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Physics 112 Heat, electricity, & Optics Spring 2015
David Leake
Parkland College, dleake@parkland.edu
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Leake, David, "Physics 112 Heat, electricity, & Optics Spring 2015" (2015). Physics Courses. Paper 13.
http://spark.parkland.edu/physics_course/13
PHYSICS 112 
Heat, Electricity, & Optics 
Spring, 2015   Sec. 1-4   8-8:50am, M126 
 
Instructor: Dave Leake 
Office: Planetarium (phone: 351-2567) 
Student Hours: Mon, 9-10am (M159), or by appointment.  
Phone mail: 373-3782 ext. 2567 
Electronic mail: dleake@parkland.edu (Cobra emails should forward to this) 
Web Page: http://cobra.parkland.edu (for powerpoints, lab hints and grades) 
 
Text:  The Physics of Everyday Phenomena (8th edition) by W. Thomas Griffith   
 
Homework: There will be one problem set each week.  These problems will be assigned on 
Wednesdays and will be due by 5pm the following Wednesday.  Turn in assignments either in 
class or deliver to my office.  Your lowest grade will be dropped at the end of the semester.  Each 
problem set will be based on 100%.  Late homework will be accepted for up to one week after it 
is due at a cost of 5% per day.  No homework will be accepted after the written solutions have 
been posted online.  This covers all excuses! 
 
Laboratory: There will be one laboratory experiment or activity each week, explained on 
Monday.  Experiments will be performed either on Tuesday or Thursday - you should have 
enrolled in a lab section when you enrolled in the class.  A lab monitor will be in charge during 
lab but you will be on your own, so prepare accordingly.  Lab hints appear on the course’s Cobra 
site.  Labs are held in room M126.  You will be admitted ONLY at the start of your lab time, so 
please be prompt.  Note the time you started lab and the time you turned in your lab on the lab 
sheet.   Turn in your lab write up to the lab monitor on duty before you leave the lab!  Internet 
and take-home activities will be due the following Monday, in-class.  Each lab will be based on 
100% and your lowest grade will be dropped.  Write-ups should be legible, coherent and include 
a data section, a sample calculation, and conclusions.  You must show your calculations for full 
credit!  This is a lab course, meaning you must have 60% of the total lab points to pass the 
course!  Collaboration (NOT plagiarism) is encouraged. 
 
Exams: There will be three hour exams and a final exam, each worth 100 points.  Each hour 
exam will concentrate on the material covered since the previously exam; the final is just hour 
exam #4 and won’t be cumulative.  These tests are closed-book, though you may use a calculator 
in addition to the formula sheet that I will provide you. Emphasis will be on concepts & problem 
solving processes and not memorization of formulae! 
 
Grading: Homework 20%    A: 90% - 100% 
Labs  20%    B: 80% - 89% 
Exams (3) 45%    C: 70% - 79% 
Final  15%    D: 60% - 69% 
            100% 
 
 
 
 
TENTATIVE SPRING SYLLABUS 
 
Week#  Chapter/Topic     Lab/Activity 
  Jan. 12 Ch. 1 - Units, Notation   “Pre-test” activity (on Cobra) 
 
  Jan. 19 Ch. 12 – Electrostatic stuff   Math Review (take home) 
 
  Jan. 26 Ch. 13 – Electric circuits & Ohm’s Law Static Electricity (in-lab) 
 
  Feb. 2 Ch. 14 – Magnetism    Resistivity in wires  
 
  Feb. 9 Exam #1; Chap. 14 - Transformers  Series & Parallel Circuits 
 
  Feb. 16 Ch. 9 – AC/DC & Transformers  Magnetic Fields   
 
  Feb. 23 Ch. 15 – E & M waves   No lab (no classes Thursday)   
 
  Mar. 2  Ch. 16 – Light      Transformers 
 
  Mar. 9 Exam #2, Emission & absorption  Process of Science (online) 
 
  Mar. 16 Chap. 17 – Optical systems   Light, Spectra, & Illumination 
 
  Mar. 23 * * * Spring Break – no class * * *   No lab 
  
  Mar. 30 Ch. 18 – Nuclear physics & radioactivity Basic Optics 
 
 Apr. 6  Ch. 19 – Nuclear energy   Radioactivity 
 
 Apr. 13 Exam #3; Ch. 10 - Heat & Temperature TBA 
 
 Apr. 20 Ch. 10 – Phase transitions   Specific Heat 
     
 Apr. 27 Ch. 11 – Thermodynamics & heat engines Latent Heat 
 
 May 4  Review      Review 
 
There are hints for each of these labs as well as the homework assignments on the Cobra web 
site.  The hour exams will be held on Wednesdays and are tentatively scheduled for: 
February 11, March 11, & April 15  [last day to drop is May 1] 
Final Exam (Hour Exam #4): 8– 10am, Monday, May 11, room M126 
 
A full syllabus (including college policies) appears on the Cobra web site.  Class attendance is 
imperative!   You are expected to be here each day of lecture.   
 
If you believe you have a disability for which you may need an academic accommodation (e.g. an 
alternate testing environment, use of assistive technology or other classroom assistance), please 
contact: Cathy Robinson, Room U260, 217-353-2338, crobinson@parkland.edu 
 
On the ten-day roster, I am required to assess your attendance.  If you have not attended 
regularly to that point, you will be dropped with no refund of tuition or fees.  After the ten-day 
roster, you should not plan on an instructor withdrawal if you want to withdraw from the course.  
You are ultimately responsible for your own withdrawal by the withdrawal date.  Non-attendance 
after the ten-day roster will result in an “F” if you don't withdraw yourself.   It is your 
responsibility to withdraw yourself from the class if you feel the need to do so.  Please check out 
the withdrawal procedures in the Parkland catalog.  After midterm, I cannot drop you.  Class 
attendance is imperative!  You’re expected to be here each class day!   
 
This is not an online class, but I’ll be using Cobra to post weekly folders for the homework, 
homework solutions, weekly announcements, any class powerpoints, grades and lab hints.  The 
homework assignments will also be posted on the board in class.  You are highly encouraged to 
check the lab hint folder for more information on the week’s lab before you go to lab.  I may also 
post a discussion question or two for the class before a class meeting.    
 
Center for Academic Success 
The Center for Academic Success provides a wide range of academic support services to enable 
you learn well, grow as a student, succeed in your classes, and excel at what you do.  These 
services include the following: 
1. Tutoring and Learning Assistance:  Make use of walk-in tutoring services provided by 
faculty, staff and trained peer tutors, Monday through Friday.  Many students come to get 
help in study skills, reading, writing, math (all levels), and many other subjects.     
2. For-credit Modules and Tutorials:  Enroll in one-credit hour Tutorials to supplement 
classroom instruction in reading, writing, ESL, math, chemistry, and study skills.  Modules 
are available for eligible students to complete certain developmental coursework 
requirements. 
3. Advising and Advocacy:  Work with our team of advocates and academic advisor to plan a 
semester schedule, understand transfer requirements, or manage issues that stand in the way 
of school. 
For more information, please contact  
 
 
 
 
You may also email the CAS at CenterForAcademicSuccess@parkland.edu  
 
See www.parkland.edu/studentpolicy/honesty for policies on academic honesty. 
 
We believe strongly in the Core Values espoused by Parkland College: Honesty and Integrity, 
Fairness and Just Treatment, Responsibility, Multiculturalism, Education, and Public Trust. 
Essentially, these values set guidelines for how we should treat you and how you should treat 
each other (and us).  Failure to be respectful of one another or to maintain ethical behavior will 
not be tolerated.   
 
In the event of a significant campus emergency, Parkland College will activate its mass 
notification system.  We encourage you to sign up for this free service and select how you 
would like to be notified: text message, audio message, or email message.  Sign up at 
http://www.parkland.edu/publicsafety/alerts.htm  
 
Anita Taylor 
Room: D120 
Phone: 353-2005 
Sue Schreiber 
Room: D120 
Phone: 351-2441 


Physics 112 Heat, electricity, & Optics Spring 2015

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Parkland CollegePhysics Courses Natural Sciences Courses2015Physics 112 Heat, electricity, & Optics Spring 2015David LeakeParkland College, dleake@parkland.eduOpen access to this Course Materials is brought to you by Parkland College's institutional repository, SPARK: Scholarship at Parkland. For moreinformation, please contact spark@parkland.edu.Recommended CitationLeake, David, "Physics 112 Heat, electricity, & Optics Spring 2015" (2015). Physics Courses. Paper 13.http://spark.parkland.edu/physics_course/13PHYSICS 112 Heat, Electricity, & Optics Spring, 2015   Sec. 1-4   8-8:50am, M126  Instructor: Dave Leake Office: Planetarium (phone: 351-2567) Student Hours: Mon, 9-10am (M159), or by appointment.  Phone mail: 373-3782 ext. 2567 Electronic mail: dleake@parkland.edu (Cobra emails should forward to this) Web Page: http://cobra.parkland.edu (for powerpoints, lab hints and grades)  Text:  The Physics of Everyday Phenomena (8th edition) by W. Thomas Griffith    Homework: There will be one problem set each week.  These problems will be assigned on Wednesdays and will be due by 5pm the following Wednesday.  Turn in assignments either in class or deliver to my office.  Your lowest grade will be dropped at the end of the semester.  Each problem set will be based on 100%.  Late homework will be accepted for up to one week after it is due at a cost of 5% per day.  No homework will be accepted after the written solutions have been posted online.  This covers all excuses!  Laboratory: There will be one laboratory experiment or activity each week, explained on Monday.  Experiments will be performed either on Tuesday or Thursday - you should have enrolled in a lab section when you enrolled in the class.  A lab monitor will be in charge during lab but you will be on your own, so prepare accordingly.  Lab hints appear on the course’s Cobra site.  Labs are held in room M126.  You will be admitted ONLY at the start of your lab time, so please be prompt.  Note the time you started lab and the time you turned in your lab on the lab sheet.   Turn in your lab write up to the lab monitor on duty before you leave the lab!  Internet and take-home activities will be due the following Monday, in-class.  Each lab will be based on 100% and your lowest grade will be dropped.  Write-ups should be legible, coherent and include a data section, a sample calculation, and conclusions.  You must show your calculations for full credit!  This is a lab course, meaning you must have 60% of the total lab points to pass the course!  Collaboration (NOT plagiarism) is encouraged.  Exams: There will be three hour exams and a final exam, each worth 100 points.  Each hour exam will concentrate on the material covered since the previously exam; the final is just hour exam #4 and won’t be cumulative.  These tests are closed-book, though you may use a calculator in addition to the formula sheet that I will provide you. Emphasis will be on concepts & problem solving processes and not memorization of formulae!  Grading: Homework 20%    A: 90% - 100% Labs  20%    B: 80% - 89% Exams (3) 45%    C: 70% - 79% Final  15%    D: 60% - 69%             100%     TENTATIVE SPRING SYLLABUS  Week#  Chapter/Topic     Lab/Activity   Jan. 12 Ch. 1 - Units, Notation   “Pre-test” activity (on Cobra)    Jan. 19 Ch. 12 – Electrostatic stuff   Math Review (take home)    Jan. 26 Ch. 13 – Electric circuits & Ohm’s Law Static Electricity (in-lab)    Feb. 2 Ch. 14 – Magnetism    Resistivity in wires     Feb. 9 Exam #1; Chap. 14 - Transformers  Series & Parallel Circuits    Feb. 16 Ch. 9 – AC/DC & Transformers  Magnetic Fields      Feb. 23 Ch. 15 – E & M waves   No lab (no classes Thursday)      Mar. 2  Ch. 16 – Light      Transformers    Mar. 9 Exam #2, Emission & absorption  Process of Science (online)    Mar. 16 Chap. 17 – Optical systems   Light, Spectra, & Illumination    Mar. 23 * * * Spring Break – no class * * *   No lab     Mar. 30 Ch. 18 – Nuclear physics & radioactivity Basic Optics   Apr. 6  Ch. 19 – Nuclear energy   Radioactivity   Apr. 13 Exam #3; Ch. 10 - Heat & Temperature TBA   Apr. 20 Ch. 10 – Phase transitions   Specific Heat       Apr. 27 Ch. 11 – Thermodynamics & heat engines Latent Heat   May 4  Review      Review  There are hints for each of these labs as well as the homework assignments on the Cobra web site.  The hour exams will be held on Wednesdays and are tentatively scheduled for: February 11, March 11, & April 15  [last day to drop is May 1] Final Exam (Hour Exam #4): 8– 10am, Monday, May 11, room M126  A full syllabus (including college policies) appears on the Cobra web site.  Class attendance is imperative!   You are expected to be here each day of lecture.    If you believe you have a disability for which you may need an academic accommodation (e.g. an alternate testing environment, use of assistive technology or other classroom assistance), please contact: Cathy Robinson, Room U260, 217-353-2338, crobinson@parkland.edu  On the ten-day roster, I am required to assess your attendance.  If you have not attended regularly to that point, you will be dropped with no refund of tuition or fees.  After the ten-day roster, you should not plan on an instructor withdrawal if you want to withdraw from the course.  You are ultimately responsible for your own withdrawal by the withdrawal date.  Non-attendance after the ten-day roster will result in an “F” if you don't withdraw yourself.   It is your responsibility to withdraw yourself from the class if you feel the need to do so.  Please check out the withdrawal procedures in the Parkland catalog.  After midterm, I cannot drop you.  Class attendance is imperative!  You’re expected to be here each class day!    This is not an online class, but I’ll be using Cobra to post weekly folders for the homework, homework solutions, weekly announcements, any class powerpoints, grades and lab hints.  The homework assignments will also be posted on the board in class.  You are highly encouraged to check the lab hint folder for more information on the week’s lab before you go to lab.  I may also post a discussion question or two for the class before a class meeting.     Center for Academic Success The Center for Academic Success provides a wide range of academic support services to enable you learn well, grow as a student, succeed in your classes, and excel at what you do.  These services include the following: 1. Tutoring and Learning Assistance:  Make use of walk-in tutoring services provided by faculty, staff and trained peer tutors, Monday through Friday.  Many students come to get help in study skills, reading, writing, math (all levels), and many other subjects.     2. For-credit Modules and Tutorials:  Enroll in one-credit hour Tutorials to supplement classroom instruction in reading, writing, ESL, math, chemistry, and study skills.  Modules are available for eligible students to complete certain developmental coursework requirements. 3. Advising and Advocacy:  Work with our team of advocates and academic advisor to plan a semester schedule, understand transfer requirements, or manage issues that stand in the way of school. For more information, please contact      You may also email the CAS at CenterForAcademicSuccess@parkland.edu   See www.parkland.edu/studentpolicy/honesty for policies on academic honesty.  We believe strongly in the Core Values espoused by Parkland College: Honesty and Integrity, Fairness and Just Treatment, Responsibility, Multiculturalism, Education, and Public Trust. Essentially, these values set guidelines for how we should treat you and how you should treat each other (and us).  Failure to be respectful of one another or to maintain ethical behavior will not be tolerated.    In the event of a significant campus emergency, Parkland College will activate its mass notification system.  We encourage you to sign up for this free service and select how you would like to be notified: text message, audio message, or email message.  Sign up at http://www.parkland.edu/publicsafety/alerts.htm   Anita Taylor Room: D120 Phone: 353-2005 Sue Schreiber Room: D120 Phone: 351-2441 

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