{"id":123,"date":"2020-05-15T17:23:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T21:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/itop\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2020-05-18T17:38:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T21:38:14","slug":"ns543-electrostatics-magnetostatics-dc-circuits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/itop\/improving-teaching-of-physics-itop\/courseinfo\/ns543-electrostatics-magnetostatics-dc-circuits\/","title":{"rendered":"NS543: Electrostatics, Magnetostatics, &#038; DC Circuits"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\np{font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-left; display: block; margin-block-start: 1em; margin-block-end: 1em; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px;}\nh3{font-weight: strong; font-size: 1.17em; font-family: sans-serif}\n<\/style>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/itop\/files\/2020\/05\/newlogo2-636x116.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"116\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/itop\/files\/2020\/05\/newlogo2-636x116.png 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/itop\/files\/2020\/05\/newlogo2-768x140.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/itop\/files\/2020\/05\/newlogo2.png 829w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #990000; display: block; margin-block-start: 0.67em; margin-block-end: 0.67em; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\">NS 543\/SC 543 Concepts in Physics IV: Electrostatics, Magnetostatics, &#038; DC Circuits<\/h1>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b>Physics content:<\/b> Electric charge, electric and magnetic fields, and DC circuits.<\/p>\n<p><b>Philosophy and History of Physics:<\/b> History of electricity and magnetism.<\/p>\n<p><b>Physics Education Research:<\/b> Misconceptions about electricity and magnetism with applications to curriculum development.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/itop\/files\/2020\/05\/NS-543-Course-Schedule.pdf\">Course Schedule (.pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/physics.bu.edu\/~duffy\/SC526_Notes.html\">Course Link<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">NS 543 Concepts in Physics IV:<br \/>\nElectrostatics, Magnetostatics, and DC Circuits<\/h3>\n<h3>In-Class: Session 1: Charge, Conductors and Insulators, Induced Charge, Coulomb\u2019s Law<\/h3>\n<p><b>Sections from Cutnell &#038; Johnson:<\/b> 18.1 \u2013 18.5<\/p>\n<h3>Online: Session 2: Electric Field, Charge on Conductors<\/h3>\n<p><b>Sections from Cutnell &#038; Johnson:<\/b> 18.6 \u2013 18.11<br \/>\nWeb assignment 1<\/p>\n<p><b>Reading Assignment for Online discussion:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Excerpt from I.B. Cohen\u2019s <i>Benjamin Franklin\u2019s Experiments<\/i> (1941). Chapter Two: Electricity Before Franklin. Read Sections 1 and 2, pp. 21 \u2013 47.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>In-Class: Session 3: Electric Potential Energy and Electric Potential.<\/h3>\n<p><b>Sections from Cutnell &#038; Johnson:<\/b> 19.1 \u2013 19.4<br \/>\n<i>Laboratory Experiment: Electric Fields and Potentials<br \/>\nPhilosophy\/History\/Education Research:<\/i> Overview of the history of electricity.<\/p>\n<h3>Online: Session 4: Connecting Potential and Field; Capacitors and Dielectrics<\/h3>\n<p><b>Sections from Cutnell &#038; Johnson:<\/b> 19.5<br \/>\n<i>Home Laboratory Experiment:<\/i> Construct a Leyden Jar following <i>Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner: Section I<\/i> (pp 20-22). Build the drink cup Leyden jar or an equivalent.<br \/>\nWeb assignment 2<\/p>\n<p><b>Reading Assignment for Online discussion:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner<\/i>, by Robert A. Morse. Read Part III. Experiments and theory of the Leyden jar. Read Franklin\u2019s theory and try some experiments.<\/li>\n<li>Du Fay, T.S. (1733 \u2013 1734). <i>Philosophical Transactions<\/i> (1683-1775), 38, 258-266.<\/li>\n<li>Gray, S. (1720 \u2013 1721). <i>Philosophical Transactions<\/i> (1683-1775), 31, 104-107.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>In-Class: Session 5: Current, Batteries, Resistance, Ohm\u2019s Law, Circuits<\/h3>\n<p><b>Sections from Cutnell &#038; Johnson:<\/b> 20.1 \u2013 20.7<br \/>\n<i>Laboratory Experiment:<\/i> Ohm\u2019s Law<br \/>\n<i>Philosophy\/History\/Education Research:<\/i> Franklin\u2019s electricity theory and experiments, Part I. Compare Leyden jars.<\/p>\n<h3>Online: Session 6: Kirchhoff\u2019s Rules, RC Circuits, ammeters and voltmeters<\/h3>\n<p><b>Sections from Cutnell &#038; Johnson:<\/b> 20.8 \u2013 20.11. 20.13 \u2013 20.14<br \/>\nWeb assignment 3<\/p>\n<p><b>Reading Assignments for Online discussion:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>The Electrical Writings of Benjamin Franklin<\/i> collected by Robert A. Morse. Sections 1 through 18 (pp. 36 \u2013 43) and Sections 33 \u2013 36 (pp. 51 \u2013 53).<b> (N.B.: Not Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner Part III).<\/b> http:\/\/www.tufts.edu\/as\/wright_center\/personal_pages\/bob_m\/\n<li>Chapter 2 from <i>Structure of Scientific Revolutions<\/i> by Thomas Kuhn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>In-Class: Session 7: Franklin\u2019s theory, Midterm Exam<\/h3>\n<p><i>Philosophy\/History\/Education Research:<\/i> Franklin\u2019s electricity theory and experiments, Part II.<br \/>\n<b>Midterm Exam<\/b><\/p>\n<h3>Online: Session 8: Magnetic Fields<\/h3>\n<p><b>Sections from Cutnell &#038; Johnson:<\/b> 21.1, 21.7<br \/>\nWeb assignment 4<br \/>\n<i>Home Laboratory Experiment:<\/i> Begin building electrostatic generators following Ben Franklin as my Lab Partner: Section I.<\/p>\n<p><b>Reading assignments for Online discussion:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>McDermott, L. and Shaffer, P. (1992). Research as a guide for curriculum development: An example from introductory electricity.  Part I: Investigation of student understanding. <i>American Journal of Physics<\/i>, 60, 994-1003.<\/li>\n<li>Shaffer, P. and McDermott, L. (1992). Research as a guide for curriculum development: An example from introductory electricity. Part II: Design of instructional strategies. <i>American Journal of Physics<\/i> 60, 1003-1013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>In-Class: Session 9: The magnetic force on charged particles and wires<\/h3>\n<p><b>Sections from Cutnell &#038; Johnson:<\/b> 21.2, 21.4<\/p>\n<h3>Online: Session 10: Magnetic fields produced by currents<\/h3>\n<p><b>Sections from Cutnell &#038; Johnson:<\/b> 21.5 \u2013 21.6<br \/>\nWeb assignment 5<\/p>\n<p><b>Reading assignments for Online discussion:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cohen, R., Eylon, B., Ganiel, U. (1983). Potential difference and current in simple electric circuits: A study of students\u2019 concepts. <i>American Journal of Physics<\/i>, 51, 407-412.<\/li>\n<li>Heller, P.M. and Finley, F.N. (1992). Variable Uses of Alternative Conceptions: A Case Study in Current Electricity. <i>Journal of Research in Science Teaching<\/i>, 29, 259-275.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>In-Class: Session 11: Forces on wires, torques on wire loops; Magnetic materials<\/h3>\n<p><b>Sections from Cutnell &#038; Johnson:<\/b> 21.8 \u2013 21.10<br \/>\n<b>Take home exam handed out<br \/>\nElectrostatic generators due.<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Laboratory Experiment: Charge-to-mass ratio of the electron<\/i><\/p>\n<h3>Online: Session 12: Magnetic materials<\/h3>\n<p><b>Sections from Cutnell &#038; Johnson:<\/b> 21.8 \u2013 21.10<br \/>\nWeb assignment 6<\/p>\n<h3>In-Class: Session 13: Wrap-up<\/h3>\n<p>Post-test<br \/>\nProject presentations<br \/>\n<b>Take home exam due<\/b><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"font-size: 1.17em; text-align:center; display:block; margin-block-start: 1.67em; margin-block-end: 1.67em; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; font-family: sans-serif;\">Bibliography<\/h5>\n<p><b>Selections from primary sources<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Morse,R. A. (2004). <i>A Comprehensive Collection of Franklin\u2019s Electrical Works: The Electrical Writings of Benjamin Franklin<\/i>. http:\/\/www.tufts.edu\/as\/wright_center\/old_items\/misc\/index_old.html<br \/>\nSpecifically, refer to Letter III to Peter Collinson (1747) and to Additional Papers for Peter Collinson, Opinions and Conjectures (1750).<\/p>\n<p><b>Selections from secondary sources<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Cohen, I.B. (1941). <i>Benjamin Franklin\u2019s Experiments<\/i>. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.<\/p>\n<p><b>Selections from Physics Education Research Literature<\/b><\/p>\n<p>McDermott, L. and Shaffer, P. (1992). Research as a guide for curriculum development: An example from introductory electricity. Part I: Investigation of student understanding. <i>American Journal of Physics<\/i>, 60, 994-1003.<\/p>\n<p>Shaffer, P. and McDermott, L. (1992). Research as a guide for curriculum development: An example from introductory electricity. Part II: Design of instructional strategies. <i>American Journal of Physics<\/i>, 60, 1003-1013.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen, R., Eylon, B., Ganiel, U. (1983). Potential difference and current in simple electric circuits: A study of students\u2019 concepts. <i>American Journal of Physics<\/i>, 51, 407-412.<\/p>\n<p>Heller, P.M. and Finley, F.N. (1992). Variable Uses of Alternative Conceptions: A Case Study in Current Electricity. <i>Journal of Research in Science Teaching,<\/i> 29, 259-275.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NS 543\/SC 543 Concepts in Physics IV: Electrostatics, Magnetostatics, &#038; DC Circuits Physics content: Electric charge, electric and magnetic fields, and DC circuits. Philosophy and History of Physics: History of electricity and magnetism. Physics Education Research: Misconceptions about electricity and magnetism with applications to curriculum development. 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