Physics 207E Course Syllabus - Fall 1999
Instructor
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Dr.
John A. Carlisle, 2011 North Oliver Hall, Office phone #: 828-5443;
email: jacarlis@vcu.edu |
Homepage
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http://www.courses.vcu.edu/PHYS207/ |
Office Hours
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Tuesdays
& Thursdays 4:30-5:20 in Rm. 2011, North Oliver Hall
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Text (Lecture)
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Fundamentals
of Physics, Halliday, Resnick, and Walker, John Wiley & Sons,
Inc, Fifth Edition. |
Text (Lab)
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Laboratory
Manual For University Physics I (Buy at your first lab meeting for
$5.00). |
Material covered
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Chapters
1-14, 16 (Note: the topics covered are subject to change. However,
the Exam dates shown in the Course Schedule below will not change). |
Weekly Course
Schedule
One chapter per week
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Lecture 5:30-6:45p
TEMPLE 1160
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Lecture 5:30-6:45p
TEMPLE 1160
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| Recitations:
1:00-1:50
2:00-2:50
4:00-4:50
N. Oliver Hall
2121
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Labs:
8:30a-10:50a
11:00a-1:30p
2:00p-4:30p
7:00p-9:30p
TEMPLE 3317
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Homework
Due
(weekly, by 5:30pm)
Web Study
Guides
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Midterm Exams
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Course
Components and Relative Weighing:
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Recitation Attendance
4%
Reading Quizzes 8%
Web Study Guide 8%
Homework 12%
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Laboratory 12%
Midterms 32% (or 16%)
Final Exam 24% (or 40%)
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Tentative Letter Grade Assignments
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A: 89.5-100
B:
79.5-89.4 C: 69.5-79.4 D: 59.5-69.4 F: <59.5
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Honor Code
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Please read the VCU
Honor System statement. Clear
and convincing evidence of honor
system violations in this class
will result in the submission of formal written charges to the Honor
System Coordinator. Under these circumstances I do not give warnings
or ask students for explanations. |
Lecture
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The three
lecture sessions will be broken up into two parts: The Tuesday
and Thursday meetings will be normal lecture sessions, during
which I will cover the main topics of each chapter. The Monday
meetings will be a Recitation, during which we will concentrate on
working problems. The homework will then be due on Tuesdays, as
discussed below. At the beginning of the Thursday class meeting each
week, we will begin class with a 10 min. Reading Quiz.
The Midterm
Exams (see Course Schedule below) will be given on
Thursdays. On Tuesdays of these weeks, we will
also have the Web Study Guide presentations |
Recitation
4%
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The
focus of the recitations is active learning. The first ten minutes
will consist of working a "simulated" exam problem.
The remainder of the class will be unstructured and focus on
either working the assigned homework problems or working on the Web
Study Guides. Attendance of the recitation is mandatory-your
grade for this component of the course is based solely on
attendance. |
Group Projects:
Web Study Guides
8%
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The purpose of this
part of the course is to force students to work in a active
group learning environment to construct a detailed study
guide for a particular chapter (not chapter 1). The
components of the guides are:
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Synopsis
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Major concepts/equations
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Major Problem Types
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Tips/Advice
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Ten fully worked out problems (picture, major concept used,
solution with discussion)
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Links to other sites.
The study guides will be presented to the
class in the form of an oral presentation on the Tuesday
before the Midterm Exams and the last Thursday meeting before
the Final Exam. Your fellow classmates will assign you your
grade (I have a 20% vote too). After the presentations, Dr.
Carlisle will publish the guides on the Web so that they
can be used by all to study for the Exams. One problem on each
exam will come from the study guides. Study
Guide Groups should number no more than Six and no less
than Three. I recommend that members of groups have a
recitation in common. The sign-up period starts the week of 9/13
on a first come, first serve basis. Further
details regarding web study guides can be found at http://www.courses.vcu.edu/PHYS207/study_guides.htm |
Reading Quizes
8%
1 dropped
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Each
student is required to read the chapter before each week begins.
I do not have enough time to cover every topic you will be responsible
for during the Monday/Tuesday meetings. To give you credit for reading
each chapter, each Thursday we will begin class with a short 10
minute Reading Quiz. These quizzes will consist of five (5)
multiple-choice questions.
Each quiz will be worth 10 points.
Failure to turn-in a quiz results in a grade of 0/10. There
will be no makeup quizzes.
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Homework
12%
1 dropped
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Homework will
be assigned for each chapter covered. Each assignment will consist of
8 problems. Each Homework Assignment is due on Tuesday at
the beginning of class (5:30pm). 5
points will be deducted for each day after the due date the
assignment is turned in. Please refer to the Homework
Rules and Suggestions page for more information.
Problems on the Exams will also be
very similar to the assigned homework. You are encouraged to work in
groups. I will post solutions on the 207 website.
Only one problem on each HW will be
graded in full (1-10 scale). The rest of the problems you will receive
either a 0 (not attempted), 1 (partial attempt), or 2 (full attempt).
Your total grade will be the sum of these two grades.
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Laboratory:
12%
1 dropped
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Attendance of
the Lab component of this course is Mandatory. Labs will start
on 9/14/99. You will purchase ($5.00-Exact change only!!) your lab
manual at the beginning of your first lab meeting. Considerable work
has taken place over the past two years developing computer-based lab
experiments. Eight out of the eleven labs you will perform are new. No
Makeups |
Midterm
Exams:
32% (or 16%)
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Two Midterm
Exams will be given during the course during the Thursday class meeting
period (see schedule for dates). Each of
these exams will count 16% toward your final grade, for a total of 32%. The exam dates are FIXED! The material covered will be
clearly announced.
There will be no makeup exams.
If you miss an exam AND the absence is excusable, then your final
average will be computed using a weigh of 16% for the Midterm and 40%
for the Final.
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Final Exam
24% (or 40%)
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The Final Exam will
be comprehensive and cover the entire range of topics in the course.
Their will be no final exam make-up.
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Students
with Disabilities
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The
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requires Virginia
Commonwealth University to provide a "reasonable
accommodation" to any individual who advises us of a
physical or mental disability. If you have a physical or mental
limitation that requires an accommodation or an academic
adjustment, please arrange a meeting with me at you earliest
convenience. |
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Physics
207 Schedule – Fall 1999
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Week of
(Exam Date)
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Chapter Number
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Topics Covered
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Homework Problems
(Due Tuesdays)
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Laboratories
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| Aug 30 |
1,2
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Measurement/1D Motion
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Ch1: 6, 20, 33
Ch2: 9, 27, 42, 65, 84
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No Laboratory
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| Sept 6 |
3
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Vectors
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Ch3: 11, 17, 23, 27, 29, 43, 50,
53 |
No Laboratory
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| Sept 13 |
4
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Motion in 2D & 3D
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Ch4: 12,19, 24, 34,
37, 51, 65, 74 |
Introduction to Science Workshop
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| Sept 20 |
5
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Force and Motion I
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Ch5: 10, 33, 39, 43,
49, 55, 57, 64 |
Linear Motion
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| Sept 27 |
6
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Force and Motion II
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Ch6: 5, 20, 31, 34,
37, 46, 57, 70 |
Intro to Video Capture
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| Oct 4 |
1-6
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Midterm I Review
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Chapter 2-6 Web Study
Guide Presentations |
Projectile Motion
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| Oct 7 |
Midterm Exam I, Chapters 1-6
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| Oct 11 |
7
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Kinetic Energy and Work
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Ch7: 5,
16, 22, 24, 29, 34, 40, 46 |
Centripetal Force
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| Oct 18
Oct
22 is "W" Day
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8
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Conservation of Energy
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Ch8: 19, 22, 33, 44,
47, 53, 69, 81 |
Con. of Energy
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| Oct 25
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9
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Systems of Particles
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Ch9: 3, 16, 21, 25,
39, 47, 56, 59 |
Collisions in 1D
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Nov 1
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10
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Collisions
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Ch10: 7, 13, 21, 34,
44, 54, 63, 66 |
Collisions in 2D
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| Nov 8 |
11
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Rotation
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Ch11: 4, 16, 35, 51,
61, 70, 76, 87 |
Rotational Inertia
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| Nov 15 |
7-11
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Midterm II Review
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Chapter 7-11 Web Study Guide
Presentations |
Rotational Equilibrium
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| Nov 18 |
Midterm Exam II, Chapters 7-11
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| Nov 22
(Thanks-
giving)
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12
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Torque & Angular Momentum
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Ch12: 5,
15, 29, 37, 44, 55, 59, 65 |
No Laboratory
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| Nov 29 |
13,14
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Equilibrium, Gravity
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Ch13: 5, 26, 33, 40
Ch14: 2, 8, 23, 33 |
Simple Harmonic Motion
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| Dec 6 |
16
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Oscillations, Final Exam Review
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Ch16: 9, 23, 36, 44, 53, 71, 75,
85
Chapter 12-14,16 Web Study Guide Presentations
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No Laboratory
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| December
16, 1999, 4-6:50p (Thursday) |
Comprehensive Final
Exam
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