Phy 215 Daily Schedule and Assignments
Perspective from the instructor:



PURPOSE: This course will introduce you to the basics of electric phenomenon and hopefully you will obtain enough understanding of the principles thereof to allow you to deal intelligently with electrical problems encountered in personal and professional life.

Overview of E & M Our entire tirade this quarter is based upon the idea that an electron is a small distinct object having not only a fixed mass and fixed dimensions, but a fixed amount of something called charge as well. In fact, we will assume that this is the only moveable object in the universe that contains charge !(Protons contain a positive charge equal to and opposite the charge on an electron, but they will always be embedded inside nuclei of atoms.)


Therefore, all our explanations of electricity, mine to you and yours to me, will be in terms of the motion of electrons, and nothing else!

Actually, charge is more a condition than an object. Although Milliken measured the mass of an electron, and many have determined its charge, efforts to actually see an electron have resulted in seeing a cloud with bumps in it.

The charge on an electron is -1.6x10-19coulombs, whatever that is, and its mass is 9.11x10-31kg. The charge on a proton is +1.6x10-19coulombs, and its mass is 1.67x10-27kg.

The driving force of all of our discussions will be the electric force between charged objects, namely,
 
Coulombs law: FE of q1 on q2 = kq1q2/r2 , where r is the distance between q1 and q2.


First, Static Electric force- Force due to stationary charges embedded in an insulator.

Second, Electric Potential caused by an object containing charge, (Voltage), exactly like the gravitational potential due to the force of gravity caused by a body containing mass.

Third, we'll look at what happens when we allow these little charged particles to run around loose inside a conductor. When a bunch of them are running in the same direction at a steady rate, we call this phenomenon Current, in Amperes, obviously, which actually represents coulombs per second.

Fourth, We'll look at the behavior of these little critters when they are driven by an electric potential of a battery to run around in a bunch of conducting wires all connected together (DC circuits).

Fifth, we'll take an apparent sidestep to examine Magnetism, but soon we'll return when we discuss the connection between Magnetism and Electricity, and finally, we'll discuss what happens when electrons are driven by a spinning magnet in an AC generator, or

Sixth, AC circuits, which will lead to the discussion of a funny frustrated little critter called an inductor. He's always frustrated because when you try to push electrons through him, he gets mad and tries to stop you. Then if you try to stop pushing electrons through him, he gets just as mad and tries to drag them through anyway.

Note: We have 16 class days, (three of which I will miss but you won't), and 4 test days. The following schedule is driven by this fact and the course syllabus. Note: Quizzes are due at 11:59 PM on the day assigned.
Date
Section
Assignment
Th 6-11
Handout Textbooks and Lab Kits
Show'em Electric Field Hockey
Do Exp 1
Read C&S Chapter 1, Do and Discuss Review Questions, and Homework problems 1-9
Fri 6-13
Quiz 1 Make up (group effort) a 10 pt quiz and put it on the homepage

Tu 6-16
Do Exercises in C&S Chapter 2, make sure you read 2.9!!
Chapter 2 Review Questions 1-12, Homework problems 1 10
Wed 6-17
Quiz 2: Make up a 10 point quiz and put it on the home page .

Th 6-18
Do exercises in Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Review Questions, Homework 1-8 (EM Fields is on all the computers)
Fri 6-19
Quiz 3 Make up a 10 point quiz and put it on the home page .

Tu 6-23
Discussion of Chapters 1-3, begin Chapter 4 (omit 4.6.4)
Chapter 4 Review Questions 1-8, Homework problems 1-13
Wed 6-24
Quiz 4 Make up a 10 point quiz and put it on the home page .

Th 6-25
Chapter 4 in C&S continued, review for Test 1

Fri 6-26
Quiz 5 Make up a 10 point quiz and put it on the home page .

Tu 6-30
Test 1 On chapters 1-4

Wed 7-1
Quiz 6 Make up a 10 point quiz and put it on the home page .

Th 7-2


Fri 7-3
Quiz 7 Make up a 10 point quiz and put it on the home page .

Tu 7-7


Wed 7-8
Quiz 8 Make up a 10 point quiz and put it on the home page .

Th 7-9


Fri 7-10
Quiz 9 Make up a 10 point quiz and put it on the home page .

Tu 7-14


Wed 7-15
Quiz 10 Make up a 10 point quiz and put it on the home page .

Th 7-16
Test 2

Fri 7-17
Quiz 11 Make up a 10 point quiz and put it on the home page .

Tu 7-21


Wed 7-22
Quiz 12 Make up a 10 point quiz and put it on the home page .

Th 7-23


Fri 7-24
Quiz 13 Make up a 10 point quiz and put it on the home page .

Tu 7-28


Wed 7-29
Quiz 14 Make up a 10 point quiz and put it on the home page .

Th 7-30
Test 3

Fri 7-31
Quiz 15 Make up a 10 point quiz and put it on the home page .

Tu 8-4


Wed 8-5
Quiz 16 Make up a 10 point quiz and put it on the home page .

Th 8-6


Fri 8-7
Quiz 17 Make up a 10 point quiz and put it on the home page .

Tu 8-11


Wed 8-12
Quiz 18 Make up a 10 point quiz and put it on the home page .

Th 8-13
Final Exam