PHYSICS 3B: Basic Physics II
Winter 2008
- Instructor: Prof. Clare Yu
- Office: FRH 2168
- Phone: 949-824-6216
- E-mail: cyu@uci.edu
- Office Hours:
- Tuesday 2:30-3:30 pm (Problem solving session)
- Thursday 2:15-3:15 pm (Administrative matters and problem solving)
- TA: Andrea Silvestri
- Office: 3155A FRH
- Phone: 949-824-3424
- E-mail: silvestr@uci.edu
- Office Hours: Tuesday 4:30 - 5:30 pm
- Grader: Zheng Duan
- Office: 223A RH
- Phone: 949-824-0369
- E-mail: zduan@uci.edu
Lecture:12:30 pm-1:50 pm Tues-Thurs HSLH 100A
Discussion: Wednesday HICF 100P
Grading :
- 5% Lecture Participation (with clickers)
- 10% Web Assign Homework
- 10% Discussion (in-class) Problems
- 35% Midterm Exam
- 40% Final Exam
The way your grade will be calculated is explained in the second lecture on Chapter 16.
These lecture notes are posted on the web.
Goals: To understand the concepts and the equations
that describe fluids and thermodynamics as well as electricity and magnetism.
Huh? Please feel free to ask questions in class. If you
don't understand something, it's probably because I'm not explaining
things well and therefore lots of other people are confused as well.
So if you ask questions, you'll be doing everyone a favor.
Required Textbook:
- Principles of Physics, Serway and Jewett,
Fourth Edition, Harcourt College Publishers.
Copies of the book that say "Customized for UC Irvine" are simply
paperback to reduce the cost. There is nothing "custom" about the
content.
We will cover Chapters 15-17, and 19-24.3. We will not cover Chapter 18.
Course Web Page: Course materials such as the syllabus,
homework assignments, and lecture notes are available on the course
web page (http://eiffel.ps.uci.edu/cyu/p3B/class.html).
If you want to print the lecture notes, download the postscript (.ps) or
pdf files; the html files are slightly corrupted and do not contain
the figures. To read pdf files, you can download an Adobe acrobat reader
for free from www.adobe.com. To read the postscript files, you can
download a free ghostview reader from http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.htm.
Key Lecture Points: The first page of the lecture notes
has a list of key points with fill in the blanks where the blank will
be filled in as part of the lecture. You are encouraged to bring this
page to lecture.
Lecture Participation and Clickers: We will use
clickers during lecture. This will contribute 5% of your grade. To receive
full credit starting
with week 2, you are required to answer at least 75% of the questions
asked in lecture using clickers. You will not be penalized for incorrect answers.
You may purchase clickers at the UCI Bookstore. Batteries are
not included, so you will need to purchase those as well. You will need to
register your clicker at http://www.iclicker.com/registration in order to associate
your clicker number to your ID number. If you registered your clicker last
quarter, you will need to register it again since information from
previous quarters is not saved.
Lecture Courtesy: Please show basic respect and courtesy
to others during lecture. Cell phones should be turned off during lecture.
Idle conversation, eating, reading the newspaper, text messaging, or using
your laptop for any purpose other than taking notes is distracting and
discourteous. If you arrive late or must leave early, please take a seat
on the aisle near the door to avoid disturbing others.
Administrative Matters: Most administrative matters
such as enrollment can be handled by going to 520 RH which is open
Monday through Friday from 9 am - 12:30 pm. During weeks 1, 2, and 6, 520A RH will
also be open from 1 - 3 pm.
Enrollment: You must be enrolled in a discussion
section and attend that section for the entire quarter.
If you are not enrolled in a section
that you can attend, make the necessary add/drop using the
TELE Add/Drop system (TAD). The deadline is Friday, January 18.
No adds will be allowed after January 18.
Students who wish to drop a class or make a grade change after January 18
should do so in person in 520A RH.
Drop/Add cards can only be signed by Monica Perkins in 520A RH or Leigh Cool in 520 RH.
Extension students should see Monica Perkins or Leigh Cool
on Thursday January 17 to sign up for the course.
Homework: Homework problems are assigned for
each chapter using the WebAssign web-based system. A student guide for
WebAssign is available at http://www.webassign.net/guide/index.html
Physics involves problem solving. The best way
to learn physics is by doing problems, not by memorizing formulas
or reading the book over and over without thinking. Tiger Woods did
not become world's best golfer by reading more golf books than anyone else.
He did it by going outside and practicing golf. Same with physics. You
have to learn by practicing solving problems.
Logging into WebAssign: The WebAssign log-in page is
at https://www.webassign.net/login.html You will not be able to login until
you have been added to the class roster for WebAssign.
To log in for the first time, use the following information:
- Username: your UCInet ID (without the @uci.edu)
- Institution: uci
- Password: your UCI student ID number
WebAssign Access Codes: If you purchased a new textbook
from the UCI bookstore, you received an access code good for all three quarters
of Physics 3. You will need to enter it after logging in. You may have also
received a Physics Now access code - this is not the same as a WebAssign access
code. Be sure to enter the correct one.
If you purchased a used textbook, or a new textbook from somewhere other than
the UCI Bookstrore, you will need to purchase an access code online. To purchase
an access code online:
- You must first log in to WebAssign (see instructions above).
- After logging in, select the option "Purchase an Access Code Online"
- Enter your email address on the next page, then click "Continue"
- On the next page, you should see "Physics 3B, section 47030 ($17.00)" as
the only option. Check the box, then click "Continue"
- On the next page, enter your payment information. Visa and MasterCard
are accepted. Click "continue"
- On the final page, you have the opportunity to review all the information
before submitting your order. Click "Continue" if everything is correct to
purchase your access code.
Late Registration: All homework assignments must be
completed by the due dates, even if you register late. In special
circumstances, you can be given access to WebAssign before you
register if you talk to the professor or TA or Monica Perkins
(520A RH) and ask for access to WebAssign.
WebAssign Homework Rules: You have 3 tries to submit
each part of a problem on WebAssign. Only the last submitted answer is graded.
You do not have to do all problems at the same time. You may work together,
but each person must submit their own work. Most problems have randomized
numerical values that are different for each student. Be careful with units.
WebAssign chooses the units for the answer, so make sure that your numerical
answer is in the correct units indicated by WebAssign. You should do the
homework problems on paper first, since this will give you practice for doing
exams. A list of the problems assigned each week is at the end of this syllabus.
Discussion section in-class problems: Each week
in your discussion section you will be given 1-3 problems to solve in class.
You are encouraged to work in groups, and may refer to your textbook and notes.
You TA will be available to provide help. In-class problems will be collected
and graded. No make-up in-class problems will be given. A score of zero will be
given for a missed discussion section. Your lowest score will not count.
You must work on the problems and given them to your TA in your assigned
discussion section; otherwise you will receive a score of zero.
Graded problems will be returned in discussion section.
Scores: Scores will be available on the
internet (http://e3.uci.edu/toolbox/gradebook).
You should check to make sure these have been correctly recorded.
Answers and Solutions: Solutions to the homework
and discussion problems will be posted on the web by Thursday of
the week when they are due.
Tutoring:
Free tutoring from the Physics Learning Center is available
Monday-Wednesday from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm in 306 RH and 2111 FRH, starting in
Week 2. The Physics
Learning Center is staffed with TA's from various physics courses
(including this one) and you can ask any of them for help.
The schedule is posted on the course web site with location and times.
For a paid tutor, contact LARC
(Learning and Academic Resource Center) at 949-824-6451 (www.larc.uci.edu).
Exams: The Midterm exam will be given in class on
Thursday, February 7 (HSLH 100A). The Midterm will cover chapters
15, 16, 17, and 19.1-19.7.
The 2-hour Final exam will be given on Friday, March 21 from
10:30 am - 12:30 pm in HSLH 100A. The Final will be comprehensive and
cover chapters 15-24.3, but not chapter 18. All exams will be closed book,
but you may bring
one 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper with formulas. (You may write on both sides
of your formula sheet.) Calculators are allowed. (See below for
the list of allowed calculators.) You must bring picture
identification to both exams. No cell phones or backpacks are allowed;
failure to comply will result in a score of zero on the exam.
If you bring these items to the exam, they must be deposited at the
front of the room during the exam.
Seat assignments and seating charts will be posted on the course website
prior to the exam. Left-handed seating will be available to those who request
it ahead of time by email the professor your name and student ID number.
You must use your assigned seat, since are handed out by row. Your exam
will have your name, ID number, and seat number printed on the cover sheet.
Old exams with solutions are available on the course website.
Calculators: Only the following nonprogrammable
calculators will be allowed during exams: TI-30Xa, TI-30XIIS, TI-30XS Multiview,
TI-34II Explorer Plus, TI-36X Solar, Casio fx-300MS Plus, Sharp EL-531WB-BK,
HP-9S, HP-30S, Sharp EL-233SB, Sharp EL-244MB, Sentry CA373 Tiltdisplay,
Sentry CA367 Folding, Sentry CA338 Dual Power, Sentry CA560 12-digit business,
Aurora DT383, and the PnTech DG212.
Note that solar powered calculators may not work in the lecture hall
which is quite dark in some places. No other electronic devices of
any kind (cell-phones, pagers, PDAs, etc.) are permitted. Use of
any electronic device other than an approved calculator model
during an exam is cheating.
Cheating and Academic Dishonesty:
Anyone caught cheating on an exam or in any other aspect of the
course will automatically fail the course. In addition, the appropriate
deans will be notified. Cheating includes giving or receiving
assistance on an exam.
More generally, anyone involved in academic dishonesty will automatically
fail the course. Academic dishonesty includes,
but is not limited to, copying or providing answers on exams,
use of unauthorized notes or other materials on exams,
altering graded problems or exams before requesting regrading,
obtaining unauthorized copies of problems or exams, lying to excuse an absence,
or any other form of dishonesty or cheating intended to unfairly improve your grade.
If you have any doubt about whether some behavior constitutes
academic dishonesty, first, assume it does, and then ask the instructor or
your TA to be sure. Please see the University's official policy at
http://www.editor.uci.edu/catalogue/appx/appx.2.htm for more details.
If you become aware of cheating, please contact the professor or the TA as soon as
possible, and we will follow-up while ensuring your anonymity.
Makeup Policy: No makeup exams, WebAssign problems,
or discussion section (in-class) problems will be given.
Absence from the Midterm or the Final will be accepted for the following
three reasons only:
- a serious personal illness documented by a typed and signed letter
from a licensed physician on his/her own office stationary with
the doctor's address and phone number stating the
illness and need for your absence, or
- death in your immendiate family documented by a death certificate, or
- mandatory military service documented by signed orders from
your commanding officer.
Regrades: Any request to have an exam or
in-class problem regraded must be made in writing and include an
explanation of the believed grading error. In-class problems should be
turned in to the TA, and exams should be given to the
instructor. On exams turned in for regrades, the entire exam may be
considered, and the instructor reserves the right to raise or
lower the grade as appropriate. Written requests for regrading of the midterm
must be turned in by the end of the discussion section in which the midterms
or in-class problems are returned.
Homework Assignments and Course Outline:
The only way to really learn physics is by doing problems (not
memorizing the book).
The following reading and homework assignments refer to
Principles of Physics, Serway and Jewett,
Fourth Edition. Unless noted otherwise, the homework problems are from
both the problems and the questions at the end of each chapter.
The problems are your WebAssign homework which will be due on Tuesday
at midnight.
The questions are conceptual and are meant to help prepare you for
the conceptual questions given in your discussion section and on the
midterm and final exams.
The questions are optional in the sense that you will not
be required to turn them in, but you are responsible for them on
the midterm and final exams. In addition
optional problems are for you to gain further practice but you will not
be required to turn them in.
- Week of Jan. 7:
Chapter 15: Fluid Mechanics
- Reading: Chapter 15
- Questions from Ch. 15: 2, 6, 8, 12, 13
- WebAssign Problems from Ch. 15: 2, 3, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19, 21, 23, 31, 30,
33, 37, 43, 44
- WebAssign problems due at midnight Tuesday Jan. 15.
- Week of Jan. 14:
Chapter 16: Temperature and Kinetic Theory of Gases
- Reading: Chapter 16
- Questions from Ch. 16: 1, 11, 18
- WebAssign Problems from Ch. 16: 3, 4, 5, 6, 18, 19, 24, 25, 27, 33, 35, 36, 39
- WebAssign problems due at midnight Tuesday Jan. 22.
- Week of Jan. 21:
Chapter 17: Energy in Thermal Processes: The First Law of Thermodynamics
- Reading: Chapter 17
- Questions from Ch. 17: 1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 17
- WebAssign Problems from Ch. 17: 1, 2, 5, 6, 11, 14, 16, 21, 24, 28, 30,
33, 35, 41, 44, 42, 52
- Optional problems from Ch. 17: 3, 19, 23, 27, 31, 39
- WebAssign problems due at midnight Tuesday Jan. 29.
- Week of Jan. 28:
Chapter 19: Electric Forces and Electric Fields
- Reading: Chapter 19
- Questions from Ch. 19: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17
- WebAssign Problems from Ch. 19: 4, 5, 11, 15, 27, 28
- Optional problems from Ch. 19: 25, 26
- WebAssign problems due at midnight Tuesday Feb. 5.
- Week of Feb. 4:
- WebAssign Problems from Ch. 19: 31, 34, 38, 39, 44
- WebAssign Problems due at midnight Tuesday Feb. 12 after the midterm.
- Midterm on Thursday Feb. 7 will cover chapters 15-17, 19.1-19.7.
- No in-class problems this week, but WebAssign problems from previous week
are due as usual on Tuesday Feb. 5. Discussion section meeting on Wednesday
Feb. 6 will review for the midterm.
- Week of Feb. 11:
Chapter 20: Electric Potential and Capacitance
- Questions from Ch. 20: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 15
- WebAssign Problems from Ch. 20: 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 21, 22,
29, 31, 32, 35, 39, 40
- WebAssign problems due at midnight on Tuesday Feb. 19.
- Week of Feb. 18:
Chapter 21: Current and DC Circuits
- Reading: Chapter 21
- WebAssign Problems from Ch. 20: 44, 48, 52, 54
- Questions from Ch. 21: 7, 9, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21
- WebAssign Problems from Ch. 21: 2, 4, 6, 7, 14, 18, 27, 32, 34, 39, 41, 42, 45, 53
- WebAssign problems due at midnight on Tuesday Feb. 26.
- Week of Feb. 25:
Chapter 22: Magnetic Forces and Magnetic Fields
- Reading: Chapter 22
- Questions from Ch. 22: 1, 3, 5, 9, 10
- WebAssign Problems from Ch. 22: 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26,
29, 34, 38, 44, 45
- WebAssign problems due at midnight Tuesday March 4.
- Week of March 3:
Chapter 23: Faradays's Law and Inductance
- Reading: Chapter 23
- Questions from Ch. 23: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 17
- WebAssign Problems from Ch. 23: 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 14, 20, 22, 25, 26, 27,
28, 29, 35, 42, 45
- WebAssign problems due at midnight Tuesday March 11.
- Week of March 10:
Finish Chapter 23 and cover Chapter 24 through section 24.3: Electromagnetic
Waves
- Reading: Chapter 24 through section 24.3
- Problems from Ch. 24: 1, 4, 6
- No WebAssign problems due on this material but it will be covered on the
final exam.