NOTE: The information in this page could be changed after an official announcement in class. Please pay attentions to announcements in class and constantly check this webpage for updated information.
NOTE #2: I teach both PHYS 1220 sessions, and the webpage for these two sessions are the same, as shown here. Please make sure you are seeing the correct information.


Instructor: TeYu Chien (簡德宇)
Lecture Time and Place:
PHYS1220-01: MWF 11am-11:50am; Classroom Building 222
PHYS1220-02: MWF 1:10pm-2pm; Classroom Building 222
Office: Physical Science Building 224
Office Hours: MWF 2pm-3pm
Office Phone: 766-6534
Website: http://physics.uwyo.edu/~teyu
Email: tchien@uwyo.edu

Teaching Assistants:
NameOfficeOffice HoursDiscussion SectionLab SectionEmail
Ravi NeupanePhysical Science Building 103 BT 3pm-5pm (PS 103 B)NoneW 7:10-9 pm (PS 135)rneupane@uwyo.edu
Tikaram NeupanePhysical Science Building 112R 3:10pm-4:10pm (PS 112)NoneR 1:10-3pm (PS 135)tneupane@uwyo.edu
Vitaly ProshchenkoPhysical Science Building 220T 10-11am (PS 220)M 3:10-4pm (CR 141)
M 4:10-5pm (EN 1055)
T 1:10-2pm (AS 401)
T 2:10-3pm (PS 234)		W 3:10-5pm (PS 135)
R 3:10-5pm (PS 135)		vproshch@uwyo.edu

Lab Coordinator: Travis Laurance
Office: Physical Science Building 103
Email: travis@uwyo.edu

Supplemental Instructor: Caitlin Kennedy
Email: ckenned7@uwyo.edu
Office Hour: F 4-5pm, PS 227
Supplemental Discussion Section: R 5-6pm
Place: Classroom Building 142

Required Materials
  • Text: Sears & Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics, Vol. 2, UW edition, by Young & Freedman
  • Mastering Physics for homework: Log on to: http://www.masteringphysics.com and see instruction below.
  • Laboratory Manual: Physics 1220/1320, by Rudi Michalak, available at university bookstore
  • Poll Everywhere for interactive in-class activities and attendance: You need to register at http://www.polleverywhere.com. See instruction below.
Instruction of lab conduct
Please read carefully the the document for proper lab conducto and safety.

Goals:This course is designed to give science and engineering majors instruction in the fundamental principles of heat, electricity and magnetism.

Prerequisites:Grades of C or higher in MATH 2200, 2205 (Calculus I, II), or concurrent enrollment in MATH 2210 (Calculus III)

Topics to be covered:
  1. Electric fields, Gauss’s Law and electric potential
  2. Current, resistance and dc circuits
  3. Capacitance and Dielectrics
  4. Magnetic field and its sources
  5. Electromagnetic induction
  6. Inductance, ac circuits and electromagnetic waves
  7. Temperature and heat
  8. Thermal properties of matter and ideal gas
  9. The first law and second law of thermodynamics
Discussion Sections: Whereas the lectures will focus more on general concepts, the discussion sections will provide opportunities to review specific problems and interactive environment to exchange ideas with your peers. Students will work in groups, and problems will be worked out in discussion sections with the assistance of your TA. You will also see a lot of practical problems and their solutions with actual numbers. Discussion attendance is mandatory and in your best interest: discussion section problems and questions may be used on exams.

Note: The Build-and-Attack Quizzes are not working as it was designed, I decided to change the quiz back to traditional quizzes in discussion sections.
Build-and-Attack Quizzes: Build-and-Attack Quizzes is 5% of your total grade (see the grade allocation table). Each of you will form "Build Team" in the first Discussion sections (3-5 people per group). Each Build Team need to design a quiz with the scope related to the topics in the lecture. (The scope will be declared at the beginning of the building phases.) In each building phase, the quiz with detail solution/reasoning needs to present to and pass the examination from the TA, who has the criteria (such as not exceed the topics of the week, not unsolvable etc.) to judge if the quiz is valid. The building phase is two weeks, followed by the "Attacking phase" in the following week. In the Attacking phase, each individual student "attacks" the collections of the quizzes designed by other Build Teams. Each quiz has a total available points that will be shared by the total number of students who successfully solve it. In other words, sharing your answer to your friend means sharing points. On the other hand, each member of the Build Team gains "defence" points depends on how many students who didn't solve the problem. In addition, there will be a "most-enjoyable quiz" voting in the attacking week, in which each student votes for the quiz that he/she feels the most enjoyable when solving it. A bonus "most-enjoyable quiz" will be awarded to the quiz with the most votes. Detail rules will be declared in the first discussion section. Build Points are 2% and the Attack Points are 3% out of the total 5% of the grade. Detail rules of Build-&-Attack Quizzes could be found here.

Range for designing:
  • Quiz #1: Chapter 21 - Chaper 24

Labs: Participation in all laboratories is mandatory for the successful completion of this course. If you have to miss a lab, it is your responsibility to contact your lab instructor so that you may attend another lab section the same week or make-up for the missed lab in the make-up lab weeks. There will be only one make-up week during the semester. It is your responsibility to make sure that you have finished all your labs. In order to pass the course, you have to participate in ALL laboratory sections. No lab grade will be dropped.

Scientific News Reading:Throughout the semester, several scientific stories related to the topics in the lecture will be shared after the introduction to the related topic. A short (5 minutes) discussion will be at the begining of the class after the sharing. Though reading of these stories is not related to homework or grades, it is highly possible that one or more of the questions in exams will be designed based on the story. Hence, it will be wise to read the story and participate the discussion in the class. Nevertheless, I hope each student enjoys reading these stories.

Bonus Point: Each student can write a report about a scientific story that he/she read on internet (a story, other than the stories I shared in the class, posted on internet less than 5 years.). The report requires the following sections: 1. Introduction (a general idea about the physics/engineering topic in the story); 2. Description of the story in your own words (pay attentions to the possible plagarism); and 3. How does this story relate to which topic you learned in this class. The bonus point will be 2% of total grade. The deadline of the submission of the report is 05/02/2014 (Fri). Note that this deadline is the last day of the class.

Partial credit: Partial credit will be given to solutions of the problems that are partially completed, have minimal algebra mistakes, wrong sign, or units. The steps in the solution must be presented, skipping steps means skipping points that you can earn, and no grade will be given to a problem showing only a solution (such as a number) without showing the intermediate steps to get there.

Exams: Homework will contain mostly quantitative problems, whereas lectures will deal with largely conceptual, multiple-choice questions. Hence, the exams will contain both quantitative and conceptual problems. The exams will be closed book and closed notes. I will provide a "cheat sheet" with useful formulas and constants. No make-up exams will be given. All exams are mandatory and no grade will be dropped or replaced. There will be three exams, each given after discussion on electricity, magnetism, and heat.
Exams dates and times:
TimeCovered Chapters
Exam 12/27/2014 (Thursday), CR 129, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pmChapters 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Exam 24/3/2014 (Thursday), CR 129, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pmChapters 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Exam 3 (Final Exam)Final WeekChapters 32, 17, 18, 19, 20

Homework:We use the Mastering Physics online homework system. Students may work in groups to do the homework, however, the online homework must be submitted by each student individually. No homework grade will be dropped. The deadline for each homework assignment is typically one week after it is assigned. Be advised not to wait till the last minute for the online submissions. It is your responsibility to submit your homework before the deadline.

MasteringPhysics.com advice and information:
  • The procedures for self-registration are explained at www.masteringphysics.com (this is also the login site). Your access code is inside the student access kit that comes with the text book (you will have to purchase one if you do not have the kit). The course ID is PHYS1220CHIEN01 for students enrolled in PHYS1220-01; while the course ID is PHYS1220CHIEN02 for students enrolled in PHYS1220-02. Make sure you register to the right one. You may choose your own login id and password.
  • Never use the browser's "back" button. Use the links provided.
  • You will be able to submit each answer up to 20 times. Please hit "submit" after answering each question. Selecting "submit problem" will result in the problem being graded.
  • Some problems have multiple components, so be sure to answer each portion.
  • Many problems have hints to help you along the way. You will not be penalized for looking at the hints, and sometimes bonus credit (2%) will be awarded if you answer correctly without peeking at the hints. Either way, you win. Note that this possible bonus credit will be an extremely tiny fraction of your overall course grade, so please don't hesitate to peek the hints when you really need it.
  • Some of the parameters in a given problem may be randomized. Do not assume that your friend's question has the exact same numbers as yours!
  • There is a 2% tolerance for numerical answers; e.g., you can be off by, say, 1.8% and still receive full credit.
  • Additional help for MasteringPhysics can be obtained through a document provided by the publishers. You can also access this at the course website.
Register your cell phone number at http://www.polleverywhere.com
We will use cell phones or laptops for Q/A and other in-class interactions/practices. Register your cell phone or laptop. We will interactively discuss conceptual topics, and you will be able to vote on the answers to questions using your cell phones (or laptops). To register:
  • Go to http://www.polleverywhere.com
  • Create an account. I need to be able to determine who you are, so use your uwyo email address to register, and your FULL name
  • De-select "I am an educator"
  • Select "United States" (not "United States - Education")
  • Once your account has been created, register your cell phone number (ignore this if you will use a laptop).
  • Go under "Settings" to add the number (with your area code). Follow instructions to certify your cell number.
  • Please allow me to see your name: Under "Settings" choose "Voter Registration". Select "Register as a voter". On the next page you should enter my email ("tchien@uwyo.edu").
  • Go to http://www.polleverywhere.com/teyu
  • Bring your cell phone or laptop to each class.
  • Standard text messaging rates may apply.
Disability Statement:If you have a physical, learning, or psychological disability and require accommodations, please let me know as soon as possible. Contact University Disability Support Services in SEO, room 330 Knight Hall.

Academic honesty:Academic dishonesty is defined in University Regulation 802, Revision 2 as “an act attempted or performed which misrepresents one’s involvement in an academic task in any way, or permits another student to misrepresent the latter’s involvement in an academic task by assisting the misrepresentation.? And there are rules and procedures to handle such cases, and serious penalties will be imposed. Note that a student who copies and a student who let’s another student copy are both covered by the university rules.

Grading
  • Exams: 60% (3 exams ?20% each on electricity, magnetism and heat)
  • Homework: 15%
  • Labs: 15%
  • Build-and-Attack Quizzes: 5%
  • Attendance: 5%
  • Total: 100%
  • Scale: A: (> 90%) ; B: (80-90%); C: (70-80%) ; D: (60-70%) ; F: (< 60%)
General expectations
  • Attend and participate in each lecture, laboratory, and discussion section.
  • You are required to read each chapter before and after it is discussed in class.
  • Live up to your responsibility to understand the material presented. If you have difficulty of understanding it, please get good use of discussion section and my office hours.
  • Take notes during lectures as appropriate.
  • Complete reading/lab assignments and homework.
  • Be ready for exams.
  • Spend at least 10-15 hours per week on this course. This estimate includes labs, discussion sessions, lectures, and homework.
  • Work in compliance with the university’s code of academic honesty.
  • Ask questions. There are no stupid questions.
  • Have fun.
Schedule:
DateTopicReading (chapter)Homeworks, Discussion Sections, Labs, and other NotesBuild & Attack Quizzes
January
WEEK 1NO LAB OR DISCUSSIONNo Quiz
M 13Introduction - Setting Up the Stage. [register for Poll Everywhere] [register for Mastering Physics]syllabus; Set up the stageHW 0 available
W 15Electrostatics 1Chapter 21
F 17Electrostatics 2Chapter 21; Science Story: TriboelectricityHW 0 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 1 available
WEEK 2DISCUSSION 1; LAB 0: PrelabBuild Quiz #1
M 20No LECTURE - MLK Jr. Day
W 22Electrostatics 3Chapter 22poll everywhere assessment begins
F 24Electrostatics 4Chapter 22HW 1 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 2 available
WEEK 3DISCUSSION 2; LAB 4: Electrical Potential & Field LinesBuild Quiz #1
M 27Electrostatics 5Chapter 22
W 29Electrostatics 6Chapter 23
F 31Electrostatics 7Chapter 23; PollHW 2 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 3 available
February
WEEK 4DISCUSSION 3; LAB 8: Equivalent CapacitanceBuild Quiz #1
M 3Electrical Circuitry 1Chapter 24
W 5Electrical Circuitry 2Chapter 24
F 7Electrical Circuitry 3Chapter 24HW 3 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 4 available
WEEK 5DISCUSSION 4; LAB 5: Ohm's Law and Light Bulb in CircuitsAttack Quiz #1
M 10Electrical Circuitry 4Chapter 25; Science Strory, New Capacitors (1), and (2)
W 12Electrical Circuitry 5Chapter 25HW Bonus 1 available
F 14Electrical Circuitry 6Chapter 25HW 4 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 5 available
WEEK 6DISCUSSION 5; LAB 9: Kirchhoff RulesBuild Quiz #2
M 17Electrical Circuitry 7Chapter 26
W 19Electrical Circuitry 8Chapter 26
F 21Electrical Circuitry 9Chapter 26HW 5 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 6 available
WEEK 7DISCUSSION 6; NO LABNo Quiz
M 24Magnetostatics 1Chapter 27; Magnetic field demo 1; demo 2; Superconductor Levitation
W 26Review LectureChapters 21-26HW Bonus 1 due 11AM
R 27EXAM 1 - Electrostatics and CircuitryChapters 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, & 26CR 129, 5-7pm.
F 28Magnetostatics 2Chapter 27HW 6 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 7 available
March
WEEK 8DISCUSSION 7; LAB 11: Magnetic Field in a CoilBuild Quiz #2
M 3NO LECTURE - CANCELLED
W 5Magnetostatics 3Chapter 27
F 7Magnetostatics 4Chapter 28HW 7 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 8 available
WEEK 9DISCUSSION 8; LAB 12: Magnetic Field between Current Carrying WiresBuild Quiz #2
M 10Magnetostatics 5Chapter 28
W 12Electromagnetism 1Chapter 29
F 14Electromagnetism 2Chapter 29HW 9 available
WEEK 10NO LAB OR DISCUSSIONNo Quiz
M 17NO LECTURE - SPRING BREAK
W 19NO LECTURE - SPRING BREAKHW Bonus 2 available
F 21NO LECTURE - SPRING BREAKHW 8 due 11PM (Sunday)
WEEK 11DISCUSSION 9; LAB 13: Magnetic InductionAttack Quiz #2
M 24Electromagnetism 3Chapter 30
W 26Electromagnetism 4Chapter 30; Science Story: Plugless Power
F 28Electromagnetism 5Chapter 31HW 9 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 10 available
WEEK 12DISCUSSION 10; NO LABNo Quiz
M 31Electromagnetism 6Chapter 31
April
W 2Review LectureChapters 27-31HW Bonus 2 DUE at 11 AM
R 3EXAM 2 - Magnetostatics & ElectromagnetismChapters 27, 28, 29, 30, & 31CR 129, 5-7pm.
F 4Electromagnetism 7Chapter 32HW 10 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 11 available
WEEK 13DISCUSSION 11; Lab 1: Heat Conduction and TemperatureBuild Quiz #3
M 7Thermal Physics & Kinetic Theory 1Chapter 17
W 9Thermal Physics & Kinetic Theory 2Chapter 17
F 11Thermal Physics & Kinetic Theory 3Chapter 18; Science Story: (1); (2): Solar Plant
WEEK 14DISCUSSION 12; Lab 2: Thermal ExpansionBuild Quiz #3
M 14Thermal Physics & Kinetic Theory 4Chapter 18
W 16Thermal Physics & Kinetic Theory 5Chapter 18; Science Story: Heat DissipationHW 11 due 11PM, HW 12 available
F 18NO LECTURE - EASTER BREAKHW Bonus 3 available
WEEK 15DISCUSSION 13; Lab 3: Specific HeatBuild Quiz #3
M 21Thermodynamics 1Chapter 19
W 23Thermodynamics 2Chapter 19
F 25Thermodynamics 3Chapter 19HW 12 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 13 available
WEEK 16DISCUSSION 14; Lab 7: Stefan-Boltzmann Law; Lab make-up weekAttack Quiz #3
M 28Thermodynamics 4Chapter 20
W 30Thermodynamics 5Chapter 20
May
F 2Review LectureHW Bonus 3 DUE at 11AM, HW 13 due 11PM (Sunday)
WEEK 17Final WeekNO LAB OR DISCUSSIONNo Quiz
W 7EXAM 3 - Electromagnetism (Ch. 32), Thermal Physics, Kinetic Theory & ThermodynamicsChapters 32, 17, 18, 19, & 20PHYS1220_02: CR 222, 1:15pm - 3:15pm
F 9EXAM 3 - Electromagnetism (Ch. 32), Thermal Physics, Kinetic Theory & ThermodynamicsChapters 32, 17, 18, 19, & 20PHYS1220_01: CR 222, 10:15am - 12:15pm Seat Plan


Any comment/suggestion, please contact TeYu Chien