This page contains all class handouts and other items of interest for students of Physics 6C at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
5/16/08 - IMPORTANT - DRC FINAL - DRC students: Your Final Exam
will be in room ISB 235FROM 12:00 NOON UNTIL 4:30 PM. EXAMS ARE TO BE PICKED UP AT THE PHYSICS OFFICE AND DROPPED IN MY MAILBOX (IN ISB 232) BY THE DRC PROCTOR KEVIN BUI.
Practice midterm II is now on the website. Check it out and report any problems.
5/12/08 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT MIDTERMS: 1. MIDTERM 2 REVIEW SESSIONS WILL BE
ON WEDNESDAY MAY 21 WITH SULIMON SATTARI, IN THIMANN 3 FROM 7-9 PM, AND ON THURSDAY MAY 22 WITH JOHN KEHAYIAS IN THIMANN 1 FROM 6-8 PM. THE MIDTERM ITSELF TAKES PLACE AT OUR REGULAR CLASS TIME ON FRIDAY MAY 23. IF YOUR LAST NAME BEGINS WITH THE LETTER A-M, YOU WILL TAKE YOUR MIDTERM IN THIMANN 3 AND IF IT BEGINS WITH N-Z, YOU WILL TAKE IT IN CLASSROOM UNIT 1. YOU MUST BRING YOUR PICTURE ID TO THE EXAM AND COME TO THE RIGHT ROOM IN ORDER TO BE GIVEN YOUR EXAM.
2.ANYONE WHO, FOR ANY REASON, CANNOT MAKE THE REGULAR MIDTERM ON FRIDAY MAY 23 AT THE USUAL CLASS TIME AND PLACE SHOULD INSTEAD TAKE THE MAKEUP MIDTERM. THE MAKEUP WILL BE GIVEN ON FRIDAY MAY 30, RIGHT AFTER OUR CLASS, FROM 3:30 pm TO 4:45 pm IN ISB 455. ALL MAKEUP STUDENTS WILL BE IN THE SAME ROOM, ISB 455, REGARDLESS OF YOUR LAST NAME. YOU CANNOT TAKE THE MAKEUP MIDTERM IF YOU HAVE TAKEN THE REGULAR MIDTERM, AND YOU CANNOT TAKE IT IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY CONTACTED ME BY MONDAY MAY 12, UNLESS YOU HAVE DOCUMENTED PROOF OF ILLNESS OR EMERGENCY, WHICH PREVENTS YOU FROM TAKING THE EXAM ON MAY 23. ALL STUDENTS WHO TAKE THE MAKEUP SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT IT WILL BE A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT THAN THE REGULAR EXAM, TO MAKE UP FOR THE ADVANTAGE YOU WILL HAVE IN SEEING THE REGULAR EXAM.
3.THE RULES FOR BOTH EXAMS ARE THE SAME. THERE WILL BE A LIST OF EQUATIONS GIVEN OUT WITH THE EXAM, WHICH INCLUDES ALL THE EQUATIONS NEEDED TO SOLVE THE EXAM PROBLEMS. NO OTHER NOTES OR PAPERS ARE ALLOWED IN THE EXAM ROOM. ALL CALCULATORS CAPABLE OF STORING EQUATIONS OR NOTES, ALL MOBILE PHONES AND ALL PDAS, BLUETOOTH OR OTHER HEADPHONES MUST BE TURNED OFF AND INSIDE OF CLOSED BAGS DURING THE EXAM.
5/5/08 Midterm I Solutions available. Midterm statistics and grading algorithm available. Go to V.Solutions to Exams. Lecture notes through 5/5/08 available. Go to VII. Other class handouts. Also see Web Pages of Interest for a discussion of Faraday cages, which I mentioned in class today.
4/27/08 - Lecture notes through 4/30/08 available in pdf format : go to Other Class Handouts.
THE OVERFLOW ROOM FOR THE FINAL ON FRIDAY IS CLASSROOM UNIT 1, NEAR THE STUDENT CENTER. IF YOUR LAST NAME BEGINS WITH A->M YOU WILL TAKE YOUR EXAM IN THIMANN 3. IF YOUR LAST NAME BEGINS WITH N->Z YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE YOUR EXAM IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM. IF YOU COME TO THE WRONG ROOM FOR THE EXAM THERE WILL BE NO EXAM FOR YOU THERE AND YOU WILL LOSE PRECIOUS TIME GOING TO THE RIGHT ROOM AT THAT POINT. YOU MUST BRING YOUR STUDENT ID WITH YOU TO THE EXAM, AND KEEP IT ON THE DESK THROUGHOUT THE EXAM. STUDENTS WITHOUT AN ID CANNOT TAKE THE EXAM! MOBILE PHONES, PDAS, BLUE TOOTH OR OTHER EARPHONES, AND ANY CALCULATOR THAT CAN STORE NOTES OR EQUATIONS MUST BE IN A CLOSED BAG AND TURNED OFF. ALL EQUATIONS (EXCEPT THOSE YOU WERE TOLD TO MEMORIZE) AND CONSTANTS YOU NEED FOR THE EXAM WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH THE EXAM PAGES. ALL SCRATCH WORK MUST BE DONE ON THE PAGES SUPPLIED. YOU MUST KNOW COULOMB'S LAW FOR THE FORCE BETWEEN 2 POINT CHARGES, AS WELL AS THE FORMULAS FOR THE FIELD AND POTENTIAL OF A POINT CHARGE, AN INFINITE PLANE OF CHARGE, AND A PAIR OF CAPACITOR PLATES. YOU MUST KNOW THE FORMULA FOR THE TORQUE ON A DIPOLE IN A CONSTANT FIELD, AS WELL AS THE ENERGY OF THE DIPOLE. YOU MUST KNOW NEWTON'S 3 LAWS AND HIS LAW OF GRAVITATION, AND THE FORMULA FOR KINETIC ENERGY OF A POINT MASS. YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD NEAR THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH IS CONSTANT, BUT YOU NEED NOT MEMORIZE THE ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY NEAR THE EARTH.
4/23/08 Solutions to the practice midterm are now available Solutions to Practice Midterm 1
IMPORTANT!!! 4/21/08
THE OVERFLOW ROOM FOR THE FINAL ON FRIDAY IS CLASSROOM UNIT 1, NEAR THE STUDENT CENTER. IF YOUR LAST NAME BEGINS WITH A->M YOU WILL TAKE YOUR EXAM IN THIMANN 3. IF YOUR LAST NAME BEGINS WITH N->Z YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE YOUR EXAM IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM. IF YOU COME TO THE WRONG ROOM FOR THE EXAM THERE WILL BE NO EXAM FOR YOU THERE AND YOU WILL LOSE PRECIOUS TIME GOING TO THE RIGHT ROOM AT THAT POINT. YOU MUST BRING YOUR STUDENT ID WITH YOU TO THE EXAM, AND KEEP IT ON THE DESK THROUGHOUT THE EXAM. STUDENTS WITHOUT AN ID CANNOT TAKE THE EXAM! MOBILE PHONES, PDAS, BLUE TOOTH OR OTHER EARPHONES, AND ANY CALCULATOR THAT CAN STORE NOTES OR EQUATIONS MUST BE IN A CLOSED BAG AND TURNED OFF. ALL EQUATIONS (EXCEPT THOSE YOU WERE TOLD TO MEMORIZE) AND CONSTANTS YOU NEED FOR THE EXAM WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH THE EXAM PAGES. ALL SCRATCH WORK MUST BE DONE ON THE PAGES SUPPLIED. YOU MUST KNOW COULOMB'S LAW FOR THE FORCE BETWEEN 2 POINT CHARGES, AS WELL AS THE FORMULAS FOR THE FIELD AND POTENTIAL OF A POINT CHARGE, AN INFINITE PLANE OF CHARGE, AND A PAIR OF CAPACITOR PLATES. YOU MUST KNOW THE FORMULA FOR THE TORQUE ON A DIPOLE IN A CONSTANT FIELD, AS WELL AS THE ENERGY OF THE DIPOLE. YOU MUST KNOW NEWTON'S 3 LAWS AND HIS LAW OF GRAVITATION, AND THE FORMULA FOR KINETIC ENERGY OF A POINT MASS. YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD NEAR THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH IS CONSTANT, BUT YOU NEED NOT MEMORIZE THE ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY NEAR THE EARTH.
The homework due next Wednesday, April 30, 2008 is already up on the web. You can also view the practice midterm exam by going to the appropriate section below and clicking on the link.
4/20/08 Rooms for the midterm review: Sulimon Sattari will give a review Wednesday April 23 between 7 and 9 pm in Thimann 3. John Kehayias will give a review Thursday, April 24, between 6 and 8 pm in Nat Sci Annex 101. The Nat Sci room only holds about 85 people, so try to come Wednesday if you can. FLASH:
THE PART OF CHAPTER 30 DEALING WITH CURRENTS WILL !!!NOT!!! BE COVERED ON THE MIDTERM.
4/17/08 The room for the midterm for DRC students is ISB 356. The test will be given from 2-3:45 pm for
1.5X students and 2-4:30 pm for 2X students on Friday April 25, 2008.
4/16/08: Equations you will need to memorize for the midterm: Coulomb's law, and the formulas for the field and potential of a point charge. Definition of dipole moment. Behavior of gravity near the earth. The Principle of Superposition. Simple Geometric and trigonometric formulas. Qualitative properties of conductors: charge, field and potential. You will of course need to remember Newton's laws, including the force due to gravity, as well as formulas for kinetic energy.
4/14/08 - NOTICE!!!! JUSTIN JIANG WILL NOT BE GIVING HIS DISCUSSION SECTION THIS WEEK.
HE WILL MAKE IT UP AT A LATER DATE, WHICH WILL BE ANNOUNCED.
4/14/08 - NEW! I GOT THE NUMBER OF THE "MASTERING PHYSICS" SPECIALISTS AT PEARSON. IT'S 888 547 4415. THE PERSON I TALKED TO WAS NAMED JEFF, BUT SUPPOSEDLY ANYONE AT THAT NUMBER SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP YOU.
4/14/08 - All assignments except the first (so 2-10) will be available to you until June 10 at 9:00 AM. Assignments not done by the due date will lose 5% per day down to a minimum of 50%. Assignments that are not done at all, count 0%, i.e. they will cost you a full point on your final grade. Before you complain about grading of an individual problem, remember that each assignment only costs 1% of your total grade, so each problem is only a tiny fraction of a percent. Finally, at UCSC we give letter grades, so some entire range of numerical grades will get the same final letter grade (the precise ranges will be determined by the actual scores on the exams and HW). In other words: DON'T WASTE MY TIME, OR THAT OF THE GRADERS, WITH A COMPUTER PROBLEM WITH AN INDIVIDUAL EXERCISE. THIS IS WHAT I CALLED GRADE GRUBBING, AND I DON'T RESPECT IT. THE POINT OF THE HW IS TO HELP YOU LEARN THE MATERIAL. THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THE SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE GRADE ACCORDED TO IT IS TO GIVE YOU AN INCENTIVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS HELP.
READING: WE WILL NOT BE COVERING CHAPTER 27. WE WILL SKIP CHAPTER 28, AND COME BACK TO IT AFTER 29 AND 30. THE WEEKS OF APRIL 14 AND 21 WILL BE DEVOTED TO CHAPTERS 29 AND 30.
NOTE: THE DEADLINE FOR THE FIRST HOMEWORK HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO SUNDAY NIGHT BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DO NOT YET HAVE A COPY OF THE BOOK. FUTURE HOMEWORKS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE ON TUESDAYS (hw 2 IS AVAILABLE NOW) AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEM UNTIL THURSDAY, THOUGH THE OFFICIAL DUE DATE IS WEDNESDAY. THIS IS TO GIVE SOME FLEXIBILITY AND BECAUSE ACE HW HELP IS GIVEN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS. I'D URGE YOU TO TRY TO GET EACH HW DONE BY WEDNESDAY, SO THINGS DON'T PILE UP. THE EXTENSION IS JUST FOR EMERGENCIES OR FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED THE WED NIGHT HELP.
You can get a copy of the syllabus here
. Also look at "Other Class Handouts" below for the syllabus and pdf
files of lecture powerpoint slides.
For those of you who are also enrolled in 6B: To do the
homework, you have to do the following:
email the support team at pearson (email on the mastering physics
webpage) and let them know that you're taking two physics classes using
two different books. They respond with a code and you need a new
username for the second class. Hope that helps.
Also, for those of you who had mastering physics accounts which seem
to have "expired". According to the Pearson people, the
accounts are good for 24 months from the time of purchase.
If you purchased less than 24 months ago, go to the mastering physics
website and contact the help people (apparently you can set up a chat
session with them), to get this fixed.
The following announcement about tutoring for 6C may be of interest:
Learning Support Services (LSS) offers many academic programs to UCSC students. One of these programs is a small group tutoring program. You maybe aware of this program; however, last Spring we had a significant change for this academic year because the students passed a referendum (Measure 30) that now allows this service to be offered to all students. Therefore, we are asking for your assistance to let students know about this service as we have hired a tutor for PHYS 006C: Intro Phys III this quarter.
The Tutoring program is available to all UCSC students and is generally small groups (up to 4 people per group). UCSC students are eligible for up to 1 hour per week per course and may sign-up for tutoring using the following address (https://eop-apps.ucsc.edu/OTSS/tutorsignup/) on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 10:00 am. All of the tutors we hired are current UCSC Student who has previously taken the course and received a B or better. Additionally, they have also been recommended to be a tutor from a UCSC faculty member. If the class you are teaching is supported by MSI, students must attend MSI first before they are eligible for small group tutoring.
LSS tutors maybe stopping by your office hours to introduce themselves to you and discuss the possibility of making an announcement about our tutorial services to your class. Our tutors have been informed not to approach you before class or during breaks to make such announcements until they meet with you first and get your approval.
The following student(s) have been hired to support your class
Laura Kunstler lkunstle@ucsc.edu
Chao Wang cw34038@ucsc.edu
.
Physics 6C: Introduction to Physics III
I. General Information and Schedule of Lectures, Sections and Tutorials
The general course information handout/syllabus is available in PDF
Some of the information in this handout is reproduced below.
Class Lectures, Discussion Sections and Drop-In Tutoring
Lectures [Tom Banks--Physics 6C Professor]:
- Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 2:00 - 3:10 pm, Thimann Lecture 3
Discussion Sections :
- Jeff Jones: Mondays, 5--6:30 pm, ISB 207
- John Kehayias: Tuesdays, 1:15--2:00 pm, ISB 207
- Amy Furniss: Wednesdays, 5--6:30 pm, ISB 207
- Sheridan Zalewski: Tuesdays, 5--6:30 pm, ISB 207
- Scott Medling: Thursdays, 2:00--3:30 pm, ISB 207
- Justin Jiang (Jiang Yu) Thursday 12:30--1:15 pm, ISB 207
In addition to TA support, additional class
learning support is available through Modified Supplemental
Instruction (MSI).
MSI Drop-In Tutoring [Sulimon Sattari--tutor]:
- Monday 3:30--4:40 pm, ARCenter 203
- Thursday 4:00--5:15 pm, Oakes Learning Center
- Tuesday 12:00-1:15 pm, ARCenter 203
Required Textbook
Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics (4th edition), Volume IV , by Randall D. Knight
Course and Exam Lecture Schedule and Assigned Readings
A detailed course lecture and exam schedule (including assigned
readings)
is available in PDF format
Syllabus
A snapshot of the course lecture schedule appears below.
Brief Course Outline for Physics 6C |
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|---|---|---|
| TOPIC | Lectures dates | Readings |
| Charges and Fields |
Mar 31, April 2, 4, 7,9,11 | Knight, Chapters 25-27 |
| The Electric Potential |
April 14, 16, 18 |
Knight, Chapter 29 |
| Fields and Potentials |
April 21, 23, 25 (Midterm I on 25th) |
Knight, Chapter 30 |
| Current and Conductivity - Circuits |
April 28, 30, May 2, 5, 7, 9 |
Knight, Chapters 28, 31 |
| The Magnetic Field |
May 12, 14, 16 |
Knight, Chapter 32 |
| Electromagnetic Induction |
May 19, 21, 23 (Midterm II on 23rd) |
Knight, Chapters 32-33 |
| Electromagnetic Induction, Fields and Waves | May 28, 30 (May 26 is Memorial Day - no class) |
Knight, Chapters 33-34 |
| EM Waves, AC Circuits |
June 2,4, |
Knight, Chapter 34-35 |
| Final lecture and course review | June 6 |
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There are no classes on May 26, (Memorial Day). A course review is planned for June 6, the last day of class. There will be two midterm exams and one final exam:
- Friday April 25, 2:00 - 3:10 pm Midterm exam #1
- Friday May 23, 2:00 - 3:10 pm Midterm exam #2
- Monday June 9, 12:00 - 3:00 pm Final exam
Course Grading and Requirements
10% Weekly Homework (10 problem sets)
25% First Midterm Exam
25% Second Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam
Solving problems is an integral and essential part of learning
physics. Weekly homework assignments will be handed out each
Wednesday and are due at the beginning of class on the Wednesday of
the following week. (Exception: the last homework set will be due on
the last day of class, which is a Friday. I will assign this homework
early to give you more time to do it.) The homework problem sets
are NOT optional. The homework will be done online, using the
Mastering Physics software. During the first week you should log on to
the system with the course ID MPBANKS46605 and do the
practice session to make sure you know how to use the software.
No excuses will be accepted if you haven't done this. You
should also begin working on the first real assignment, which will be
due on Wednesday of the second week. The second thru ninth
assignments, will be due on Wednesday of the 3rd thru 10th
weeks. The tenth assignment will be due on Friday June 6,
the day of the Final Review.
The two midterm exams and the final exam will be held in the same classroom as the lectures. Each midterm will be a one hour and ten minute exam. The final exam will be three hours long and cover the complete course material. You must take the midterm and final exams to pass the course.
II. Physics 6N: Introduction to Physics Laboratory III
Required Laboratory Manual
Electromagnetism, developed by George Brown
Laboratory sections and schedule
Laboratory Sections [George Brown--Physics 6N Professor]:
- 1.Tuesdays, 8:30--11:30 am [Amy Furniss--Lab TA]
- 2.Tuesdays,12:00--3:00 pm [Jeff
Jones--Lab TA]
- 3.Tuesdays, 3:30--6:30 pm [Scott Medling--Lab TA]
- 4.Tuesdays, 7--10 pm [Sheridan Zalewski--Lab TA]
- 5.Wednesdays, 8:30--11:30 am [Scott Meling--Lab TA]
- 6.Wednesdays, 3:30--6:30 pm [John
Kehayias--Lab TA]
- 7.Wednesdays, 7--10 pm [Amy Furniss--Lab TA]
- 8.Thursdays, 8:30--11:30 am [Sheridan Zalewski--Lab TA]
- 9.Thursdays, 12:00--3:00 pm [Justin
Jiang--Lab TA]
- 10.Thursdays, 7--10 pm [Jeff Jones-- Lab TA]
- These are LAB HOURS. TAs Office/Discussion Hours are in
boxes at the left.
Laboratories are located in Thimann 115. The Physics 6N Laboratory schedule is listed below:
- March 31 - April 11 No labs scheduled first two weeks
- April 14--18 Electrostatic Forces
- April 21--25 Surface Charge; Electrostatic Potential; Capacitance
- April 28--May 2 Direct Current Circuits
- May 5--9 Steady Magnetic Fields
- May 12--16 Measurement of e/m
- May 19--23 Magnetic Induction
- May 26--30 Transient Response of
Circuits
- June 2--6 AC
Response of
Circuits
Policy for missed labs
If you cannot attend your assigned lab section, you must contact the TA of an alternate lab section to seek permission to attend that lab. If approved, you can substitute that lab section for you assigned one. If the TA tells you that the lab section is full, try to find another lab section with TA approval. In case of some emergency that prevents you from attending any lab section of a given week, inform your regular lab TA before the end of that week. If you receive the TA's approval, then the missed lab will be dropped from your final lab grade. However, this can happen at most once per quarter; a second missed lab will not be excused. If you miss one lab altogether without any valid excuse, you will receive a zero for that lab. If you miss more than one lab in this manner, you will not pass Physics 6N.
III. Homework Problem Sets and Exams
Course ID is MPBANKS46605 , which is to be used on the website masteringphysics.comExams will be available in PDF format. See IV Below.
- Homework Set #0--due: Friday April 4 (no grade but you'll need
the practice with the system)
- Homework Set #1--due: Wednesday April 9, 2008
- Homework Set #2--due: Wednesday April 16, 2008
- Homework Set #3--due: Wednesday April 23, 2008
- MIDTERM EXAM #1-- Friday April 25, 2008
- Homework Set #4--due: Wednesday April 30, 2008
- Homework Set #5--due: Wednesday May 7, 2008
- Homework Set #6--due: Wednesday May 14, 2008
- Homework Set #7--due: Wednesday May 21, 2008
- MIDTERM EXAM #2-- Friday May 23, 2008
- Homework Set #8--due: Wednesday May28, 2008
- Homework Set #9--due: Wednesday June 4, 2008
- Homework Set #10--due: Friday June 6, 2008
- FINAL EXAM-- Monday June 9, 2008
12-3 PM
IV. Practice Problems for the Midterm and Final Exams
Practice midterm exams can be found here. These should give you some
idea as to the format and level of difficulty of the exam.
Solutions will be provided by the Administrative TA, John Kehayias,
in the midterm review session, to be held on Thursday 4/24 from 6--8 pm
in Nat Sci Annex 101. Solutions will also be provided in Sulimon
Sattari's midterm review on Wednesday 4/23 from 7--9 pm in Thimann 3.
- Practice Midterm I
- Practice Midterm II
Solutions to Practice Midterm I
-
- 2008 Physics 6C Final Exam
V. Solutions to Homework Problem Sets and Exams
The homework set and exam solutions are available in PDF format. Solutions will be posted shortly after the homework is due and after the exams have been completed. To view the solutions, you will need a username and password, since much of this material is copyrighted The username is Physics_5B and the password has been announced in class. If you don't have the password, ask one of the other Physics 5B students or send me e-mail.
The summary of midterm and final statistics can be found here.
Solutions to Midterm Exam 1 Back to the TopVI. Conceptual questions
A.Right
B.Left
C.Down
D.Up
E.The field is 0.
VII. Other Class Handouts
ph6.1 PDFph6.2 PDF
ph6.3 PDF
ph6.4 PDF
ph6.5 PDF
ph6.6 PDF
ph6.7 PDF
ph6.8 PDF
ph6.9 PDF
ph6.10 PDF
syllabus
VIII. Articles of Interest
IX. Applets for Physics 6C
electrostatics, magnetostatics and electrodynamicsX. Web pages of Interest
1. The Diet
Coke
and Mentos experiment. A history of the experiment and a short
discussion of the underlying physics principles can be found on Wikipedia.
A video demonstration of the experiment can be found here. (This
is just for fun and has NOTHING to do with the course).
banks@scipp.ucsc.edu
Last Updated: March 20, 2008