Physics 5B Introduction to Physics II Winter 2012 Syllabus Lecture MWF 9 30 to 10 40 pm in Thimann Lecture 3 Instructor Robert Johnson Office 323 Natural Sciences II Office phone 459 2125 E mail rjohnson scipp ucsc edu Office hours T 10 11 am W F 2 3 pm Th 11 noon all in Nat Sci II 323 Course Web site http scipp ucsc edu johnson physics 5b htm or go directly to eCommons Textbook Giancoli Physics for Scientists and Engineers 4th Ed Volumes 1 and 2 Lab Manual Oscillations Fluids Waves and Optics developed by George Brown 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Dates Jan 9 Jan 11 Jan 13 Jan 16 Jan 18 Jan 20 Jan 23 Jan 25 Jan 27 Jan 30 Feb 1 Feb 3 Feb 6 Feb 8 Feb 10 Feb 13 Feb 15 Feb 17 Feb 20 Feb 22 Feb 24 Feb 27 Feb 29 Mar 2 Mar 5 Mar 7 Mar 9 Mar 12 Mar 14 Mar 16 Mar 19 Topics Density and pressure in fluids Pascal s principle buoyancy Continuity and Bernoulli s equation Holiday Applications viscosity surface tension Oscillation simple harmonic motion Energy in harmonic motion pendulum Damped and forced oscillations Transverse and longitudinal waves Midterm Exam 1 Superposition reflection interference Standing waves vibrating string sound Musical instruments overtones Beats Doppler effect shock waves Reflection and mirrors Spherical mirrors Refraction Refraction at a spherical surface lenses Holiday Thin lenses Lensmaker equation cameras Midterm Exam 2 Optical instruments Huygens principle diffraction 2 slit 2 slit intensity pattern Thin films Michelson interferometer Single slit diffraction Circular aperture instrument resolution Diffraction grating X ray diffraction Polarization Monday Final Exam 8 00 to 11 00 am 1 Reading 13 1 13 4 13 5 13 7 13 8 13 9 13 10 13 14 14 1 14 2 14 3 14 5 14 6 14 8 15 1 15 5 HW Registration 1 Fluids 2 Harmonic Oscillator 3 15 6 15 8 15 9 16 1 16 3 16 3 16 5 16 6 16 9 32 1 32 3 32 3 32 4 32 7 32 8 33 1 6 33 2 33 3 33 4 33 5 7 33 6 33 10 34 1 34 3 35 3 34 3 34 4 34 5 34 6 35 1 35 3 35 4 35 6 35 7 35 10 35 10 35 13 Lab Mechanical Waves 4 Waves on a String 5 Resonance Tube Geometric Optics Compound Optics 8 Interference 9 Polarization 10 Physics 5B Introduction to Physics II Winter 2012 Schedules and Course Materials In addition to my own web pages I have also set up an eCommons site for this course If you are registered for the course then you should be able to log in at https ecommons ucsc edu xsl portal and access the Physics 5B course pages Click Startup Help for Students on that site for more information I will post exam grades and exam solutions on eCommons and will use the site to send notices to you at the email address indicated for you in the eCommons class roster If you do not normally check mail at this address then make sure that your messages are appropriately forwarded The eCommons calendar shows the dates and times of all class sessions exams due dates and so please make use of that to be sure not to miss anything Note that this syllabus is subject to change during the quarter so it is best to access the most up to date version on the web rather than relying on a paper copy Textbook Study and Preparation for Class You are expected to read the assigned sections of the textbook according to the syllabus before attending lecture In most cases you must also complete an associated reading quiz prior to lecture The reading quizzes are to be found in Mastering Physics Some of the multiple choice questions concern the latest reading assignment and should be very easy to answer based on the reading Others are conceptual questions usually related to the previous lecture which may require deeper thought but should be good preparation for my exams In some cases you may be asked to run and interact with web based animations I will drop from consideration your two lowest reading quiz scores so that missing up to two of them will have no effect on your grade In general the lectures will not cover all material that you are responsible for Do not assume that just because I did not mention it in lecture that it will not appear in the homework or on an exam I will not necessarily go through all of the textbook s derivations in lecture but that certainly does not mean that I don t think they are important If you want to master physics then you must go through every step of every derivation on your own with pen and paper Neither watching me do it nor simply reading the text is sufficient Over the years I have had numerous students tell me after doing poorly on an exam that they had read all of the material and understood it But people learn by doing Only if you can do the derivations yourself and work at least most of the problems yourself will you be likely really to understand the physics Lectures and Participation Active participation during the lecture by way of the i clicker http www iclicker com is required in the sense that participation and attendance will count toward your course grade The clicker will allow you to respond to multiple choice questions that I will project from time to time during class It can be purchased at the bookstore or online although most of you probably already have one from Physics 5A In the participation grading there will be only a slight penalty for wrong answers 80 versus right answers 100 just to provide some motivation to try to answer correctly To receive credit for your participation you must register your i clicker for this class your registration from the previous quarter has expired To do so you may go to http www iclicker com and click on Register Your i clicker at the bottom of the page You will need to enter your name eCommons user ID your CruzID that you find before the ucsc edu in your campus email not your numeric UCSC student ID and your i clicker Remote ID Please do not include the ucsc edu in your ID It is to your advantage to register early but your scores will be kept on file in case you register late I will drop from consideration your two lowest lecture participation scores so that missing two lectures will have no affect on your grade If you forget your clicker you may be able to borrow one from me for the duration of the lecture if you ask early enough but there is no guarantee of that Laboratory Concurrent enrollment in one of the Physics 5M laboratory sections is required for the course The instructor of record is not me but rather Prof George …