Physics 1A Summer 2001: Newtonian Mechanics
Course WWW page: http://casswww.ucsd.edu/physics/1a/index.html
News:
2001 Aug 4: Class letter grades, by code number.
2001 Aug 3: Final exam solutions and scores have been posted under the "quizzes" link below. Letter grades will follow shortly. It was obvious to us that many of you had worked very hard to understand and apply the principles we had covered in class and in the lab.
From Dr. Blanco, Bart, Sang, and Helena: We hope you enjoyed at
least some of the class activities of the past 5 weeks, despite the
hectic pace of summer session! As you continue your education and
careers, we also hope that this class has revealed some of the
fundamentals of Newton's and Galileo's Universe, and that you can better
appreciate the mechanics underlying your everyday experiences, whatever
your chosen field might be.
2001 July 17: Office hours/discussion section for Bart Morantte are now Thursdays 3-4:30pm in SERF 329, taking over from the instructor. Dr. Blanco will still keep office hours on Wednesdays after class, and by appointment.
2001 July 10: Problem/Discussion Section with Bart has been scheduled for Wednesdays at 6-7:30pm in WLH2206 (upstairs classroom).
Pre-lab homeworks in your lab notebooks are due at the start of each lab, beginning Tuesday. Please either photocopy them for handing in at the start of lab, or bring your notebook to lab and tear out the pages. In any case, record your code #, optionally your name, and "Physics 1A Summer 2001, lab HW #1" on your work.
Syllabus updates: Some errors/omissions from the printed syllabus are corrected below:
- A better email address for Helena (lab TA),
- Times for the 3rd lab section have been added
- Additional office hours (after lecture on Wednesday) have been added. These may replace the Thursday office hours, depending on attendance.
Quick Links:
- Physics 1A Laboratory
- Homework Assignments and Solutions
- Quiz and Final Exam solutions and Scores
- Lectures and associated links
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 follow in the footstepts of Galileo and
Newton in discovering the nature of forces and their effect on matter.
We shall investigate dynamics, statics, planetary motion, 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.
Instruction Team:
- Lecturer and Lab Instructor: Dr. Philip Blanco, Center for
Astrophysics & Space Sciences (CASS).
- Office: 312 SERF Building.
Phone: 534-3718.
email: pblanco@ucsd.edu
- Teaching Assistant: Mr. Bart Morantte, Department of Physics.
- email: b_morantte@hotmail.com
- Lab Teaching Assistant: Ms. Helena Okhotin, Department of
Physics.
- email: okhotinREM@aol.com
- Lab Teaching Assistant: Mr. Sang Nam, Department of Physics.
- email: sangumc@hotmail.com
- 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 from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
Free internet access and paid printing accounts are available at the UCSD
Geisel library.
Syllabus Overview:
| Topics | Hecht chapters | Relevant laboratory |
|---|
| Introduction, kinematics | 1, 2 | |
| Velocity, Acceleration | 2, 3 | Measuring
Gravity - 1D motion |
| Newton's laws of motion | 4 | Ballistics -
2D motion |
| Energy, Power | 6 | Energy and Power |
| Momentum, Collisions | 7 | Momentum
Conservation |
| Central forces, curvilinear motion | 5 |
Centripetal force |
| Oscillations | 10 |
Elasticity and Periodic Motion |
| Waves and Sound | 11 | |
Dates, Times and Locations:
Milestones:
-
Add deadline (with $50 fee): Monday July 9
- Drop Deadline without a ``W'' and change grade option: Monday July 23
-
Drop Deadline with a ``W'' instead of an ``F'' (="fail")
on transcript: Monday, July 30
- Final Exam: Friday Aug 3, 9:30am-12:20pm, in WLH 2005.
Class Schedule:
| Activity | Time | Location |
|
|
| Lecture+Reading Quiz | Monday, 9:30-10:50am |
WLH2001 |
| Lecture | Tuesday, 9:30-10:50am | WLH2005 |
| Lab Section A01 (409922) | Tuesday, 11:00-12:30pm | WLH2211 |
| Lab Section A02 (409924) | Tuesday, 12:45-2:15pm | WLH2211 |
| Lab Section A03 (409925) | Tuesday, 2:30-4:00pm | WLH2211 |
| Lecture | Wednesday, 9:30-10:50am | WLH2005 |
| Office hours | Wednesday, 11:15am-12:30pm | WLH2005 |
| Problem Solving | Wednesday, 6:00-7:30pm | WLH2206 |
| Lecture | Thursday, 9:30-10:50am | WLH2005 |
| Lab Section A01 (409922) | Thursday, 11:00-12:30pm | WLH2211 |
| Lab Section A02 (409924) | Thursday, 12:45-2:15pm | WLH2211 |
| Lab Section A03 (409925) | Thursday, 2:30-4:00pm | WLH2211 |
| TA Office hours | Thursday 3:00-4:15pm | SERF329 |
| Weekly Quiz | Friday 9:30am-10:50am | WLH2005 |
Course Activities:
Laboratory sections (25%):
There will be 6 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/1a_ss01_labs.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 (45+5%):
You will be assigned a 3-digit code number on the first Friday quiz,
which is to be entered all quizzes, lab write-ups, and the final exam. Do
not lose this number! If you forget your code number, write your name on
your work and contact the TA or proctor - please do not try to "guess" as this
causes confusion.
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. You will need to bring a Scantron card (form
20788 - a long blue form) and a 2B pencil.
Friday quizzes (40% of your total grade) will consist of a few short
written 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 3
quizzes out of the 4 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. Quizzes must be completed in
pen - work done in pencil will not be graded.
Final Exam (25%): Friday August 3, 9:30-12:20pm 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.
There will be no make-up final exams. Please check your exam schedule and
inform the instructor of any conflicts within the first two weeks of
the session.
Academic Dishonesty: your fast ticket to an "F" grade.
Please read the ``UC Policy on Integrity of Scholarship'' on page 32-34 of
the 2001 UCSD Summer Session Catalog. These rules will be strictly enforced.
Philip Blanco email: pblanco@ucsd.edu