law, Examples, Midterm 1 (Chs.1-
4)
Mar. 10 6.1 6.4 2-Dimensional
Motion, Projectile Motion, Relative Motion
Mar. 17 7.1 8.5 Circular
Motion, Force Interactions,
Mar. 24 9.1 9.6 Impulse, Momentum, Conservation of
Momentum, Collisions, Examples
Mar. 31 10.1 10.7 Work, Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy,
Energy Diagrams, Midterm 2 (Chs.4 8)
Apr. 7 Spring
Break
Apr. 14 11.1 11.9 Conservation of Energy, Power, Examples
Apr. 21 12.1 12.6 Universal Gravitation, Orbits,
Gravitational Energy
Apr. 28 13.1-13.10 Rotational Kinematics, Torque,
Dynamics, Equilibrium, Rotational Energy
May 5 14.1 14.8 Simple Harmonic Motion, Phasors, Pendulum,
Energy, Damping, Resonance
Midterm 3 (Chs. 9 -13)
May 12 20.1 20.7 Traveling Waves, Sinusoidal Waves, Sound, Light,
Power, Intensity
May 19 21.1 21.4
May 26 16.1-17.7 Atoms, Moles, Temperature, Ideal Gases, Work, Heat, First Law, Specific Heat,
Calorimetry, Heat Transfer, Conceptual
Quiz
June 6 Final Exam (Cumulative
exam)
Special Dates:
drop without a W: 3/2, Last
day to drop with a W: 5/11