PHYSICS 141 GENERAL PHYSICS
Monday & Wednesday 1:00PM - 2:15PM; and Friday 1:00PM -1:50PM
Fall 2007
Fall 2007 Syllabus Dictionary Online
Final Exam Schedule: Dec. 17, 2007, Monday, 1PM to 3PM
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Grading Scale with plus or minus letters equivalences for 80% of your Grade. |
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A 100 - 93 |
B 85 - 83 |
C 75 - 73 |
D 65 - 63 |
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A- 92 -89 |
B- 82 - 80 |
C- 72 - 70 |
D- 62 - 60 |
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B+ 88 -86 |
C+ 79 - 76 |
D+ 69 - 66 |
F< 59 |
Text Book Web Site for the Physics 7th Edition: Click on the Student Companion Site and try the Self Assessment Tests, Interactive learning ware and the interactive Solutions.
| Student Solutions Manual |
| Interactive Learning |
| Self Assessment Tests |
Extra Credit 1::
During class, for four points on your next exam, demonstrate in real time your version of a musical performance based on the physics as sung in the web site:
http://www.haverford.edu/physics-astro/songs/
Extra Credit 2:
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Prepare a one page paper for four extra points
on one exam based on the physics of one of the modern marvels of
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Only one extra credit report per exam! You may use either number 1 or number 2. Since there are many topics in either activity, you are free to select any one extra credit subject with the requirement that only one report applies towards each exam.
Lecture Guides:
| Student Solutions Manual |
| Interactive Learning |
| Self Assessment Tests |
| Ch 5 Lecture Notes |
| Ch 6 Lecture Notes |
| Ch 7 Lecture Notes |
| Ch 8 Lecture Notes |
| Ch 9 Lecture Notes |
| Ch 10 Lecture Notes; Ch 10 Part B Notes |
| Ch 11 Lecture Notes |
| Ch 12 Lecture Notes |
| Ch 13 Lecture Notes |
| Ch 14 Lecture Notes |
| Ch 15 Lecture Notes |
| Power Point Ch 15 Thermodynamics |
| Solution to Problem Number 26 in CH 15 |
First Law of Thermodynamics:
You can’t win,
(because you can’t get any more energy out of a system than you put into it)
Second Law of Thermodynamics:
You can’t break even,
(because you can’t get as much energy out as you put in),
and you can’t get out of the game,
(entropy in the universe is always increasing).
| Ch 16 Lecture Notes |
| Power Points Ch 16 |
| Ch 17 Lecture Notes |
| Power Point on Ch 17 |
| PHY 141 Final Exam Review Questions and Answers |
Exams:
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Extra Credit on Exam three: |
It's worth 6 points if you answer the following Conceptual Questions from your text; and turn in your completed answers on Exam Three's Test Day.
| Chapter 11, Conceptual Question Numbers 6 and 11 on page 328 |
| Chapter 12, Conceptual Question Numbers 6 and 20 page 365 |
| Review Problems for Exam Three with Answers |
| Sample Exam on Chapters 13, 14, 15 |
| Review for Final: Conceptual Questions and Problems with Answers |
On the Net:
| Some Cool Web Simulation Games: |
Here is a URL for a site maintained by the Nobel e-museum (yes, the Nobel Prize people) with some neat Educational Physics games and simulations
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OnlineConversion.com"Convert just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units, and 50,000 conversions." |
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Describe
the physics of one of the modern marvels of
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