Professor Lee will be in his office at Scarborough (S-651) on Thursday, April 12th from 10 am. to 4 pm to answer any questions you may have before the examination.
| 11 April 2001
Professor Lee will be in his office at Scarborough (S-651) on Thursday, April 12th from 10 am. to 4 pm to answer any questions you may have before the examination. |
| 9 April 2001
Jonas Mureika will be returning your quizzes on Tuesday, April 10, in his office (S507B) from 12-2pm. |
| 2 April, 2001
The percentage marks for the term test are posted with students numbers in the glass case outside the Physics Lab. 88 students took the term test, of whom all but 12 reached or exceeded the pass mark of 50%. The average mark was 66%, and the top mark was 100%. |
| 26 March 2001
The Final Exam will be on Tuesday, 17 April from 2 pm to 5 pm in the gym. You are responsible for the following sections in your text book, Serway and Beichner, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 5th Edition: Chapter 23, sections 1 to 4 and 6 to 7. Chapter 25, sections 1 to 3 and 6 to 7. Chapter 26, sections 1 to 5 Chapter 27, sections 1 to 3 and 6 Chapter 28, sections 1 to 3 and 6 Chapter 29, sections 1 to 4 Chapter 30, sections 1 to 5 and 7 Chapter 31, sections 1 to 5 Chapter 32, sections 1 and 3 and 5 Chapter 34, sections 1 to 3 and 6 to7 Chapter 35, sections 1 to 8 Chapter 37, sections 1 to 3 and 7 Chapter 38, sections 1 to 4 Chapter 39, sections 1 to 9 Chapter 40, sections 1 to 7. Chapter 41, sections 1 to 5. Chapter 42, sections 1 to 6. Chapter 44, sections 1 and 3 to 4. Chapter 45, sections 1 to 2. Chapter 46, sections 1 to 12 40% of the mark will be for short-answer questions, similar to those on the tutorial quizzes, and 60% of the mark will be for problems similar to those on the homework assignments. About 30% of the questions on the final exam will be based on questions previously asked on the tutorial quizzes and the homework assignments. The final exam will be worth 40% of the total mark for the course. |
| 23 March 2001
The fourth Tutorial Quiz will be on Friday, April 6. This quiz will cover the material presented in lectures 17 to 21. You are responsible for the following sections in your text book, Serway and Beichner, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 5th Edition: Chapter 40, sections 1 to 7. Chapter 41, sections 1 to 5. Chapter 42, sections 1 to 4. Chapter 44, sections 1 to 4. Chapter 45, sections 1 to 2. Chapter 46, sections 1 to 12. The fourth Tutorial Quiz will be worth 1/6 of your tutorial mark. |
| 7 March 2001
I shall be out of town on Wednedsay, 13 March. At the lecture that day Jonas Murieka will review special relativity, with emphasis on relativistic dynamics. Be there! Martin Lee |
| March 1, 2001
The term test will be in the evening of Wednesday, 7 March from 5:10 pm to 6:55 pm. Students whose family names are in the range A to L must go to room S-309, and students whose family names are in the range M to Z must go to room S-319. The term test will cover the material presented in Lectures 1-14 (for details, see the on-line Lecture Schedule). You are responsible for the following sections in your text book: Chapter 23, sections 1 to 4 and 6 to 7.
40% of the mark will be for short-answer questions, similar to those on the tutorial quizzes, and 60% of the mark will be for problems similar to those on the homework assignments. The term test will be worth 25% of the total mark for the course. Your marked paper will be returned to you on Friday 16 March. |
| 13 February, 2001
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| 12 February, 2001
The third Tutorial Quiz will be on Friday, 2 March. It will cover the material presented in Lectures 1-12 (ie everything before Reading Week). You are responsible for the following sections of your textbook, Servway and Beichner, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 5th Edition: Chapter 23, sections 1 to 4 and 6 to 7.
The third Tutorial Quiz will be worth 1/6 of your tutorial mark. |
| 2 February 2001
The second Tutorial Quiz will be held in your tutorial section on Friday 9 February. It will cover the material presented in Lectures 1-6 (electrostatics and magnetism). You are responsible for the following sections in your textbook Serway and Beichner, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 5th Edition: Chapter 23, sections 1 to 4 and 6 to 7.
The second Tutorial Quiz will be worth 1/6 of your tutorial mark.
The mark awarded will be the better of your marks on Quiz 1 and Quiz 2.
Please study the Feedback on Quiz #1 in preparation for this quiz.
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| 23 January 2001
The first Tutorial Quiz will be held in your tutorial section on Friday 26 January. To take the Quiz you must attend the same tutorial section that you attended last week (19 January). Transfers will be allowed only in exceptional circumstances. and only subject to the availability of space. If you need to transfer to another tutorial section, or if you missed the tutorial last week, please see Dr.Quick. The quiz will be worth 10% of your tutorial mark. You will be asked to answer four short questions (not multiple choice) in 20 minutes. You will be expected to know and to be able to state the laws, definitions, units, physical constants, and equations presented in the course so far, and to solve simple problems. Calculators will not be allowed. |
| 22 January 2001
When you solve a problem in physics it is best to begin by defining symbols to represent the relevant physical quantities, then to write down and solve algebraically the equations that yield expressions for the phyical quantities that you want to evaluate. The symbols should be replaced by numbers only at the very end of your solution. Please follow this approach in all your work in physics. You will find that it will enhance your understanding of the relationships between physical quantities, which are expressed by the algebraic equations. |