PHY140:
Ideas of Physics (Spring 2006)
Instructor: David
Heskett 320B East
Hall, 874-2076, dheskett@uri.edu
Office Hours:
MW: 9-10:30, or whenever you can find me, or by appt.
Text: Conceptual
Physics, 10th Ed., by Paul G. Hewitt
Course Web Page: A course web page has been set up at the
following url: http://surface.phys.uri.edu/PHY140/PHY140sylS06.html. This page can also be accessed through
the physics dept.’s web site (http://www.phys.uri.edu).
From links in the syllabus, Homework Solutions, Exam Solutions, and the Web Exercise (as of March 7)
can be accessed on the web.
Grading: Exams-55%; Final-30%; Homework-10%; Web-Based
Exercise-5%;
Lecture Quizzes-5% (extra credit).
A(93-100); A-(90-93); B+(87-90);
B(83-87); B-(80-83); C+(77-80); C(73-77);
C-(70-73);
D+(67-70); D(60-67); F(<60).
Examinations: There will be four unit exams (in class) and a final exam. These
exams are closed book. No books or notes will be allowed. The dates are listed
below. Exam times will be staggered so that one half of the class will begin
the exam at 2 p.m. (last names:
A-K) and one half at
2:30 p.m. (last names: L-Z). The lowest of your 4 exam grades will be
dropped in computing your final grade.
A review session will be held the afternoon before each exam (5-6 p.m.). Exam
solutions will be posted on the web. No makeup exams will be given.
Course Units: The course is divided into four units as
follows:
unit
#1
Chaps. 2-4,9,13 exam on Thurs. 2/16
unit
#2
Chaps. 14-16 exam on Thurs. 3/9
unit
#3
Chaps. 19-21 exam on Thurs. 4/6
unit
#4
Chaps. 26-29 exam on Thurs. 4/27
Final Exam: A cumulative final exam will be given in a larger auditorium
probably during a common exam time to be announced (i.e. probably not the
regular time posted in the catalogue). Every student must take the final.
Lecture Quizzes: During some lectures, a simple question related to a topic covered
on that day will be given during the class. A right answer earns 2 points, a
wrong answer 1 point. The overall lecture quiz score will be worth a maximum of
5% extra credit towards your
final grade.
Homework Assignments:
A set of homework questions or
exercises (taken from the textbook) will be due on Thurs. of every week by 4
p.m. and must be turned in in class or placed in a homework box outside my
office. Homework solutions will be posted on the web. Assignments will not
be accepted more than one week after the due date. Homework will be checked only; individual
problems will not be graded. Paper versions only. Email versions won’t be
accepted.
Web Exercise: Every student must hand in the results of a physics-oriented
web-based search which will be distributed in class and will also be posted on
the course web page on Tues., March 7.
This assignment must be handed in on or before Tues., April 18. Paper
versions only. Email versions won’t be accepted. Web assignments < 1 week
late will receive 50% credit; assignments >1 week late will receive no credit.
Homework must be submitted by 4 p.m. (in class or box outside my office).
Week of Reading for the week Homework
(RQ=Review Question;
Ex=Exercise)
Thurs., Jan. 26 Chap. 3
Thurs., Feb. 2 Chaps.
2+4 HW
#1 due
Chap.
3 (Ex: 4,5,10,13,16,
22,27,32,36,44)
Chap.
2 (RQ: 10,13,17;
Ex: 6,14,15,19,20,26,37)
Thurs., Feb. 9 Chap.
9 (pp.161-172) HW
#2 due
Chap.
4 (RQ: 3,4,6,11,15,16.
23-25, 31,33;
Ex: 2,6,13,14,24,
43,46,52,54)
Thurs., Feb. 16 Chap.
13 (pp. 248-258) HW
#3 due
Chap.
9 (RQ: 7,12-14;
Ex:
4,5,11,28,30,39)
Chap. 13 (RQ: 20;
Ex:4,11,14-16,25,26,
31,35)
Wed., Feb. 15, Exam #1 Review (5-6 p.m.)
Thurs., Feb. 16, Exam #1 (Chaps. 2-4,9,13)
Thurs., Feb. 23 Chap.
14 (pp.268-276) HW
#4 due
Chap.
14 (RQ: 2-10;
Ex:
1,2,5,6,8,11,17,20,21)
Thurs., March 2 Chap.
15 HW
#5 due
Chap.
14 (RQ: 13,14;
Ex: 34,35,38,41)
Chap.
15 (RQ: 2,7,12,14-16;
Ex:
1,2,15,16,20,24,27,
28)
Thurs., March 9 Chap.
16 HW
#6 due
Chap.
15 (Ex: 8,31, 37,39,42,44,
45,50,57,58)
Chap.
16 (RQ: 3-5,33;
Ex:
1,3,4,7,9,10)
Wed.,
March 8, Exam #2 Review (5-6 p.m.)
Thurs., March 9, Exam #2 (Chaps. 14-16)
March 13-17 Spring
Break
Thurs., March 23 Chap.
19 HW
#7 due
Chap. 19 (RQ: 4,8,10,12,13;
Ex:
1-4,8-11,19,21,23,27)
Thurs., March 30 Chap.
20 HW
#8 due
Chap.
19 (RQ: 20,24;
Ex: 31,34,36,37,39,40,43,
48)
Chap.
20 (RQ: 3,10;
Ex:
1,2,6,8,12,16,20,29)
Thurs., April 6 Chap.
21 HW
#9 due
Chap.
20 (RQ: 27;
Ex:
33,37-40,44,48-50)
Chap.
21 (RQ: 4;
Ex:
7,11,13,14,26,31,33,
37,40)
Wed.,
April 5, Exam #3 Review (5-6 p.m.)
Thurs., April 6, Exam #3 (Chaps. 19-21)
Thurs., April 13 Chaps.
26+27 HW
#10 due
Chap. 26 (RQ: 7,9,11,19,26;
Ex:
4,5,9,11,12,18-20,
22, 29,30,37,38,
41,48)
Tues., April 18 Web
exercise is due
Thurs., April 20 Chap.
28 HW
#11 due
Chap. 27 (RQ: 5,7-10,14,16,23,
25,29,30;
Ex: 1,5,8,12,13,21,23,28,
48)
Thurs., April 27 Chap.
29 HW
#12 due
Chap.
28 (RQ: 6,13,22,25;
Ex:14,25,27,29,31,49)
Chap. 29 (RQ: 3,4,13;
Ex:
3,4,14,27,29,36,44)
Wed., April 26, Exam #4 Review (5-6 p.m.)
Thurs., April 27, Exam #4 (Chaps. 26-29)
TBA Final
Exam Review
TBA Final
Exam
PHY140 Exam Questions
On
each of the 4 unit exams, one question will ask you to provide one example for each of two of the following topics based on your real-world
(out-of-class) observations and experiences. Specifically, credit will not be given for listing
items discussed in class or just demos from class. Acceptable answers must be from things you have personally
observed or experienced out of class.