Consultation and other stuff

I will be available for consultation everyday until your Physics examination in Week 4. These are the guidelines to set an appointment consultation with me:

1) Please check my calendar to see when are my available slots. When I am booked for a consultation, I will block out time on my calendar.

2) Please book an appointment slot via sms, at least one day in advance. This is for me to check if I am really available during that time, and for me to block out the slot for you.

3) Individual consultations are capped at 1 hour. Group consultations up to 3 hours.

4) I will make it a point to stay in school until 7pm earliest everyday. School closes at 9pm, so no later than that.

5) I can do weekends under very special circumstances, but I will be quite busy some weekends as I am helping out in 2 different weddings.


Please also note the following Dates:

Tuesday 15/9: Superposition Lecture Test
Friday 18/9: Kinematics & Dynamics Lecture Test
Monday 21/9: No school due to Hari Raya Puasa on Sunday
Tuesday 22/9: WEP, Circular motion, Forces Lecture Test (AND Electricity Tutorial Test for IP2A)
Wednesday 23/9: Electricity Tutorial Test for IP2C
Tuesday 6/10: Physics Promotional Exam


Lastly, please try to submit all tutorials you owe me by This Friday 18 Sep, including CoE and DC Circuits tutorials. This is so that I can return them to you by Tuesday 22 Sep and you can use them to study for your promos. I will still entertain submission after 18 Sep, but cannot guarantee that I can hand them back to you in time for you to study. I will not accept submissions after promos.

Mugging Sessions during Sep Hols

First mugging session will begin on Tuesday 8 September, 2-6pm. Topic will be on Superposition.

Venue TC15

PLEASE BRING YOUR PAST YEAR PROMO PAPER (i.e. 2006, 2007 Promo Paper given out in Lecture last Friday)

Subsequent sessions TBA.

POSTPONED: Evening Study Session

Dear all,

the evening study session tonight has been postponed since I'm not feeling too well. We'll start having some afternoon sessions during the school holidays.

Evening Study Sessions

Sorry for those who were not informed about tonight's study session. I have several things on my plate right now, and publicity for the study sessions skipped my mind.

The next study session will be next Thursday 3 September,7-9pm, at canteen extension, and will be on Superposition.

I will probably have 2 to 3 afternoon/evening sessions in during the Sep holidays, and evening sessions will probably continue for the first 2 weeks of Term 4.

Answers to Current of Electricity Tutorial

Please take note of the following typo in your CoE tutorial, self-attempt question 1b):

Each copper atom has 29 electrons NOT 64 electrons. (It's atomic number is 29, but mass number is 64)

S1 a) 8.98 x 10^-4 kg
b) No. of Cu atoms = 8.36 x 10^21
No. of electrons = 2.4 x 10^23
c) number of electrons moving per second = 6.25 x 10
fraction = 2.58 x 10^-5

S2) 20 C

S3 a) 600 kJ
b) 2500 C
c) 0.25 A

S4 case1: 6897 Ohm
case 2: 113 Ohm

S5 a) I = 2.0 A, R = 6.0 Ohm
b) pd = 6 V, Power dissipated = 12 W

S6 a) pd = 0.9 V, I = 4.1 x 10^-4 A
b) No change
c) R = 300 Ohm

7a) R = 0.175 Ohm
b) 3.51 x 10^-5 Ohm metre

8a) 86.4 MJ, 24 kWh
b) $3.96

9) R = 384 Ohm, l = 0.04 m

10) E = 21.1 V, r = 0.56 Ohm

11) She never give me solutions =(

12) increases by 4 times

13) We go through in class

14) 6.25 x 10^17 ions per second

15 (a)(b): E = 0.3 V, r = 1000 Ohm
(c) 0.225%

16 (b) 0.0114 Ohm
(c)(i) 1050 A
(d)(i) 1.8 x 10^5 C
(ii) 28.6 min

17(a) Total bill: $415.97

22nd June Monday: Massive Physics Mugging Session

I will be conducting a massive Physics mugging session on Monday 22nd June in school. I have reserved TC 15 and TC 16 from noon till 7pm for these purposes.

Here is the schedule for Monday afternoon:

1st Half (Topics covered in both H1 and H2 Physics) 1.00 - 3.00pm
Measurement
Linear Kinematics
Projectile Kinematics
Dynamics I (Newton's 3 Laws & Free Body Diagrams)
Dynamics II (Impulse & Collisions)

2nd Half (Topics only covered in H2 Physics) 4.00 - 6.00pm
Circular Motion
Forces (Equilibrium, Hooke's Law, Upthrust)
Work Energy Power
Thermal Physics

I will going through theory tutorial style in class, and time permitting I will go through questions given in the past year common tests, so PLEASE BRING YOUR PAST YEAR COMMON TESTS!!

See you all there.

Consultations with me during Week 10

I know most of you don't check this blog anymore, but here is a last minute annoucement:

I'm free most of Monday and Tuesday next week for consultations. (make appointment with me via sms). Wednesday is possible, but I'm reserving that time for my civics class. Thursday I'm mostly busy, but Friday I'm free.

The week after that (1st week of June hols) I'm away for Staff Training, and the 2nds week of June hols I'm in Australia. I highly recommend you try and get me next week instead of waiting till the last 2 weeks of hols for help.

This applies not just for Physics but also Project Work.

IP2C: Solutions for Thermal Physics Tutorial

Those of you who wants the solutions for Thermal Physics, send me an sms with your email. I will then email the solutions to you. It is a good idea to look through the solutions, because there is alot of qualitative questions in Thermal Physics.

Tutorials for Term 2 Week 7

Opps I so busy with PIs that I totally forgot to blog Week 6 stuff. Heh.

Monday 4th May
Half Day (No Lessons! Woooo!)

Tuesday 5th May
IP2C: Dynamics II Tutorial Due. Finish Forces Tutorial. Start on WEP.

Wednesday 6th May
IP2C: Change of Plans. You will join Mr Yong's lab at 1030am to see a SHORT demo (on datalogger). Then you are dismissed.

Thursday 7th May
H1 Physics: Finish Dynamics I.

Friday 8th May
H1 Physics: Start Dynamics II.

Tutorials for Term 2 Week 5

Monday 20th April
IP2C: Circular Motion Tutorial

Tuesday 21st April
IP2C: Dynamics I Tutorial
Due: Circular Motion Tutorial + Assignment

Wednesday 22nd April
IP2C: PT4 (Bring long ruler for practical)

Thursday 23rd April
H1 Physics: Dynamics I Lesson

Friday 24th April
No Lessons (I am not in school - SYF rehearsal)