• Welcome! Watch this space for important announcements.
• Lectures: T RF 09:00-10:00, in AS204.
• Some comments from 2009 on the changes in the first-year Physics offerings may be of interest to you.
• Reading .tex files requires that you install a (free) techexplorer plugin in your browser.
• On-line Homework, through the website masteringphysics.com. Use the activation code included with your copy of the textbook and your Brock ID ("ab11yz"), and join the course "FW2011D2PHYS1P23" or "FW2011D2PHYS1P93" as appropriate. The learning goals pointer (see the Homework link on the left) will advance each Wednesday at 4pm. Each week's tutorial is on the material above this pointer.
• Help Desk operates in MC H200 (the lab of PHYS 1P93), 09:45-11:45.
• PHYS 1P93 Labs:
  • Begin Monday, September 26, every other week, in MC H200.
  • On-line lab manual is available.
  • There are a total of five experiments to be performed in the PHYS 1P93 course, and because of space and apparatus availability, multiple experiments are run every lab day. It is extremely important to know which experiment to prepare for each week! Note that there is a limit of eight students for each experiment. If you prepare for an incorrect experiment and this limit is exceeded, you will be turned away at the door.
  • To find out which experiment to prepare for, click the Marks link on the left, enter the last five digits of your student number, and hit Enter. You will see your current marks in the course, and in the Labs section you will see the list of dates. These are the dates when you are scheduled to do the appropriate labs. As you complete the labs and your submitted written reports are graded, the dates will be replaced with the marks.
  • You are required to submit a copy of the Discussion component of your lab reports to turnitin.com for comparison against the submissions of the other students in your course. This is due at exactly the same time as the written submission, and deadlines are enforced. Late submissions (either the written lab report, or the turnitin.com submissions) automatically generate a zero mark for those labs. If you have a valid medical or compassionate excuse, contact the lab instructor as soon as possible.

    To create a student profile for this course, go to http://www.turnitin.com and click on the login button. If not already registered, the login will fail and you will be given an opportunity to create a new user profile. Select student user and enter the following:
    

    Class ID = 4218866       Password = integrity 

    You will also need to enter your Brock ID/email address ("ab11yz" again). Once your user profile is created, you can login and submit a copy of your Discussion. Remember that the Discussion submitted in your Lab Report must be typed and identical to the copy submitted to turnitin.com. Note that your turnitin.com receipt must be included with your lab report, see the Lab Manual for details.

Topics to be covered

• Solids and Fluids
• Heat and Thermodynamics
• Waves and Sound
• Light and Optics