Required Textbooks
Textbook:
Workbook:
Required Course Materials
Note PC:
Notebook:
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.
About the Slides
You may have noticed that I can move up and down, as well as left and right.
Slides Will Be Available Online
Class website
syllabus
links
slides
... whiteboards?
Class Policies: Late Work
But sometime life gets in the way, so...
Class Policies: Homework
Class Policies: Your Notebook
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 ...
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.
Grades
Exams | Homework | Quizzes | Labs | Notebook |
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60% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
* 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
hw1 | hw2 | hw3 | hw4 | hw5 |
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70% | 100% | 50% | 30% | 0% |
Scores | Average |
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all scores included | 50% |
lowest 2 scores dropped | 73.3% |
Questions?