Phys 100 Introductory Physics Section 102 (Fall, 2007)

Phys 100 Introductory Physics Section 102 (Fall, 2007)

Lecture hours: 1100-1150am, MWF; Location: Hebb Theater

Lecturer: Prof. Fei Zhou, Off: Henn. 345, Email: feizhou@physics

Research and teaching site: http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~feizhou

I will hold office hours every Monday 200-300pm in my office Hennings 345.

Important information:

a) Phys 100 labs

b) Phys100 tutorials

c) Phys 100 Resource Center (TBA)

d) MasteringPhysics

e) Phys 100 Course Outline—Timetable

f) Etext, MP and companion website for Knight

Important:

1) Homework assignments will be posted at Mastering Physics site usually on Mondays and due in about 10 days.

You need to check your Mastering Physics account every week to see new assignments and details of deadlines etc.

2) Lab manuals are available for downloading at the course lab site Phys 100 Labs: Experiments. Usually there are prelab

exercises you can do at home before coming to labs. They are available a few days before your labs. Please read lab manuals before labs.

3) At WebCT, you can find pre-course test and survey and post-course ones.

Pre-reading

Week II (Sept 10 –Sept 14, 2007)

I am going to discuss energy and conservation. Mainly focus on kinetic, potential energies, basic energy models and introduction to thermal energy. Materials you can pre-read are Chapter 10 and 11 of Knight, Vol. 1. See also Physics 100 Timetable for more information.

Week III (Sept 17 –Sept 21, 2007)

In this week, we start discussions on heat transport. We will focus on heat conduction, convection and spend some time understanding

house heating (see drafts of lecture notes posted before actual lecture hours). The other kind of heat transfer is radiation; this will be discussed in week IV. See also Physics 100 Timetable for more information.

IMPORTANT:

Midterm is scheduled to take place on Friday, Oct 12, 2007.

Week IV (Sept 24 –Sept 28, 2007)

In this week, we will finish our discussions on heat conduction and house heating (see drafts of lecture notes posted before actual lecture hours).

The other topic that we will focus on is radiation, and radiation spectrum. See also Physics 100 Timetable for more information (etext is needed

this and next weeks).

Week V (Oct 1 –Oct 5, 2007)

In this week, we continue our discussions on radiation spectrum and start discussions on solar radiation, earth energy balance, and a

simple climate change model. See also Physics 100 Timetable for more information.

Week VII (Oct 15 –Oct 19, 2007)

In this week, we will finish our discussions on an improved climate model and further discuss the impact of Green house gases on

Climate change. See also Physics 100 Timetable for more information.

Week VII (Oct 22 –Oct 26, 2007)

In this week, we will finish our discussions on kinematics and give an introduction to force and motion. See also Physics 100 Timetable for more information.

Week VII (Nov 5 –Nov 9, 2007)

In this week, we discuss apparent weight, work-energy relations, and most importantly applications to transportation. See also Physics 100 Timetable for more information.

Important: You need to submit files of presentation to your section TAs by Monday, Nov 19.

A sample of final project available here.