PH 211
Syllabus
Spring 2008
Instructor: David Bannon Office:
Weniger 411 Phone: 737-8962 email: bannond@physics.oregonstate.edu
Office Hours: MWF from 1:00 to 2:30 PM,
Tu from 1:00 to 3:00 PM and Th from 1:00 to 2:00 PM
WEEK DATE TOPIC READING PROBLEMS LABORATORY
01 Mar 31 Introduction No
Lab
Apr 02 Concepts of Motion 1.1-5
Apr 04 1.6-8 23, 24, 25
02 Apr 07 1-D Kinematics 2.1-3 2, 5, 6 Concepts
of Motion
Apr 09 2.4-5 10, 14, 15, 18
Apr 11 2.6-7 20, 22, 26, 66, 76
03 Apr 14 Vectors 3.1-2 Kinematics
Apr 16 3.3-4 25, 27, 40, 41, 42
Apr 18 2-D Kinematics 4.1-3 40, 42, 50
04 Apr 21 4.4 56, 60 Projectile
Motion
Apr 23 4.5-6 61, 62b
Apr 25 Force and Motion 5.1-4 8, 9, 11
05 Apr 28 5.5-7 20, 36, 38, 40, 42 Forces and
Acceleration
Apr 30 Review (Ch. 1-5)
Apr 30 EXAM Ch. 1-5
May 02 Motion Along a Line 6.1-3 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 14
06 May 05 6.4-6 23, 27, 29, 37, 60, 71 Static and Kinetic
Friction
May 07 Newton's 3rd Law 7.1-3 7, 9, 10
May 09 7.4-5 17, 30, 34, 42, 52
07 May 12 Momentum 9.1-2 25, 27, 32 Momentum
and Collisions
May 14 9.3-4 34, 35, 50
May 16 9.5-6 56, 57, 69
08 May 19 Energy 10.1-3 7, 11, 34, 35 Conservation
of Energy
May 21 Review (Ch. 6, 7 and 9)
May 21 EXAM Ch. 6, 7 and 9
May 23 10.4-5 38, 39
09 May 26 Memorial Day Holiday Work
and Kinetic Energy
May 28 10.6-7 40, 53, 60, 61, 71
May 30 Work 11.1-3 9, 11
10 Jun 02 11.4-6 38, 43, 44 Make-Up
Jun 04 11.7-9 45, 50, 62, 77
Jun 06 Review for Final (Ch.
1-7, 9-11)
FINAL EXAM: Wednesday, June
11th from 8:00 to 9:50 PM
Website:
http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~bannond/COURSES/ph211/
Solutions
to the assigned problems are available on the web.
GENERAL
INFORMATION FOR PH 211
Prerequisites: MTH 111, MTH 112 and MTH
251. Corequisite: MTH 252. The most important mathematical skills that
you will need for this course are solving simultaneous equations, vector
analysis, derivatives and integrals. You
are advised to review the material from these courses at your earliest
convenience.
Texts: Required: Knight, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 2nd
edition (Addison-Wesley, 2008) and PH
211 Lab Manual (OSU, 2008). Optional:
Knight, Student Workbook, 2nd edition (Addison-Wesley, 2008). All are available at the OSU
bookstore.
Personal Response System: Lecture is interactive. All
students are required to have and to bring to class a Personal Response System
(PRS) unit. Your OSU account will be charged a $10 fee per term for the use of
the PRS unit. If the PRS unit is not returned by the end of finals week in good
working order, then an additional $40 will be charged to your account.
Calculators: You will need a calculator
for lecture, recitation, lab and exams. Graphing
calculators (i.e. those will a solver feature and/or graphing window) and
laptop or palmtop computers may not be used for exams. You should have a
scientific calculator that has trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential
functions. If you want to know whether or not your calculator is acceptable or
not for exams, then consult the instructor well before the first exam.
Problem Assignments: The assigned problems on the first page of this document are intended
as a minimum set for you to master. Solutions are posted on the course
website. It is recommended that you do as many problems at the end of each
chapter as possible. Practice is the
best way to prepare for exams.
MasteringPhysics: An excellent online homework
system comes bundled with the textbook. For each chapter, there are tutorial
problems available for additional practice. Each tutorial has hints which will help
reinforce the concepts and techniques discussed in lecture and written in the
textbook. It is strongly recommended that you practice with the tutorials on a
weekly basis. The URL is www.masteringphysics.com
and there is also a link on the course website. You will need the Course ID
displayed during the first lecture in order to access the system.
PRS Participation: During each lecture, except
for the first week and review days, there will be a reading quiz to see if you
have done the reading, conceptual questions and practice problems. Correct
answers will be awarded two points each. Incorrect answers will be awarded one
point each.
Laboratory: Original work is required. Read the lab instructions and answer the
pre-lab questions before coming to lab. You must attend all labs and pass all of them in order to pass the
course. If you miss a lab, then try to make it up that week. If you can't,
then there will be a make-up week at the end of the term. You can make up at
most two labs during the last week. You cannot pass the course unless you
pass all of the labs.
TA Office Hours: The TAs will hold their
office hours in Wngr 145 and/or in the Valley Library. A schedule is posted on
the door of Wngr 145. You are also welcome to stop by the instructor's office
for help at any time.
Recitation: It is strongly recommended
that you take the recitation. Statistics indicate that students earn a better
grade in the lecture course if they take and pass the recitation. The
recitation grade will be based on one homework problem assigned at the end of
each session. The solution to each problem must be submitted within one week of
being assigned.
Exams: There will be two midterms
and a final. The final will be comprehensive, i.e. it will cover the entire
course. Midterms will be from 7:30 to 8:50 PM on the dates shown in the course
outline. The final will be on
Wednesday, June 11th from 8:00 to 9:50 PM. Exams are closed book, but a
sheet of formulas will be provided. Please
arrive to the exam room five to ten minutes early and bring your student ID
card, several #2 pencils and an approved calculator.
Exam Grading: The TAs will grade the
exams. Partial credit will be given according to the following formula: a good
translation of the word problem from english into mathematical equations,
including a diagram, one-third of the points, identification of the relevant
equations used to solve the problem, one-third of the points, and the correct
mathematical solution, including the correct number of significant digits,
units and no round-off error due to multiple calculations, one-third of the
points. Never leave a problem completely blank! On multiple choice questions,
if you don't know the answer, then make your best guess! Also, if you do not
want the grader to read and grade something that you have written, then either
cross it out or erase it completely. You can use the back of the multiple
choice question page as scratch paper. It will not be read by the graders.
Academic Integrity: All students are expected
to uphold the highest standards of honesty and integrity in their academic
work. Lab reports are done as group work, as are problems solved during lecture
and recitation. All other graded work,
including recitation homework problems and exams, is to be done on an
individual basis. Any incidence of academic dishonesty will be dealt with
in accordance with OSU policies.
Students with Disabilities: Students with documented disabilities who need
special accommodations should make an appointment with the instructor as soon
as possible to discuss the accommodations.
Final Grades: No part of this course is
graded on a curve! Your final grade will be calculated as follows: Midterms 20%
each, Final 40%, PRS Participation (including reading quizzes, conceptual
questions and practice problems) 10% and Lab 10%. (The 10% for lab is all or
nothing. If you pass all of the labs, then you get the full 10%. If you don't,
then you don't pass the course.)
Grade
Scale: The
grade scale is fixed. There is no curve in this course. You are not competing
against each other for a grade. Some classes do better than others. Some do
worse.
90 - 100% = A
85 - 89% = A-
82 - 84% = B+
78 - 81% = B
75 - 77% = B-
72 - 74% = C+
68 - 71% = C
65 - 67% = C-
62 - 64% = D+
58 - 61% = D
55 - 57% = D-
0 - 54% = F