Math & Physics Calculus Level Physics

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PHYS 2405 - General Physics II

Course Syllabus

Spring 2010

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Description: A continuation of Physics 2404. Electricity, magnetism, light and selected topics of modern physics are studied. Derivations and applications of formulas using calculus are stressed. Problem solving is a basic part of the course. Three hours lecture and two hours laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Physics 2404.

Objectives: Each student will (1) Develop a fundamental understanding of the various concepts encountered in the study of electromagnetism and quantum physics; (2) understand the development of mechanics from past to present including a knowledge of the scientists who shaped the course of electromagnetism and quantum physics and their contributions; and (3) develop a flexible, logical problem solving methodology applicable, not only to this course, but to the greater academic and career challenges ahead.

Scope: This course builds on the classical concepts developed in PHYS 2404: vectors, forces, fields, and conservation of energy. The course begins with a survey of basic laws of electricity and then analyzes some basic electrical devices. It continues with magnetism and explores several electromagnetic devices. Electromagnetic phenomena are investigated using principles from both sides of the wave-particle duality. The last phase of the course introduces modern physics including quantum mechanics, and general topics in atomic and nuclear physics

Instructor: Dr. Buxton L. Johnson, Sr.

Present lectures that compliment the book and reinforce learning objectives; ensure that all components of the course are coordinated and sequenced according to the syllabus; provide help sessions and additional instruction as requested (only simple examples and problems will normally be worked in class); ensure testing and subsequent grading is equitable and consistent; and guide students in the performance of laboratory experiments and the subsequence preparation of laboratory reports.

Students: You

Study assigned sections prior to class; read and attempt to work through assigned problems prior to deadline; develop and maintain a general physics reference sheet (one side of an 8.5” x 11” paper for each hour exam and both sides of one sheet for the final exam); seek addition help early--use instructor’s office hours or make appointments--use Plus Center tutors; participate in study groups within the guidelines of Kentucky Wesleyan’s rules on plagiarism; visit online tutoring sites such as WebAssign; and test yourself before the exam!

Graded Events

Class

Regular quizzes will be given during class using the Turning Point student response system. In addition, regular weekly homework assignments will be assigned/submitted through the WebAssign online homework system. Furthermore, three 1-hour exams and a 2-hour cumulative final exam will be administered. These exams will cover class material, class quizzes, homework assignments, and topics from laboratory.

Laboratory

A laboratory experiment will be performed each week in the General Physics Laboratory and a subsequent report will be due one week later at the beginning of the next laboratory period. The first four laboratory reports will be written by hand in a laboratory book and submitted to the instructor. The remaining eight laboratory reports will be written in Microsoft Word with embedded Excel data tables and analysis, and uploaded to Turnitin.com. Each lab report will contain the following sections:

1. Purpose

a. describe the purpose of the lab experiment;

b. include a diagram(s) of the experimental setup;

c. state the math model(s) being tested.

2. Procedure and Analysis

a. document the procedures you followed during the laboratory experiment;

b. use tables to show your experimental data;

c. perform all your calculations;

d. include required spreadsheets and graphs with regression lines;

e. document your results.

3. Conclusions

a. summarize your conclusions based on your analysis of the data;

b. discuss the specific sources of error in the experiment.

See a sample report. The advance study assignment for each laboratory exercise is due at the beginning of the laboratory period. Late advance study assignments will not be accepted for credit. Quizzes may be given by your instructor during laboratory.

Schedule

Class

Ch 19 – Electric Forces and Fields

Ch 20 – Electric Potential and Capacitance

Ch 21 – Current and Direct Current Circuits

Exam 1

Ch 22 – Magnetic Forces and Fields

Ch 23 – Faraday’s Law and Inductance

Ch 24 – Electromagnetic Waves

Exam 2

Ch 25 – Reflection and Refraction of Light

Ch 26 – Image Formation by Mirrors and Lenses

Ch 27 – Wave Optics

Exam 3

Ch 28 – Quantum Physics

Ch 29 – Atomic Physics

Ch 30 – Nuclear Physics

Final Exam

Laboratory

Lab#16 – Fields and Equipotentials

Lab#17 – Ohm's Law

Lab#18 – Resistances in Series and Parallel

Lab#19 – The RC Time Constant (Manual Timing)

Lab#20 – The RC Time Constant (Electronic Timing)

Lab#22 – Electromagnetic Induction

Lab#23 – Polarized Light and Malus’s Law

Lab#25 – The Prism Spectrometer: Dispersion and the Index of Refraction

Handout – Spherical Mirrors and Lenses

Lab#24 – The Transmission Diffraction Grating: Measuring the Wavelengths of Light

Lab#26 – Line Spectra and the Rydberg Constant

Lab#28 – Radioactive Half-life

Detailed Class/Laboratory Schedule
Class(C) / Lab(L)	Topic	Study/Homework/Laboratory/Quiz
C1: M 1-25	Introduction and Coulomb’s Law	Ch 19, Sec 1-4
C2: W 1-27	Electric Fields	Ch 19, Sec 5-7
L1A: W 1-27	Lab#16 TI – Fields and Equipotentials	Laboratory 1, Section A
L1B: Th 1-28	Lab#16 TI – Fields and Equipotentials	Laboratory 1, Section B
C3: F 1-29	Gauss’s Law	Ch 19, Sec 8-12 TP Quiz#1 Due: Introduction to WebAssign
C4: M 2-1	Electric Potential	Ch 20, Sec 1-3 TP Quiz#2
C5: W 2-3	Electric Potential for Charge Distributions	Ch 20, Sec 5-6 TP Quiz#3
W 2-3	No Laboratory: Mandatory Recitation
Th 2-4	No Laboratory: Mandatory Recitation
C6: F 2-5	Capacitance Capacitors in Parallel and Series Energy Stored in a Capacitor	Ch 20, Sec 7-8 TP Quiz#4 Due: WebAssign HW#1 (Ch 19)
C7: M 2-8	Capacitors with Dielectrics	Ch 20, Sec 9-10 TP Quiz#5
C8: W 2-10	Current, Resistance, Power Ohm’s Law	Ch 21, Sec 1-3,5 TP Quiz#6
L2A: W 2-10	Lab#17 CI – Ohm’s Law	Laboratory 2, Section A
L2B: Th 2-11	Lab#17 CI – Ohm’s Law	Laboratory 2, Section B
C9: F 2-12	Sources of emf Resistors in Series and Parallel	Ch 21, Sec 6-7 TP Quiz#7 Due: WebAssign HW#2 (Ch 20)
C10: M 2-15	RC Circuits	Ch 21, Sec 9 TP Quiz#8
C11: W 2-17	Magnetic Forces and Fields	Ch 22, Sec 1-3 TP Quiz#9
L3A: W 2-17	Lab#18 TI – Resistances in Series and Parallel	Laboratory 3, Section A
L3B: Th 2-18	Lab#18 TI – Resistances in Series and Parallel	Laboratory 3, Section B Due: WebAssign HW#3 (Ch 21)
C12: F 2-19	Exam#1 (Ch 19-21)	50-minute exam
C13: M 2-22	Forces on Charged Particles Moving in a Magnetic Field	Ch 22, Sec 4-6 TP Quiz#10
C14: W 2-24	The Biot-Savart Law Magnetic Forces b/w Conductors	Ch 22, Sec 7-8 TP Quiz#11
L4A: W 2-24	Lab#19 TI – The RC Time Constant (Manual Timing)	Laboratory 4, Section A
L4B: Th 2-25	Lab#19 TI – The RC Time Constant (Manual Timing)	Laboratory 4 Section B
C15: F 2-26	Ampere’s Law Magnetism in Matter	Ch 22, Sec 9-11 TP Quiz#12
C16: M 3-1	Faraday’s Law Electromagnetic Induction	Ch 23, Sec 1-2 TP Quiz#13
C17: W 3-3	Lenz’s Law Induced emfs	Ch 23, Sec 3-4 TP Quiz#14
L5A: W 3-3	Lab#20 CI – The RC Time Constant (Electronic Timing)	Laboratory 5, Section A
L5B: Th 3-4	Lab#20 CI – The RC Time Constant (Electronic Timing)	Laboratory 5, Section B
C18: F 3-5	Self-Inductance RL Circuits	Ch 23, Sec 5-7 TP Quiz#15 Due: WebAssign HW#4 (Ch 22)
C19: M 3-8	Maxwell’s Equations Electromagnetic (EM) Waves	Ch 24, Sec 1-3 TP Quiz#16
C20: W 3-10	Hertz’s Discoveries Energy & Momentum of EM Waves	Ch 24, Sec 4-6 TP Quiz#17
L6A: W 3-10	Lab#22 TI/CI – Electromagnetic Induction	Laboratory 6, Section A
L6B: Th 3-11	Lab#22 TI/CI – Electromagnetic Induction	Laboratory 6, Section B
C21: F 3-12	Spectrum of EM Waves Doppler Effect, Polarization, Lasers	Ch 24, Sec 7-9 TP Quiz#18 Due: WebAssign HW#5 (Ch 23)
3-15 to 3-19	Spring Break	Have a good break!
C22: M 3-22	Reflection and Refraction	Ch 25, Sec 1-4 TP Quiz#19
C23: W 3-24	Dispersion and Prisms	Ch 25, Sec 5 TP Quiz#20
L7A: W 3-24	Lab#23 CI – Polarized Light and Malus’s Law	Laboratory 7, Section A
L7B: Th 3-25	Lab#23 CI – Polarized Light and Malus’s Law	Laboratory 7, Section B
C24: F 3-26	Total Internal Reflection	Ch 25, Sec 7-8 TP Quiz#21 Due: WebAssign HW#6 (Ch 24)
C25: M 3-29	Mirrors	Ch 26, Sec 1-2 TP Quiz#22
C26: W 3-31	Exam#2 (Ch 22-24)	50-minute exam
L8A: W 3-31	Lab#25 TI – The Prism Spectrometer: Dispersion and the Index of Refraction	Laboratory 8, Section A
L8B: Th 4-1	Lab#25 TI – The Prism Spectrometer: Dispersion and the Index of Refraction	Laboratory 8, Section B
F 4-2	Good Friday	No Classes
C27: M 4-5	Lenses	Ch 26, Sec 3-5 TP Quiz#23 Due: ½WebAssign HW#7 (Ch 25)
C28: W 4-7	Interference & Double Slit Diffraction	Ch 27, Sec 1-4 TP Quiz#24
L9A: W 4-7	Handout – Spherical Mirrors and Lenses	Laboratory 9, Section A
L9B: Th 4-8	Handout – Spherical Mirrors and Lenses	Laboratory 9, Section B
C29: F 4-9	Single Slit Diffraction	Ch 27, Sec 6-7 TP Quiz#25 Due: WebAssign HW#8 (Ch 26)
C30: M 4-12	Diffraction Grating X-Ray Diffraction	Ch 27, Sec 8-9 TP Quiz#26
C31: W 4-14	Blackbody Radiation Photoelectric Effect Compton Effect	Ch 28, Sec 1-3 TP Quiz#27
L10A: W 4-14	Lab#24 TI – The Transmission Diffraction Grating: Measuring the Wavelengths of Light	Laboratory 10, Section A
L10B: Th 4-15	Lab#24 TI – The Transmission Diffraction Grating: Measuring the Wavelengths of Light	Laboratory 10, Section B
C32: F 4-16	Retake Exam#2 (Ch 22-24)	50-minute exam
C33: M 4-19	Particle Nature of Light Wave Nature of Matter Uncertainty Principle	Ch 28, Sec 4-8 TP Quiz#28 Due: WebAssign HW#9 (Ch 27)
C34: W 4-21	Quantum Mechanics Particle in a Box The Schrödinger Equation	Ch 28, Sec 9-12 TP Quiz#29
W 4-21	No Laboratory
Th 4-22	No Laboratory
C35: F 4-23	Exam#3 (Ch 25-27)	50-minute exam
C36: M 4-26	Early Models of the Atom Bohr Model	Ch 29, Sec 1-2 Ch 11, Sec 5 TP Quiz#30
C37: W 4-28	Wave Functions for Hydrogen Quantum Numbers	Ch 29, Sec 3-4 TP Quiz#31
L11A: W 4-28	Lab#26 TI – Line Spectra and the Rydberg Constant	Laboratory 11, Section A
L11B: Th 4-29	Lab#26 TI – Line Spectra and the Rydberg Constant	Laboratory 11, Section B
C38: F 4-30	Exclusion Principle and Periodic Table Atomic Spectra	Ch 29, Sec 5-6 TP Quiz#32 Due: WebAssign HW#10 (Ch 28)
C39: M 5-3	Properties of Nuclei Binding Energy Radioactivity	Ch 30, Sec 1-3 TP Quiz#33
C40: W 5-5	Radioactive Decay Processes Nuclear Reactions	Ch 30, Sec 4-5 TP Quiz#34
L12A: W 5-5	Lab#28 TI – Radioactive Half-life	Laboratory 12, Section A
L12B: Th 5-6	Lab#28 TI – Radioactive Half-life	Laboratory 12, Section B
C41: F 5-7	No class	Due: 1/2 WebAssign HW#11 (Ch 29, 30)
T 5-11	FINAL EXAM (Ch 19-30)	10:30 am to 12:30 pm

ATTENDANCE – Your grade in this course is likely to be strongly influenced by your class attendance. Exam questions are designed to cover very specifically the topics as they are discussed in class. In addition, quiz questions will often appear on exams. Six absences are allowed without affecting the student's grade. Beyond this, each additional absence will result in a 20-point reduction in the final grade.

MAKEUP EXAMS – Students who are forced to miss an exam due to unavoidable circumstances (illness, death in the family, athletic tournament, etc.) must contact the instructor. The instructor will determine if the absence is to be excused in accordance with Kentucky Wesleyan regulations on excused absences. Students with an excused absence will be allowed to take a makeup exam. No more than one makeup exam will be approved for any student except in unusual and very well documented cases.

EXAM DISCREPANCIES – Students with exam discrepancies should record, specifically, those items they would like considered for re-evaluation and return their exam to the instructor before leaving the classroom. All other students can retain their exams. No consideration will be given to exam discrepancies submitted after the student has left the classroom.

LABORATORY MAKEUP – All missed laboratory experiments must be made up and all reports must be submitted to receive a grade in the course. Students who are forced to miss a laboratory due to unavoidable circumstances (illness, death in the family, athletic tournament, etc.) must contact the instructor. The instructor will determine if the absence is to be excused in accordance with Kentucky Wesleyan regulations on excused absences. Only students with an excused absence will receive credit for making up the missed laboratory experiment.

LATE WORK – Only one late homework assignment will be accepted for credit. Only one late laboratory report will be accepted for credit.

CHEATING – The first time a student is found cheating, copying, etc., a zero will be given on the compromised work. The second time will result in failure of the course.

Grading Policy

Graded Event

Points

Exams(3)

360

Final Exam

180

Class Quizzes(34)

100

Homework Assignments(12)

180

Laboratory Reports(12)

180

Course Total

1000

Final Grade Assignments are based on the percentage of course points earned according to the following schedule:

• 90% and above – A
• 80% and above – B
• 70% and above – C
• 60% and above – D
• below 60% – F

Academic Accommodations

Kentucky Wesleyan College is committed to providing access to programs and services for qualified students with disabilities. If you are a student with a disability and require accommodations to participate and complete requirements for this class, notify the instructor immediately and contact Dr. Leah Hoover at the Office of Disability Services for verification of eligibility and determination of specific accommodations.

Academic Help

Several Kentucky Wesleyan offices can be helpful in aiding students.

• Office of Disability Services, 23 Faculty Office Building, (270) 852-3212
• Darrell Plus Center, Library Learning Center, (270) 852-3298
• Academic Dean’s Office, 105 Barnard-Jones Administration Building, (270) 852-3117