Required Textbook

Textbook

If you're struggling to follow the English in class, I recommend reading the text before class.

If you're struggling with the concepts themselves, I would review the text after class.

When it comes to your learning, you know what's best.

Required Course Materials

Note PC: 

Notebook:

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Optional Course Materials

Japanese Physics Text: 

If you find the English too difficult, it might help to have a Japanese book to use alongside the Cambridge textbook.

If you find yourself struggling with the language, focus on the mathematics and work backwards.

You may have noticed that I can move up and down, as well as left and right.

• Don't bother taking pictures of the slides, that's a waste of our time.

• You should still take notes. Note-taking helps you remember what you learned in class, even if you never read your own notes.

Class Policies: Late Work

• Late work is unacceptable. If you don't have it on time, you will get a zero.

• At the end of the semester I will drop your lowest quiz grade and your 2 lowest homework scores.

Class Policies: Homework

• Homework must be written in your notebook.

• I will not accept homework that is written of scrap paper or looseleaf paper.

• I will collect your notebooks at random times to check for homework and notes.

Class Policies: Your Notebook

• Organized note-taking is an important part of the scientific method. 

• Notebooks must contain a table of contents. If you're not using a research notebook, leave the first few pages blank.

• Notes should be labeled with a date and topic.

Example: Your Notebook

04-08-2019    Newton's 2nd Law

Force

mass

acceleration

Since mass has units of kg and

acceleration has units of m/s^2, the units for force must be kg * m/s^2.

Homework

Q1: Show that it takes more force to accelerate a more massive object.

① We can rewrite the equation above in terms of magnitudes ...

Labs

Labs have three parts ...

• prelab: reading, and studying that you will need to do before the lab.

• lab: an in-class activity that you will need to complete.

• lab report: a write-up of your progress/results.

Lab Reports

Lab reports

For scientific results to have any value whatsoever they must be repeatable.

You can find a helpful and detailed guid about lab notes at the link below.

 Lab Notes Informational booklet

Professor David S. Lee

Grades

* Your lowest quiz grade, and your two lowest homework grades will be dropped.

When a grade is "dropped" it means that the grade no longer affects your average.

Dropped Grades Example