Physics 1A Spring 2001: Newtonian Mechanics
Course WWW page: http://casswww.ucsd.edu/physics/1a/index.html
News:
From Dr. Blanco and the Physics 1A teaching a lab staff: It was a pleasure teaching you this quarter. We hope that some of what you learned will be useful down the road, not just in future classes, but in your chosen careers. We also hope that by discovering some of the principles underlying the way things move and forces operate in everyday life, you have experienced some of the awe and excitement felt by Galileo and Newton as "God's handiwork" was revealed to them.
Class letter grades (listed by code number)
will be sent to the registrar on Tuesday June 19.
Final Exam solutions and scores have been posted on the Quizzes page.
Final exam date: Wednesday, June 13th, 8-11am, in WLH 2005.
YOU WILL NEED: blue book, STUDENT ID, pens, small ruler, scientific calculator.
Overview:
Physics 1A is the first of a three-quarter calculus-based lecture and
laboratory course geared toward life-science majors. The Physics 1
A-B-C sequence covers mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and modern
physics.
In Physics 1A we shall examine the properties of matter and its behavior
under forces in Newtonian mechanics: including dynamics, statics, and
vibrations and waves. Examples will be given from astronomy, biology,
sports, and everyday life!
Prerequisites:
Mathematics 10A and concurrent enrollment in Mathematics 10B; or concurrent
enrollment in Mathematics 20A. Trigonometry, vectors, and calculus will be
used; a math worksheet will be distributed in week 1 to help identify which
math skills need some practice.
Links:
Instruction Team:
| Lecturer |
Teaching Assistant |
|---|
Dr. Philip Blanco
Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences |
Mr. Thanh Dang
Department of Physics |
| Office: 312 SERF Building | 2101 Mayer Hall |
| Mail:
CASS/0424 | Physics/0350 |
| Phone: 534-3718 | 822-4155 |
| email: pblanco@ucsd.edu |
tdang@physics.ucsd.edu |
| Office Hours: Wed 4:30-6pm | Thurs 1-3pm/TD> |
Course coordinator:
Patti Hey, Physics Student Affairs, Urey Hall Annex 118,
Phone 822-1468,
email: plhey@physics.ucsd.edu
Required Course Materials:
Note: many of the materials avilable on this WWW site are in Adobe Acrobat "PDF" format. To read them, you may need to download the Free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Syllabus Overview:
| Week | Topics | Hecht chapters | Laboratory |
|---|
| 1 | Introduction, kinematics | 1,2 | (No
lab) |
| 2 | Velocity, Acceleration | 2, 3 | Measuring
Gravity - 1D motion |
| 3 | Newton's laws of motion | 4 | Ballistics -
2D motion |
| 4 | Energy, Power | 6 | Energy and Power |
| 5 | Momentum, Collisions | 7 | Momentum
Conservation |
| 6 | Central forces/gravitation | 5 |
Centripetal force |
| 7 | Solid-body Rotation | 8 | Rotation |
| 8 | Matter: solids, fluids | 9 | Fluids |
| 9 | Oscillations | 10 |
Elasticity and Periodic Motion |
| 10 | Waves and Sound | 11 | (make-up labs only) |
Milestones:
-
Add Deadline: Friday April 6, 2001
-
Drop Deadline without a ``W'' and change grade option: Friday April
19
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Drop Deadline with a ``W'' instead of an ``F'' (="fail")
on transcript: Friday June 1, 2001
- Final Exam: Wednesday, June 13th, 8-11, in WLH 2005.
Course Activities:
Schedule:
| Activity | Time | Location |
|
|
| Lecture+Reading Quiz | Monday, 9:05-9:55am | WLH2005 |
| OASIS tutorial | Monday 1:00-3:00pm | CENTER360 |
| Lecture | Tuesday, 8:00-8:50am | CENTER119 |
| Lecture | Wednesday, 9:05-9:55am | WLH2005 |
| OASIS tutorial | Wednesday 1:00-3:00pm | CENTER360 |
| Office hours | Wednesday 4:30-6:00pm | SERF312 |
| Problem Solving | Thursday 7-8:50pm | PETER110 |
| Quiz | Friday 9:05am-9:55am | WLH2005 |
Laboratory sections (20%):
There will be 8 short lab experiments to be performed during the quarter.
All lab information can be found on the Physics 1A laboratory WWW site at
http://casswww.ucsd.edu/physics/p1abc/1a/physics1a1.html.
Homework:
Homework assignments will be given each week but will not
count towards the overall class grade. They should be done concurrently with
lectures and be completed before the Problem Solving sessions. In general,
if you do not at least attempt the homeworks, you will be at a severe
disadvantage in the quizzes, and in the final exam!
Quizzes (55%):
You will be assigned a 3-digit code number on the first Friday (no quiz),
which is to be entered on quiz and lab write-ups. Do not lose
this number!
Monday reading quizzes (5% of your total grade), starting in week
2, will consist of multiple-choice questions to test you on material covered
in the week's textbook chapter.
Friday quizzes (50% of your total grade) will consist of a few short
questions based on the week's assignment.
Note that to save printing costs, you are required to complete Friday quiz
questions in a UCSD Blue Answer Book (available from the bookstore),
which you must bring with you to each quiz. Please use a new, empty
answer book for each quiz.
There will be absolutely no make-ups for missed quizzes; instead, the best 6
quizzes out of the 8 given will count towards 50% of your overall grade.
All quizzes are ``closed book'', which means absolutely no recorded
information may be brought in from the outside.
Final Exam (25%): Wednesday June 13, 8-11am in WLH2005.
The final exam will cover all of the material in the lecture series. This
will also be ``closed book'', but the more complex formulae will be provided
as an aide memoire.
Please check your exam schedule and inform the instructor of any conflicts
within the first two weeks of the quarter.
Academic Dishonesty: your fast ticket to an "F" grade.
Please read the ``UC Policy on Integrity of Scholarship'' on
pages 71-74 of the 2000-2001 UCSD General Catalog. These rules will
be strictly enforced.
Philip Blanco email: pblanco@ucsd.edu