Summer 2009 Practicals PHY131 / PHY132 Welcome! The Practicals of your PHY131 / PHY132 courses will involve discussion, problem-solving, hands-on activities and team-work. The goal is to work on interesting, challenging problems, questions and experiments, deepen your understanding of the underlying Physics, and develop your laboratory skills and analysis techniques.

PHY132 Summer Practical Schedule Students attend two 2-hour practicals every week on Tuesdays and Thursdays: 4:10-6:00 pm OR 8:10-10:00 pm.
Practical	Dates	Topics, Activities
	Tue. Jun 30	NO PRACTICALS today: First lecture 6:00-10:00pm
1	Thu. Jul 2	Waves Module 1 - Activities 1, 4 [5 if time permits] Practicals Day 1 Guide - 10 pages Discussion Questions 1 courtesy of Professor Honig (TA meeting convener = Jason)
2	Tue. Jul 7	Waves Module - Activity 8. [9 if time permits] Practicals Day 2 Guide - 6 pages Discussion Questions 2 courtesy of Professor Honig (TA meeting convener = Jason)
3	Thu. Jul 9	Ray Optics Module - Activities 3, 4, 6 [1 if time permits] Practicals Day 3 Guide - 4 pages, please print and bring to Practicals (TA meeting convener = Jason)
4	Tue. Jul 14	Ray Optics Module - Activities 8, 9, 10 A-D [10.E if time permits] Practicals Day 4 Guide - 3 pages, please print and bring to Practicals Manuals and video-tutorial for Polynomial Fit program (TA meeting convener = Jason)
5	Thu. Jul 16	EM Module 1 - Activities 1, 4 A-D [4. E-G if time permits] Practicals Day 5 Guide - 4 pages, please print and bring to Practicals Note: Mid Term Test today 6:15-7:30 (TA meeting convener = Jason)
6	Tue. Jul 21	Scrambling teams EM Module 2 - Activities 1, 2, 5, 6 [7 if time permits] Practicals Day 6 Guide - 8 pages, please print and bring to Practicals (TA meeting convener = Ray)
7	Thu. Jul 23	EM Module 4 - Activities 1-6 [11 if time permits] Practicals Day 7 Guide - 4 pages, please print and bring to Practicals (TA meeting convener = Ryan)
8	Tue. Jul 28	EM Module 5 - Activities 1, 3, 4 [5 if time permits] Practicals Day 8 Guide - 4 pages, please print and bring to Practicals (Measurement Project due) (TA meeting convener = Amir)
9	Thu. Jul 30	EM Module 6 - Activities 1, 5 [4 if time permits] Practicals Day 9 Guide - 3 pages, please print and bring to Practicals Quiz during first half-hour of Practical TA Name Exam (TA meeting convener = Niall)
10	Tue. Aug 4	Relativity Module - Activities 15, 3, 6 [8 if time permits] Practicals Day 10 Guide - 7 pages, please print and bring to Practicals (TA meeting convener = Federico) [Note: Substitute Coordinator for Aug.4-12 is Chris Paul]
	Thu. Aug 6	NO PRACTICALS today: Last lecture 6:00-10:00pm

Phone In Centre Notes:

• Calls may be limited to a maximum time, such as 15 minutes per student.
• You may be asked to log on to the portal site for the course and click Communication, click Collaboration, and Join the virtual classroom, so that the instructor you are speaking to can show you what he/she is thinking.
• Some instructor may also suggest using http://www.twiddla.com/ , which is a bit more user-friendly than the portal.

PHY132 H1F Summer - Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Schedule

Section	Time	Group	Room	TA1	TA2
L5101	TR4-6	2A	MP125-A	Christopher Paul	Amir Feizpour
L5101	TR4-6	2B	MP125-B	Ray Gao	Federico Duque Gomez
L5101	TR4-6	2C	MP125-C	Ryan Vilim	Niall Ryan
L5201	TR8-10	3A	MP125-A	Amir Feizpour	Christopher Paul
L5201	TR8-10	3B	MP125-B	Federico Duque Gomez	Ray Gao
L5201	TR8-10	3C	MP125-C	Niall Ryan	Ryan Vilim

Christopher Paul, TA1 for Group 2A, TA2 for Group 3A

Amir Feizpour, TA1 for Group 3A, TA2 for Group 2A

Ray Gao, TA1 for Group 2B, TA2 for Group 3B

Federico Duque Gomez, TA1 for Group 3B, TA2 for Group 2B

Ryan Vilim, TA1 for Group 2C, TA2 for Group 3C

Niall Ryan, TA1 for Group 3C, TA2 for Group 2C

PHY131 Summer Practical Schedule Students attend two 2-hour practicals every week on Tuesdays and Thursdays: either 2:10-4:00 pm, 4:10-6:00 pm OR 8:10-10:00 pm.
Practical	Dates	Topics, Activities
	Tue. May 12	NO PRACTICALS today: First lecture in MP102, 6:00-10:00pm
1	Thu. May 14	Introduction Mechanics Module 1: Activities 1, 2, 4, 8. [11 if time permits] Practicals Day 1 Guide - 6 pages, please print and bring to Practicals Discussion Problems 1 courtesy of Professor Tawfiq (TA meeting convener = Jason)
2	Tue. May 19	Scientific Method Module Mechanics Module 2: Activities 9 parts A-C, F-H, 10. [7 if time permits] Practicals Day 2 Guide - 4 pages, please print and bring to Practicals Discussion Problems 2 courtesy of Professor Tawfiq (TA meeting convener = Omar)
3	Thu. May 21	Mechanics Modules 2: Activities 14, 15. [16, 4 if time permits] Practicals Day 3 Guide - 3 pages, please print and bring to Practicals Discussion Problems 3 courtesy of Professor Tawfiq ( Note: Error Analysis Assignment due today.) (TA meeting convener = Slava)
4	Tue. May 26	Mechanics Module 3: Activities 2, 5, 12. [3 if time permits] [Preparation: read page 1 of today’s guide, perform the observations in one of the elevators of MP.] Practicals Day 4 Guide - 3 pages, please print and bring to Practicals Discussion Problems 4 courtesy of Professor Tawfiq (TA meeting convener = Behi)
5	Thu. May 28	Mechanics Module 4: Activities 1 A-F, 3, [4, 5 if time permits] Practicals Day 5 Guide - 3 pages, please print and bring to Practicals Discussion Problems 5 courtesy of Professor Tawfiq Note: Short practical today: L5301 2:10-3:30, L5101 4:10-5:30, L5201 8:10-9:30. (TA meeting convener = Chao)
6	Tue. Jun 2	Scrambling teams Teamwork module [Preparation: read pages 1-6 of today’s guide, perform the ranking exercise which begins on page 5.] Numerical Approximation Module parts A-H. [Part I if time permits] Practicals Day 6 Guide - 13 pages, please print and bring to Practicals Python Help Page – with some extra programming help. Discussion Problems 6 courtesy of Professor Tawfiq (TA meeting convener = Jason)
7	Thu. Jun 4	Mechanics Module 5: Activities 3, 5, 7, 8 A-G [8. H-J if time permits] Practicals Day 7 Guide - 4 pages, please print and bring to Practicals Practice Problems 3 courtesy of Professor Tawfiq (TA meeting convener = Hlynur)
8	Tue. Jun 9	Quiz - for marks, 30 minutes: L5301 3:30-4:00, L5101 4:10-4:40, L5201 8:10-8:40. Mechanics Module 6: Activities 3, 4 [6 if time permits] Practicals Day 8 Guide - 3 pages, please print and bring to Practicals Discussion Problems 7 courtesy of Professor Tawfiq (TA meeting convener = Kiyoshi)
9	Thu. Jun 11	Oscillations Module: Activities 2, 3, 4 [5 if time permits] Practicals Day 9 Guide - 3 pages, please print and bring to Practicals Discussion Problems and Ch.14 Guide - 4 pages, courtesy of Professor Tawfiq T.A. Name Exam (TA meeting convener = Liang)
10	Tue. Jun 16	Fluids Module: Activities 2, 6, 7, 9 [5, 8 if time permits] Practicals Day 10 Guide - 4 pages, please print and bring to Practicals Discussion Problems 9 courtesy of Professor Tawfiq (TA meeting convener = Wei)
	Thu. Jun 18	NO PRACTICALS today: Last PHY131 lecture 6:00-10:00pm

PHY131 H1F Summer - Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Schedule

Section	Time	Group	Room	TA1	TA2
L5301	TR2-4	1A	MP125-A	Kiyoshi Masui	Viacheslav Burenkov
L5301	TR2-4	1B	MP125-B	Behi Fatholahzadeh	Liang Ren
L5101	TR4-6	2A	MP125-A	Viacheslav Burenkov	Kiyoshi Masui
L5101	TR4-6	2B	MP125-B	Chao Zhuang	Omar Gamel
L5101	TR4-6	2C	MP125-C	Wei Cui	Hlynur Gretarsson
L5201	TR8-10	3A	MP125-A	Liang Ren	Behi Fatholahzadeh
L5201	TR8-10	3B	MP125-B	Omar Gamel	Chao Zhuang
L5201	TR8-10	3C	MP125-C	Hlynur Gretarsson	Wei Cui

Error Analysis Assignment for PHY131 - write-up on 3-page “Answer Sheet” due on Thursday May 21, 2009. Every student must do this individually and hand it to one of their Practicals Instructors at the beginning of the third Practical.

People

Practicals Coordinator:

Jason Harlow, Office: MP129-A, Phone 416-946-4071, Office hours: 2:00 to 3:00 PM, Tuesdays during practicals weeks. “I am an astronomer, working in the Physics Department since 2004 as a Lecturer. I enjoy working with students and hope to choose and develop courseware and materials that enhance the student experience.”

Course Administrator:

April Seeley, Office: MP129, Phone 416-946-0531,

Practicals Technologists:

Larry Avramidis, Lilian Leung, Phil Scolieri, Rob Smidrovskis, Office: MP127.

Documents

Error Analysis Assignment for PHY131 - write-up on 3-page “Answer Sheet” due on Thursday May 21, 2009. Every student must do this individually and hand it to one of their Practicals Instructors at the beginning of the third Practical.