Official CACC Syllabus

 

Central Alabama Community College

                                                          

I.               Phy 202 College Physics II (4 Credit hours)

 

II.              Course Description

 

This course is designed to cover general physics using college algebra and basic trigonometry. Specific topics include wave motion, sound, light optics, electrostatics, circuits, magnetism, and modern physics. Lab is required.

Course directories and plans of instruction are located at http://www.accs.cc/CurDev.aspx

 

III.            Prerequisite

 

Phy 201

 

IV.            Textbook and Supplemental Materials

 

V.             TEXT: Walker's PHYSICS Fourth edition, Published by Addison Wesley

 

                  Sherwood & Chabay's Electric and Magnetic Interactions, Published by Wiley

 

 

VI.            Course Objectives       

                   The student will:

                   A.     Gain an understanding of the basic principles and concepts of physics presented.

                   B.      Appreciate applications of physics to the real world.

                   C.      Develop techniques of problem solving.

                   D.     Acquire knowledge to be used in future courses.

E. Develop an aptitude for empiricism (the pursuit of knowledge through observation and experiment)

 

VII.          Course Outline of Topics

 

A.     Waves (general, sound)

B.      Electric fields

C.      Electric potential

D.     Capacitance

E.  Circuits (simple, complex)

F.  Magnetic fields

G. AC circuits

H. Light (electro-magnetic radiation, geometrical optics)

I.  Selected topics from modern physics

 

Suggested Labs:

A. Waves on a string

B.  Speed of sound

C.  Plotting electric fields

D. Simple circuits

E.  Resistors in series and parallel

F.  Magnetic fields

G. LenzŐs Law

H. RC circuit I.    

Plane and curved mirrors

J.  Refraction and lenses

K. Diffraction

L.  Radioactivity

VIII.          

IX.            Course Calendar

 

 

EVALUATION:

Item

Date

Discussion

3-100 point tests

Feb 2, Mar 2, April 6

No make up tests will be given. A missed test will be replaced by 1/2 of your final exam score.

1-200 point Final Exam

5- 2,10:30-12:30

Final will be comprehensive.

8 to 12 - 15 point experiments

Approximately one a week

Lab write-ups due dates are Wednesday of the next week after the lab is done. Labs cannot be handed in late.

1- 35 point Project or 7 5 point magazine article reviews.

Those doing science team get 50 points (15 pts Bonus)

Due Monday, April 25 at 12:00

Magazine article reviews must contain your name, class, source, date and a brief synopsis of each article.

Due dates for projects will depend upon the individual projects. Due dates will be whatever is mutually agreed upon by the instructor and the project group. Some form of written description of your physics project and a progress report is due on March 2, and another is due on April 13. You will be charged 5 points for each day late. None accepted after final exam.

Science Team Rules:

You must go during the scheduled time intervals for full credit

You lose 10 points for each session missed.

You must go during the following time intervals:

Activity 1 1-18 -thru 1-31

Activity 2 1-31 thru 2-11

Activity 3 2-14 thru 2-25

Activity 4 2-28 thru 3 -

Science Team Journals must be kept up to date this semester.

Class Acts - 100 pts

TBA

 

Weekly homework assignments 100 pts total.

Due on the following Mon

 

Total value will be 100 points. Part of these homework assignments will be hand in assignments. To receive credit, the assignment must have your name, course number, and homework number. None accepted late.

Returned homework will be kept in your notebook!

OTQ's - 100 pts

Daily

 

- Bonus Points 40 pts. max.

 

- Letters to politicians, or editors expressing your opinion about issues regarding the physical universe in which we live. 1 point each, 15 points maximum. You may send copies of the same letter to a maximum of 5 different people. You must turn in letters in stamped, addressed envelopes, along with a copy for the instructor, on the same day project reports are due.

 

- Assisting math or physics students 5pts. per hour, 20 pts. max. (Must be done in the Library or Physics Lab verified in writing by either an instructor or librarian.)

 

- Occasional hand in bonus problems ( bonus questions on tests do not count toward this max)5 pts. each, 30 pt. max.

- Book report, 10 pts. (Book must be approved by instructor prior to reading, and reports are due on April 25)

 

GRADES:

 

The above total, excluding bonus points,will roughly be 1000 points, and your accumulative total will be divided by the total to calculate your final average.

 

90 - 100 = A, 80 - 89 = B, 70 - 79 = C, 60 - 69 = D, 0 - 59 = F

NOTES:

 

l. Final percentage will be rounded UP, i.e., a final percent of 79.00000001 will be rounded up to 80.

2. You should keep all returned papers. You should also keep track of the ratio (your accumulative total)/(The accumulative total possible to date) as the quarter progresses. If this ratio is below 70 at midterm (Mar. 1, 2010), you should come for a conference with the instructor to discuss what each of us can do to retrieve you from doom.

Note: Unless otherwise specified, problems assigned this week are due on monday of the next week. Experiments assigned this week are due on Wednesday of the next week.

202 DAILY SCHEDULE

Online Hwk Course ID: mpnicholson59641

Date

Topic

Assignment Due date is the following Monday

1- 5

Take CSE Pretest

CA # 1 SHM Pendulums & Springs due today.

Begin B Ch14 SHM

W-ch13 7,17,26,41,42,52,55,61,79

Online Hwk #1 due 1-12-11

1- 10

W- Chap 13 SHM

W-Chap 14 Waves

W Ch 14 14,24,29,37, 45,55,63,73,76,81,85,97

Online Hwk #2 due 1-18-11

1- 12

W- Chap 14 Sound

 

 

1W 1-12

Exp 1 Sound

Due 1-19-11

W 1-19

Electric Charge & Coulomb's Law

C&S Chap 1 Wkb chapter 1

B-21, S&J Chap 23, B Chap 21

Wkb Chapter 1 CA # 2 due today

C&S Chapter 1

Hwk: ActivPhy2:(AP2) 11.1: quest 6,7,8

Read Chap 1 in C & S

icHwk # 1: C&S RQ1:1 - 8 due 1-24-11

C&S Hwk1: 5,6,4,7-9

W Ch 19 5,6,8,11,15,17,21,31

W 1-19

Experiment 2: Static Electricity

 

M 1-24

Static Electricity in Matter Exp 2 due today

C&S chap 2

Wkb Chap 2: Class Activity #3 Due today

icHwk # 2: C&S RQ2: 3,4,7,9

C&S Hwk2: 2,4,5,9 due 1-31-11

Online Hwk #3 due 1-31-11

W1-26

Electric Fields

C&S Chap 3

Wkb Chap 3

S&J Chap 23 sect 1 - 4, B Chap 22

S&J Chap 23

P5,7,9, 12B,15,17,19,21,

icHwk # 3 C&S RQ3: 3,8,9 & C&S Hwk3-5,6,8 due 1-31-11

W Ch 19 47,49,56,94

M 1-31

C&S Chap 4: Electric Fields of continuous charge

S&J Chap 23: Sect. 5 B Chap 22 sect 5

ic Hwk # 4 RQ4: 2,4,7 & C&S icHwk4: 5,7,13 due 2-7-11

5 pts Bonus : C&S Hwk4-6

Online Hwk #4 due 2-14-11

W3 2-2

Test 1 (1 hour exam)

 

3W 2-2

Experiment 3: Electric Fields

Read C&S Chap 5

M 2-7

Exp 3 is due today.

CA # 4 C&S Chap 5: Electric Currents

is due Wed.

W Ch 20, S&J Chap 27

Assign: RQ5 1-11, Hwk5-1

icHwk# 5: RQ5 5,6,7,8 & Hwk5-1

due 2-10-11

W 2-9

C&S Chap 5: Electric Currents contŐd

 

4W 2-9

Experiment 4: Electric Generation

 

M 2-14

C&S Chap 6 DC Electric Circuits

This Week: Capacitors in Circuits

icHwk # 6: RQ6-2,5,6,7,9, Hwk 6-1,3,4c

due 2-17-11

W 2-16

Work more problems

 

5W 2-16

Exp 5: Electric Circuits I

 

M 2-21

CA# 5 C&S Chap 7- 7.1e, 7.4a,b, 7.6.1a, 7.6.2a, 7.6.3a,b,c, 7.6.5a, 7.6.6a,b is due Today

 

W 2-23

Work more problems

ic Hwk # 7: RQ7-2,5,6, Hwk7:1,4 due 2-28-11

6W 2-23

Experiment 6: Capacitors in circuits

 

 

 

 

M 2-28

C&S Ch 8: Electric Potential

CA# 6: Ch 8 Ex. marked DO, due Wednesday

icHwk # 8: RQ8-1,2,3,4,6,7,

Hwk8-2,4,5,7,8,9,12,13,15,16,17 due 3-4-11

W Ch 20 3,5,9,17,18,23,27,29,42,43

Online Hwk # 4 due 3 - 4 - 11

W 3-2

Test 2 1 hour

 

7W 3-2

C&S Ch 9: Macro Electricity

W Ch 21 1,3,5,9,12,13,15

Online Hwk# 6 due 3-23-11

M 3-7

C&S Ch 9: Macro Electricity

CA #7 Chap 9 Ex. marked DO, due Today

Assign: RQ9- 3-9, & Hwk9 1,2,4,5,7,9

ic Hwk # 9: RQ9: 3,7,9, Hwk9: 2,5,7,9

 

W7- 3-9

Do circuit problems from Walker

W Ch 21 49,62,75,81,84,106

8W 3-9

Experiment 7: Resistance & Resistivity

Online Hwk#7 due 3-29-11

 

March 14 - 18 Spring Break

 

M 3-21

C&S Chap 10 GaussŐ Law

S&J Chapter 24 B Ch 22

See also ActivPhysics & S&J Movies

icHwk # 10: RQ10: 1-6

B Ch 22: 46, 54, 63

B Ch 26: 1-11, 13-15, 20,23-26, 28-31, 36,39,41,48

W 3-23

Do problems B Ch 22 & S&J Ch 24

 

9W 3-23

Experiment 8: Temperature coefficient of Resistivity

 

M3-28

W Ch 22 S&J Chap 29 Magnetism

Sect.3,4,5

W Ch 22 1,3,5,9,19,21

W9 3-30

Do more problems

Online Hwk# 8 due 4-5-11

10W3-30

Experiment 9: Daniel Cell

 

M4-4

W 22 S&J Chap 30 Mag Fields, from whence cometh

Sections 1 & 2

S&J Ch 30 Q 16, P 3,5,6,7,12,17,20

W 25,30, 34, 52, 60

Online Hwk#9 due 4-14-11

W 4-6

Test 3

 

11W 4-6

Experiment 10: Electric Car Lab or

Make up your own about Magnetism

 

M 4-11

S&J Chap 30 Mag Fields, from whence cometh

Sections 3,4,5,6

S&J Ch 30 P 21,23,25,31,33,36

 

 

W 4-13

W 23, S&J Chap 31 Faraday's Law - How to create a current. Sections 1 & 3

S& J Ch 31 Q5,15,16, P 1 - 13 odd, 16,17

W Ch 23 1,3,6,9,11,21

Online Hwk# 10 due 4-22-11

12W 4-13

Experiment 11 ??

 

M 4-18

S&J Chap 31 Faraday's Law - How to create a current. Sections 2, 3, 4

S& J Ch 31 20,21, 22, 28, 29,30,35,37 50B

W Ch 23 39,46,51,59,73,87

Online Hwk#11 due 4-25-11

W 4-20

Serway Chap 32 Inductance, RL & LC Circuits Sections 1,2,& 3

W Ch 24

S&J Ch 32 P 1,3,5,7,9,15,17,21,23,29,31

W Ch 24 6,15,25,23,34,57,68,86

Online Hwk #12 due 4-25-11

13W 4-20

 

 

M 4-25

W Ch 24 S&J Chap 33 Alternating Current

Sections 1,2,3,&4

S&J Ch 33 P 1,3,5,9,11,15,17

14W4-27

S&J Chap 33 Alternating Current

Sections 5,6,7

S&J Ch 33 P 19,21,31,33,35,37,39

W 4-27

last day of Class Review for Final

Project Reports Due

W 5-2

Final Exam 10:30 - 12:30

 

 

 

X.  Assessment of Student Achievement

 

                   Grades will be given based upon A = 90 – 100%, B = 80 – 89%, C = 70 – 79%, D = 60 –

69%, and F = below 60%.

XI.            Attendance (same for all courses at the College)

 

Students are expected to attend all classes for which they are registered. Students who are unable to attend class regularly, regardless of the reason or circumstance, should withdraw from that class before poor attendance interferes with the studentŐs ability to achieve the objectives required in the course. Withdrawal from class can affect eligibility for federal financial aid. Please refer to the College Catalog for more information

 

XII.          Discrimination/Harassment (same for all courses at the College)

 

The College and the Alabama State Board of Education are committed to providing both employment and educational environments free of harassment or discrimination related to an individualŐs race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, or disability. Such harassment is a violation of State Board of Education policy. Any practice or behavior that constitutes harassment or discrimination will not be tolerated.

 

XIII.         Americans with Disabilities (same for all courses at the College)

 

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 state that qualified students with disabilities who meet the essential functions and academic requirements are entitled to reasonable accommodations. It is the studentŐs responsibility to provide appropriate disability documentation to the College. If you have a disability that may prevent you from meeting the course requirements, contact the instructor before the end of the first week of classes to file a student disability request and to discuss a reasonable accommodation plan. Course requirements will not be waived but accommodations may be made to assist you in meeting the requirements, provided you work with the instructor in a timely fashion to develop a reasonable accommodation plan. Please refer to the College Catalog for more information.

 

XIV.        Academic Honesty (same for all courses at the College)

 

Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. Plagiarism can be defined as unintentionally or deliberately using another personŐs writing or ideas as though they are oneŐs own. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, copying another individualŐs work and taking credit for it, paraphrasing information from a source without proper documentation, mixing oneŐs own words with those of another author without attribution, and buying or downloading a paper from the Internet.

 

Any student involved in an incident such as, but not limited to, unsatisfactory clinical performance; a proven form of academic dishonesty, for example blatant plagiarism; etc. will receive the grade of ŇFÓ in the course where the incident occurred.  The ŇFÓ will be assigned in the instructorŐs grade book/grade sheet on the day the incident occurred, but will not be posted until the end of the semester to the studentŐs transcript.  The student will not be allowed to withdraw anytime after the incident even if the incident occurs prior to the CollegeŐs published withdrawal date.  This policy supersedes the CollegeŐs withdrawal policy if such an incident occurs.

 

XV.          Classroom Safety and Security (same for all courses at the College)

 

All students are expected to be familiar with evacuation procedures, emergency procedures, and potential classroom and lab hazards.

 

XVI.        Resources Available to Support Course

 

á    Aside from the physics lab, the books and people in it, none