PHY 4A SPRING 2017

Welcome to PHY 4A – General Physics/Mechanics I

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• Units: 4
• Semester: Spring 2017
•  Catalog Description: Lecture and laboratories covering vectors, particle kinematics and dynamics, work, energy, momentum, angular momentum, conservation laws, rotation of rigid bodies, torque, Newton’s Law of Gravitation, oscillations, statics, and dynamics of fluids. Required for engineering and physical science majors. Strongly recommended for math majors.
• Prerequisite:  Mat 3A: Analytic Geometry and Calculus I with a grade of “C” or better.

• Classroom meeting times and location:
• Mon, Wed 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
• Fri 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM

• Lab-room meeting times and location:
• PHY-4A-Thu 11:00 AM – 1:50 PM in Room
• PHY-4A-Thu 2:00 PM – 4:50 PM in Room

• Instructor: Laura Fatuzzo
• Office:
• Phone:
• Email: lfatuzzo@hartnell.edu
• Office Hours:  M, W, F: 11:00 AM-12:00 noon and F: 10:30-11:30 AM

Contacting Instructor: Students are strongly encouraged and welcomed to come for help during office hours and/or contact the instructor via email or phone with any questions or concerns regarding the class. There is no such thing as silly questions, and if they do exist, they are welcomed.

• SYLLABUS: syllabus-4a-spring-2017
• LAB SYLLABUS: lab-syllabus-4a-spring-2017
• COURSE CALENDAR: phy-4a-calendar-spring-2017-v2

CLASSROOM RESOURCES:

• SOME OLD NOTES: 4A_Nts
• Evidence-interpretation-notetaker
• How to use Excel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kNiQGgTYK4

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MASTERING PHYSICS

How to access Mastering Physics (MP):

If you choose to buy the NEW text from the Hartnell College bookstore, the access
code is in the package. You can also buy it separately from the bookstore. If you chose to purchase a used book, you can buy instant the access with a
credit card or PayPal account.

To sign up for MP:
Go to this link and follow the directions given.

http://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/northamerica/masteringphysics/index.html

NOTE: Do not buy the access code from amazon or other sites since these codes often do not work and the Pearson rep had no way to fix it.

COURSE ID: MPFATUZZO4ASPRING2017
COURSE NAME: PHY 4A Spring 2017

HOW TO WORK WITH SIG FIGS IN MASTERING PHYSICS-
http://www.masteringsupport.com/product_help/help_professors/Content/TopicsInstructor/grading_tolerance_and_sig_figs.htm

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• MCAT- IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Let me know ASAP  if you have to prepare for the MCAT because I can help you with resources. Here is a list of topics from the MCAT: https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/about/

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Problem-Solving Format for Exams

• Be neat. Use one side of paper only. Engineering paper is optional but preferred.
• Draw diagram(s) using colored pencils labeling “knowns” and “unknowns.”
• Organize information in a table indicating “knowns” and “unknowns.”
• Show the basic equations used in symbol form that reflect the main concepts
• Substitute numbers and solve the equations
• Highlight or box in the answers

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Study Tips for Physics:

• Great study tips: http://www.oberlin.edu/physics/dstyer/StudyTips.html
• Lengthy article, good advice:http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/chapman.htm
• How to study physics at home: http://www.ehow.com/how_2103528_study-physics.html
• Excellent time management skills calendar: http://www.csbsju.edu/academic-advising/study-skills-guide
• HARTNELL COLLEGE STUDENT SUCCESS TUTORIAL: http://www.studentpathway.com/hartnellSM/CST.html
• The Index of Learning Styles is an on-line instrument used to assess preferences on four dimensions (active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and sequential/global) of a learning style model formulated by Richard M. Felder and Linda K. Silverman: https://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html

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PHYSICS IN THE NEWS:

• Deflategate: http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0121/Deflategate-Can-science-tell-us-if-the-Patriots-cheated-video?cmpid=addthis_mailto
• The science behind the world’s most famous dress: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/02/28/science/white-or-blue-dress.html
•  Why does time always run forward? http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150309-why-does-time-only-run-forwards
• Quantum theory and “spooky” interactions: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/science/quantum-theory-experiment-said-to-prove-spooky-interactions.html?emc=edit_ee_20
• THIS IS BIG!!! Gravitational waves detected 100 year after Einstein’s prediction:
  • New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/science/ligo-gravitational-waves-black-holes-einstein.html?_
  • Check this out on Gravitational waves: http://gizmodo.com/exclusive-physicists-have-literally-woven-the-fabric-o-1758565050
• Check this out from Physics World: 2015 was the year of light. http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/multimedia/2016/jan/19/transforming-light
• Four Year engineering track: http://www.montereyherald.com/social-affairs/20160301/hartnell-to-offer-new-four-track-engineering-degree
• “The Superior Social Skills of Bilinguals”:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/opinion/sunday/the-superior-social-skills-of-bilinguals.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

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GRADE CALCULATOR:  PHY GRADE CALCULATOR

HOMEWORK(Tentative due dates):

• ASSIGNMENT 15
• Ch 15-Fluids: Read Ch. 15 sections 1-5.

• EXAM 4  is Wed Nov 30  COVERS MATERIAL FROM CHAPTER 12 and 14 below.
• ASSIGNMENT 14
• Ch 14-Oscillations Read Ch 14 sections 1-6 and 8.

• ASSIGNMENT 13
• Ch 12- Rotation of a Rigid Body. Read Ch 12 all sections. Do Mastering Physics CH 12 Part B
  

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• ASSIGNMENT 12
• CH 12- Rotation of a Rigid Body. Read Ch 12 all sections. Do Mastering Physics CH 12 Part A

• ASSIGNMENT 11
• CH 11-Impulse and Momentum: Read Ch. 11 all sections. Do Mastering Physics Ch. 11.

• ASSIGNMENT 10
• Ch 10-Interactions and Potential Energy Read Ch. 10 all sections. Do Mastering Physics Ch. 10
  

• ASSIGNMENT 9
• Ch 9-Work and Kinetic Energy- Read Ch. 9 all sections. Do Mastering Physics Ch. 9.

• ASSIGNMENT 8
  
• Ch 4-Uniform Circular Motion- Read Ch 4 sections 4 and 5.
• Ch 8- Centripetal Force. Read Ch 8 sections 2, and 4. Do Mastering Physics Ch 4 and 8. 
  

• ASSIGNMENT 7
  
• Ch 7-Newton’s Third Law: Read Ch. 7 all sections. Do Mastering Physics Ch. 7

• ASSIGNMENT 6
  
• Ch 6-Dynamics I: Read Ch. 6 all sections. Do Mastering Physics Ch. 6.
  

• ASSIGNMENT 5
  
• Ch 5-Force and Motion: Read Ch. 5 all sections. Do Mastering Physics Ch. 5

• ASSIGNMENT 4
  
• Ch 4-Kinematics in 2D: Read sections 3 and 4 of Ch 4 only (Will cover rotational motion later in the term).  Do Mastering Physics Ch 4.

• ASSIGNMENT 3
  
• Ch 3-Vectors: Read Ch. 3 all sections.Do Mastering Physics Chapter 3.

• ASSIGNMENT 2
• Ch 1 Part b: Read Ch 1 section 3 pp. 5-7 only (vector, displacement) and section 4 (velocity) and section 5 (acceleration).
• Ch 2-Kinematics in 1D: Read Ch. 2 sections 1, 2, 4-6. Do mastering Physics Chapter 1-2.
• OPTIONAL: Check out this link that shows the calculus derivation of the 3 kinematic equations (a = constant)  http://physics.info/kinematics-calculus/
• Graphing motion

• ASSIGNMENT 1
• Ch 1 Part a-Units: Read Chapter 1 section 8. Do Mastering Physics Chapter 1
• Complete Mastering Physics Introduction
  

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YouTube

FEYNMAN LECTURES ARE FREE ONLINE: http://laist.com/2014/08/30/caltech_makes_famed_physicists_feyn.php

FLIPPING PHYSICS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYqACVYl0c0BhlVN6X2HIMg

MINUTE PHYSICS:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHW94eEFW7hkUMVaZz4eDg

Studying Physics

• Why Do I Study Physics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pom8S7qF5Gk
• Student Success: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnVHf-iZhQo
• Study Skill: How to Study Physics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6dML3pujq8

MECHANICS

• Describing Motion
• Distance vs. Displacement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u60JlEAGGWM
• Speed vs. Velocity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6lrr6-ADY0
• Acceleration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpCKRPq-ZWA
• Understanding uniform acceleration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLm3JrCPtWs
• Galileo and Free-Fall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HR5UmG0q0s
• Free-Fall, Hammer and a Feather:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5_dOEyAfk
• Relative Motion:
• Short demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fftar0rLi7Q
• Projectile Motion: 
• Projectile motion animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlW6hZkgmkA
• Weird video on projectile motion with a couple of mistakes (replace “distance” with “displacement” and change the “xs” with “ys”), but really gets the point across conceptually https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lwrqdxaqE
• Newton’s Three Laws of Motion:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH48Lc7wq0U
• Newton’s Third Law Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okCCGxWs_L8
• Inertia:
• Physics of safety belts and head rests: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=31&v=8zsE3mpZ6Hw
• Table cloth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2&v=bvwKU0eN3y4
• Newton’s Third Law of Motion:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP0Bb3WXJ_k&index=2&list=RDNRKmJgIokxg
• Weight (scale reading) in an elevator:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S38XaF2YvGs
• Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation
• Newton Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q6CXni6yTE
• Newton: Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CGLhH-qixQ
• Kepler’s Laws
• Kepler, Tycho Brahe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBvMhpx8Q0Q
• Kepler’s 2nd Law: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AdLPWHRTPU
• Kepler’s 3^rd Law: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acrLrlApvy8
• Satellites
• How do Satellites Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54MSV2B399o#t=15
• Real Time Satellites on Google Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydbbd-4oEds#t=18
• Impulse and Momentum
• Throwing Eggs on sheetshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RSUjxiZnME
• Car crashes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdwnJlPEjFM
• Conservation of Momentum
• Demo in Space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IYDb6K5UF8#t=16
• Newton’s Cradle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0HZ9N9yvcU
• Energy-Conservation of Energy
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVxEEn3w688
• Road runner physics:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnj8mc04r9E
• Centripetal force
• Marble in Tape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B22446MeVTg
• Penny and Hanger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6haxdfnJcX8
• Moment of Inertia
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9weJfoW5J0
• Angular Momentum
• Circus Physics: http://video.pbs.org/video/1607951704/
• World Record Figure Skater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQLtcEAG9v0
• FLUIDS
• Fluids, density and pressure
• Archimedes’ Principle
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijj58xD5fDI
• Bernoulli’s Principle
• High Velocity=Low Pressure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUyczZ3EiZg
• SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
• Calculus Equations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ541Luq4nE
• Breaking Wine Glass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10lWpHyN0Ok
• Ella Fitzgerald Breaking Wine Glass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG8K0yl4_hc
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFzu6CNtqec
  
• WAVES
• Mechanical waves
• Electromagnetic waves
• Superposition Theory
• Standing Waves
• Rubin’s Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR8rZMKlIq4
• Intensity and Decibel Scale
• Doppler Effect
• 1. Fire truck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imoxDcn2Sgo
• THERMODYNAMICS
• Ideal Gas
• Ideal Gas Simulation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Q5imCwCAo
• DOCUMENTARIES
• NOVA, Will Earth’s Magnetic Field Shift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XNMCTBdQtk
• NOVA, Secret of the Sun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncphh8FWUUE
• NOVA, String Theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkPH4_Yd4_Q
• NOVA, Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6dML3pujq8
• NOVA, Richard Feynman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn4_40hAAr0
• NOVA, Einstein’s Big Idea Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqiRoKy0Gyo
• NOVA, Einstein’s Big Idea Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbmFcGhTnS0
• NOVA, Infinite Secrets of Archimedes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwidw12kctI
• Hawking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shbs13XM3k0
• Newton’s Dark Secret: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdmhPfGo3fE
• Brian Green, “What is Space”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KJjkZrWors&list=PL68E5661382A7D1F3&index=18
• Brian Green “The Illusion of Time:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbyjjw_oLFk&index=19&list=PL68E5661382A7D1F3
• Brian Green “Quantum Leap” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGhQmNZhlqw
• Tesla: Master of Lightening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViS4t8jye4c
• NASA, Tour of Electromagnetic Spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPcAWNlVl-8
• Electromagnetism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bht9AJ1eNYc
• AC Circuit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCmkdAruAfY

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