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Instructors:

      Lectures:

Dr. Nora Thornber

email: nthornbe@raritanval.edu

telephone: (908) 526-1200, extension 8280

office:  S-225
 

Lab sessions:

 Connie Zapata

 email:  czapata@raritanval.edu

telephone:   (908) 526-1200, extension 8353
 

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Text:Conceptual Physics, eighth editioin, by Paul G. Hewitt;  and
                Physics Laboratory Manual, 8th Edition, by Paul Robinson.

Materials:A scientific calculator with trigonometric functions is required.

Attendance: Regular attendance is expected and required. See Attendance and Grading Procedures in the Student Handbook or in the catalog for the official college policy. If you miss class twice in succession, please send me an email explaining your absences and to obtain your assignments.

Evaluation:
 

Quizes	100
Labs	210
Three Tests	300
Final Exam	200
Total Points	810 total

Final Grade:
 

90% or more of the total points	-	A
88% - 89%  80% - 87%	-  -	B+  B
78% - 79%  70% - 77%	-  -	C+  C
60% - 69%	-	D
59% or less	-	F

Homework:Regular homework is assigned at the end of each class meeting and wiill be gone over in the next class if you ask for it.

Quizzes:There will be 11 quizes (worth 10 points each).  There will be no makeup  quizzes; the instructor will drop your lowest quiz grade when computing your final average.

Tests:There will be three major tests given during the semester. Makeup tests are not automatic; you must discuss this with the instructor promptly should an emergency arise that prevents you from taking a test.

Labs: The lab reports (worth 15 points each) will be graded by Dr. Thornber, and any questions on grading should be directed to her. The lab reports must be NEAT and legible. The lab reports are due at the BEGINNING of the following lab session. Late lab reports are not accepted.
 

WEEKLY SCHEDULE:
 

WEEK	CHAPTERS IN BOOK; TESTS; FINAL EXAM	TOPICS
1	Chapter1	About Science  LAB (onsite) = Is Seeing Believing, page 1, Lab Manual, 8th Edition, by Paul Robinson
2	MECHANICS  Part 1: Chapter 2  Part 1: Chapter 3	Linear Motion  Nonlinear Motion  LAB = Split Second, page 33, and Blind as a Bat, page 35.
3	Part 1: Chapter 4  Part 1: Chapter 5	Newton's Law of Motion  Momentum  LAB = What a Drag!, page 13
4	Part 1: Chapter 6  Part 1: Chapter 7	Energy  Rotational Motion  LAB = Test during first lab hour, chapters 1 - 7; lab = Rotational Derby, page 25.
5	Part 1: Chapter 8  Part 1: Chapter 9	Gravity  Satellite Motion  LAB = Being Eccentric, page 31, and Weight a Moment, page 51
6	PROPERTIES OF MATTER  Part 2: Chapter 10  Part 2: Chapter 11 ,             sections on Density and Elasticity only  Part 2: Chapter 12  Part 2: Chapter 13, sections The Atmosphere through             Buoyancy of Air only	The Atomic Nature of Matter  Solids  Liquids  Gases and Plasmas  LAB = Getting Displaced, page 75, and Float a Boat, page 87
7	HEAT  Part 3: Chapter 14  Part 3: Chapter 15  Part 3: Chapter 16	Temperature, Heat, and Expansion  Heat Transfer  Change of Phase  LAB = Specifically Water, page 101, and Specific Heats, page 107
8	Part 3: Chapter 17, omit section on First Law of             Thermodynamics; also omit from middle             of page 313 through 315  SOUND Part 4: Chapter 18	Thermodynamics      Vibrations and Waves  LAB = Solar Power, page 119
9	Part 4: Chapter 19 Part 4: Chapter 20 ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM  Part 5: Chapter 21 up to and including section on             Charging by Induction	Sound  Musical Sounds  Electrostatics  LAB = Oh Say Can You Sing?, page 131, and Sound Barrier, page 133
10	Part 5: Chapter 21 starting with section             on Charge Polarization  Part 5: Chapter 22  Part 5: Chapter 23  TEST ON CHAPTERS 8 - 22	Electrostatics    Electric Current  Magnetism  LAB = Let There Be Light, page 151.
11	Part 5: Chapter 24  LIGHT  Part 6: Chapter 25  Part 6: Chapter 26	Electromagnetic Induction  Properties of Light  Color  LAB = Cranking-Up Quantitatively, page 175.
12	Part 6: Chapter 27  Part 6: Chapter 28	Reflection and Refraction  Light Waves  LAB = None, college is closed
13	Part 6: Chapter 29  (Omit chapter 30.)  ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS  Part 7: Chapter 31, through section Explanation of             Quantized..., only.  Part 7: Chapter 32, through section Radiation             Detectors, only	Light emission    The Atom and the Quantum  The Atomic Nucleus and Radioactivity  LAB = Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, page 187, and Images, page 191.
14	Part 7: Chapter 32: sections on Carbon Dating,             Uranium Dating, and Effects of             Radiation on Humans  Part 7: Chapter 33, sections on Nuclear             Fission and Nuclear Fission Reactors  Part 8: Chapter 34, section on Mass, Energy,             and E = mc^2, only  Part 7: Chapter 33: section on Nuclear Fusion  RELATIVITY  Part 8: Chapter 34, through section Time Dilation,             only  Part 8: Chapter 35, first section only	Nulear Fission and Fusion          Special Theory of Relativity  General Theory of Relativity:              TEST ON CHAPTERS 23 - 33, during lab time
15	Complete any missing topics; review	LAB= Wave Addition (handout), and Magnetic Fields (handout)
FINAL EXAM	Two hours; date and time  to be announced	Final Examination

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