INSTRUCTOR: K.W.NICHOLSON OFFICE HOURS: POSTED ON DOOR OF RM 224.
Email: caccphysic@aol.com Ph: 256 215 4336 (Office) or 4343 (Lab) webpage: http://207.157.12.149
TEXT: James Walker's Physics, First edition

TOPICS COVERED: Part l Mechanics - Measurement & Math, Linear Motion, Force, Momentum, Work & Energy, Torque & Rotational Motion, Fluids, Heat & Thermodynamics

EVALUATION:

Item	Date	Discussion
3-100 point tests	Feb 1, Feb 22, March 15	No make up tests will be given. A missed test will be replaced by 1/2 of your final exam score.
1-200 point Final Exam	May 6, 2001 10:30 - 12:30	Final will be comprehensive.
8 to 12 - 15 point experiments	Varies, approximately one a week	Lab write-ups due dates are Wednesday of the next week after the lab is done. Late labs cost 2 points each weekday late. You must make up missed labs to avoid an incomplete in the course. Make up labs will not be the same as regular class labs.
1- 35 point Project or 7 - 5 point magazine article reviews. Those doing science team get 65 points (30 pts Bonus)	Due Friday, May 3, 2002	Magazine article reviews must contain your name, class, source, date and a brief synopsis of each article. Due dates for projects will depend upon the individual projects. Due dates will be whatever is mutually agreed upon by the instructor and the project group. Some form of written description of your physics project and a progress report is due on April 28. You will be charged 5 points for each day late. None accepted after final exam. Science Team Journals must be kept up to date this semester. We'll do the same format Eddie's group used last semester.
FIELD TRIP Pensacola Naval Station,	April 18, 2002	We leave from BS parking lot PROMPTLY AT 5:00 PM (Attending a field trip can replace one lab, or be used for 20 bonus points).
Weekly homework assignments	Due on the following Mon	Total value will be 100 points. approximately 7 points each. None accepted late.
Weekly quiz	last 15 min on Friday	Total value will be 100 points. May be used to replace lowest test score.

- Bonus Points 40 pts. max.

- Letters to politicians, or editors expressing your opinion about issues regarding the physical universe in which we live. 1 point each, 15 points maximum. You may send copies of the same letter to a maximum of 5 different people. You may turn in letters in stamped, addressed envelopes, along with a copy for the instructor, on the same day project reports are due.

- Assisting math or physics students 5pts. per hour, 20 pts. max. (Must be done in the Library or Physics Lab verified in writing by either an instructor or librarian.)

- Occasional hand in bonus problems ( bonus questions on tests do not count toward this max)5 pts. each, 30 pt. max.
- Book report, 10 pts. (Book must be approved by instructor prior to reading, and reports are due on April 24)

GRADES:

The above total, excluding bonus points,will roughly be 800 points, and your accumulative total will be divided by the total to calculate your final average.

90 - 100 = A, 80 - 89 = B, 70 - 79 = C, 60 - 69 = D, 0 - 59 = F

NOTES:

l. Final percentage will be rounded UP, i.e., a final percent of 79.00000001 will be rounded up to 80.
2. You should keep all returned papers. You should also keep track of the ratio (your accumulative total)/(The accumulative total possible to date) as the quarter progresses. If this ratio is below 70 at midterm (Mar. 1, 2002), you should come for a conference with the instructor to discuss what each of us can do to retrieve you from doom. Note: Unless otherwise specified, problems assigned this week are due on monday of the next week. Experiments assigned this week are due on Wednesday of the next week.
201 DAILY SCHEDULE

Date	Topic	Assignment Due date or Discussion date
Jan 7	Take FCI Pretest Discuss Labs, do demo lab
Jan 9
F1- 11	Experiment 1: No Fear Quiz 1:
M 14	Measurement: Chapter 1, begin Chap 2	Pg 14 4,9
W 16	Experiment 2: Intro to motion	Hwk at end of exp. 2
F2- 18	Experiment 3: Acceleration No Fear Quiz 2: OOPS!	Hwk at end of exp 3
M 21	holiday, no class
W 23	Chapter 2: Disp, Dist, Vel, Speed, acceleration Kinematic Eq of Motion, Falling Body Problems	Quest: 1,6,7,9,11,13,14,15 Problems Dist & Disp: 3,4 Avg speed & vel: 15,16,21 inst. vel: 27 acceleration: 29, 33 Constant acc: vavg actually: 42 kinematic eq: 49, 53 falling body problems: 61, 63, 71, 79, 79'
F3- 25	Chap 2 & 3 No Fear Quiz 3: disp, vel, acc, kinematic eq.	Chap 3: Quest: 2,3,5,8,9,10,13,15 Problems: 1,3,17,21,23,29,37
M 28	Chapter 4: 2 Dimensional Motion	Q-1,3,4,6,7,8,9,10 P- x & y comp 1,3,5, Horizontal launch 7,9,13, nonzero launch25, optimal angle = 45°-39, 43,45
W30
F4- Feb 1	Test 1 (1 hour exam First Hour)
M 4	Chap 5 Newton's 3 laws of motion	Q-5,6,7,9,12,13,23,25 Problems N's 2nd law- 3,6 N's 3rd - 12, 17 2 dimi force -19,23 Normal Force-37
W 6
F5- 8	Experiment 4: No Fear Quiz 4: Electric Circuits
M 11	Chap 6 Applications of N's Laws	Q-1,3,8,9,12,22 Friction 2,7,17 Tension 19, 27, 29, 30, 33,35 Circ. Motion - 41, 43, 47, 49
W 13
F6-15	Experiment 5 No Fear Quiz 5:
M 18	Chapter 7 Work & Energy
W 20
F7-22	Questions on test Test 2 1 hour
M 25
W 27
F9-Mar 1	No Fear Quiz 6:
M 4
W 6
F10- 8	No Fear Quiz 7:
M 11
W 13
F11 15	Test 3
M 18
M Ap 1
W 3
F12-5	No Fear Quiz 8:
M 8
W 10
F12	No Fear Quiz 9:
M 15
W 17
F13 -19	Field Trip to Pensacola Naval Station No Class
M22
W24
Th 25
F14 -26	No Fear Quiz 10:	Project Reports Due
M 29	Review for Final
W May 1	last day of Class Review for Final
F15 - 4
May 6	Final Exam

Introduction to Mac Computers

Turning on and off
Open & Close folders
Create your own folder
Start & quit programs
Close file ‚ quit program Show Finder & About this Macintosh under the Apple
Demo Wordperfect
Open Phy files, open Lab 1 write-up, save it in your own folder
Discuss the difference between an experiment and the write up. Don't turn in the experiment with a lab write-up.

All programs are obtained from the colored apple in the top left corner of the menu bar, stay out of the HD