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PHYSICS IN LIFE SCIENCESGEK1521/PC1326
Teaching Assistant
Tan Meng Ho
Office: S13-02-09Tel: 6516 2988
Email: [email protected]
Lecturer
Wang Haifeng
Office: S13-M-01Tel: 6516 6977
Email: [email protected]
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About this module
This is an introductory course to the basicsof physics and life science for non-physics
students.
The main theme: to bridge the knowledgeof physics with real life phenomena.
How do the laws of physics determine the
way of life on Earth? How do living creatures use the principle of
physics for their survival?
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Big definitions
Physics: The scientific study of matter,energy, space, and time, and of the
relations between them.
Life science: Any of several branches ofscience, such as biology, medicine,
anthropology, or ecology, that deal with
phenomena regarding living organisms.
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PHYSICS in LIFE SCIENCES
SCHEDULE - subject to change
Lectures: Every Monday and Thursday, 10 am-12pm except public holidays.
Detai led lecture schedu le is in the module
descr ipt ion on IVLE.
Important dates:
Term test 1: 9/30 Monday.Term test 2: 11/11 Monday.
Term paper due date: 11/22 (Friday 6 pm).
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E-learning week
September 9 13, the 5th week.
E-learning videos will be uploaded to the
multimedia folder on IVLE.
If you need to use a PC to access course
materials but have no laptop, you can
come to S13-04-16 (CSD lab 1). The room
has a capacity of 70 people.
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In lectures
There will be a 5-minute break in the
middle of class.
Please raise your hand if you have a
question.
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Textbook
Conceptual Integrated
Science: InternationalEdition, 2nd edition.
Paul G. Hewitt
Suzanne A Lyons
John A. SuchockiJennifer Yeh
ISBN:
9780321873989Publisher: Pearson
It provides pre-class reading material and questions for
practice. But the module is still lecture-notes based.
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Lecture notes
Lecture notes (ppt files) have beenuploaded to IVLE workbin.
The notes may still be modified before the
actual lecture. Many topics in the lecture notes are
related to a textbook chapter. But the
lecture notes are usually deeper. Some topics in the lecture notes are
outside the textbook.
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What will be covered? Basics of physics: units, scalar, vector, description of motion.
Force and Newton's laws, gravitational force and electric force.
Work and energy, planetary and satellite motion. Elements, atoms, shell structure of electrons.
Chemical bonding, compounds & carbon & water, organic molecules.
Properties of life. The cell structure, photosynthesis and respiration.
Life and energy conservation, life and the law of entropy.
Stress and strain, pressure of fluids. Silk, collagen, bone and teeth.
The special water, buoyant force, surface tension, capillary.
Inertial force & gravity & weight, gravitational biology.
Wave, diffraction, interference, refraction. Resonance and hearing.
Electric field and potential, electric current and resistance. Bioelectricity,electrolocation.
Magnets and magnetic field, magnetic force on charges and currents. Biomagnetism,earth's magnetic shield.
Nature of light, EM spectrum. Vision, color sense.
Origin of color, structural color, greenhouse effect.
The key concepts (concepts to be tested) arelisted in the beginning of each lecture andsummarized in a word file in IVLE lecture notes
folder.
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Term tests will be based on and limitedto the key concepts.
The key concepts are all based on thelecture notes.
You can find the list of all key conceptsin the lecture notes folder on IVLE.
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Online resources
We have an IVLE website.
Using forum for questions and discussion
is recommended.
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PHYSICS in LIFE SCIENCES
Assessment Scheme
Term test 1 = 30%Term test 2 = 30%
Term paper = 35%
Tutorial attendance = 5%
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Tutorial Registration
There are a total of 20 sessions bi-weekly.
The online balloting follows iteration 2: 8/16-8/20.
Manual registration: If the online balloting doesntgive you an acceptable result, please contact our TA
Mr. Tan for manual registration.
Tutorial venue: seminar room S13-04-14 CSD Lab 2.
Tutorial will start from the third week.
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Term test 1
Date: 30th September (Monday)
Time: 10-11:30am
Venue: MPSH1A Scope: from the beginning to silk (inclusive)
Format: 30 multiple-choice questions
(negative marking scheme) CLOSED book. No help sheet.
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Term test 2
Date: 11st November (Monday)
Time: 10-11:30am
Venue: TBA Scope: the special water the end
(inclusive)
Format: 30 multiple-choice questions(negative marking scheme)
CLOSED book. No help sheet.
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The term paper (35 points) Write a 4~7 page article (not including front page
or references) on a physical principle or law, anduse it to analyze one or more relatedphenomena in life science or our daily life.
The term paper guidelines and two examplepapers are in the Assignments folder on IVLE.
Read the guidelines carefully, determine a topicthat you feel interested in, and adhere to theformat requirements.
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The term paper (contd.)
What can you write about?
You can use one of the fixed topics provided
in the term paper guidelines.
You can also write a free topic article. In that
case, you can use any physical principles orlaws to analyze any life science or daily life
phenomena that you feel interested in.
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The term paper (contd.) Rules:
No groups. Everyone writes your own article.Avoid direct copying from websites. Try to
understand the topic and use your own words.Plagiarism will be punished.
Using figures is encouraged.
Standard of marks: Understanding of the topic (depth and width): 10
Logic, organization and clarity: 10
Writing (language, grammar): 5
Format (paper length, font and page setting,equations and figures, reference, footnotes): 5
Originality: 5
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What are originality points? They exist to encourage you to actually use the
knowledge learned from class.
There are two ways to earn originality points:
You use the knowledge taught in class to analyze
daily life phenomena not introduced in class, Your analysis takes a different approach from what
was taught in class.
Originality points apply to both fixed topics and free
topics. How many points you get depends on how good your
analysis is. Most students got 1~2 points in the past.
NO originality points will be awarded for analysis with
physical principles outside the class.
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Term Paper Submission
Submit a softcopy to the studentsubmission folder on IVLE.
Deadline: 6 pm, 22nd November, theFriday of the reading week.
Submission after deadline will not beconsidered.
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Plagiarism check at the
uploading screen
Your file should
have no more
than 10%
matching text.
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Questions I wont answer
I plan to write my paper this way. Is itgood?
I have written a paragraph. Would you
point out any mistakes? Reason: Its an independent work. To be
fair, I will not help any student in the
preparation and writing of the paper.
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Questions I can answer
If you are not sure whether your topic is
suitable for the term paper, I can suggest
on that.
Regarding how to choose a topic, please
read the term paper guidelines carefully.
Again, my answer will be limited to the
suitability of the topic. I will not suggest
anything on the details of content.
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End of introduction
Next:
Basics of physics: units.
Related textbook chapter: Appendix A.
Warning: the next few lectures can be
quite intense because they cover lots of
basic physics.