PHYS 1008, Winter 2013 Information and Course Outline

1. Course Times
Lectures Room and Time: Azrieli Theatre 301 Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 10:35 to 11:25 Instructor: Dr. Mike Donkers Office: 3313 HP E-mail: mdonkers@physics.carleton.ca Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 to 10:30 pm Laboratory (To Be Finalized) Room and Time: HP 4160 Friday, 08:35 to 11:25 Instructor: Dr. Jillian Henderson, E-mail: jillian_henderson@carleton.ca Final Exam Scheduled for mid to late April (Date, time and location to be confirmed). The exam will not include material from the lab section of the course.

2. How the Course is Run

2.1. Pre-requisites Students in this course must normally have MATH0107 and PHYS 1007 or equivalents or permission of the Physics Department. 2.2. Labs It is imperative that ALL students attend the first LAB, in the week of January 21 st 2013. The first LAB is DC Circuits. Information about this and subsequent labs can be found under LABS in WebCT. Students who may be exempt from the Lab (if they are repeating the course, for example) MUST see Lab coordinator and obtain an Excused form; otherwise, they are NOT excused or exempt. 2.3. Required Texts 1. PHYSICS, Giambattista, Richardson, Richardson, McGraw Hill, 2008. (Available at the Bookstore, University Centre.) 2. LABORATORY MANUAL, available at Science Stores 118 Steacie Bldg. 3. 6 soft cover, lab report booklets. 4. A non-programmable scientific calculator.

2.4. Web Page This course will make extensive use of cuLearn to deliver Online Assignments, Course Material, Information, Tracking Grades, Suggested Problem Sets, etc. The address to start off with is https://culearn.carleton.ca/moodle/login/index.php The cuLearn page is divided into sections and topics which will be covered during the course of the term. Within each topic section there is a further subdivision where you will find links to assignments, problem sets, lecture notes and other information. 2.5. Lecture attendance It is highly recommended that students attend every lecture throughout the term and it is therefore expected that students will make every effort to do so. Lectures will contain additional information, hints and examples that may not available on the lecture slides or in general information provided via the course cuLearn website. If a student misses a lecture it is beholden upon him or her to determine what information was presented. 2.6. Tests and Assignments 2.6.1. cuLearn Weekly Assignments There are to a number of scheduled online assignments that will be used as part of the overall term marks. These completed using a computer connected to the web, and you can access them with an updated web-browser. On Campus you can logon to a Carleton web server using your Student Computing Account Connect. Having got logged-on you can now use cuLearn to do the weekly assignments. First read the Chapter(s) in the text book, and then answer the 5 qualitative questions (concept and theory based) and 5 quantitative questions (calculation based) within 90 minutes. In general you will be given 2 attempts at each assignment before the posted deadline, no additional attempts will be allowed following the deadline. All of the questions are chosen at random from a database of questions and additionally the calculation questions have a further randomized choice of input variable values, so that no two attempts are likely to repeat the same question set. In answering the assignment calculation questions enter the answer when appropriate in scientific notation with three significant figures e.g. 1.60E-19 for 1.6 x 1019. Be sure always to take careful note of the units for your answer, typically it is expected that the answer will follow SI units (m, s, J, etc) however there is the possibility of a not standard unit required for the specific question. These will be note in the question itself, e.g. Express your answer in km The mark entered in the final grades is the larger of the two attempts. In addition we will drop the lowest mark from your record at the end of term. Be vigilant and be sure to always check the due dates on the list. There will be an assignment scheduled on a bi-weekly basis; the actual date and time are to be determined at the beginning of the term. They will be scheduled for weeks that do not have a tutorial. Use the bulletin board for communications primarily with other students. Use private e-mail for communications with the instructor. If there is any discrepancy between the marks posted in cuLearn your calculated values notify the instructor immediately

2.6.2. Tutorials and Instructor Lead Tests There will be 5 tutorials followed by 45 min in-class tests (closed book) on alternating weeks with the labs. Tutorials and tests will be in 4160HP. The subject material will be announced in class while dates are given with the Lab schedule. The structure of the tutorial is as follows: the first hour will be devoted to students working in groups to answer questions provided by the TAs on specific subject material. This period is also meant to give students opportunity to get additional help on topics presented in lectures or on WebCT assignments. At the start of the tutorial session students will be given a sheet with 4 Multiple Choice questions which they are to answer during the initial hour and hand into their TAs. These multiple choice questions will be counted in the Tutorial test score. During the second hour a TA will present the solutions to questions given in the first hour. These questions and solutions will be relevant to the final test question. The last 45 min will be devoted to a test question which the students will individually answer and hand in to their respective TAs. The grade for this question and the 4 multiple choice questions will be combined to provide the final Tutorial Test grade for each of the 5 tutorial sessions. The 4 highest test grades will be used to determine the final Tutorial Test score. A Formula Sheet will be provided as part of the Online Course Material on the course cuLearn page and will be provided as part of the package delivered for all tests and exams 2.6.3. Final Examination Final examination will be scheduled during the regular examination period, at the end of the term. A Memory Aid Sheet consisting of both sides of an 8.5 x 11 page will be provided which will contain all relevant formulae, constants and conversions necessary to complete all questions on the exam. A non-programmable calculator is also admissible. 2.7. The Marking Scheme The marking scheme will be as follows: cuLearn Assignments: 15% Tutorial Tests: 20% Laboratory: 30% Final Exam: 35% 2.8. Passing Conditions In order to pass the course, students must attempt all tests and all labs. Missing tests or labs must be accounted for, usually by bringing in a doctors note, to either the Lab Supervisor or the Test Instructor. Students must obtain a minimum of 25 out of 65 marks available for the term work as defined in the Marking Scheme. Term work resulting in a mark less than this is not satisfactory. The attention of all students is drawn to the section 14 of Instructional Offenses p61-62 in the 2008/2009 Calendar. In PHYS 1008, such offenses will normally result in a mark of zero for the test, Lab report or exam in question. Depending on the severity of the case, a report will be sent to the Dean of the students Faculty, for possible further disciplinary action.

2.9. Additional Information 2.9.1. Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities The Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC) provides services to students with Learning Disabilities (LD), psychiatric/mental health disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), chronic medical conditions, and impairments in mobility, hearing, and vision. If you have a disability requiring academic accommodations in this course, please contact PMC at 613-520-6608 or pmc@carleton.ca for a formal evaluation. If you are already registered with the PMC, contact your PMC coordinator to send me your Letter of Accommodation at the beginning of the term, and no later than two weeks before the first in-class scheduled test or exam requiring accommodation (if applicable). After requesting accommodation from PMC, meet with me to ensure accommodation arrangements are made. Please consult the PMC website for the deadline to request accommodations for the formally-scheduled exam (if applicable). 2.9.2. Deferred Exams Deferred Exams are generally only granted to students who cannot take the regularly scheduled exam due to illness. Students must present a doctors note to the Science Registrar within five working days of the date of the final exam. The Deferred Exam replaces only the Final Exam portion of the marks. 2.9.3. For those repeating the course If the lab component of the course has been successfully completed with a sufficiently high grade, then credit for this may be carried forward, and only the theory sections of the course need be repeated. Students must confirm eligibility for this with Lab supervisor. 2.10. Academic Honesty

The attention of all students is drawn to the section E14 of the Academic Regulations of the University: http://www.carleton.ca/cuuc/regulations/acadregsuniv14.html In PHYS 1008, such offenses will normally result in a mark of zero for the test, Lab report or exam in question. Depending on the severity of the case, a report will be sent to the Dean of the students Faculty, for possible further disciplinary action. 2.11. Email

Every student must use their Carleton Connect account in any communication to University academic staff. Emails sent from external e-mail accounts will not be answered. Please do not forward your emails from Carleton connect accounts to external emails. The University will not be responsible if important communications from the University, including the class instructors and academic staff, are not delivered due to a failure in the forwarding process. It is important to monitor the space available in your account. If a message cannot be delivered due to an overflow, then you may miss something important. When communicating with the lecturer or lab supervisor, please write your email in a structured, professional and coherent manner, with correct spellings and grammar, it should

be treated as an official communication. It is also advisable that you include the course number (i.e. PHYS 1008) in the subject of your message.

3. Lecture Schedule and Syllabus

Note this is a tentative schedule of Chapters covered by week (this is subject to moderate changes as the semester progresses) Week Beginning 7th January Lecture No. Section Topic Course Introduction 16.1 Electric Charge 16.2 Conductors and Insulators 16.3 Coulomb's Law 16.4 Electric Field 16.5 Motion of Charge in E field 17.1 Potential Energy 17.2 Potential 17.3 Field and Potential 17.4 Conservation of Energy; moving charges 17.5 Capacitors 17.6 Dielectrics 17.7 Energy in a Capacitor 18.1 Current 18.2 EMF & Circuits 18.4 Resistance & Resistivity 18.6 Series and Parallel Circuits 18.8 Power and Energy in Circuits 18.10 RC Circuits 18.11 Electrical Safety 19.1 Magnetic Fields 19.2 Magnetic Force on point charge 19.3 Charged particle moving perp. to a uniform mag field 19.4 Charged particle in uniform mag field 19.5 Charged particle in crossed E and B fields 21.1 AC currents and Voltages 21.3 Capacitors in AC 22.3 EM spectrum 22.4 Speed of EM waves 22.5 Travelling EM waves in a vacuum 22.6 Energy transport and EM waves 22.7 Polarization 23.1 Wavefronts, Rays 23.2 Reflection 23.3 Refraction 23.4 TIR 23.5 Polarization by reflection 23.6 Formation of images

14th January

21st January

28th January

4th February

11th February

Week Beginning 25th February

Lecture No.

3rd March

11th March

18th March

25th March

1st April

8th April

Section Topic Spring Break 18th February 23.9 Thin lenses 24.1 Lenses in combination 24.2 Camera 24.3 Eye 24.4 Angular magnification 24.5 Compound Microscopes 25.1 Con/des interference 25.3 Thin films 25.4 Young's Double Slit 25.5 Gratings 25.7 Diffraction: single slit 25.8 Diffraction: resolution 27.2 Blackbody radiation 27.3 Photoelectric effect 27.4 X-ray production 27.6 Spectroscopy 27.7 Bohr model 27.8 Pair annihilation 28.1 Wave particle duality 28.2 Matter waves 28.3 Electron microscope 28.4 Uncertainty Principle 28.5 Wave functions: confined particle 28.6 H atom: wave function/quantum no. 28.7 Exclusion Principle 28.9 Lasers 28.10 Tunnelling 29.1 Nuclear Structure 29.2 Binding Energy 29.3 Radioactivity 29.4 Decay rates and half life 29.5 Biological effects of radiation 29.6 Induced nuclear reactions 29.7 Fission 29.8 Fusion

4. Lab Schedule
Section A01 A02 A03 B05 B06 B07 Day Wednesday Tuesday Monday Thursday Wednesday Tuesday Time 8:35 11:25 am 8:35 11:25 am 2:35 5:25 pm 2:35 5:25 pm 2:35 5:25 pm 11:35 2:25 pm

Week of Jan 7, 2013 Week of Jan 14, 2013 Week of Jan 21, 2013 Week of Jan 28, 2013 Week of Feb 4, 2013 Week of Feb 11 2013 Winter break: week of Feb. 18, 2013 Week of Feb. 25, 2013 Week of Mar 4, 2013 Week of Mar 11, 2013 Week of Mar 18, 2013 Week of Mar 25, 2013 Week of April 1, 2013 Make-up lab day: To be determined

NO labs Tutorial 1 DC circuits Tutorial 2 Oscilloscope I Tutorial 3

Thermocouple Tutorial 4 Diffraction Grating Tutorial 5 Ray Optics Exam review

More detailed lab information can be found on cuLearn.