SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE

PHYSICS DEPARTMENT

 

PHYSICS 101 COURSE INFORMATION

Summer 2009

 

INSTRUCTOR:        Mike Young

Office:                        PS 119

Phone:                      965-0581  x2697

Email:                        Young@sbcc.edu

 

Physics 101 is an introductory, conceptual oriented course in general physics with special emphasis placed on topics related to everyday experience.  Topics include motion, work, energy, sound, heat, light, optics, electricity, magnetism, and some atomic and nuclear physics.  The associated lab, physics 101L is highly recommended.  When both physics 101 and physics 101L are taken, they satisfy the G.E. laboratory science requirement.  The intent of this course is to introduce basic physical laws and to develop the language in the physical sciences.  The prerequisite is one year of high school algebra, or Math 100 with a minimum grade of C.

 

Text and Materials:

 

            Hewitt, Conceptual Physics, 10th edition

 

            Physics 101 laboratory Manual, SBCC Bookstore

 

Grading:       Grades are based on 3 examinations, homework, and the final exam.  Grades (both lecture and lab) will be based on your percentage of the possible total point distribution.  Grades will be posted on the Web at http://www.sbcc.edu and follow the links (College departments -> Instructional Departments -> physics -> Enter physics website -> Mike Young -> Grades -> Physics 101 Scores) or http://www.cs.sbcc.net/physics/page/grades.htm 

 

            90-100%  A                                 3 Exams             50%

            80-89%    B                                 Homework    25%

            60-79%    C                                 Final exam   25%

            50-59%    D

            <50%              F

 

Homework guidelines:            1.   Homework more than one day late will lose three points (20%).

2.       Homework more than 2 weeks late will not be accepted.

3.       Put your name, class, and date in the upper right hand corner.

4.       Label chapter number on the top line.

5.       Clearly number the problems in the left margin, otherwise do not write in the margins .

6.       If homework problems are not done in numerical order, please note.

7.       Staple multiple pages together and write as legibly as possible.

 

Videos:         A complete collection of the physics videos, "The Mechanical Universe" is available in the learning center.  Viewing these videos is not required, but highly recommended since they are very helpful and present the ideas in another setting.

 

SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE

PHYSICS DEPARTMENT

 

PHYSICS 101 COURSE INFORMATION

Summer, 2009

 

 

REQUIRED READING

 

 

Text Chp.

Sections to Study

1-8

ALL

9

Universal Law of Gravity, The Universal Gravitational Constant G, Gravity and distance: The Inverse square law, Weight and Weightlessness, Oceans Tides

10-11

ALL

12

Crystal Structure, Density

13

Pressure, Pressure in a liquid, Buoyancy, Archimedes Principle, What Makes an Object Sink or Float?, Flotation

14

The Atmosphere, Atmospheric Pressure, Boyle’s Law, Buoyancy of Air, Bernoulli’s Principle

15

ALL

16

Conduction, Convection, Radiation

17

ALL

19

ALL

20

Origin of Sound, Nature of Sound in Air, Media That Transmit Sound, Speed of Sound, Force Vibrations, Natural Frequency, Resonance, Interference, Beats

22-25

ALL

26

Electromagnetic Waves, Transparent Materials, Opaque Materials

28

ALL

30

ALL

32

ALL

 

 

 

 

SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE

PHYSICS DEPARTMENT

 

PHYSICS 101 COURSE INFORMATION

Summer, 2009

 

 

ASSIGNMENTS

 

 

 

Chapter

Exercises

Problems

2

6,12,15,24,25,27,29,37,41,44,48

 

3

5,6,10,19,20,30,32,35,40

3,4,6,10

4

3,5,7,21,27,33,39,53

5,7,8

5

5,13,22,24,36,44,45

2,3,4

6

1,5,11,18,21,33,46,58

1,3,6,8,9

7

11,19,24,28,34,36,41,45,51,52,68

3,4,7,8,9

8

2,4,9,11,19,37,38,56,57,58

1,4,5,6

9

2,11,19,22,25,35,37,43,44,47

2,4,5

10

6,14,16,19,20,28,30,34,38,50

1,2,4,7,8

11

3,4,6,8,19,23,26,39

1,5

12

2,7,12,13

1,2

13

3,9,14,15,24,29,37,38,44,48

3,9

14

4,9,11,16,28,31,42,57,58

2,7,8

15

2,8,12,14,15,24,26,28,34,37,39,45,51

1,2

16

8,11,25,31,37,53,54

1,3

17

3,13,15,21,38,39,42,49,57

1,6

19

3,5,7,19,23,31,35,40,43

1,2,3

20

5,6,8,20,29

1,4

22

5,9,10,11,18,25,35,39,42,44

1,2,3,6

23

9,10,16,21,27,28,29,39,46,59

3,6,8

24

2,5,9,11,13,16,30,37,47

 

25

3,4,8,21,25,26,33,34,35

1,2

26

3,5,19,21,23,26,28

3,5,6

28

TBA

 

30

TBA

 

32

TBA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule - Summer 2009

 

SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE

PHYSICS DEPARTMENT

 

Class - Daily Schedule

 

 

 

Dates

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Jun 15 - 17

 

Chp. 2,3

Chp. 3,4

Chp. 5,6

Jun 22 - 24

 

Chp. 7,8

Chp. 8,9

Chp. 10,11

Jun 29 – Jul 1

 

TEST 1 #1-10

Chp. 11,12

Chp. 13,14

Chp. 14,15

Jul 6 - 8

 

Chp. 16,17

Chp. 19,20

Chp. 22

Jul 13 - 15

 

TEST 2 #11-20

Chp. 23

Chp. 24,25

Chp. 26,28

Jul 20 - 22

 

Chp. 28,30

TEST 3 #22-30

Chp. 32

Final

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule - Summer 2009

 

SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE

PHYSICS DEPARTMENT

 

Laboratory - Daily Schedule

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dates

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Jun 15 - 17

 

No lab

Motion

Vectors

Jun 22 - 24

 

Force and Motion

Work and Energy

Efficiency

Jun 29 – Jul 1

 

No lab

Ballistic Pendulum

Archimedes

Jul 6 - 8

 

Air Thermometer

Specific Heat

Pendulum

Jul 13 - 15

 

Standing Waves

Static Electricity

Circuits

Jul 20 - 22

 

Magnetism

Spectra

No lab