Physics 113

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Physics 113
is
a physics survey course designed for science
majors who are not majoring in physics or
engineering. The topics of vectors, linear and
multi-dimensional motion, work, energy,
gravitation, simple harmonic motion, conservation
of momentum and energy, constant acceleration
motion, rotational motion, thermodynamics, and
waves, will be covered at an introductory
university level. Students are assumed to have
some knowledge of calculus, though the techniques
will be reviewed as they are used. No previous
physics instruction is assumed.
Surgeon Generals warning No matter what youre
smoking, this is not your high school course.
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Professor Steven Manly BL 203E 5-8473 manly_at_pas.r
ochester.edu
See syllabus/info writeup
http//hertz.pas.rochester.edu/class/P113_2002/
Name University ( _at_mail ) email
address favorite midnight snack favorite
novel Why are you in this course?
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Why are You here?
It is a requirement for my major.
I have to take the course to apply to med school.
I have to take the course to graduate.
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Why is this a requirement for your major?
fluid flow, arteries, water fountains, commodes
mechanics of breathing, walking, running, flying,
standing
golf
all sports curve balls, spin in tennis, drag in
swimming, etc.
Motors, gears, wheels, ambulances, bikes
buildings, doors, bridges, skeletons
Chemical bond modeling
planes, boats
gravity
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Why do I think you are here?
Awareness and respect for physics in the real
(your) world
To learn to solve problems.
To learn to solve problems.
Not on the list To learn to be physicists.
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It is not so very important for a person to
learn facts. For that he does not really need a
college. He can learn them from books. The
value of an education in a liberal arts college
is not the learning of many facts but the
training of the mind to think something that
cannot be learned from textbooks.
- Albert Einstein, 1921, commenting on Thomas
Edisons opinion that a college education is
useless.
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Hidden slide notes for discussion of recipe
analogy Why hard? Lack of experience, lack of
confidence, language, prior knowledge,
equipment which is harder? Why Can you make
bread following a recipe? Would you feel
confident changing the recipe to make a different
kind of bread? Suppose the bread didnt work
out, would you know what to change to make it
work next time? What are the similarities in the
recipes? What is essential and what can be
changed? What is the essence of what happens with
each ingredient/step?
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Components of the course
Concepts, depth, association with the rest of
life, other disciplines, systematic technique,
gotchas, class issues, hints, some problem solving
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Components of the course
Not as integrated as we would like. Part of your
P113 grade. Must do all 5 labs to get a grade in
P113.
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Components of the course
More depth and associations, different approach,
problems, not a substitute for lecture or doing
problem sets
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Components of the course
Absolutely critical that you struggle with them
and follow thru on particular personal
questions/issues, taken up and graded for effort
only
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Components of the course
My way to help you help yourself!
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Components of the course
A fun break from the analytical.
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Components of the course
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Evaluation
E1 E2 E3 Final Lab PrSts Proj Cncpt
mps 1 --- 16 16 30 12 12 12 2 2 16 --- 1
6 30 12 12 12 2 3 16 16 --- 30 12 12 1
2 2 4 15.5 15.5 15.5 15.5 12 12 12 2 5
15.38 15.38 15.38 28.77 11.55 11.54 --- 2

Each scheme calculated, best average sets your
place on the numerical curve
I place grade boundaries on numerical curve
and if you dont like that fact ...
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The 10 Commandments of P113

• Thou shall come to class.
• Thou shall read the text.
• Thou shall do the problem sets (the right way!).
• Thou shall ask questions.
• Thou shall attend workshop.
• Thou shall participate in workshop.
• Thou shall strive to understand what is behind
  the problems and what thou dost wrong on them.
• Thou shall keep up with the class.
• Thou shall not CRAM for exams.
• Thou shall talk to ME the moment you sense
  impending doom.

OR ELSE THOU SHALL GET SCREWED!
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For those of you who like to pick and choose the
commandments you follow .
The really, really important ones ...
And the keys to POST-PHYSICS NIRVANA are
Problem sets (the right way) Workshop Dont cram
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Roth Yoshinaka analysis of P113 (1999) and
P113 (2000) grade correlation with workshop
attendance
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More stuff
Workshops and section signup
Office hours
Problem sets and solutions
E-mail list
Labs and lab section signup
physlabs_at_pas.rochester.edu
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First assignment Concept map
Eat flour water yeast oven pan meas
cup recipe teaspoon ingredients
See handout. Due at start of class on Thursday
(Sept. 5)
EXAMPLE
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recipe
Teaspoon, meas cup
requires
Measured using
ingredients
Which are
Combine in
Yeast, water, flour
pan
Cook in
oven
eat
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eat
Teaspoon, meas cup
Must combine
Measured using
recipe
ingredients
According to
in
pan
Yeast, water, flour
Cook in
oven
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While sitting on
flour
pan
eat
on
While making
ingredients
oven
yeast
water
contains
contains
Teaspoon
meas cup
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Second assignment Problem Set 1
Problem Set 1 (due September 12, 2002) - P113,
Fall 2002 Estimation, sig. figures, unit
conversion, straight line motion Chapter 1 2,
16, 18, 19, 28, 32, 45, 53 Chapter 2 6, 10, 23,
28, 36, 48, 58, 71, 78
This is posted on the class website