PHYSICS 1052 SYLLABUS: FALL 2010

JIM ROBERTS, PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS

COURSE WEBPAGE: WWW.PHYS.UNT.EDU/FACULTY/ROBERTS/INDEX.HTML

OFFICE: ROOM 314 PHYSICS BUILDING (BEHIND DOOR #317) 940-565-3022

OFFICE HOURS: I AM GENERALLY ON CAMPUS FROM 8:30-5:00 DAILY AND WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER CLASS ON MONDAYS TO CONSULT WITH ANY STUDENTS AS NEEDED. Office hours are: 10:00-11:00 am M-F and at 5:00-6:00 pm Mondays.

The University of North Texas Physics Department will make reasonable adjustments to ensure equal opportunity for qualified persons with disabilities to participate in all physics programs and activities. Please see instructor if special accommodations are required.

Week of

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TOPICS

/ TEXT
August 30 / Introduction, Distribution of PHYS 1052 Lab syllabus / Chapter 1
Units, Measurements, Scale, Scientific Notation / Chapter 1
Locating objects in the Sky / Chapter 2
Motions of Objects in the Sky / Chapter 2
September 6 / Labor Day-NO CLASS
September 13 / The Cycles of the Moon / Chapter 3
Eclipses / Chapter 3
September 20 / Ancient Astronomy, Models Of the Solar System / Chapter 4
Scientific Method, / Chapter 4
Historical Development, Kepler's Laws / Chapter 4

September 27

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Newton's Laws of Motion

/ Chapter 5
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Newton's Law of Gravity

/ Chapter 5
October 4 / EXAM 1: Chapters 1-3
October 4 / Electromagnetic Radiation, Spectroscopy / Chapter 6
Optical Telescopes, Other Telescopes / Chapter 6
October 11 / EXAM 2: Chapters 4-6
Origin of the Solar System / Chapter 19
Formation of the Solar System / Chapter 19
October 18 / Planetary Geology, Earth / Chapter 20
Homecoming / Early Spring11 Registration / LastDropDate
Last day to accept EXPERIMENTS
October 25 / Moon / Chapter 21
Mercury / Chapter 21
November 1 / Venus / Chapter 22
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Mars

/ Chapter 22
November 8 / EXAM 3: Chapters 19-22
Jupiter & Saturn Charactistics / Chapter 23
November 15 / Uranus, Neptune, Pluto / Chapter 24
November 22 / Asteroids, Meteors, Comets / Chapter 25

November 25-28

/ Thanksgiving Holiday

November 29

/ EXAM 4: Chapters 23-25

December 6

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Course Review

December 13

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FINAL EXAM 6:30 pm -9:30pm in ENV-130

(COMPREHENSIVE) / Chapters 1-6, 19-25

There will be four tests, your lab points, your class participation ( CP ) points and a final examination to obtain a grade for this course. There will be no “make-up” tests. Students are provided an opportunity to be exempted from the comprehensive final if they have accumulated 550 points/ 92% average after the fourth exam. Otherwise, the final must be taken. The Lab is not part of Class Exemption. Lab points maybe supplemented with your class participation points for exemption. If you are not exempted your grade will be calculated using the final, your lab points, your class participation points and three of the highest test grades. These six elements are computed according to the following formulas:

XGRADE = ( CP+ Lab +T1 + T2 + T3+ T4) /6 FGRADE = ( CP+ Lab+T1 + T2 + T3+ T4+1.5*Tf –TX )/6

TX is the drop test score. Tf is the final test score. CP is the class participation score.

Quizzes, Videos and Experiments are provided during the semester to allow you to earn class participation points to add to your overall grade. You must request the experiments. The (12)Video-Essays and (7) Experiments are graded on a 0-10 point scale, whereas the (12)Quizzes are graded on a 0-5 point scale and in all 250 points are available. You will be expected to write a full extended narrative essay (not a Point-by-Point Outline) over these videos. The videos will be given in class at each meeting. At the beginning of class roll will be taken and at the end of class the essay will show full attendance. This structure will also be used for monitoring attendance. Up to five points will be awarded for full class attendance.

VIDEO TITLES

Week of

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TOPICS

/ TEXT
August 30 / The Sky / Chapter 2

September 6

/ Labor Day-NO CLASS
September 13 / The Cycles of the Sky / Chapter 3
September 20 / The Origins of Modern Astronomy / Chapter 4
September 27 / Newton, Einstein, and Gravity / Chapter 5
October 4 / The Tools of Astronomy / Chapter 6
October 11 / The Origin of the Solar System / Chapter 19
October 18 / Planet Earth / Chapter 20
October 25 / The Moon and Mercury / Chapter 21
November 1 / Venus and Mars / Chapter 22

November 8

/ Jupiter and Saturn / Chapter 23
November 15 / Uranus, Neptune, Pluto / Chapter 24

November 22

/ Meteorites, Asteroids and Comets / Chapter 25

November 25-28

/ Thanksgiving Holiday

The final examination is comprehensive and will be given on December 13, at 6:00 pm.

If you have any concerns about how the course is being conducted as we progress through the course, please feel free to come by to see me and we will discuss your concerns or you can let me know of any concerns by e-mail to: .

Have a great semester!!!