OUTLINE AND SYLLABUS FOR
PHYSICS FOR
THE LIFE SCIENCES 2: PHY U147
SPRING
SEMESTER 2005
INSTRUCTOR:
Professor Robert P. Lowndes
Section 2
(Revised
1.
Educational Goals
To learn some new basic concepts in physics and
to apply this to a wide range of examples and applications especially in the
life sciences.
2.
Lectures
All
lectures in 101 Churchill. Sequence 5: 4.35-5.40pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays.
3.
Communications
Office: 102
Dana
Office Phone: 617-373-2914
e-mail: r.lowndes@neu.edu
Office Hours:
4.
Required Text
Physics:
Principles with Applications by Douglas C. Giancoli. Fifth Edition
(1998). Prentice Hall.
ISBN 0-13-611971-9
5.
Homework, Examinations, Quizzes, and Grading Procedures
·
Homework
The assigned reading and
problems for homework are to be completed by the first lecture of the following
week.
·Quizzes (20%
of final grade)
There will be about nine
20-minute quizzes. The quizzes will be based on the homework problem
assignments. The two lowest grades in the quizzes will not count toward your
final grade. The times of the quizzes will not be announced in advance. There
will generally be no make-ups for missed quizzes.
·
One one-hour Midterm Exam (20% of the final grade)
·
One two-hour Final Exam (40% of the final grade)
·
PHY U148 labs: 6 experiments (20% of the final grade).
All labs must be completed. A failure to complete one
or more labs will result in an “I” grade for PHY U147 and PHY U148.
·
The syllabus on
the following page gives an approximate schedule for the course content. The
majority of your time each week should be devoted to working your homework and
other problems that involve applications of the principles discussed in the
lectures.
PHY U147 and U148: APPROXIMATE SCHEDULE
DATE |
PHY U147 |
PHY U148 |
|
Week 1 (5-7 Jan) |
Electric Charge and Electric Field Chapter 16, sections 1-6 Electric Charge, Coulombs Law |
|
|
Week 2 (10-14 Jan) |
Electric Field (continued) Chapter 16, sections 7,8 Electric Field Electric Potential Chapter 17, sections 1-10 Electric potential, capacitance, dielectrics, energy, storage, CRT |
Exp. 31: Electrical Measurements 1 |
|
Week 3 (18-21 Jan) |
Electric Currents Chapter 18, sections 1,2,3,4,6,7,10 Batteries, electric current, Ohm’s Law, resistors, resistivity, electric power, nervous system DC Circuits Chapter 19, sections 1,2 Resistors
in series and parallel |
Exp. 31: Electrical Measurements 1 |
|
Week 4 (24–28 Jan) |
DC Circuits (continued) Chapter 19, sections
3-8. Kirchoff's
Rules, capacitors in series and in parallel, RC circuits, pacemakers |
Exp. 33: RC Circuits |
Week 5 (31 Jan-4 Feb) |
Vibrations and Waves Chapter 11, sections 1-8 Simple harmonic motion, simple pendulum, wave motion and types |
Exp. 33: RC Circuits |
|
Week 6 (7-11 Feb) |
Vibrations and Waves (continued) Chapter 11, sections 10-12 Wave reflection and interference, standing waves Sound Chapter 12, sections 1,2,3,4,5,7 Characteristics, the ear, sources, beats |
Exp. 17: Simple Pendulum |
|
Week 7 (14-18 Feb) |
MID TERM EXAM Sound (continued) Chapter 12, sections 8,9,10 Doppler effect, shock waves, ultrasound |
Exp. 17: Simple Pendulum |
|
Week 8 (22-25 Feb) |
Optics Chapter 23, sections 1-5 Reflection, mirrors, refraction |
Exp. 37: Standing Waves |
|
Week 9 (28 Feb-4 Mar) |
SPRING BREAK |
|
|
Week 10 (7-11 Mar) |
Optics (continued) Chapter 23, sections 6-11 Total internal reflection, fiber optics, lenses |
Exp. 37: Standing Waves |
|
Week 11 (14-18 Mar) |
Optical Instruments Chapter 25, sections 1-5 Camera, eye, magnifying glass, telescope, microscope |
Exp. 23: Geometric Optics |
|
Week 12 (21-25 Mar) |
Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity Chapter 30, sections 1-9 Atomic nucleus, radioactivity, conservation of nucleons, half-life |
Exp. 23: Geometric Optics |
|
Week 13 (28 Mar-1
Apr) |
Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity (cont.) Chapter 30, sections 10,11,13 Decay series, radioactive dating, detectors Effects and Uses of Radiation Chapter 31, sections 1-4 Nuclear reaction, fission, fusion, radiation damage |
Exp. 40: Radioactive Decay |
|
Week 14 (4-8 Apr) |
Effects and Uses of Radiation (continued) Chapter 31, sections 5-9 Dosimetry, radiation therapy, tracers, PET, MRI |
Exp. 40: Radioactive Decay |
|
Week 15 (11-13 Apr) |
Review |
Makeup labs: M,T, W
only |
|
Week 16 (21 Apr |
FINAL EXAM |
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