Physics 131
Information Winter
2005
Lecturer:
email: hughes@mps.ohio-state.edu
Course web page: http:// www.physics.ohio-state.edu /~hughes/131/
Text (Required): Fundamentals
of Physics Extended by Halliday, Resnick, &
Lab Manual (Required): Physics 131:
Lab Manual Fifth Edition.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of
Math 151 is a prerequisite for this course.
Full
participation and attendance in
lecture, recitation, and laboratory is expected. Grades are based on
performance in recitation, midterms, final examination and laboratory.
Grade Weights: Homework/Recitation (1);
Midterms (2); Final Examination (2); Laboratory (1). The recitation grade will
be based on quizzes, homework, and class participation.
Course Format: The entire class meets on
MWF for Lecture in Smith Lab 1153. On
Tuesdays and Thursdays you will attend Recitations with about 30 other
students. The lab meets once a week for
two hours with about 20 students per session.
Recitations: The first
(Tuesday) recitation each week will be used to go over that week's homework, as
well as sample problems not part of homework. The second (Thursday) recitation
each week will typically begin with a quiz (10-15 minutes) and then follow with
additional sample problems. The sample
problems will be considered covered material for the purpose of midterms,
quizzes, and the Final. There will be two midterms which will be given in the
recitation rooms on the Thursdays listed in the schedule below.
Homework: There will be a set of homework problems
assigned every week. The homework will
be posted on the course website.
Quizzes, Midterms, and the Final will borrow heavily from the
homework problems, as well as those problems and material covered in Lecture
and Recitation.
Laboratory: Laboratory sections commence
on Monday January 10th. Bring
the Laboratory Manual and a calculator to lab each week. Missed laboratory
sessions may be made up while the apparatus remains in the lab; but only
with the permission of Dr. Adelson (course manager), Room 1106 Smith Lab,
292-2067, to whom you must present documentation to verify that the absence
from lab was unavoidable. If there
is no space in a lab, no make-up will be possible.
Missed Quizzes/Midterms: One quiz grade will be
dropped. This is to allow for missed
quizzes due to any reason. If no quizzes
are missed, the lowest quiz grade will be dropped. No make-ups are allowed for missed quizzes or
midterms. For unavoidable missed
midterms or finals, see Dr. Adelson.
Study Aids: Room 1011A in Smith Lab is
a Tutor Room where free help is available starting the second week of the
quarter. A schedule of hours will be posted at that time.
General Course Information: Please read the handout “General Information
Physics 131 – 132 – 133”.
Physics 131 Syllabus and Reading
Week 1: LAB: No
laboratory this week
Jan 03 M L Introduction,
Units, Motion in a Line (
04 T R Kinematics
Tutorial
05 W L Motion
in a Line (
06 R R Sample Problems, QUIZ 1
07 F L Motion in a Line (
Week 2: LAB:
Diagnostic Test and Experiment II: Thinking about Motion Using Diagrams and
Graphs
Jan 10 M L Vectors (
11 T R HW1
Due. Review Homework 1, previous
Quiz
12 W L Motion
in Two Dimensions (
13 R R Sample Problems, QUIZ 2
14 F L Motion in Two Dimensions (
Week 3: LAB: No
laboratory this week
Jan 17 M L Martin Luther King Day (No Class)
18 T R HW2
Due. Review Homework, previous Quiz
19 W L Forces:
20 R R Sample Problems, QUIZ 3
21 F L Forces:
Week 4: LAB: Experiment
III: Thinking about Motion and Force Using Diagrams and Graphs
Jan 22 M L Forces:
(Applications) (
23 T R HW
3 Due. Review Homework, previous Quiz
24 W L Gravitational
Force (
25 R R Midterm I
(Kinematics, Dynamics, Forces, Chap 1-5)
26 F L Friction
Force (
Week 5: LAB: Experiment
IV:
Jan 31 M L Friction
Force (
Feb 01 T R HW 4 Due. Review Homework, Midterm I
02 W L Circular
Motion (
03 R R Sample Problems, QUIZ 4
04 F L Circular Motion (satellites) (Ch. 14 Sect: 4)
Week 6: LAB: Experiments
V & VI: The Monster Truck and Airplane Flier Experiment Problems
Feb 07 M L Work/Energy
Kinetic Energy and Work (
08 T R HW
5 Due. Review Homework, previous
Quiz
09 W L Work/Energy
(Weight, Spring) (
10 R R Sample Problems, QUIZ 5
11 F L Work/Energy (Power, Potential Energy,
Conservative Forces) (
Physics 131 Syllabus and Assignment
Sheet Winter
2002
Week 7: LAB: Experiment VII: Qualitative reasoning about work-energy processes
Feb 14 M L Conservation
of Energy/Gravitational Potential Energy (
15 T R HW
6 Due. Review Homework, previous
Quiz
16 W L Momentum,
Center of Mass (Ch 9 Sect: 1-3)
18 R R Sample Problems, QUIZ 6
19 F L Momentum (Ch 9 Sect: 4-9)
Week 8: LAB: Experiments
VIII & IX: Sled Jumper and Spring Launch Experiment
Problems
Feb 21 M L Impulse,
Elastic Collisions in 1 dimensional (Ch
10 Sect: 1-3)
22 T R HW
7 Due. Midterm II (Forces, Circular Motion, Work, Energy)
23 W L Inelastic
Collisions (1 and 2 dimensional) (
24 R R Review
Homework, Midterm
II
25 F L Rotation,
Angular Variables, Angular acceleration (Ch. 11 Sect: 1-4)
Week 9: LAB: Experiment
X: Collisions
28 M L Rotational
Kinetic Energy, Moment of Inertia (
Mar 01 T R HW 8 Due. Review Homework, previous Quiz
02 W L Torque,
03 R R Sample Problems, QUIZ 7
04 F L Rolling Motion, Angular Momentum (Ch 12
Sect: 1, 2)
Week 10: LAB: Experiment XIII: Pendulum-Box Bash Friction Measurer and post-diagnostic
test
Mar 07 M L Angular Momentum (Ch
12 Sect 5-6)
08 T R HW 9 Due. Review Homework, previous Quiz
09 W L Angular
Momentum Conservation
(Ch 12 Sect 7-8)
10 R R Sample
Problems
11 F L Review
for Final
FINAL EXAMINATION: In Recitation
Rooms:
TIME: 8:30am Section: Tuesday March 15 at
9:30am Section: Thursday March 17 at