01 a Introduction

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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]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[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.

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01 a Introduction