William Rainey Harper CollegePhysics 100.003 Syllabus

Spring 2014

INSTRUCTOR: Raeghan GraessleOFFICE: Z-127EMAIL: rgraessl@harpercollege.edu (note the missing “e”)OFFICE HOURS: Sundays 7:30-9pm @ Euclid & Salt Creek Starbucks

2964 W Euclid, Arlington Heights

CLASS TIME: PHY 100.003 Fridays 9:00 am – 11:45 am Z-130

Recommended Text: The Physics of Everyday Phenomena by Griffith & Brosing, 7th ed.

Required: Access codes for WebAssign: www.webassign.comClass Key: harpercollege 2740 7286Note: With your WebAssign access code purchase, you may get access to the e-book version of our text for a discount.

Student Conduct Code Discipline may be imposed whenever a student or student group commits or attempts to commit any act of misconduct on the College campus, or at an activity, function, or event sponsored or supervised by the College, including but not limited to the disruption of the educational process. For further information, see the Student Handbook regarding Policies and Procedures.

Cheating is a VERY serious act of academic dishonesty. Although I encourage you to work on problem solving with others in the class, I expect that ALL work that you turn in is your own. If I even suspect that cheating has taken place, I will immediately take action. I have a ZERO tolerance policy on cheating. For the first incident of cheating, the minimum consequence will be that each student will be given a zero for the assignment in question and paperwork regarding an academic dishonesty violation will be filed. For the second incident of cheating by a student, the student will be FAILED FOR THE CLASS AND AGAIN REPORTED TO THE COLLEGE for academic dishonesty. Additional disciplinary action, including expulsion, may be taken by the College.

Some examples of cheating are as follows: copying work from another student; working in a group when the assignment was to be completed individually; copying material from websites and using it as your own; and using old solutions from another student to complete your work. Please note, I have and will report ANY issues of academic dishonesty, including issues occurring on the very last assignment of the semester. It is much more productive to put your efforts into learning the material, rather than finding ways to get out of completing the work on your own. Dropped assignments are included in the grading scheme to account for “tough” times.

In order to maintain an appropriate environment that serves all the students in class, I expect you to be in class on time and to make sure that all cellular telephones and computers are turned off before entering class. There is nothing that will disrupt class more than a ringing phone, particularly during an exam. If any phone rings during class, I reserve the right to confiscate the device and you will receive a grade of zero for the assignment for that day including exams, quizzes, and activities. All cell phones must be turned off and placed in zipped backpacks or purses during exams. If you choose to use a computer during class, it must be for class purposes only. Surfing the net, texting, or emailing should be done outside of class.

REQUEST FOR ACCOMMODATIONSIf you have a disability and may require some accommodation or modification in procedures, class activity, instruction, requirements, etc., please contact me at the beginning of the semester so we can discuss and arrange for any necessary accommodations and/or modifications with the Access and Disability Services Office (D119, ext. 6266). All accommodation sheets must be submitted to me at least 1 week prior to an exam if you will be taking your exam outside of the classroom.

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SUPPLIESYou are required to have a calculator for this course. Any brand is fine. If you need suggestions, please see me.

In addition, you will also need: a pencil and eraser. a package of loose leaf notebook paper.

HOMEWORK SUBMISSION POLICYAny assignments to be turned in must follow the following guidelines: they must be written in pencil, written on loose-leaf notebook paper, and presented in the order they were assigned.

PLEASE FOLLOW HOMEWORK SUBMISSION GUIDELINES TO RECEIVE CREDIT! ASSIGNMENTS WHICH DO NOT FOLLOW THE SET STANDARDS WILL RECEIVE A GRADE OF 0%, NO EXCEPTIONS. PLEASE REMEMBER – IF I CAN’T READ IT, I CAN’T GRADE IT!

Paper homework will be collected randomly throughout the semester from sources other than the recommended textbook. For electronic homework assignments, we will be using WebAssign. Your two lowest homework grades will be dropped. No late homework will be accepted. Due dates will be announced in class for non-electronic homework.

If you do not work the problems, you are unlikely to understand the material and be able to perform well on tests. This class takes a commitment of both time and effort to complete successfully. The rule of thumb is that you should expect to spend at least 1.5 hours outside of class for every hour spent in class. If you do not plan to spend that much time, be prepared to get a lower grade than you want.

Homework AssignmentsEach week approximately 10 homework problems will be assigned. Homework assignments must be completed online (see below) unless instructed otherwise. Students will be notified in advance when homework will be collected in class. Students are responsible for completing any assigned homework, even if it is not collected. Solutions to the homework problems will be made available. The highest 12 homework quiz scores will be used in calculating a student's final grade.

Students must submit homework online using the WebAssign website. Access to this site is included with new copies of the book or may be purchased directly through the website.

Each week a Homework Quiz will be posted on WebAssign. Each quiz will consist of the ten homework questions assigned for that week. Students are allowed two attempts on each homework quiz. Quizzes must be completed outside of class before the stated deadlines. The quiz will be available from the start of the semester and due on Tuesdays at 10 pm (generally 10 days after the topic was discussed in class). Quizzes not submitted before this time will receive a “0”.

I reserve the right to collect homework problems instead of having a quiz. You will be notified in advance when I will collect homework. All assignments must be turned in before the beginning of class on the due date. This does not mean when you arrive at class; this means at the beginning of the scheduled class time, 9:00 am. Absolutely no late assignments will be accepted – no exceptions. All homework must be prepared neatly and problems must be in the order assigned. All homework must be turned in on loose-leaf notebook paper or it will not be accepted. I will not grade any homework that is unreadable or in an improper format. I will drop your two lowest homework scores. Homework solutions will be available on the Blackboard course site after the assignment has been submitted.

STUDENT E-MAIL NOTIFICATIONSStudent E-mail Notifications: All notifications related to student registration or other business activities are sent to students via a G-mail account that is assigned to students upon registration. Students access the G-mail account via an icon in the student portal (where you registered for classes). Please check

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this e-mail frequently. To forward e-mails from this account to a personal e-mail account please follow the instructions for forwarding Harper e-mail available at http://harper.blackboard.com/

If you choose to forward you email address, any messages which are sent from your personal email could potentially become stuck in Harper’s spam filter. Should this occur, it might be several days before I am aware that you have sent a message. For more prompt replies, please send all messages through blackboard.

ONLINE RESOURCESThis class will utilize the Blackboard website (harper.blackboard.com) and WebAssign (www.webassign.com) to accommodate class discussion, take quizzes, do homework and post class related announcements. Students should login to Blackboard within the first two days of class and check the class site once or twice per week. WebAssign assignments are due on Tuesday nights at 10 pm. All electronic assignments are available from the start of the semester. Students found abusing these websites, by posting inappropriate material, harassing other students, or other inappropriate behavior, will be banned from the class site (Note: this will impact your grade).

ATTENDANCEI do not maintain formal attendance records for this class, nor is it taken into account in grading; however, recognize that students who do not attend class faithfully are very likely to fail.

CLASS WORKYou are expected to come to each class prepared for the day. This includes reading the

textbook beforehand. The reading assignment schedule can be found on the Course Schedule below. In order to ensure that students read the text before class, the first 5 minutes of each class period will be devoted to a reading quiz. Class begins at 9:00 am. The quiz questions will cover basic terminology, definitions and units. Students who miss the quiz will not be allowed to make it up. The two lowest quiz scores will be dropped. Also, student will be asked to complete graded in-class activities over the course of the semester. Students who miss these activities will not be allowed to make them up. The lowest in-class activity score will be dropped.

EXTRA CREDITExtra credit may be offered, at my discretion, for different components of the course (to be stated in class). If you are not in class when the extra credit is given, you will not be given the opportunity to do the assignment. Please do not ask for individual extra credit to make up for a failure on your part on an exam or an assignment.

GRADINGA passing grade in this course will require you to produce academically satisfactory work according to established standards. Evaluation of your performance in this course will be carried according to the following:

Exam 1 20%Exam 2 20%Homework 20% (2 dropped)In-Class Activities 15% (1 dropped)Reading Quizzes 5% (2 dropped)Final Exam 20% TOTAL 100%

Anyone who fails to take the final exam will automatically be given a grade of F. Your average will be rounded to the nearest tenth of a percentage and grades will be assigned according to the following scale:

A 90.0-100%B 80.0-89.9%C 70.0-79.9%D 60.0-69.9%F 0-59.9%

There will be no curve for this class. Do not ask for any special consideration.

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Do not ask for a change of grade at the end of the semester. Unless you have proof that an assignment was incorrectly graded/recorded within 3 days of its return , your request will be ignored.

DISPUTESIf you have a problem with this class or difficulty with another student, please bring it to my attention. I am available to meet with you privately. If I cannot reach a solution, I will forward the problem to my department chair, Dr. Damcott. If you are not comfortable coming to me, please feel free to talk to Dr. Damcott directly. Her office is room Z-115 and her phone extension is x6725. Also the MS division office is in room Y-103 and the phone number is x6370. Do not take problems directly up the ladder; they will be referred back to me or to the Dean for resolution.

EXAMSYou will be given Two in-class exams and a Comprehensive Final Exam. There will be an exam approximately every 5 chapters of the text. Check the attached schedule for exam dates.

If you have a known conflict on a test date, please contact me in writing prior to the exam. If you have a documented emergency and must miss an exam, you must contact me immediately. Documentation must be shown to instructor within 1 week of the missed exam. Your final exam score will be used as that exam score. Only one exam score can be replaced. (Please be aware that average final exam scores are generally about 10% LOWER than in-class exam scores.) Note: this does not mean that an exam is dropped for every student!

To summarize: NO ONE WILL BE PERMITTED TO REPLACE MORE THAN ONE

MISSED EXAM

ONLY STUDENTS WHO HAVE CONTACTED ME IN ADVANCE IN WRITING OR HAVE A DOCUMENTED EMERGENCY WILL BE ALLOWED TO REPLACE AN EXAM GRADE

NO ONE WILL BE PERMITTED TO MISS THE FINAL EXAM OR TAKE THE FINAL EXAM EARLY

Exams will consist of multiple choice questions and problems. Partial credit may be given when the written work associated with the problems suggests some knowledge of the physics involved. A HABIT OF NEATNESS AND ORDER IN WORKING PROBLEMS CAN BE VERY HELPFUL. I will require CAREFUL attention be given to physical UNITS on all exams. No units – your answer is incomplete and you will lose points! You will be supplied with an equation sheet for use during the exam and you may use a calculator. No other notes or aids will be permitted. If you would like the equation sheet early, please check the blackboard site.

When your exams are returned to you, I will go over them class. If you have questions about your test, I will discuss them with you in my office no sooner than the day after you get your test back and no later than 3 class days after you get your test back. No exam scores will be discussed after that time has passed.

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Your final exam will be given during the last week of school as determined by the college final exam schedule. NO EARLY FINALS WILL BE GIVEN. Make your vacation plans accordingly. No incompletes will be given for students who do not take the final. Students that don’t take the final exam will be given a score of zero for the final exam and an F for the entire class.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITYW. R. Harper College provides equal opportunity in education and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability.

SMOKING POLICYIt is the policy of Harper College to provide a smoke/tobacco free environment consistent with its efforts to promote wellness and a campus environment conducive to work, study and activities for students, employees and the public. The policy pertains to all of the facilities of William Rainey Harper College, which includes all owned or leased facilities, regardless of location.

The College recognizes the rights of those who choose to use tobacco and does not prohibit the use of tobacco products. It does, however, in accordance with the State of Illinois Public Act 86-1018, the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act (effective July 1, 1990), and the Smoke Free Illinois Act (effective January 1, 2008), restrict the use of these materials to designated areas outside College buildings and vehicles.

This policy complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act, which provides smoke-free entrances for employees and students with respiratory and other conditions affected by exposure to smoke. In addition, in accordance with the American College Health Association guidelines, smoking will be prohibited in outside athletic and classroom areas, which include but are not limited to, the tennis courts, baseball and football fields, track and field areas, and stadium and seating areas.

As defined in this policy, tobacco products include cigarettes, cigars or tobacco in any other form, including smokeless tobacco which is any loose, cut, shredded, ground, powdered, compressed or leaf tobacco that is intended to be placed in the mouth without being smoked.

A map of the designated smoking areas is available online and at all information desks.

Health and Psychological Services will offer assistance to staff and students who desire to quit smoking through cessation workshops and other support.

In the event of a disagreement between a nonsmoker and smoker, the rights of the non-smoker to protect his/her health shall prevail over the rights of the smoker.

OFFICE HOURSOne of the great frustrations of teaching this course is watching students get behind and eventually drop out. In part, I believe this is due to a failure to get help early enough. Please ask for help before you are in serious trouble.

In addition to my help, you can also get free help at the tutoring center in building F, Room 315, or see one of the other physics professors. I will give you more information on this as the course gets under way.

Physics Instructor Office Dr. Damcott Z-115Dr. Page Z-111Prof. Marsh Z-113Prof. Geppert Z-109

NOTICEThe information in this syllabus was, to the best knowledge of the instructor, correct and complete when distributed for use at the beginning of the semester. The instructor reserves the right, acting within the policies and procedures of Harper College, to make changes in course content, instructional procedures, assignments, and the course schedule. You will be notified via Blackboard if any changes are made.

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Class Schedule (PHY100, Spring 2014, Graessle) –

This schedule is subject to change at the discretion of the InstructorDate Lecture Topics (Readings)

Jan 17 Class intro, Chapter 1: Physics, The Fundamental ScienceJan 24 Chapter 2: Describing MotionJan 31 Chapter 3: Falling Objects & Projectile MotionFeb 7 Chapter 4: Newton’s Laws: Explaining MotionFeb 14 Chapter 6: Energy & Oscillations (6.1 – 6.4 only)

Feb 21Chapter 6: Energy & Oscillations (6.5 only)Chapter 7: Momentum & Impulse (7.1 – 7.4 only)

Feb 28EXAM 1: Chapters 1,2,3,4,6,7Chapter 10: Temperature & Heat

Mar 7 Chapter 12: Electrostatic Phenomena (12.1 – 12.3 only)Mar 14 Chapter 13: Electric CircuitsMar 21 Chapter 14: Magnets & ElectromagnetismApril 4 Chapter 15: Making Waves (15.1 – 15.3 only)April 11 Chapter 15: Making Waves (15.4 – 15.5 only)April 18 Reading Day – No Class

April 25Chapter 16: Light Waves & Color (16.1 – 16.2 only)Chapter 17: Light & Image Formation (17.1 – 17.2 only)

May 2EXAM 2: CHAPTERS 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17Chapter 18: The Structure of the Atom (18.1 – 18.3 only)

May 9 Chapter 19: The Nucleus & Nuclear Energy

May 12 Final Exam: Tentatively Tuesday, May 13 6:30 – 8:30 pm.

All dates and subjects are approximate and subject to change.

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Homework Assignments (PHY 100, Spring 2014, Graessle)

Assignment Concept Questions (Q), Exercises (E) Due Tues10 pm

Intro Homework (Extra Credit)

Read the Article “Secrets to Success in Studying Physics” found in the beginning of the text (in the intro. section) – I wrote 5 Multiple Choice Questions on it to answer on WebAssign.

Jan 21

Chapter 1 Q: 1, 8, 15, 23, 26 E: 2, 4, 7, 11, 12 Jan 28Chapter 2 Q: 1, 4, 19, 21, 22, 28 E: 2, 6, 10, 11 Feb 4Chapter 3 Q: 4, 12, 14, 22, 27 E: 7, 8, 9, 10, 15 Feb 11Chapter 4 Q: 8, 9, 13, 19, 31 E: 1,4, 11, 18, 19 Feb 18Chapter 6a Q: 3, 11, 12, 13, 21, 35 E: 5, 6, 8, 12, 14 Feb 25

Chapter 6b & 7 Chapter 6: Q: 31 E: 9, 13Chapter 7: Q: 13, 28 E: 3, 5, 8, 10, 14

March 4

Chapter 10 Q: 2, 10, 13, 30, 35 E: 3, 7, 8, 10, 16 March 11Chapter 12 Q: 2, 3, 4, 13, 22 E: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 March 18Chapter 13 Q: 1, 8, 10, 19, 24 E: 1, 3, 13, 14, 15 April 1Chapter 14 Q: 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 32 E: 1 April 8Chapter 15a Q: 5, 7, 8, 12, 15 E: 1, 4, 5, 6, 9 April 15Chapter 15b Q: 20, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 31 E: 10, 15, 16 April 22

Chapters 16-17 Chapter 16: Q: 3, 8, 10 E: 2, 3Chapter 17: Q: 1, 7, 10 E: 1, 4

April 29

Chapter 18 Q: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 19, 20, 22, 23 (No Exercises) May 6

Homework Assignments should be completed before the specified date. Assignments may change.

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