Principles of Physics I Physics 1408 Summer I 2014 Professor Dr. David Lamp Time Daily 10:00-11:50 in SC7 Office Hours daily before 10 and by appointment in SC23 E-mail [email protected] PREFERRED CONTACT METHOD! Texts: Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, 8th edition, by Serway and Jewett bundled with WebAssign access code, published by Brooks/Cole CENGAGE ISBN 9781285561738. It is ordered and should be available at all the bookstores in town and on-line, prices vary. Any text version will do, we selected a loose leaf format for the bookstores (it is cheaper). The publisher may be offering the hardback text also. The Laboratory Manual is available in the physics department for sale by SPS in the lab room during the first weeks of the semester. You must have your lab manual BEFORE you will be admitted to lab. Do not show up at lab and want to buy it then. Buy it before. Course Coverage: The course will cover material from chapters 1-22 in the text. We will cover kinematics, mechanics, statics, rotation, fluids, and thermodynamics. Waves will not be covered. Physics 2401 will cover that with E&M waves. Grading Policy: The following scores will be accumulated during the semester On-Line Homework, Lab, Recitation, Exam 1, Exam 2, Exam 3, Exam 4, and the comprehensive Final. The course grade will be based on the labs, recitation, on-line homework, three exams, and the final. NO MAKEUP EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN. The exams count toward 5/7 of the course grade. If you make a higher score on the final than on your in-class exams, the final grade will also replace the lowest in-class exam grade. The remaining 2/7 comes 1/7 from the on-line homework, 1/7 from the lab and recitation, together with some in-class exercises. Your letter grade will, tentatively, be determined according to the following scale: 50 D; 60 C; 80 B; 90 A. In-class exam 1 1/7 In-class exam 2 1/7 In-class exam 3 1/7 In-class exam 4 1/7 Final 1/7 Lab, Discussion, In-class 1/7 Homework 1/7 Total 7/7 100% Labs and Discussion: The lab portion of the course has a separate syllabus that you will receive in the lab. In short, do the lab, write up the lab, attend discussion, learn how to do the problems. Lab and discussion are required parts of the course. The Lab is an opportunity to learn the material from a hands-on perspective. Discussion will help you with problems which figure into your homework and exam grades. Discussion is very important and is potentially a very useful part of the course. In other words, participate in the discussion section and the lab section. Lab and Discussion are useful in a lab course and you will participate.Homework: Homework problems are assigned and graded on the web through the commercial site WebAssign. The semester’s homework assignments are 10% of the course grade. Once you are registered at that website you will be able to download the assignments. The assignments and due dates are posted. You will be able to retrieve the answers after the due date. Pay attention to the instructions on the homework website about how the homework is scored. The instructor can extend an assignment due date. NO EXTENSIONS BEYOND ONE ADDITIONAL WEEK WILL BE ALLOWED. The value of the homework is doing it in a timely fashion as you learn the material. Writing problem solutions weeks after is far less useful and will not count toward credit. To access WebAssign you must register at webassign.net. Make sure you get into the correct course (Phys 1408 David Lamp ttu). The class key is ttu 6896 5866 for your section. You will need to use your access code to sign in. You must self-register. Please use your name. It must be understandable. Use the name you used for your TTU registration. If you do not have an access code (part of the text for the course), you will need to purchase one through the WebAssign website. This website is not at TTU and you should give yourself plenty of time to submit answers. Sometimes the network can be slow or down. It behaves differently based on your bandwidth. I cannot fix issues with the publisher’s web site. You must get to a place where you are connected well enough to do and submit your problems. Similarly, the WebAssign site can be finicky about web browser and versions. I have the best luck using Google Chrome. The value of the assigned homework problems is that they are the basis for the problems on your exams. Doing well on the homework is crucial to your success in the course. The single best indicator of success in the course is success with the homework. We've done the experimental study, you must do the homework in order to do well in the course. Do not let the small percentage weight delude you into thinking these homework problems are in some way optional. The weight is kept small because we cannot verify who is actually responsible for your answers. The homework is the single best factor in determining how you will do in the course. The homework will be made available during the weekend before the material is covered in lecture and will be due at 11:59 pm Sunday night a week later, after the material has been covered in lecture. Extensions are possible and will be no longer than 1 week after the posted due date. Do the homework when it is available. Do not assume you can do all of it at the end of the course. You can’t. Exams: Four in-class exams will be given. You may bring a 3x5 note card to each the exams. This note card can be used to list any equations or words that help you in solving physics problems. The in-class exams will be given in our normal classroom, Science 7. Final: A comprehensive final exam will be given. Our final exam is Thursday July 3 from 8 to 10:30 am. The final will be given in our normal classroom, Science 7. This final time is defined by the University and is not for me to change. Exams and Final: The 5 exams count 5/7 (~71%) of the total course grade. Core Competency Statement: Students graduating from Texas Tech University should be able to: explain some of the major concepts in the Natural Sciences and to demonstrate an understanding of scientific approaches to problem solving, including ethics.Learning Outcome Assessment Describe the basis of the scientific method Embedded questions within the in-class exams Distinguish between a scientific theory and speculation Embedded questions within the in-class exams Quantitative understanding of energy and motion Guided classroom