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Physics 152 Section 003, Spring 2015

Elizabeth Blackwell

Professor: Dr. Mark Morgan-Tracy

Email: mtracy@unm.edu

Meets: MWF, 12:00-12:50 in CTLB 330

Office Hours:

Wednesday 1:30-5:00, Regener Hall 109

Thursday 1:00-5:00, Regener Hall 109

Friday 1:15-3:30, Regener Hall 114

Mastering Physics

Mastering Physics Course ID: BAMDPHYC152SPRING15

 Welcome to the webpage for Physics 152, the second semester of algebra-based physics.  This term we will be studying electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics.  On this page you will find extra course materials that will aid you this semester.  Reading assignments, pre-class videos, homework and exam solutions will be posted as they become available.  If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to contact me. 


 Syllabus:

 For all things grade/course requirement related, please re-read the syllabus which is available here: syllabusBAMD152.pdf.


 Reading assignments:

Here are the links for the reading assignments given by date.   Reading quizzes can be found on the mastering physics website and are due by 10:00 AM before class.  

Jan 14 Jan 16 Jan 21 Jan 26 Jan 28 Jan 30 Feb 2 Feb 6 Feb 13 Feb 16
Feb 18 Feb 23 Feb 27 Mar 2 Mar 4 Mar 16 Mar 18 Mar 20 Mar 23 Mar 25
Mar 30 Apr 3 Apr 6 Apr 8 Apr 10 Apr 13 Apr 15 Apr 17 Apr 20 Apr 24
Apr 27 Apr 29                

 


Introductory Videos:

Any videos that you should watch before class may be found here. Note: Reading quizzes may contain questions based on materials in these videos.

Chapter 20, Worksheet #1
 
Class Date: Jan. 14
Video 1 - Charge, 5min
Video 2 - Source of Charge, 11min
Video 3 - Polarization, 9min
Chapter 20, Worksheet #2
 
Class Date: Jan. 16
Video 1 - Coulomb's Law, 9min
Video 2 - Vector Review, 6min
Video 3 - Example, 15min
Chapter 20, Worksheet #3
 
Class Date: Jan. 21
Video 1 - Electric Field, 8min
Video 2 - Example, 6min
Video 3 - Point-Charge Field, 7min
Chapter 20, Worksheet #4
 
Class Date: Jan. 23
Video 1 - Electric Field Example, 9min
Chapter 20, Worksheet #5
 
Class Date: Jan. 26
Video 1 - Charge Distributions, 8min
Video 2 - Field Lines, 10min
Video 3 - Conductors, 6min
Video 4 - Dipoles, 6min
Chapter 21, Worksheet #1
 
Class Date: Jan. 28
Video 1 - Electric Potential Energy, 12min
Video 2 - Electric Potential, 12min
Video 3 - Potential and Fields, 8min
Video 4 - Example, 9min
Chapter 21, Worksheet #2
 
Class Date: Jan. 30
Video 1 - Conservation of Energy, 12min
Video 2 - ElectronVolts, 4min
Video 3 - Examples, 14min
Chapter 21, Worksheet #3
 
Class Date: Feb. 2
Video 1 - Uniform Field Potential, 14min
Video 2 - Example, 7min
Chapter 21, Worksheet #4
 
Class Date: Feb. 4
Video 1 -Point Charge Potential, 10min
Chapter 21, Worksheet #5
 
Class Date: Feb. 6
Video 1 - Capacitors, 14min
Video 2 - Dielectrics, 9min
Video 3 - Energy Storage, 8min
Chapter 22, Worksheet #1
 
Class Date: Feb. 13
Video 1 - Current, 10min
Video 2 - Circuits, 11min
Video 3 - Junctions, 9min
Chapter 22, Worksheet #2
 
Class Date: Feb. 16
Video 1 - Ohm's Law, 12min
Video 2 - Circuits, 15min
Video 3 - Power, 5min
Chapter 23, Worksheet #1
 
Class Date: Feb. 18
Video 1 - Circuit Diagrams, 4min
Video 2 - Kirchoff's Laws, 3min
Video 3 - Series Combination, 10min
Video 4 - Example, 5min
Chapter 23, Worksheet #2
 
Class Date: Feb. 20
Video 1 - Parallel Combinations, 7min
Video 2 - Parallel Equivalent Resistance, 10min
Chapter 23, Worksheet #3
 
Class Date: Feb. 23
Video 1 - Measurement Devices, 5min
Video 2 - Combination Circuits, 12min
Chapter 23, Worksheet #5
 
Class Date: Feb. 27
Video 1 - Capacitor Combinations, 3min
Video 2 - The RC Circuit, 7min
Chapter 24, Worksheet #1
 
Class Date: Mar. 2
Video 1 - Magnetism, 7min
Video 2 - Magnetic Fields, 16min
Video 3 - The Straight Wire, 9min
Chapter 24, Worksheet #2
 
Class Date: Mar. 4
Video 1 - Straight Wire, 7min
Video 2 - Current Loop, 6min
Video 3 - Solenoids, 7min
Chapter 24, Worksheet #3
 
Class Date: Mar. 16
Video 1 - Force on a Particle, 10min
Video 2 - Examples, 8min
Video 3 - Particle Trajectories, 8min
Chapter 24, Worksheet #1
 
Class Date: Mar. 18
Video 1 - Force on a Wire, 5min
Chapter 24, Worksheet #5
 
Class Date: Mar. 20
Video 1 - Magnetic Dipole Moment, 11min
Video 2 - Permanent Magnetism, 17min
Chapter 25, Worksheet #1
 
Class Date: Mar. 23
Video 1 - Motional EMF, 10min
Chapter 25, Worksheet #2
 
Class Date: Mar. 25
Video 1 - Magnetic Flux, 8min
Chapter 25, Worksheet #3
 
Class Date: Mar. 27
Video 1 - Faraday's Law, 6min
Video 2 - Lenz's Law, 8min
Video 3 - Eddy Current, 7min
Chapter 26, Worksheet #1
 
Class Date: Mar. 30
Video 1 - AC Electricity, 10min
Video 2 - RMS Values, 6min
Video 3 - Resistor Circuit, 8min
Video 4 - Transformers, 9min
Chapter 25, Worksheet #4
 
Class Date: Apr. 3
Video 1 - EM Waves, 4min
Video 2 - EM Waves Example, 20min
Video 3 - EM Spectrum, 14min
Chapter 25, Worksheet #5
 
Class Date: Apr. 6
Video 1 - Intensity, 8min
Video 2 - Polarization, 8min
Video 3 - Polarizers, 7min
Chapter 17, Worksheet #1
 
Class Date: Apr. 8
Video 1 - Wavefronts, 11min
Video 2 - Diffraction, 3min
Video 3 - Changing Media, 10min
Chapter 17, Worksheet #2
 
Class Date: Apr. 10
Video 1 - Interference, 11min
Video 2 - Interference Conditions, 10min
Chapter 17, Worksheet #3
 
Class Date: Apr. 13
Video 1 - Young's Double Slit, 13min
Chapter 17, Worksheet #4
 
Class Date: Apr. 15
Video 1 - Diffraction Gratings, 9min
Video 2 - Thin Films, 7min
Video 3 - Thin Films II, 11min
Chapter 17, Worksheet #5
 
Class Date: Apr. 17
Video 1 - Single-Slit Interference, 15min
Chapter 18, Worksheet #1
 
Class Date: Apr. 20
Video 1 - Reflection, 5min
Video 2 - Plane Mirror, 5min
Video 3 - Refraction, 7min
Video 4 - Internal Reflection, 5min
Chapter 18, Worksheet #2
 
Class Date: Apr. 24
Video 1 - Converging Lenses, 7min
Video 2 - Ray Tracing/Thin-Lens Eqn., 10min
Video 3 - Diverging Lenses, 10min
Video 4 - Mirrors, 11min
Chapter 30, Worksheet #1
 
Class Date: Apr. 27
Video 1 - Nuclear Stability, 13min
Video 2 - Einstein's Equation, 17min
Video 3 - Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Decay, 13min
Chapter 30, Worksheet #2
 
Class Date: Apr. 29
Video 1 - Half Life, 13min
Video 2 - Biology and Radiation, 13min
       

 


Slides:

Any Slides that may have been shown in class can be found here.

01-14-15 01-16-15 01-21-15 01-23-15 01-26-15 01-28-15 01-30-15 02-02-15
02-04-15 02-06-15 02-09-15 02-13-15 02-16-15 02-18-15 02-20-15 02-23-15
02-25-15 02-27-15 03-02-15 03-04-15 03-16-15 03-18-15 03-20-15 03-23-15
03-25-15 03-27-15 03-30-15 04-03-15 04-06-15 04-08-15 04-10-15 04-13-15
04-15-15 04-17-15 04-20-15 04-24-15 04-27-15 04-29-15    

 


In-Class Exercises:

Solutions for the in-class exercises.

Ch20-1 Ch20-2 Ch20-3 Ch20-4 Ch20-5 Ch21-1 Ch21-2 Ch21-3
Ch21-4 Ch21-5 Ch22-1 Ch22-2 Ch23-1 Ch23-2 Ch23-3 Ch23-4
Ch23-5 Ch24-1 Ch24-2 Ch24-3 Ch24-4 Ch24-5 Ch25-1 Ch25-2
Ch25-3 Ch26-1 Ch25-4 Ch25-5 Ch17-1 Ch17-2 Ch17-3 Ch17-4
Ch17-5 Ch18-1 Ch18-2 Ch30-1 Ch30-2      

Homework Assignments:

View the files below for the homework assignments.    

HW #1 - Due January 23 HW #2 - Due January 30 HW #3 - Due February 6 HW #4 - Due February 20 HW #5 - Due February 27
HW #6 - Due March 20 HW #7 - Due March 27 HW #8 - Due April 10 HW #9 - Due April 17 HW #10 - Due May 1

 


Homework Solutions:

Homework solutions will be posted one week after their due date.

HW #1 HW #2 HW #3 HW #4 HW #5 HW #6
HW #7 HW #8 HW #9 HW #10    

 


Practice Exams:

Practice Exam 1 Solution to Exam 1 Practice Exam 2 Solution to Exam 2 Practice Exam 3 Solution to Exam 3 Practice Exam 4 Solution to Exam 4
Practice Final Exam Solution to Final Exam            

 


Exam Solutions:

Test 1-Blue Test 1-Green Test 2-Blue Test 2-Green Test 3-Blue Test 3-Green
Test 4 -Blue Test 4 -Green Final Exam -Blue Final Exam -Green