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PHYS143 Physics IB 2006 (day and evening stream)

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Password access to download material: If you cannot remember the username and password please contact one of the lecturers, including your full name, your student number.  For usernames and passwords for the Library Special Reserve site please contact the Macquarie University Library.

Lecturers

Please contact either of the lecturers or your tutor for advice or help as required -

Prof Trevor Tansley (unit convenor)
Office: E7A-212
Telephone: 9850-7760
email: trevor.tansley@mq.edu.au

Dr James Downes
Office: E7A-202
Telephone: 9850-8900
email: james.downes@mq.edu.au

Lectures & Tutorials are as follows

Please note that tutorials and lab. classes commence in the second week of term.

Unit	Activity	Day	Time	Location			Notes
PHYS143	Lecture 1	Tue	11	E7B T3			Please attend all 3 weekly lectures.
	Lecture 2	Wed	10	E7B T5
	Lecture 3	Thu	2 pm	E7B T5
	Tutorial	Mon	11	E7B 163			Attend one of these three tutorials (as enrolled).
	Tutorial	Thu	10	E7B 163
	Tutorial	Thu	12	W6B 345
	Practical	Tues	2-5 pm	E7B 114			Attend one of these two lab classes (as enrolled).
	Practical	Wed	2-5pm	E7B 114

Lab. Classes

Laboratory classes start in the second week of term. The weekly schedule is shown in the course-unit outline

The lab. is located at the NE corner of the ground floor of building E7B.  Before attending you will need to obtain a Laboratory Manual from the Co-op Bookshop, plus a science notebook to record your observations (the type with alternating lined pages and graph paper).

NB Lab. Attendance Please remember that you are required to complete all 8 lab. sessions.  If you have missed one and need to catch up please contact Dr James Downes as soon as possible in order to arrange to fit in an extra lab session.

Student Services in the Department

Need help or advice? - Academic advice, illness or misadventure?...

 

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Course Notes etc.

Course-Unit Outline & Rules

The Unit Outline includes the assessment requirements, lab rules, plus a list of the topics to be studied.

 

Part 1: Waves & Light
(Prof Trevor Tansley)

Lecture Notes

Copies of the lecture notes are available here:

• Week 1 lecture slides.
• Week 2 lecture slides.
• Week 3 lecture slides.
• Week 4 lecture slides.
• Week 5 lecture slides.
• Week 6 lecture slides.
• Week 7 lecture slides.

Study Guides for Part 1

•  Study Guide (Part 1) .. contains a summary of topics and appropriate text chapters.

Selected problems to try at home

A list of suggested problems to study after reading each text chapter. Solutions will be posted here as the unit progresses.

Assignments for Part 1

Solutions will be posted outside the teaching laboratory and will also be available here.

Please attach a cover sheet (available in the lab or download here). Deliver to special assignment boxes outside the 100-level physics teaching lab.

• Assignment 1 - due 5 pm August 17 (extended 1 day due to network problems).
• Solutions for assignment 1.
• Assignment 2 - due 6 pm Monday September 11th (extended due to network problems).
• Solutions for assignment 2.
  

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Part 2: Thermodynamics, Relativity, Quantum, and Nuclear Physics
(Dr James Downes )

Study Guide for Part 2

This study guide is directed at students attending the evening version of the unit, although day students may also find it useful.

 

Selected Problems and Solutions from the Text

A collection of selected problems from the text book. Try working through these and then checking your answers against the solutions below.

• Chapter 17,18 solutions
• Chapter 19 solutions
• Chapter 37 solutions
• Chapter 38 solutions
• Chapter 39 solutions
• Chapter 43 solutions

 

Tutorial Solutions

• Solutions for week 9 tutorials
• Solutions for week 10 tutorials
• Solutions for week 11 tutorials
• Solutions for week 12 tutorials
• Solutions for week 13 tutorials

 

Powerpoint slides used in lectures

Copies of the powerpoint slides used in the day lectures will be handed out during the lectures, or you can download them here -

• Lecture 1
• Lecture 2
• Lecture 3
• Lecture 4
• Lecture 5
• Lecture 6
• Lecture 7
• Lecture 8
• Lecture 9
• Lecture 10
• Lecture 11
• Lecture 12
• Lecture 13
• Lecture 14
• Lecture 15
• Lecture 16
• Lecture 17
• Lecture 18

Assignments for Part 2

Solutions will be posted outside the teaching laboratory and will also be available here.

Please attach a cover sheet (available in the lab or download here). Deliver to special assignment boxes outside the 100-level physics teaching lab.

• Assignment 3 - due by 6pm Monday October 9.
• Solutions to assignment 3.
• Assignment #4 - due by 5 pm Tuesday November 7.
• Solutions to assignment 4.

 

 

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