PHY 202 COURSE OUTLINE SPRING 2008
INSTRUCTOR: K.W.NICHOLSON OFFICE HOURS POSTED ON DOOR OF RM 224.
TEXT: Serway & Faughn's College
Physics
Sherwood
& Chabay's Electric and Magnetic Interactions
TOPICS COVERED: Electricity , Magnetism, and Optics S&F's, chapters 15
thru 24
C&S
Chapters 1-10, miscellaneous other
PURPOSE: Physics is the study of the properties of
matter and energy. In Physics 213, our focus was particles. You learned how to
describe and influence the motion of particles. You also learned about fundamental quantities and conservation
principles. Now, we will build on your knowledge of physics. In this course,
our focus will be fields. We'll study fields and their effects on particles by
using a very well known and understood example -- the electro-magnetic field.
During the first block, we will study the electric field and the work done by
the field as it acts on an electric charge, while during the second block we will study the magnetic field.
The third block, we'll study physical waves, and then tie all three blocks together by studying electromagnetic
waves. In the third block, we will also look at the curious phenomena of
interference and diffraction of
light and we will have a brief introduction to modern physics. Along the way,
we'll try to highlight the relevance and usefulness of the material to your
future and every day living.
If we have time, we'll squeeze in some thermodynamics.
Electricity
Micro-electricity: Atomic level interaction of charged
particles, (mostly electrons), in electric fields.
Macro-electricity: Effects of micro-electricity, namely;
Coulombs Law: 
Ohm's law: V = IR
Bio-Savart Law:
dB = km
(Ids x 
) / r2
Faraday's Law: The emf (e) induced
in a circuit is directly proportional to the time rate of change of the
magnetic flux thru the circuit.
Lenz's Law: The polarity of the induced emf is such that it tends to
produce a current that will create
a magnetic flux to oppose the change in magnetic flux through the loop.
Electronics: Applications of Macro-electricity
Civilization is measured by the degree to
which we control energy.
Planting and harvesting is corraling
energy from the sun.
Harnessing a horse is control and
utilization of the horse's energy.
Damming up rivers is harnessing
gravitational potential energy.
Heat engines harness kinetic energy of gas
molecules.
Batteries harness chemical energy, and are
the first step in controlling the
energy of electrons.
As we climb higher on the technological
ladder, it becomes more and more apparent that each advance in technology depends on an increased
understanding and control of the behavior of electrons.
Mechnical forces are actually
manifestations of the repulsive forces between electrons, as is also chemical
interactions, and current flow in a conductor.
Light, (electro-magnetic waves, or
photons) is created by the acceleration of electrons.
Even gravity is somehow connected to the
motion of electrons. Scientists
have found that the unfettered motion of electrons in superconductors somehow
affects gravity.
The progress of mankind will be determined
by the degree to which we learn to understand and control electrons.
This course is primarily the study of
macro-electricity, which is roughly equivalent to tying one end of a rope to a horse, the other end to an
object we want to move, and then trying to scare the horse into running in the
direction we wish the object to be moved, and cutting the rope when the object
has been moved far enough.
Micro-electricity would be equivalent to
learning to speak horse and simply telling the horse what you'd like it to do.
Throughout we will try to blend in enough
micro-electricity to hopefully ignite enough interest in you to inspire you to
delve ever more deeply into this key to our technological future.
EVALUATION:
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Item |
Date |
Discussion |
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3-100 point tests |
Feb 1, 29, April 2 |
No make up tests will be given. A missed test will be replaced by 1/2
of your final exam score. |
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1-200 point Final Exam |
May 5, 1-3 |
Final will be comprehensive. |
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8 to 12 - 15 point experiments |
Varies, approximately one a week |
Lab write-ups due dates are
Wednesday of the next week
after the lab is done. Late labs
cost 2 points each weekday late.
Redo's are due 1 week after returned to you before being considered
late. You must make up missed labs to avoid an incomplete in the course. Make up labs will not be the same as
regular class labs. |
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1- 35 point Project or 7 5 point
magazine article reviews. Those doing science team get 65
points (30 pts Bonus) |
Due Friday, 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 April 27. You will be charged 5 points for each day late. None accepted after final exam. Science Team Journals must be kept up to
date this semester. |
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Class Acts - 100 pts |
TBA |
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Weekly homework assignments 100 pts total. |
Due on the following Mon |
Total value will be 100 points. approximately 7 points each
assignment. 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! |
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OTQ's - 100 pts |
Daily |
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- 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 may 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 24)
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, 2002), 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
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Date |
Topic |
Assignment Due date is the following Monday |
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1- 7 |
Take CSE Pretest Show the Cone Begin Wkb Chapter 1 Class Activity #
0 C&S Chapter 1 |
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1- 9 |
Electric Charge & Coulomb's Law Class Activity # 0 C&S Chap 1 Wkb chapter 1 S&F Chap 15 |
Hwk # 1: C&S RQ1:1 - 8 C&S Hwk1: 5,6,4,7-9 |
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F1- 11 |
Experiment 1: Static Electricity |
WeŐll discuss lab write-ups, do this one
and turn it in today. |
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M 1-14 |
Static Electricity in Matter C&S chap 2 Wkb Chap 2: Class Activity #1 Due Wed |
Hwk # 2: C&S RQ2: 3,4,7,9 C&S Hwk2: 2,4,5,9 |
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W 1- 16 |
Electric Fields C&S Chap 3 Wkb Chap 3 S&F Chap 15 |
S&F Chap 15 P4,9,13,15,17,19,24,27,28,29, 11B,14B Hwk # 3 C&S RQ3:
3,8,9 & Hwk3-5,6,8 S&F Chap 15: P 9,17,25,27 |
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F2 1- 18 |
Experiment 2: Electric Fields |
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M 1-21 |
holiday, no class |
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W 1-23 |
Drill on Force & E-Field problems |
Hwk # 4: 10,12,15,24 |
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F3- 1-25 |
Experiment 3: Electric Generation |
Read C&S
Chap 5 MondayŐs quiz from here! |
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M 1-28 |
CA # 2 C&S Chap 5: Electric Currents is due Wed. |
Assign: RQ5 1-11, Hwk5-1 Hwk# 5: RQ5 5,6,7,8 & Hwk5-1 |
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W 1-30 |
C&S Chap 5: Electric Currents contŐd |
Test 1 will include problems from
C&S Chap 5 |
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F4- 2-1 |
Test 1 (1 hour exam) 2nd hour: Exp 4: Electric Circuits I |
We will respond to questions you may
have on C&S Chapter 6 on Monday. |
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M 2-4 |
C&S Chap 6 DC Electric Circuits This Week: Capacitors in Circuits |
Hwk # 6: RQ6-2,5,6,7,9, Hwk 6-1,3,4c |
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W 2-6 |
CA# 3 C&S Chap 7- 7.1e,
7.4a,b,7.6.3a,b,c, 7.6.5a, 7.6.6a,b is due Friday |
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F5- 2-8 |
Experiment 5: Capacitors in circuits |
Hwk # 7: RQ7-2,5,6, Hwk7:1,4 |
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M 2-11 |
C&S Ch 8: Electric Potential |
Hwk # 8: RQ8-1,2,3,4,6,7, Hwk8-2,4,5,7,13,15,16 |
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W 2-13 |
C&S Chapter 8 Continued |
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F6 2-15 |
C&S Ch 9: Macro Electricity |
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M 2-18 |
C&S Ch 9: Macro Electricity CA #5 Chap 9 Ex. marked DO, due friday |
Assign: RQ9- 3-9, & Hwk9 1,2,4,5,7,9 Hwk # 9: RQ9: 3,7,9, Hwk9: 2,5,7,9 ?? |
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W 2-20 |
C&S Chap 10 GaussŐ Law S&F Chapter 15 sect 9 |
Hwk # 10 Do something & turn it
in. |
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F7-2-22 |
Experiment 6 Resistance & Resistivity |
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M 2-25 |
Do circuit problems from Serway |
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W 2-27 |
Test 2 1 hour |
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F8 3-29 |
Experiment 7 Temperature coefficient of
Resistivity |
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M 3-3 |
S&F Ch 19 Magnetism Sect. 1,2,3,4 |
Hwk # 11: Do 5 of the following S&F Ch 19 Q 3, P 1,3,5,6,9,11,13,14B,15, |
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W 3-5 |
S&F Ch 19 Sect. 5 & 6 |
Hwk # 12: Do 4 of the following S&F Ch 19 22,24,25, 27, 29,31 |
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F9- 3-7 |
Experiment 8: Daniel Cell |
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M 3-10 |
S&F Ch 19 Sect. 7, 8,9 Mag Fields,
from whence cometh |
Hwk # 13 Do 5 of the following 34,35,37,38,39,45,46,47,48,49 |
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W 3-12 |
S&F Ch 20 Sect. 1&2 Faraday's Law - How to create a
current. |
Hwk # 14 Do 5 of the following S&F Ch 20 Q 5,6,11, P 1,3,5,6,9,10 |
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F10 3-14 |
Experiment 9 Make up your own about Magnetism |
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March 17 - 21 Spring Break |
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M 3-24 |
S&F Ch 20 Sect.2&3 Faraday's Law - How to create a
current. |
Hwk # 15 Do 5 of the following S&F Ch 20 Q 18,19, P 12,13,18,19, |
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W3-26 |
S&F Chap 20 Sect. 3 & 4 LenzŐs Law & Motional emf |
Hwk # 16 Do 5 of the following S&F Chap 20 P 23,25 ,26,27,28,29 |
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F11 3-28 |
S&F Chap 20 Sect. 5,6 |
Hwk # 17 Do 3 of the following S&F Chap 20 P 36,37,39,41 |
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M3-31 |
S&F Chap 20 Sect. 6,7 |
Hwk # 18 Do 4 of the following S&F Chap 20 P 41,42,43,45,47, 51 |
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W4-2 |
Test 3 |
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F12 4-4 |
S&F Chap 21 Alternating Current
Sect. 1,2 & 3 Resistors & Capacitors in AC
circuits |
Hwk # 19 Do 4 of the following S&F Chap 21 P 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15 |
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M 4-7 |
S&F Chap 21 Alternating Current
Sect. 4,5,6 RLC circuits |
Hwk # 20 Do 4 of the following S&F Chap 21 P 19,21, 29,31,33,35 |
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W 4-9 |
S&F Chap 22 Geometric Optics I CA # 7 Wkb Chap 13 |
Hwk # 21 Do 4 of the following S&F Chap 22 P 7,11,15,19,21, |
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F13 4-11 |
Experiment 10: Reflection &
Refraction |
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M 4-14 |
S&F Chap 23 Geometric Optics II CA # 8 Wkb Chap 14 |
Hwk # 22 Do 4 of the following S&F Chap 23 P 4,5,7,11,15,21,23,28,31,37,39 |
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W 4-16 |
S&F Chap 24 Sect. 1,2,3,4
Interference |
Hwk # 23 Do 4 of the following S&F Chap 24 1,3,9,15,17,23 |
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F14 4-18 |
Experiment 11: Spherical Mirrors |
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M 4-21 |
S&F Chap 24 Sect. 6,7,8 Diffraction |
S&F Chap 24 P 29,31,35,39 |
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W 4-23 |
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F15 4-25 |
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M 4-28 |
last day of Class Review for Final |
Project Reports Due |
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W 5-5 |
Final Exam 9-11 |
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