Physics PHYS 152
General Physics
Instructor:
Office Hour:
Schedule:
Spring Semester 2016
Brandon Hoffman
Lecture/Lab
MTWRF
WF
Rm. P107
10:00-11:00 AM
1:30-4:20 PM
Ext. 2350
Rm. P107
Rm. P118
General Information
Text:
Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics (8th ed) by
Raymond A. Serway and John W. Jewett, Jr., Brooks/Cole-Thomson
Learning.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4390-4845-0
ISBN-10: 1-4390-4845-2
Description:
An introduction to the study of physics focusing on central concepts and
problem solving. Topics include mechanics, energy, momentum,
oscillations, waves, and thermal physics. Three lecture and three laboratory
hours each week.
Prerequisite: PHYS 151 or permission from the instructor.
Fulfills an IS Liberal Arts Exploration requirement for Natural Science and
Mathematics.
Objectives:
Upon completion of this class, students will be able to:
1. systematically determine what would happen in various laboratory
and real-world situations.
2. perform basic experiments to test/develop hypothesis and properly
critique the experiments of others (as well as their own).
3. discover a greater beauty of God’s creation as they begin to learn and
understand it.
Attendance:
Excessive absence from class will have a detrimental effect on assigned
grades. The instructor will decide on a case-by-case basis whether tests can
be made-up.
Laptops:
Laptops are vital to in-class activities, but are often a distraction to learning.
Therefore, the instructor may reduce lab grades for any of the following:
1. Student does not bring a working laptop to class.
2. Laptop/technology is open when not needed for required activities.
3. Laptop/technology is used for any purpose other than required
activities.
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Homework:
Problem sets are to be turned in before each lecture period.
Late homework will not be accepted.
I will be very particular about the format of the homework. Sloppy or
disorganized work will not be accepted. I will expect the rules shown below
to be followed, as described in the handout:
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Use only one side of your paper.
Begin each problem with a pictorial description.
Always include diagrams when applicable.
Begin every major step in the solution with a description of that step.
Include units for every number written.
Leave space - do not crowd your work into a tiny area on the page.
Box your final answer.
Note: You are welcome to ask classmates, TA’s, or the professor for help on
your homework. However, online help will be considered cheating.
Homework will typically be returned within about 2 work days. You are
expected to review all corrections carefully and promptly.
Reading:
You will be expected to keep up with the assigned textbook reading from the
course syllabus.
Quizzes:
There will be eight 15-minute quizzes on the dates given below (dates
subject to change).
There will also be a comprehensive final exam. (An equation sheet will be
given for the final.)
Make-up examinations will be given only in very unusual circumstances.
Test
Date
Chapters Covered*
Friday, January 29
19 – 20
Quiz 1
Wednesday, February 10
21 – 22
Quiz 2
Wednesday, March 2
Quiz 3
23, 25
Friday, March 11
Quiz 4
26 – 27
Friday, March 18
Quiz 5
28
Friday,
April
8
Quiz 6
29 – 30
Friday, April 22
Quiz 7
31 – 32
Wednesday, May 4
Quiz 8
34 – 35
Friday, May 6
Final
19 – 36
*Note: only the sections indicated in the syllabus will be tested.
Final Exam:
The final examination will be comprehensive. No deviations from the
college stated time for the final examination will be allowed, except for dire
emergencies. Travel arrangements and weddings do not qualify as dire
emergencies.
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Grades:
A grading rubric for activities in this course can be found on the following
website:
http://www.houghton.edu/physics/physics-grading-rubric/
The final grade will represent a weighted average of the scores as shown
below.
Assignment
Percent of grade
Homework
Eight Unit Quizzes (4% each)
Final Examination
Laboratory
TOTAL
28%
32%
15%
25%
100%
Letter grades will be assigned as follows:
Percent
90-100
87-89
84-86
80-83
77-79
74-76
Grade
A
AB+
Percent
70-73
67-69
64-66
Grade
C
CD+
B
60-63
D
B-
57-59
D-
C+
0-56
F
Typical minimum time expected for various activities in this course:
Learning activity
Lecture/lab class time
Assigned reading
Homework
Study for in-class exams
Total Time
Additional comments
Includes lab activities
and written work
Textbook reading
without quizzes
For major courses
Typical minimum time Typical minimum
on task
time for the course
160 minutes per class
4640 minutes
5 minutes per page
1900 minutes
10 hours per problem set
5 hours per exam
8400 minutes1
1200 minutes2
269 hours
1.
Each semiweekly set is considered to be one half of a standard physics problem set.
2.
Each unit quiz is considered to be one half of a typical physics exam.
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1. Wednesday, Jan. 13
2. Friday, Jan. 15
3. Wednesday, Jan. 20
4. Friday, Jan. 22
5. Wednesday, Jan. 27
6. Friday, Jan. 29
7. Wednesday, Feb. 3
8. Friday, Feb. 5
9. Wednesday, Feb. 10
10. Friday, Feb. 12
11. Wednesday, Feb. 17
12. Friday, Feb. 19
Wednesday, Feb. 24
Friday, Feb. 26
13. Wednesday, Mar. 2
Lecture Schedule
Lecture Topic:
Temperature
Sections:
19.1 – 19.5
Lab:
Ideal Gas law and Measuring Absolute Zero;
Thermal Expansion of Water
Lecture Topic:
Heat and Internal Energy
Sections:
20.1 – 20.4
Lab:
Specific Heats of Metals;
Latent Heat of Fusion;
Lecture Topic:
Thermodynamic Processes
Sections:
20.4 – 20.7
Lab:
Equivalence of Mechanical & Thermal Energy
Lecture Topic:
Kinetic Theory of Gases
Sections:
21.1 – 21.4
Work Done by N2/Air
Lecture Topic:
Heat Engines and the Second Law
Sections:
22.1 – 22.3
Quiz 1:
CH 19-20
Lecture Topic:
Heat Engines and the Second Law
Sections:
22.4 – 22.5
Lecture Topic:
Electric Fields
Sections:
23.1 – 23.3
Lab:
Electroscope Lab
Lecture Topic:
Electric Fields
Sections:
23.4 – 23.7
Lab:
Coulomb’s Law with Pendulum
Quiz 2:
CH 21-22
Lecture Topic:
Electric Potential
Sections:
25.1 – 25.3
Electric Fields and Equipotentials
Lecture Topic:
Electric Potential
Sections:
25.4 – 25.6
Lecture Topic:
Capacitance and Dielectrics
Sections:
26.1 – 26.4
Lab:
Capacitors
Lecture Topic:
Capacitance and Dielectrics
Sections:
26.5
Lab:
Homemade Capacitors with Dielectrics
February Break
Quiz 3:
Lecture Topic:
Sections:
Lab:
CH 23, 25
Current and Resistance
27.1 – 27.6, 28.2
Resistance
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14. Friday, Mar. 4
15. Wednesday, Mar. 9
16. Friday, Mar. 11
17. Wednesday, Mar. 16
18. Friday, Mar. 18
Wednesday, Mar. 23
Friday, Mar. 25
19. Wednesday, Mar. 30
20. Friday, Apr. 1
21. Wednesday, Apr. 6
22. Friday, Apr. 8
23. Wednesday, Apr. 13
24. Friday, Apr. 15
25. Wednesday, Apr. 20
26. Friday, Apr. 22
Lecture Topic:
Sections:
Lab:
Lecture Topic:
Sections:
Lab:
Quiz 4:
Lecture Topic:
Sections:
Lab:
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Quiz 5:
Lecture Topic:
Sections:
Lab:
Direct Current Circuits
28.1 – 28.3
Intro to Electric Circuits
Direct Current Circuits (Cont.)
28.1 – 28.4
RC Circuits
CH 26-27
Magnetic Fields
29.1 – 29.2, 30.6
Permanent Magnets
Magnetic Fields and Moving Charges
29.3 – 29.4
Homemade Speaker
CH 28
Sources of Magnetic Fields
30.1 – 30.2
Homemade Motor/Generator
Easter Break
Lecture Topic:
Sections:
Lab:
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Lab:
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Lab:
Quiz 6:
Lecture Topic:
Sections:
Lab
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Lab
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Quiz 7:
Lecture Topic:
Sections:
Lab:
Sources of the Magnetic Field
30.3 – 30.4
Magnetic Field in a Slinky
Faraday’s Law
30.5, 31.1 – 31.3
Inducing a Voltage
Faraday’s Law
31.4 – 31.6
Rail gun
CH 29-30
Self-Inductance
32.1 – 32.3
Self-Inductance
Mutual Inductance
32.4 – 32.5
Mutual Inductance and Transformers
Electromagnetic Waves
34.1 – 34.6
Light and Distance (2007)
Light and Laws of Optics
35.1 – 35.5
Reflection and Refraction
CH 31-32
Light and Laws of Optics
35.6 – 35.8
Prisms
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27. Wednesday, Apr. 27
28. Friday, Apr. 29
29. Wednesday, May 4
30. Friday, May 6
Lecture Topic:
Sections:
Lab:
Lecture Topic:
Sections:
Lab:
Quiz 8:
Lecture Topic:
Sections:
Lab:
Comprehensive
Final
Image Formation
36.1 – 36.2
Mirrors
Image Formation
36.3 – 36.4
Thin Lenses
CH 34-35
Wave Optics
37.1 – 38.5
Young’s Double Slit
Single slit (hole) diffraction
4:00-6:00pm
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