Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Announcements:
- If you are not yet enrolled in this Physics 101 course and its
corresponding
lab, please see Sallie Anderson in Phillips 278.
- Labs start next Tuesday - The lab schedule is posted outside the
lab room (Phillips 275), in the display case
near the north entrance of
Phillips hall, in the front of your lab manual, and on the physics lab website.
- Required materials for this course:
- Textbook: Physics: Concepts and Connections, 4th
ed. by Art Hobson.
- A copy of the textbook is available from the Reserves desk in
the Undergraduate Library.
- The third edition of this textbook may be used as a more
economical alternative, but exams will be based on the fourth edition.
- Physics 101 lab manuals are available in the campus bookstore
in
the
Course
Pack area.
- Optional materials:
- Textbook Companion Website
- This resource is free to students who purchase a new copy of
the textbook. Other users can access for a fee ($30).
- To access, use the registration code in your textbook and the
class ID: cm150554
- This site contains concept learning goals, review questions,
practice exercises and problems, and a math tutorial.
- Other textbooks:
- Conceptual
Physics by
Paul Hewitt, 10th ed., Addison Wesley
- A World View by
Kirkpatrick and Francis, 6th ed, Brooks Cole
- Laptop computers are not needed in this class, but may be
useful in lab.
Assignments:
- Complete and return the Student Survey for class
participation credit.
- Review the syllabus for this course at: www.physics.unc.edu/~deardorf/phys101
or blackboard.unc.edu
- Read the Preface and Chapter 1 in your textbook and answer the
following questions:
- Why study physics?
- What topics in the textbook interest you the most? Examine the
table of contents and identify five topics by chapter and section
number that particularly interest you and should not be left out of the
course.
Class Discussion
- Introduction - overview of
course syllabus.
- Chapter 1 - The Nature of Science
- Physics 101 Pre-test