PHYSICS 108 (Marion Campus, Autumn 1999)

Class time: 12:00 - 14:50 (2:50 PM), Wednesday and Friday, Room 385 Morrill Hall

Instructor: Gordon Aubrecht: Room 326 Morrill Hall, 389-6786, ext. 6250

Carol Bowman, Room 330 Morrill Hall, 389-6786, ext. 6319

Mary Wildermuth: Room 3?? Morrill Hall, (614) 267-9762

Office Hours: 11:00-12:00, Wednesday and Friday, Rooms 326/385 Morrill Hall

Required Texts: Physics by Inquiry, Vol. I: Properties of Matter (J. Wiley & Sons, New York, 1995; ISBN 0-471-14440-1)

Physics by Inquiry, Vol. II: Electric Circuits (J. Wiley & Sons, New York, 1995; ISBN 0-471-14441-X)

Other required material: Lab notebook (unless you take notes in your book, which is the recommended way to keep your notes)

20 laboratory sessions at 5 points each			105 points
9 homework assignments at approx. 15 points each	135 points
Pretest for each section (-5 points for each missing)	 30 points
Journal for each section (-5 points for each missing)	 30 points
3 quizzes at 30 points each				 90 points
2 midterms at  80 points each				160 points
1 final exam at 150 points				150 points

TOTAL Possible						700 points
Homework Bonus points (If all are turned in on time)	15 points

Laboratory grades are earned by participating actively in the laboratory work for the full period at each class meeting. Students are expected to come in on time, leave on time and actively engage in doing experiments related to class material to earn 5 points for each period. (1 point each will be deducted for arriving late or for leaving early).

The homework will be a group grade: one randomly picked group member will be graded for each homework problem. There will be two to four homework problems each week. If a student turns in every homework on time, the student will receive 15 bonus points. Homework will be assigned and collected on Wednesdays, unless announced otherwise. Homework is due at the beginning of class to be on time (late homework is docked 3 points). No credit will be given for homework over a week past due. Solutions will be available on the weekly journal website (see below). Solutions will be made available subsequently at homework solutions.

Journal entries will be read but not graded on content (assuming that there are more than just a few words, which would not qualify as an entry). Your original 30 points will be reduced by 5 points for each missing journal entry. Therefore, if more than 6 entries are missing, the total journal grade will be a negative number. On Wednesdays, journal entries will be assigned on this website and the email journal is also due in Gordon's email prior to class (unless announced otherwise). Please put your preferred email address at the top of each email journal entry, as you may send it from a machine that automatically puts another return address on the file. No handwritten or typed journals can be accepted.

A pretest will be given before each section. 5 points will be taken away for each missing pretest; therefore, the total pretest grade could be a negative number if a student misses more than 6 of them.

All exams and quizzes are open notes and open book; the emphasis is on reasoning and explaining from experience for answers. Quizzes and exams are graded individually.

A maximum of one-half of the assigned credit can be given when a homework is made up, if there is a valid excuse. There can be no make-up for exams and quizzes.

Tentative schedule (times approximate):

LO-I means Light & Color from Vol. 1; LO-II means Light & Optics from Vol. 2; Ast means Astronomy from Vol. 1. Note: If you finish a section ahead of schedule, proceed on to the next pretest and section. We list the expected approximate times for you to complete the sections shown.

Week 1

• Sept. 22: Ast 1.1 to 1.4 (1 hour) [p. 325-327]; LO-I 1.1 to 1.4 (1.5 hours) [p. 225-227]
• Sept. 24: LO-I 1.5 and 1.6 (3/4 hour) [p. 228-229]; LO-I 2.1 to 2.2 (2 hours) [p. 230-234]

  Week 2

• Sept. 29: LO-I 2.2 to 2.4 (3 hours) [p. 235-238]
• Oct. 1: LO-I 2.4 to 2.8 (3 hours) [p. 238-246]

  Week 3

• Oct. 6: LO-I 2.9 (1 hour) [p. 238]; LO-I 3.1 to 3.2 (1 hour) [p. 239-240]; First Quiz
• Oct. 8: LO-I 3.3 to 3.5 (2 hours) [p. 241-243]; Ast 1.5 to 1.6 (1 hour) [p. 328-330]

  Week 4

• Oct. 13: LO-I 4.1 to 4.5 (3 hours) [p. 244-246]
• Oct. 15: Ast 1.7 to 1.9 (2 hours) [p. 330-332]; Ast 2.1 to 2.2 (1 hour) [p. 333-335]; introduce spreadsheets for data compilation.

  Week 5

• Oct. 20: Ast 2.3 to 2.7 (2- hours) [p. 335-338]; FIRST MIDTERM
• Oct. 22: Ast 3.1 to 3.3 (3/4 hour) [p. 339-340]; LO-II 1.1 to 1.5 (2 hours) [p. 539-544]

  Week 6

• Oct. 27: LO-II 1.6 to 1.8 (1.25 hours) [p. 544-545]; LO-II 2.1 to 2.6 (2 hours) [p. 546-551]
• Oct. 29: LO-II 2.7 to 2.10 (1.25 hours) [p. 552-553]; LO-II 2.11 to 2.12 (1.5 hours) [p. 554]

  Week 7

• Nov. 3: Ast 4.1 to 4.3 (1 hour) [p. 343-344]; LO-II 4.4 to 4.5 (1 hour) [p. 345]; Second Quiz
• Nov. 5 Ast 4.5 to 4.8 (2 hours) [p. 345-348]; LO-II 3.1 to 3.2 (1 hour) [p. 555-556]

  Week 8

• Nov. 10: LO-II 3.3 to 3.6 (1.75 hours) [p. 557-560]; LO-II 3.7 to 3.9 (1 hour) [p. 561]
• Nov. 12: LO-II 4.1 to 4.4 (1.75 hours) [p. 562-564]; LO-II 4.5 to 4.7 (1.25 hours) [p. 565-566]

  Week 9

• Nov. 17: LO-II 4.8 to 4.9 (5/6 hour) [p. 567]; LO-II 5.1 (3/4 hour) [p. 568-569]; SECOND MIDTERM
• Nov. 19: LO-II 5.2 to 5.3 (1.25 hours) [p. 570]; LO-II 5.4 to 5.7 (1.5 hours) [p. 571-574]

  Week 10

• Nov. 24: LO-II 5.4 to 5.7 (1.5 hours) [p. 571-574]; LO-II 5.7 to 5.9 [p. 574-575; we'll use a spreadsheet to do 5.8] (1.5 hours)
• Nov. 26: Thanksgiving holiday (Columbus Day celebrated)

  Week 11

• Dec. 3: Ast 5.1 to 5.4 (2 hours) [p. 349-353]; printout of all observations distributed; Third Quiz
• Dec. 5: Ast 5.5 to 5.7 (2 hours) [p. 353-357]; Ast 5.8 to 5.11 (1 hour) [p. 357-358]

Note: If you finish a section ahead of schedule, proceed on to the next pretest and section.

Additional note: The end of a section is always a checkoff.

FINAL EXAM: THURSDAY, 9 December 1999, 10:00 - 11:48

Senior final to be arranged.