Physics
112N
crn: 20278
Introductory
General Physics
| Professor |
Dr. Charles E. Hyde-Wright |
| Lecture |
Monday, 7:10 -- 9:50 pm |
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Room 100 OCNPS |
| Office |
Room 215 Oceanography & Physical Science Building (OCNPS) |
| Phone |
683-5853 (office) 683-5812 (lab)
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| e-mail |
chyde'at'odu'dot'edu |
| Web-site |
www.physics.odu.edu/hyde/Teaching/Spring05/Phys112_2005.html
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| Office Hours* |
Monday, 11:00 - 12:00 Physics Learning Center: OCNPS
142 |
| Texts: |
Physics
, Vol. 2 , James S. Walker (required), 2nd Edition
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Physics 112 & 232
Laboratory Manual 8th Edition (required)
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WebAssign
Student Packet (required)
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Laboratory
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Required Laboratory Section
20309, Wed 19:00 - 21:00 OCNPS 140
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* Or by
appointment, schedule in person, by email, or call the Physics Dept
office 683-3468,
and the secretary can page me.
| Course Grade |
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Test-1 |
10% |
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Test-2 |
10% |
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Homework |
20% |
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2-minute PRS Quizes (in lecture)
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10% |
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Lab* |
20% |
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Final Exam |
30% |
*Note: You must receive a passing grade in the
laboratory in order to pass
the course.
Final Exam:
Room
200, Physics/Oceanography Building
Monday, May
3, 2004
7:00 -- 10:00
pm
Exams
Two
75-minute tests will be given. The tentative dates (subject to change)
for the tests are February 21 and April 11. Note that there will
also be lecture on those two evenings..Each test will be closed
book.You will be allowed to use a calculator and your own formula
sheet on both sides of one piece of paper (8-1/2" x 11"). Your formula
sheet must be turned in with your test.
If you have to miss a test, you must contact me as soon as possible
(i.e., before the test, if possible). A
grade of zero will be assigned unless you have a very good
excuse for missing the test.If you do
have an acceptable excuse (including a doctor's note in case of
illness), your grade for the missed test will be the grade you receive
on the final examination.Note that no make-up
tests will be given.
Quizes
We will
use the Personal Response System "Clicker". You must purchase
this in the bookstore and register your purchase on-line. Save
your receipt, there may be a rebate with your textbook purchase.
I will give one or more 1-2 minute quizes in each lecture. These
will be graded on a 3 point scale, with 2 points given for replying and
the third point awarded for a correct response. The results of
this attendance plus question is 10% of your grade.
Weekly Homework
Asignments will usually be available on Mondays and due Wednesday, a
week later. The homework will consist of
problems assigned from the text. The homework is
to be submitted via the web using WebAssign (see below).
Homework is not a test.You are encouraged to work
together on it and get help. However,
you are responsible for understanding the physics of each
homework problem and the method of solution. It
is cheating to let other people do your homework for you.
You are welcome to ask questions in class regarding the homework.
The lectures will present some example problems similar to the
homework, but not all style of homework problems will be covered.
Attendance
You are
advised to consult the Undergraduate Catalog for information concerning
university policies relating to class attendance. Attendance in the
laboratory is mandatory. Attendance
is required in lecture for several reasons:
· Physics is
best learned when you are exposed to the concepts several times, i.e.,
by reading the book, attending lecture, doing the homework
and performing laboratory measurements and analysis..
· Material
that is not in the book may be presented in class.
· There will
be demonstrations as part of the lecture (the results of which may show
up on tests).
· There will be graded quizzes. (10%
of your grade).
· Test dates
will be announced in class.
· Homework
problems may be discussed in class.
Laboratory
You must be
enrolled in the Wednesday evening laboratory session CRN 20309
associated
with this lecture section.. There is a Lab & WebAssign
orientation meeting the first week of class. Attendance is required. The
first laboratory
assignment is a Web-based exercise, due the third week of class:
www.physics.odu.edu/~evans/pirs/labinfo/labinfo.htm.
The first regular Lab session will be held during the third
week of class (January 26). Note that the Martin Luther King
Holiday is only Monday
January 17.
Attendance is required in the laboratory part of this course. Any
student with more than one absence in the
laboratory will fail the
laboratory and thus the course.To
get credit for attending the laboratory you must turn in a lab report
for
that lab. If you know you will have
to miss a lab, contact the instructor beforehand .
You may attend a different laboratory session during the same week if
you obtain permission from the lab instructor in the session you would
like
to attend. The detailed Lab attentadance and make-up policy is
posted at
http://www.physics.odu.edu/~evans/pirs/labinfo/makeuppolicy.htm
You must bring your laboratory manual with you to the lab.
It is very important that you read the lab before you come to class and
bring any other items that you will need. Graph
paper will not be provided so you must bring that with you if the
lab requires it.You must also bring
a bound notebook (square-ruled) in which you will record data as
well as write up your laboratory reports. The
reports will be turned in for grading. The lab
instructor will discuss the appropriate format for the lab reports and
the grading procedure.The lab
report must be turned in to get credit for attendance at the lab.
Your lab grade will be computed by dropping your lowest lab report
grade. If you miss one lab, that will be the
grade dropped.
WebAssign
Registration:
You must purchase
a registration packet at the University Bookstore and
enter your registration number by
January 21. If you have not
registered by that date you will be locked out of WebAssign. Please
read all the information that came with your WebAssign Student Packet
before logging onto the system.WebAssign can be accessed at
http://webassign.net/ .When you go to
the logon page you will be asked for a Username, Institution and
Password. Your username is your ODU email username.
For
institution, use odu. For initial password, use your ODU UIN (no longer
Social Security Number)
without hyphens. For example, Jane
C. Smith would enter:
Username: jsm001
Institution: odu
Password: 12345678
Submitting answers:
· The homework
assignments will be available from WebAssign roughly one week before
the due date.You must submit your answers to the
homework problems via WebAssign by 11:00 p.m. on the
due date (usually Wednesday).After
11:00 p.m. you will not be able to submit answers.
Under some circumstances, extensions may be granted.
Contact Dr. Hyde-Wright before the due date if you must request
an extension.
· WebAssign is
able to randomize the numbers in some of the assignment questions. Your assigned problem may be slightly different from
the problem in the
book. Always look at the WebAssign
assignment before attempting the problems. If
WebAssign has randomized a number in a question, it will be shown in
red on your screen.Once you have made one
submission to that assignment, the problem will remain the same for
subsequent submissions.
· You will
receive immediate feedback on whether your answer is correct or not.
You can then correct the wrong answers and resubmit.
You can log off and come back later to resubmit your answers. If you do
this, click on ?Last Submission? to see
your last set of right and wrong answers and make corrections and then
resubmit. You have up to 8 chances to submit each set of homework
answers.
TIP:Do not submit answers to
just a few problems because you use up a submission without having
tried
all of the problems.It is better to
do the entire problem set, submit your answers and work from there to
correct
all the ones you have wrong before you submit again.
· It is very
important to keep a notebook of the homework problems and your
solutions.If you think that WebAssign has graded your problem
incorrectly (very rare!) you may submit your written solution to Dr.
Hyde-Wright for grading.
· In general,
WebAssign looks for 1 percent accuracy (3 significant figures). So work out the problem and then round off or
truncate the answer. DO NOT round off to less than 3 significant
figures in the middle of your calculations, that can lead to a
round-off error as large as 10%.
· The full
solution to each assignment will be posted on the course homepage soon
after the assignment deadline.
If you
have problems:
If you
cannot log onto WebAssign there are several possible reasons. You may
have added the class recently and not be on the official WebAssign
roster, or there may be an error in the roster. If you are having
difficulty with WebAssign, contact Annette Vialet (Physics Dep't
Secretary: avialet'at'odu.edu
) or Robert Evans (reevans'at'odu.edu
) for help.Send them the following information
·
your class and instructor
·
your full name as it appears on your official University records
·
your student UIN number
·
a detailed description of the problem you are having
If you have
trouble with the physics, on the other hand, see Dr. Hyde-Wright or go
to the Learning Center for help.
Physics
Learning Center
The
Physics Learning Center, located in room 142 OCNPS, is a place where
students can get together to work on their homework and get assistance,
if needed, from physics faculty and grad students. No appointment is
necessary! Students in any introductory class are encouraged to drop by
the Learning Center for help on homework, lab, lecture, other course
material, or just for a place to work while in the physics
building.
The Physics Learning Center will be open all week during normal
business hours.A physics staff member will be
on duty to help students approximately 20 hours per week.
A detailed staffing schedule will be posted on the door to Room 142 and
on the web at http://newton.physics.odu.edu/Learning
Students are encouraged to use the room to work together on their
assignments, even when a physics staff member is not available for
tutoring. Note:The
Physics Learning Center will be open starting the second
week of classes.
Tentative Course
Outline
| Date |
Chapter |
Lecture |
HW
Available |
HW
Due |
Laboratory
(Wednesday)
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Jan. 10
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19
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Electrostatic Force &
Charge
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1 (Ch.19) |
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Lab Intro, Safety Rules
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Jan. 17
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MLK Holiday, No Lecture Monday
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19
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PH00 Take-Home Lab Assignment on Web
www.physics.odu.edu/~evans/pirs/labinfo/labinfo.htm |
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Jan. 24
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19
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Electric Field,
Gauss' Law
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2 (Ch.19&20) |
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26
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1 |
PH01:Virtual
vs Real Instruments |
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Jan. 31
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20
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Electrostatic Energy
Electrostatic Potential, Equipotentials
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3 (Ch. 20) |
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Feb. 2
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2
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PH02: Electrostatics |
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Feb. 7
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20
21
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Capacitors, Dielectrics
Electric Current, Resistors,
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4
(Ch. 21)
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| 9 |
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3
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PH03:
Ohms'
Law |
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Feb. 14
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21
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Kirkhoff's Rules,
RC Circuits
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16
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4 |
PH04: Kirchoff's
Rules I |
| Feb 21 |
22 |
Test
1, ch19-21
Lecture on Magnetism |
5 (Ch. 22) |
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23
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PH04:
Kirchoff's
Rules II
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Feb. 28
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22/23
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Magnetism,
Magnetic
Induction |
6(Ch.
22&23) |
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Mar. 2
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5
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PH05:
RC Circuits |
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Mar.7-10
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Spring Break
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no
lab |
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Mar. 14
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23,24
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Magnetic Induction, AC Circuits
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7
(Ch. 23) |
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16
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6
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PH06: Magnetic Fields |
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Mar. 21
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24, 25
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AC Circuits, EM Waves &
Light
|
8
(Ch. 24) |
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23
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7
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PH07
& PH08, Induction & Transformers |
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Mar. 28
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26
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Geometrical Optics,
Reflection, Refraction
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9
(Ch. 25,26) |
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30
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8 |
PH09: LR Circuit & PH10: LRC Circuit: Resonance |
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Apr. 4
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26, 27
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Ray Tracing, Physical
Optics
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| 6 |
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9
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PH11
Optics,Reflection, Refraction |
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Apr. 11
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28
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Interference,
Diffraction
Test 2, Ch 19-26
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10
(Ch. 28) |
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13
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PH12:
Lenses & Mirrors
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Apr. 18
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30
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Quantum Physics
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11
(Ch. 30/31) |
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20
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10
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PH13:
Diffraction |
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Apr. 25
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Quantum Physics / Review
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April 28
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11
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May 2
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19-26,
28-31
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Final Exam 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Comprehensive
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