Welcome to Physics 1 D 03 PHYSICS 1

Welcome to Physics 1 D 03 !

PHYSICS 1 D 03 ES - MECHANICS Me: Dr. W. Okoń Office: ABB-150 E-mail: okon@physics. mcmaster. ca Office Hours: TBA TA: TBA Course web page – I’ll be posting news here, all lecture notes and homework problems: http: //physwww. mcmaster. ca/~okon/1 d 03 s. html

Components of the course - Tutorials, quizzes 15% of the final grade - Two term tests (in class) 30% of the final grade (MC + long) - Final exam, 3 hours 50% of the final grade (MC + long) - Class participation (i-clicker) 5% Test 1 ~ after Lecture 12 Test 2 ~ after Lecture 24

Lectures • Important concepts and principles. Frequent demonstrations. Solutions to example problems. • Lecture slides are posted on the web page. The slides are not the whole lecture! Take notes as we work things out on the blackboard. • Read the text as well; the lectures won’t include everything. Reading BEFORE helps a lot !!!

Doing well in Physics 1 D 03 • Keep up with the course! Spend at least a few hours every week on the course, even the weeks you have a math test and a chemistry test. Attend the lectures. Read the text. Do the problems/quizzes. • Practice problems are listed on the website. Try most of these. Think hard about them; don’t give up! • Work on “Questions” in the book (before “Problems”), good practice for multiple choice questions • Discuss questions and problems with other students. Explaining something helps you clarify your ideas. Physics 1 D 3 Lecture 1 5

Doing well in Physics 1 D 03 • This course is the same level as last term’s 1 D 03 • This is you 2 nd and last chance to get into engineering (if your average is too low you won’t go into 2 nd year) • There is no min failure rate, and 30% here is typical! Most students don’t do well because they: 1) poor math skills! 2) lack of practice solving problems 3) understanding what they are doing (> imp than #2) 4) just sit there during clicker quiz, don’t think (half the mark is for participation half for correct answer!) 5) time management (studying, homework… left for last minute) Physics 1 D 3 Lecture 1 6