Introduction - UCSD Department of Physics
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Introduction - UCSD Department of Physics
Physics 1C Introduction "You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother." --Albert Einstein Introduction Welcome to Physics 1C! Physics 1 is a three quarter course designed as an introduction into basic physics for students in the biological sciences. Physics 1C in particular will focus on waves, sound, light, and modern physics. Please note that the lecture and the lab are separate courses with separate instructors. Introduction Instructor: Dr. Mark Paddock I am a Research Scientist (Biophysics) in Chemistry and in Biology and a Lecturer in the Physics department . My degree is in Physics from UCSD. This will be my 30th year at UCSD. In my spare time, I work on photosynthetic, mitochondrial membrane proteins and circadian clocks. Physics 1CL Lab TA Coordinators Hsi-Ming Chan [email protected] Paul Hemphill [email protected] Faculty Instructor Prof. Alex Groisman [email protected] Lab Manual (5th Edition) is available at the bookstore. Syllabus/Calendar Link/Supplementary Materials on TED. Labs start ***this*** week! Physics 1CL Lab classes start on the ***1st week*** of classes (this week!). ● The 1st week will be a general review of Phys 1CL and of the safety rules. ● No preparation is required for the first lab class and it will not be graded. ● Lab 1 will take place on the 2nd week of classes (next week). ● The attendance of the lab classes on the 1st and 2nd week is ***mandatory***. You will not be able to take Phys 1CL if you miss it on either 1st or 2nd week. ● Physics 1CL The labs are located in 2306 and 2326 Mayer Hall! Attendance in labs are mandatory for the first two lab meetings starting from ***week one***! You are to bring the Academic Integrity Policy to the first day of lab. The reading quiz given on the second lab meeting will be partially based on the Academic Integrity Policy and the Scientific Integrity Primer! Introduction My office is located in the bottom floor of Mayer Hall Annex, room 1623 mpaddock@ucsd,edu The TA for this course is: Dian (David) Shi ([email protected]) Bonner Hall Urea Hall Mayer Hall York Hall David Shi – Phys 1C TA Office hours: TBA Discussion Section Thursday 8:00 pm – 9:50 pm Warren Lecture Hall 2005 Practical Information The website will be an extremely useful place. There you have: An academic calendar The class syllabus The problem sets Current announcements Lecture PDFs will be posted before and after each lecture Homework solutions will be posted on Mondays before Quiz http://physics.ucsd.edu/students/courses/spring2015 Practical Information The book we will be using is: Serway and Jewett, Principles of Physics, 5th Edition, Vol. 1 & 2 Brooks/Cole-CENGAGE The list of homework problems for the quarter is on the website They are divided into: Objective, Easy and Medium Homework due via WebAssign My Goals/Expectations Introduce you to the basic concepts of physics. A journey for all of us. Try to convey our world through the eyes of physics Biological, medical and earth science examples and applications Action figures on physics website Expect you to be able to identify and apply basic physical principles to real world problems Need Help? There is help available for you to complete your homework and understand the concepts: Problem Solving Sessions: Thursday 8 - 10 pm Warren Lecture Hall 2005 David Physics Dept. Tutorial Center runs from SundayThursday from 3:00pm-8:00pm 2702 Mayer Hall There are also office hours after Mon and Wed lecture of by appointment Facebook page for discussion and assistance, Quizzes & Grades "Equations are the devil’s sentences!" --Stephen Colbert Concepts will be emphasized. Yet elementary math still plays a major role in the course Your grades will be determined by your performance on the quizzes and the final exam Fixed grading scale!! There will be 4 quizzes: Fri. 4/12 Fri. 4/26 Fri. 5/17 Fri. 5/31 Your lowest quiz score will be dropped The cumulative final exam will be on Wednesday, June 10th from 11:30am to 2:29pm Lectures "The lecture method is the process whereby the lecture notes of the instructor get transferred to the notebooks of the students without passing through the brains of either!“ --Darrell Huff That quote pretty much sums up my feelings about modern lectures That is why I strongly encourage your participation in the lecture process This is why we will be using clickers (http://www.iclicker.com) Problem Solving Sessions Problem solving sessions will be: Thursday 8:00pm-9:50pm starting next WLH week @ WLH 2005 First day we will use clickers will be Friday Facebook page – UCSD Phys 1C Questions, answers, comments York Post notes, quiz example questions iClickers To use the clicker: 1. Register your i>clicker remote on TED. 2. Select your answer. You must choose one of the offered choices or you will receive no credit. 3. The receiver (AC-frequency in GH 254) will tell you if your answer is received by the system. 4. You will receive one point for merely answering and an additional point for answering a clicker question correctly. We will start using the clickers next Monday. iClickers You are responsible for bringing your remote to Physics 1C classes. Each clicker has a unique serial number on the back of the remote. You should write it down and place a piece of scotch tape over that ID to preserve it. All remotes have a 200 hour battery life (3 AAA). Students found to be using multiple clickers in class will be guilty of academic misconduct and their clickers will be confiscated. WebAssign Homework Homework from each chapter will be assigned and graded using WebAssign You can register using the following class key 'ucsd 8809 0166‘ at https://www.webassign.net/v4cgi/selfenroll/classke y.html Help can be found at https://webassign.com/support/student-support/ Topics - Overview Basic physical principles Start with Harmonic Oscillators (weeks 1-2) Then into waves (weeks 2-4) Mirrors and lenses (weeks 4-6) Interference (weeks 6-7) Modern physics (weeks 7-10) Nucleus and radioactivity (week 10) Administrative Your grade will be calculated by: 60% Quizzes + 30% Final + 10% WebAssign + ~5% EC (clickers and participation). Your grade will be determined by using the following tentative scale: Between 85% and 100% => A Between 70% and 85% => B Between 55% and 70% => C Between 40% and 55% => D Grade below 40% => F Academic Integrity Academic integrity will be taken very seriously. Research into the field shows that violating academic integrity guidelines only postpones the inevitable. Also, along those same lines I expect you to be respectful of others during lecture. If you cannot, then you will be asked to leave lecture. For Next Time (FNT) Download and read syllabus Read Chapter 12 Start on WebAssign homework for Chapter 12 When is the first quiz? A week from Friday (4/10)