PHY 4C SPRING 2017

Welcome to PHY 4C – General Physics/Waves, Heat, Light and Modern Physics

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Units: 4
Semester: Spring 2017
Catalog description: Waves, sound, thermal properties of matter, kinetic theory of gases, heat transfer, laws of thermodynamics, heat engines, reflection, refraction, interference, diffraction of light, lens systems, electromagnetic waves, Special Theory of Relativity, photoelectric effect, Compton effect, Bohr Model for the hydrogen atom, elementary quantum mechanics. Required for engineering and physical science majors. Strongly recommended for math majors.
Prerequisite: PHY 4A: General Physics/Mechanics I with a grade of “C” or better
Corequisite: MAT 3B: Analytic Geometry and Calculus

Classroom meeting times and location
MW 8:00-9:15 AM in Room
F 8:30-9:20 in Room
Lab-room meeting times and location
Sec 0705 Tue 8:00 AM-10:50 AM in Room
Sec 1155 Tue 11:00 AM-1:50 PM in R00m
Sec 1156 Tue 2:00 PM-4:50 PM in Room

Instructor: Laura Fatuzzo
Office:
Phone: 831-770-7017
Email: lfatuzzo@hartnell.edu

Office Hours:
M, W, F: 11:00-11:50 AM
F: 1:00-1:30 PM

Contacting Instructor: Students are strongly encouraged and welcomed to come for help during office hours and/or contact the instructor via email or phone with any questions or concerns regarding the class. There is no such thing as silly questions, and if they do exist, they are welcomed.

SYLLABUS: syllabus-4c-spring-2017
LAB SYLLABUS: lab-syllabus-4c-spring-2017
COURSE CALENDAR: phy-4c-calendar-spring-2017-v2

MASTERING PHYSICS

Unless you are new to the class, you do not need to purchase MP since it lasts 2 years, but you need to sign up for the new class.
Go to this link and follow the directions given.

http://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/northamerica/masteringphysics/index.html

COURSE ID: MPFATUZZO4CSPRING2017
COURSE NAME: PHY 4C SPRING 2017

HOW TO WORK WITH SIG FIGS IN MASTERING PHYSICS
http://www.masteringsupport.com/product_help/help_professors/Content/TopicsInstructor/grading_tolerance_and_sig_figs.htm

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Study Tips for Physics:

Education Clip Art

Great study tips: http://www.oberlin.edu/physics/dstyer/StudyTips.html
Lengthy article, good advice:http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/chapman.htm
How to study physics at home: http://www.ehow.com/how_2103528_study-physics.html
Excellent time management skills calendar: http://www.csbsju.edu/academic-advising/study-skills-guide
HARTNELL COLLEGE STUDENT SUCCESS TUTORIAL: http://www.studentpathway.com/hartnellSM/CST.html
The Index of Learning Styles is an on-line instrument used to assess preferences on four dimensions (active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and sequential/global) of a learning style model formulated by Richard M. Felder and Linda K. Silverman: https://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html

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PHYSICS IN THE NEWS:
Deflategate: http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0121/Deflategate-Can-science-tell-us-if-the-Patriots-cheated-video?cmpid=addthis_mailto
The science behind the world’s most famous dress: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/02/28/science/white-or-blue-dress.html

Why does time always run forward? http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150309-why-does-time-only-run-forwards
THANKS JUSTIN FOR SHARING: Chameleon Paper http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/150302/ncomms7368/full/ncomms7368.html

Fire Exstinguishing Though Sound http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/26/fire-put-out-with-sound-seth-robertson-viet-tran_n_6945192.html
THANKS JESSE FOR SHARING: What is the Speed of Darkness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTvcpdfGUtQWould Headlights Work at Light Speed? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACUuFg9Y9dY
THIS IS BIG!!! Gravitational waves detected 100 year after Einstein’s prediction:
Physics of Peacock Feathers http://gizmodo.com/the-physics-of-peacock-tail-feathers-is-even-more-dazzl-1772653586

New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/science/ligo-gravitational-waves-black-holes-einstein.html?_
Check this out on Gravitational waves: http://gizmodo.com/exclusive-physicists-have-literally-woven-the-fabric-o-1758565050

Check this out from Physics World: 2015 was the year of light. http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/multimedia/2016/jan/19/transforming-light
Four Year engineering track: http://www.montereyherald.com/social-affairs/20160301/hartnell-to-offer-new-four-track-engineering-degree
“The Superior Social Skills of Bilinguals”:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/opinion/sunday/the-superior-social-skills-of-bilinguals.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

GRADE CALCULATOR: PHY GRADE CALCULATOR

HOMEWORK SCHEDULE-TENTATIVE

Ch 36-Relativity. Read Ch 36 sections 3, 5, 6, 7. Do Mastering Physics Ch 36.

Ch 40-1D Quantum Mechanics. Read Ch. 40 sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8. Do Mastering Physics Ch 40.
Ch 38-Quantization. Read Ch. 38 all. Do Mastering Physics Ch 38. DUE Friday May 6, 8 AM.
RA 6: (Final RA): Read Section 38.6 The Bohr Hydrogen Atom, pp. 1141-1143.
Ch 35-Optical Instruments. Read Ch 35 sections 2 (just the part on lenses), 3, 4 and 5. Do Mastering Physics Ch 35.
Corrected image for microscope:

Ch 34-Ray Optics. Read Ch. 34 all sections. Do Mastering Physics Ch 34
TABLE FOR SIGN CONVENTIONS Useful for chapter 34
Ch 33 – Wave Optics. Read Ch. 33 all sections. Do Mastering Physics Ch 33

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Ch 21-Heat Engines and Refrigerators. Read Ch 21 all sections. Do Mastering Physics Ch 21.
Ch 20-The Micro/Macro Connection. Read Ch 20 all sections. Do Mastering Physics Ch 20.
Ch 19-Work, Heat and First Law of Thermo. Read Ch 19 all sections. Do Mastering Physics Ch 19.
RA – Complete the Evidence-interpretation-notetaker (5 E/Is).

Ch 17-Superposition. Read Ch. 17 Sections 1-5 and 7. Section 8 on beats will be conceptual. Do Mastering Physics Ch 17
Diffraction grating link:
http://www.vikdhillon.staff.shef.ac.uk/teaching/phy217/instruments/phy217_inst_grating.html
Ch 16-Traveling Waves. Read Ch. 16 all sections . Do Mastering Physics Ch 16.