This webpage contains the basic information and links for Ph211. As the course progresses, information will be added to blackboard. Go to blackboard for course documents including scans of the daily notes and overheads, your grades, and the discussion forums. The course is listed as GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS (PH_211_C001_F2009) on blacboard. The homework assignments are on www.masteringphysics.com.
Syllabus: click here
Instructor: Dr. Dedra Demaree
Course Lecture Times: Monday,
Wednesday and Friday from 1-1:50 or 2-2:50 pm
Lab and Recitation
times are throughout the week - contact information for your TAs, their
lab times and office hours will be posted when scheduled
Course
Location: Weniger 151
Instructor's Office: Weniger 373
Instructor's Office Hours: Wed and Fri, 11am - 12pm and 3-4pm
Lab
Teaching Assistants: Mar, Francis, Reidy, Khostenko, Brinkley: their
schedules and contact info will be posted in blackboard under "course
information"
Recitation Teaching Assistant: Zlatko Dimcovic
Final exam: Monday at 4pm
REQUIRED ITEMS: You will need access to the 2nd edition of Knight's
textbook: physics for scientists and engineers - all readings and
homework
problems are from that text. Copies are available to read in the
library. You will need to purchase access to MasteringPhysics - most of
your homework will be submitted directly online through that program.
You may purchase online text access as an add-on through
masteringphysics for less than the cost of a hard-bound text but in its
current form it is unfortunately not easy to navigate. You will
need a Quizdom unit, which can be purchased at OSU. If you purchase the
text at OSU, it comes bundeled with MasteringPhysics and with an
optional workbook which you may find useful, but is not required (this
bundle package is a discounted price). No
lab manual is required, but you must bring paper to each lab. NO
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT OR LAB SUBMISSION WILL BE ACCEPTED ON PAPER WITH
'FRINGES'. They must be removed, our purchase loose leaf or engineering
paper to use instead.
GRADE: Your grade will consist of labs, homeworks, formative assessments (including the use of quizdom in class and optional web problems), two midterms, and a final exam. The exact point breakdown and details are in the syllabus.
THE BIGGEST CHANGE TO THE FALL SYLLABUS WILL BE NEW LABS. YOU DO NOT NEED TO PURCHASE A LAB MANUAL, THE LABS WILL BE PROVIDED ONLINE.
Here are the Problem Solving Steps and the Problem Solving Rubric. While all of your homework will be online on MasteringPhysics, you are required to turn in a subset of the homework problems on paper, following these steps, and they will be graded using the rubric. We will use this extensively in class, as you will also need to show some of these steps on exams.
Mastering Physics: The PH211 course is listed as Ph211_Fall2009, under the Course ID MPDEMAREE30470. When you register for MasteringPhysics you will need this course ID! IT IS ALSO CRUCIAL THAT YOU INPUT YOUR CORRECT STUDENT ID NUMBER INTO MASTERINGPHYSICS WHEN YOU REGISTER - THAT IS HOW YOUR GRADES GET UPLOADED TO BLACKBOARD! (Enter your ID with no spaces or dashes.) There will always be two assignments posted - one is optional and is for extra practice (it includes tutorials) if you need more review on the topic. The other is the required assignment.
Check out the links on the right side of my homepage for useful physics pages, such as the PhET simulations that we will often use in class.
Formative Assessment Opportunity: All formative assessment points may be obtained through the quizdom questions posed in class. However, you also have the opportunity to obtain a maximum of 25 of your 50 formative assessment points by doing online tutorials called Interactive Examples. Each question is worth up to 3 points, but you can earn no more than 25 points this way, so you're capped at turning in 9 of these interactive example problems. You should work through the tutorial online, and turn in a hard-copy of your work, following the problem solving steps (that you use for homework). These problems can be turned in anytime throughout the term, but must be submitted directly to my office, clearly labeled as "FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS" and CAN NOT BE TURNED IN BEFORE WE COVER THE TOPIC FOR THE QUESTION YOU CHOOSE TO ANSWER (you can put them under my office door if I am not in). They will be accepted up until the Monday of final exam week. Make sure you clearly write your name, AND your ID #, and clearly state which problem you are solving. Show all your work using the problem solving steps for full credit.
Here is what physicists do for fun: Fun Video
Here is my department webpage.