29:008 Basic Physics Fall 2008

updated 10 Dec 2008

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class information

Lecture	Lecture Room 2, VAN
	11:30-12:20, Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Labs	only if registered for 4 S.H.
Text	The Physics of Everyday Phenomena, Fifth Edition, W. Thomas Griffith
Lab Manual	(only if registered for 4 S.H.) Laboratory Manual for Basic Physics 29:008 Version for 2008-2009 academic year by John A Goree and Chuck Williamson
Catalog Course Description	Quantitative treatment of mechanics, electricity, heat, liquids, gases, and atomic, nuclear, and elementary particle physics. Approved for College of Liberal Arts General Education requirement for natural sciences.
Drop/Add	All drop, add, and section changes must be done in the department's main office, room 203 VAN
Prerequisites	Algebra (22M:002 or equivalent) and trigonometry (22M:005 or equivalent) Course is closed to students who have taken 029:011 or 029:012.
Website	http://dusty.physics.uiowa.edu/~goree/teaching/29_008_2008.html
Dept. DEO	Professor Thomas Boggess, 203 VAN
Objective of the Course	This one-semester course is an introduction to the way physics helps you understand the world around you. You will learn physics concepts and how to combine them with mathematics to solve problems. You will learn a nonsubjective and analytical way of thinking that will be useful in areas outside physics.
Description of the Course	The course is offered as both 3 S.H. and 4 S.H. Students enrolled for 4 S.H. will take a lab. There is a weekly review for lecture topics; this review is conducted by TAs at the beginning of each lab session. Students registered for 3 S.H. are welcome to attend the review; just show up and introduce yourself to the TA.

Instructor:	John A. Goree
Office:	512 Van Allen Hall
E-mail:	so that I know it's not junk mail, please begin "subject" line of your email with Basic Physics
Phone:	319-335-1843
Office Hours:	MWF 8 - 9 AM, or by appointment

Announcements

updated info will be posted here occasionally after the semester begins:

DATE POSTED	ANNOUNCEMENT
15 Sept 2008	1. Sample exam questions (pdf format) for exam 1 are available here. Only four questions are provided here; your actual exam will have approximately 15 questions. 2. Corrected version of solutions to Chapter 4 homework has been posted on ICON today. Pages 1 and 7 have been corrected, and missing page 2 has been added.
22 Sept 2008	1. Seat assignment info on ICON previously had a formatting problem so that some students could not view their exam Form (Form A, Form B, Form C, Form D). If you were previously unable to view your exam Form, try again, because today I attempted to solve this problem so the data will fit in ICON's text field. 2. The powerpoint file for the review for exam 1 today can be found here.
6 Oct 2008	Lecture notes for today's lecture (only) are in this pdf file.
9 Oct 2008	1. Homework Chapter 8 solutions on ICON were missing parts (b) of E7 and E14. Today I remedied this by updating pages 2,7, and 8 of the PDF file. 2. Homework Chapter 9: omit question Q32 on baseball spin.
17 Oct 2008	1.Sample exam questions (pdf format) for exam 2 are available here. Only four questions are provided here; your actual exam will have approximately 20 questions. 2. A powerpoint file for the review for exam 2 can be found here
22 Oct 2008	1. Wed. Nov. 5 and Fri. Nov. 7 lectures: A guest lecturer, Professor Kletzing, will give two lectures while I attend a NASA meeting in Washington, D.C. He will use my lecture notes. 2. Mon. Nov. 17, 6:30 - 7:20 PM review session, before Exam 3, in the same room where our lecture usually meets (VAN Lecture Room II). Attendance is not required. If you are unable to attend, you can view the powerpoint file, which will be posted on this website. 3. Fri. Nov. 21 lecture is canceled. (This is the last lecture before the Thanksgiving break.) It is replaced by the Monday evening review session (see above). Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
13 Nov 2008	1. Sample exam questions (pdf format) for exam 3 are available here. Only four questions are provided here; your actual exam will have approximately 20 questions. 2. Review sessions: The TA will present additional sample questions in the review sesssions that are normally scheduled before each lab. As always, all students (both 3 and 4 S.H.) are welcome to attend the review. See schedule 3. A powerpoint file for the review for exam 3 can be found here.
17 Nov 2008	1. Chap. 14 Homework solutions have been corrected on ICON. Previously two questions were missing; these now appear on the last page. 2. Office hours Wednesday 19 Nov. are cancelled. Office hours will resume Monday after the Thanksgiving break.
4 Dec 2008	For Exam 4: 1. The TA will present ten sample questions Tuesday Dec. 9 in the three review sesssions that are normally scheduled before each lab. As always, all students (both 3 and 4 S.H.) are welcome to attend the review. You may attend even if you will not do the lab. See schedule 2. No review session will be presented by Professor Goree for exam 4, but a powerpoint file with a review can be found here. 3. Sample exam questions (pdf format) will be posted here later.
10 Dec 2008	1. Sample exam questions (pdf format) for Exam 4 can be found here. 2. Omit exercise E12 from the homework assignment for Chapter 20.

TA's

29:008 TAs

Name:	Victoria Povilus
E-mail:

Physics Tutorial Room

When you need a TA's help to understand the homework problems or textbook, you may seek assistance in the Physics Tutorial Room during the hours posted on its weekly schedule

sec	day	15-min review	main lab
21	Tu	~~8:00A - 8:15A, 67 VAN~~	~~8:15A - 10:50A , 267 VAN~~
23	Tu	11:30A - 11:45P, 63 VAN	11:45P - 2:20P , 267 VAN
25	Tu	3:30P - 3:45P, 65 VAN	3:45P - 6:20P , 267 VAN
27	Tu	7:00P - 7:15P, 65 VAN	7:15P - 9:50P , 267 VAN

What determines your grade:

Students enrolled for 3 S.H.:
- Course GPA = lecture grade, on a scale of 0.0 - 4.0
- Shaded grades (pluses and minuses) will be given
Students enrolled for 4 S.H.
- Course GPA = 75% lecture grade + 25% lab grade, on a scale of 0.0 - 4.0
- This weighting assures that the contribution of the lecture portion of the course to your University GPA will be the same, regardless of whether you are enrolled for 3 or 4 S.H.
- Shaded grades (pluses and minuses) will be given
Lecture grade:
- Average of four exams, weighted equally.
- Lecture grade for all students in the course, combined, will be 2.5
- Letter grades will be curved according to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Grade Distribution Chart for Elementary Courses (15% A, 34%B, 40%C, etc.)
Laboratory grade:
- Lab grade:
  - Zero, if a student completes less than 12 labs
  - The average of 13 labs, for a student who completes 12 or more labs.
  - For students who complete 12+ labs, the letter grade distribution will be according to the instructor's judgment, with A's and B's as the most common grades. Grades are higher for the lab grade than the lecture grade. The lab is designed for success, not frustration so that almost every student can successfully complete every lab.
- The 14th lab is intended only as a makeup for students who missed a lab; if a student completes 14 labs, only the first 13 will be used in calculating the lab grade.
Attendance:
- Laboratory attendance is a factor in calculating the laboratory grade.
- Lecture attendance is not recorded. Nevertheless, a student can succeed in the exams only by attending the lecture, as well as doing the homework.

Use ICON for password-protected viewing of:

ICON "Grades"
- your exam grades
- your seat assignment for an upcoming exam
ICON "Contents"
- homework solutions, released on scheduled dates

Exams

How many:

Four total:

Three exams during the semester
Final exam - just like the other three exams; it's not comprehensive

What they're like:

All exams are multiple choice, with about 15 questions.
Some questions will be conceptual with a descriptive answer, like the "questions" in the homework, while others will require calculation, like the "exercises" in the homework.
Questions will be based on homework, lecture, and reading (not the lab).
You will be provided the list of "Physical Constants" from the inside front cover of your textbook.
Seats will be assigned. Find your seat number in advance, online on ICON.
You will hand in both your question sheet & answer sheet.
Efforts are made to prevent and detect cheating on exams.

What to bring:

Bring a pencil, an eraser, and a calculator. See Policy on calculators.
With the exam paper, you will be provided a standard page of formulas.
You may bring a single 4"X6" note card with your notes, handwritten in your own handwriting, on both sides. Otherwise, no books, notes or electronic devices are permitted.
Tip: write your seat number on your 4"X6" note card before the exam.

The most effective way to study:

Before you do homework problems:
- read the book before the lecture
- attend the lecture
- review your lecture notes the same day as the lecture
- work through example questions & example exercises
Then do the homework
After you do the homework, review:
- your completed homework
- notes
- text

The role of homework:

Homework is the central part of your learning experience, outside the lab.
The lecture helps prepare you to do the homework, and the exams test what you learned while doing the homework.
Homework is neither collected nor graded; nevertheless, if you wish to perform well in the course, you must do it.

Solutions:

You may see the solutions to the homework on ICON, after the date shown on the schedule.

Help with homework:

You may seek help in doing the homework from anybody you wish, including:
- Any 29:008 TA, during office hours or after lab. Students in 29:008 may seek help from a 29:008 TA even if you are not enrolled in a lab.
- TAs in the Tutorial Room
- Prof. Goree during office hours or by appointment

Who takes the lab:

Students enrolled for 4 S.H. credit will take the lab in addition to the lecture portion of the course. Students enrolled for 3 S.H. will take only the lecture portion of the course.

The role of the lab:

Because physics is an experimental science, the laboratory is an important part of your learning experience in this course.

Who teaches the lab:

Lab sessions are conducted by a teaching assistant under the supervision of Prof. Goree and the department's Lab Coordinator.

The lab session has two parts:

First, a 15-minute review of math or physics concepts.
- All students, both 3 S.H. and 4 S.H., may attend.
- This instruction is helpful for understanding the lecture, homework, and exam.
- Professor Goree will give all the TAs the same instructions for the topic to review each week.
- This review uses a classroom for only about 15 minutes, not 50 minutes as indicated in the registrar's schedule. Sometimes it will be more than 15 minutes, sometimes less.
Second, the main lab session.
- Only students enrolled for 4 S.H. will attend.
- The main lab session begins after the review.
- This might meet in a room different from the 15-minute review.
Attendance is required for 4 S.H. students; attendance will be recorded at the beginning of the 15-minute review.

How many labs you'll do:

13 is the normal number of labs to complete.
14 labs are scheduled, but the last one is for make-up only. Your grade will not be improved by taking 14 labs instead of 13.
12 labs must be completed to receive a passing grade for the lab. See the lab grading info.

If you miss a lab:

You may do the 14th lab during the last week of the semester.
Making up a lab by attending another section is discouraged. According to departmental policy: only if all three of the following conditions are satisfied will you be allowed to make up a lab by attending another section:
1. You must get approval, one week in advance, from both your TA and the TA of the lab section you wish to sit in on; and
2. The lab section you wish to sit in on is not full; and
3. The lab section you wish to sit in on does not have other "visitors" that day.

Lab schedule:

*week beginning*	*a lecture topic this week corresponding to a lab*	*how many labs*	*lab*	15-min review tentative topics
25 Aug	motion with constant acceleration (M2)		no lab	none
1 Sep	acceleration by gravity (M3)	1	M2 Kinematics with Constant Acceleration	algebra: squares (if you double a, then a^2 will quadruple); solving equations (examples from HW: solve v0 + a t = 0 for t; solve d = 0.5 a t^2 for t); order of operations & calculator use (for d = v0 t + 0.5 a t^2)
8 Sep	forces, Newton's Third law (A4)	2	M3 Projectile Motion	units in general. How they change when multiplying, dividing, squaring quantities (like distance divided by velocity). Checking units at the end of an exercise. Exercises E1&E2 in Ch. 3.
15 Sep	potential energy, conservation of energy (M5)	3	A4 Hooke's Law	energy is different from force & power. Units of energy. Meaning of "proportional" , example "a is proportional to the square of v"
22 Sep		4	M5 Conservation of Energy	review of a few HW problems
29 Sep		5	A1 Precision Measurements	powers of 10; scientific notation
6 Oct	fluids & Bernoulli equation (A5)	6	A6 Bernoulli Effect and Flow Rate	fluids at rest: manometer; fluids in motion: rate of flow is constant in a pipe; Bernoulli principle
13 Oct	heat, first law of thermodynamics (H2, H3)	7	H2 Mechanical Equivalent of Heat	heat & energy - how they're related. Units.
20 Oct	electric charge (E1), exam	8	H3 Specific Heat	review of a few HW problems
27 Oct	electric circuits (E5)	9	E1 Charge Measurement	electricity parameters & units; a circuit is a closed loop
3 Nov	waves (W1)	10	E5 Ohm's Law	force vs. torque (review of mechanics topics, to help with lecture topics: magnetic force & torque)
10 Nov	optics (OP3, OP5)	11	W1 Speed of Sound	trig: sine function; sine function for small angles; Snell's law for refraction (which is in lecture but only for small angles in textbook).
17 Nov	optics (OP3, OP5), exam	12	OP3 Thin Lenses	review of a few HW problems
24 Nov			VACATION	VACATION
1 Dec	nuclear structure (Q6)	13	OP5 Diffraction: grating & slit	units for wavelength, frequency, speed, energy; Planck's constant
8 Dec	nuclear reactions (Q6)	14 makeup only	Q6 Geiger Counters	balancing charge etc. in nuclear reactions

*Week*	*Day*	*Topics*	Sections to read	Homework Questions (Q)	Homework Exercises (E)	HW solutions on ICON
25 Aug	M	Scientific Method, Scope of Physics	Sec. 1.1-1.5 Appendices A & B	11,13	7,11
	W	Description of Motion	Sec. 2.1 - 2.4	9,10,15,18	5,11,12
	F	Uniformly Accelerated Motion	Sec. 2.5	19,25,29	13,15	Chapter 1
1 Sep	M					Holiday
	W	Acceleration due to Gravity	Sec. 3.1 - 3.3	4,10,14	3,7,8,9	Chapter 2
	F	Projectile Motion	Sec. 3.4 - 3.5	17,20,23	11,15,16
8 Sep	M	Newton's First and Second Laws of Motion	Sec. 4.1 - 4.3	7,8,9,11,12,15	4,7,11	Chapter 3
	W	Newton's Third Law of Motion	Sec. 4.4 - 4.5	20,23,26	16,17,18
	F	Circular Motion and Centripetal Acceleration	Sec. 5.1 - 5.2	9,12,13	1,4,7	Chapter 4
15 Sep	M	Planetary Motion and Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation	Sec. 5.3 - 5.5	22,23,29	10,11,14
	W	Work, Kinetic Energy, and Potential Energy	Sec. 6.1 - 6.3	3,4,5,8	1,4,6,7	Chapter 5
	F	Conservation of Mechanical Energy	Sec. 6.4 - 6.5	12,22,30	11,14,15
22 Sep	M	Review for Test #1	Chapters 1-6			Chapter 6
	W	Exam 1	Chapters 1-6
	F	Momentum & Conservation of Momentum	Sec. 7.1 - 7.3	6,9,13,22	5,9,11,13
29 Sep	M	Elastic and Inelastic Collisions	Sec. 7.4 - 7.5	26,28,29	14,15,16,18
	W	Rotational Motion	Sec. 8.1 - 8.3	5,6,11,21	3,7,9,11	Chapter 7
	F	Conservation of Angular Momentum	Sec. 8.4 - 8.5	24,26,29,30	13,14,15,18
6 Oct	M	Fluids at Rest	Sec. 9.1 - 9.3	5,12,19,22	5,9,11,13	Chapter 8
	W	Fluids in Motion	Sec. 9.4 - 9.5	24,25,31,32	14,15,16
	F	Heat	Sec. 10.2 - 10.2, 10.5	9,13,15,18	1,3,7,10	Chapter 9
13 Oct	M	First Law of Thermodynamics	Sec. 10.3 - 10.4	21,25,30,31	13,15,17
	W	Heat Engines	Sec. 11.1 - 11.3	3,5,9,13	1,3,5,7	Chapter 10
	F	Second Law of Thermodynamics	Sec. 11.2 - 11.5	19,22,24,32	9,11,13
20 Oct	M	Review for Test #2	Chapters 7- 11			Chapter 11
	W	Exam 2	Chapters 7- 11
	F	Electric Charges & Coulomb's Law	Sec. 12.1 - 12.3	5,7,11,17	1,5,7,8
27 Oct	M	Electric Field and Electric Potential	Sec. 12.4 - 12.5	20,23,27,31	9,11,13,16
	W	Simple Electric Circuits	Sec. 13.1 - 13.3	2,6,11,13,14	2,5,9,12	Chapter 12
	F	Electric Energy & Power	Sec. 13.4 - 13.5	18,19,22,23	13,14,15,SP5
3 Nov	M	Magnetic Fields	Sec. 14.1 - 14.3	4,8,10,13	2,3,6,7	Chapter 13
	W	Electromagnetic Induction	Sec. 14.4 - 14.5	15,23,25,30	9,11,13
	F	Waves	Sec. 15.1 - 15.3	1,5,10,13,19	3,4,5,7	Chapter 14
10 Nov	M	Sound	Sec. 15.4 - 15.5	25,26,27,28,31	9,11,13,16
	W	Electromagnetic Waves	Sec. 16.1 - 16.3	3,6,10,13	1,3,5,7	Chapter 15
	F	Physical Optics	Sec. 16.4 - 16.5	20,22,23,27	9,11,13
17 Nov	M	Geometrical Optics	Sec. 17.1 - 17.4	3,9,17,25	1,3,5,8	Chapter 16
	W	Exam 3	Chapters 12 - 16
	F	To Be Announced	Chapters 12 - 16
24 Nov	MWF					Holiday
1 Dec	M	Atomic Structure	Sec. 18.1 - 18.3	5,7,11,13,17	1,3,5	Chapter 17
	W	Quantum Mechanics of Atoms	Sec. 18.4 - 18.5	19,24,26,28,29	7,9,11
	F	Nuclear Structure	Sec. 19.1 - 19.2	3,5,7,9,13	1,3,5	Chapter 18
8 Dec	M	Nuclear Reactions	Sec. 19.3 - 19.5	15,19,20,23,28	7,9,11
	W	Special Relativity	Sec. 20.1 - 20.3	5,7,14,17,19	3,5,9,12	Chapter 19
	F	Quarks & Cosmology	Sec. 21.1 - 21.2	2,3,4,8,12	none	Chapter 20, 21

16 Dec	Tu	Final Exam 12 pm Chapters 17-21

Calculators in Exams

A simple scientific calculator that does arithmetic, squares and exponents, roots, trig functions, and scientific notation, is best for the exams. It should have a numerical display only.
You are not permitted to use a calculator with a display capable of showing graphs, formulas, or text messages.

Administrative Home
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the administrative home of this course and governs matters such as the add/drop deadlines, the second-grade-only option, and other related issues. Different colleges may have different policies. Questions may be addressed to 120 Schaeffer Hall or see the Academic Handbook. www.clas.uiowa.edu/students/academic_handbook/index.shtml
Academic Fraud
Plagiarism and any other activities when students present work that is not their own are academic fraud. Academic fraud is reported to the departmental DEO and to the Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Services who enforces the appropriate consequences. www.clas.uiowa.edu/students/academic_handbook/ix.shtm
Making a Suggestion or a Complaint
Students with a suggestion or complaint should first visit the instructor, then the course supervisor and the departmental DEO. Complaints must be made within six months of the incident. www.clas.uiowa.edu/students/academic_handbook/ix.shtml#5
Accommodations for Disabilities
A student seeking academic accommodations should register with Student Disability Services and meet privately with the course instructor to make particular arrangements. For more information, visit this site: www.uiowa.edu/~sds/
Understanding Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment subverts the mission of the University and threatens the well-being of students, faculty, and staff. Visit www.sexualharassment.uiowa.edu for definitions, assistance, and the full University policy.
Reacting Safely to Severe Weather
In severe weather, the class members should seek shelter in the innermost part of the building, if possible at the lowest level, staying clear of windows and free-standing expanses. The class will continue if possible when the event is over. (Operations Manual 16.14.i.)