Penn State Harrisburg

Physics

Steve Carabello

Links for Physics 212

General Resources
Similar Courses
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
 Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
 Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32

Note: All ratings are my initial personal opinions of the quality of the Web sites, nothing more.
Also: if I didn't think the sites were good, they wouldn't be here. So, one star isn't bad, it's just at the low end of "good enough to link."

General Resources Rating Description
Physics at Penn State Harrisburg ? The Instructor's web pages.
The Learning Center *** The Learning Center at PSH, located in Olmsted C-216. A peer physics tutor is available there.
Hyperphysics **** A very well laid out Web site with descriptions of a wide variety of physics concepts. Very useful as review material.
Physics Animations ***** Useful animations for any physics course. Some specific ones are also linked in the chapter-specific sections below.
Math, Physics, and Engineering Applets ***** Excellent applets for many physics courses. Some specific ones are also linked in the chapter-specific sections below.
A similar textbook *** Includes Objectives, practice questions, Physlet problems, etc.
Student Resources for the 10th Edition of Young and Freedman's University Physics **** Includes some good multiple choice problems, etc.
Self-Assessment Tests *** from the Cutnell and Johnson text
Tippens Physics, 7th Edition *** Includes online quizzes, interactive applets, etc.
Physics Evolution **** An applet showing some of the historical evolution of physics, through key people and places.
The Scientific Revolution ** Excerpts from Brooklyn College's course "The Shaping of the Modern World"
A View from the Back of the Envelope *** Teaching tools using approximation
My Links page ? Many links covering many general physics areas.


Similar Courses Rating Description
Physics at University Park ***** Note: Click the link for Physics 212
Syllabi and Sample Exams *** from Dr. Michael R. Gallis, professor of physics at Penn State Schuylkill.
All Physics Undergraduate Courses ** from Purdue University. Look at the course titles to find those similar to ours. Most include practice exams, lecture notes, useful links, applets, etc.
MIT OpenCourseWare ***** Several of the courses include sample exams, and actual given exams, with solutions. Some also include video files of the lectures themselves. Scan through the course titles to find ones similar to this course.
Glenbrook South Physics: Classroom Tutorial ***** A very nice online text, designed for the high school level. Includes sample questions and problems, with solutions.
Physics 212 from the University of Illinois. Very similar to our Physics 212. Much of the information is password-protected, but the Practice Exams are still accessible, and they also use Interactive Examples that are very good (and aren't linked from the first link).
Physics 102 From the University of Illinois. Very similar to Physics 151 (the algebra-based electricity and magnetism course here at PSH). Much of the information is password-protected, but the Practice Exams are still accessible, and they also use Interactive Examples that are very good (and aren't linked from the first link).
Sample exams from Physics 2 at the University of Florida Roughly analogous to our Physics 151 course.
Physics 208 From the University of Delaware. Quite similar to Physics 212, including several sample exams under the "Exams" link, plus some very useful "Study Tips" for any physics course.
PHY 3021: Electromagnetism and Optics From the University of Texas at Austin. Includes only lecture notes, but those are very extensive, and include a number of worked problems for each topic.
Lecture notes for PHYS1008: Elementary University Physics II At Carleton University (Ottawa): rather well-done, and useful for Physics 151&212.
Physics 231 At Michigan State University: pretty similar to Physics 150 plus Physics 151 put together.


Chapter 21: Electric Charge Rating Description
Classroom Tutorial: Static Electricity ***** Course Content: A very nice online text, designed for the high school level. Includes sample questions and problems, with solutions.
Static Electricity ** Course Content: A pretty good description of static electricity and Van de Graaf generators
Static Electricity (Comprehensive) **** Course Content: A comprehensive description of most of the phenomena associated with static electricity.
Van de Graff Generator *** Video and Description: 4 different activities, including the puffed wheat demo described in class.
Charges in motion, E-field plotting ***** Applet: showing how charges tend to move when near other charges. E-fields and "walls" may be turned on or off.


Chapter 22: Electric Fields Rating Description
Electricity and Magnetism Animations *** Animations: In this chapter, we will use the "Electric Field Lines" animations.
E-field lines ** Applet: showing continuous electric field lines (static charges only)
3-D Electrostatic Fields ***** Applet
Charges in motion, E-field plotting ***** Applet: showing how charges tend to move when near other charges. E-fields and "walls" may be turned on or off.
More E-field/equipotential plotting ** Applet: uses a more traditional depiction of E-field lines, but is most useful only for static charges.
E-field Lines Physlet Exercise *** Applet
Interpreting Electric Field Lines *** Applet and Problem: Click "Guest Access" then "Enter"
E-field plotting for dipoles ** Applet: You can change the strengths of each charge, as well as their separation distance, very easily


Chapter 23: Gauss' Law Rating Description
Electricity and Magnetism Animations **** Animations: In this chapter, we will use the "Flux," "Gauss's Law," and "Applications of Gauss's Law" animations.
Path Integrals **** Shockwave
Surface Integrals ***** Shockwave
Vector Field Simulations **** Links: Includes links to the above two Shockwave demonstrations, a cross product shockwave demo, and several animations.


Chapter 24: Electric Potential Rating Description
Charges in motion, E-field plotting ***** Applet: same link as in Ch. 21, but note that you can also turn on/off equipotential lines.
Electrostatic Potential Applet *** Applet: Place point charges on the screen, and observe a nice high-resolution plot of electric potential.
Ranking Electric Potential *** Applet and problem
Electric fields, field lines, and equipotential curves *** Applet
2-D Electrostatics *** Applet: Shows E-fields and equipotential lines for various configurations
2-D Electrostatic Fields Applet ***** Applet: Shows electric potential using perspective views of the topographic map analogy.
Equipotential lines, electric fields, etc. *** Applets and Problems
Drawing Equipotential Lines and Interpreting them - 1 *** Applet and Problems
Applet and Problems: Drawing Equipotential Lines and Interpreting them - 2 *** Applet and Problems


Chapter 25: Capacitance Rating Description
CAPACITOR COMPLAINTS **** Information: a very useful way of visualizing capacitors, together with several discussions of many common misleading statements of many textbooks (including our own).


Chapter 26: Current and Resistance Rating Description
Resistor Color Codes and Examples ** Course Content: From "All About Circuits," there's useful information about all the electrical concepts we cover.
Resistor Caclulator script *** Script: Simple but slick, showing resistors visually, along with their values.
Electron Drift 1 **** Applet: You can read more info at http://www.collage.soe.ucsc.edu/available_applets.htm
Electron Drift 2 ** Applet


Chapter 27: Circuits Rating Description
Charging a Capacitor * Applet: Adjust the resistance and capacitance that are in series with an EMF and a switch. Observe a graph of the potential difference across the capacitor, or the current through the resistor, as a function of time.


Chapter 28: Magnetic Fields Rating Description
Geomagnetism Links *** Course Content: NOAA links to many useful sites regarding the earth's magnetic field.
Electricity and Magnetism Animations **** Animations: In this chapter, we will use the "Motion of a Charge in a Magnetic Field" animations.
Vector Animations *** Animations: In this chapter, the "Right Hand Rule" animations may be useful.
Motion of charges in E and B fields *** Applet
Lorentz Force ** Applet: Firing a charge to the right, into a region where the field is perpendicular to the screen. Adjust the initial velocity, and the strength of the magnetic field.
Moving charges using magnets in a TV tube **** Applet and discussion
3-D Magnetostatic Fields ***** Applet
Magnetic Field for Wire, Cylinder, Coaxial cable ** Applet
B-fields ** Applets: Follow the link on the left to "BField" and try the different options.
Another World Record in Magnet Development * News Story: 21.1 Tesla, Superconducting NMR Magnet for Chemical and Biomedical Research
Magnetic fields are used by birds * News Story: Such birds appear to calibrate their "internal compasses" at sunset.
Ferrofluid ** Videos


Chapter 29: Magnetic Fields Due to Currents Rating Description
Electricity and Magnetism Animations *** Animations: In this chapter, we will use the "Sources of Magnetic Fields" animations.
3-D Magnetostatic Fields ***** Applet
Magnetic Field for Wire, Cylinder, Coaxial cable ** Applet
B-fields ** Applets: Follow the link on the left to "BField" and try the different options.
Path Integrals **** Shockwave


Chapter 30: Induction and Inductance Rating Description
Back EMF - Light Bulb ** Video Clip: a switch is closed to apply a DC voltage to a coil; the voltage and current are low enough that the light bulb does not light. When the switch is opened, the back EMF is sufficient to light the bulb (briefly).
Sliding Rail ** Video Clip: an EMF is induced via a slidewire generator.
Lenz's Law Rings *** Video Clip: When a magnet is moved toward a solid ring, the ring is repelled (and while it is moving away, the ring is attracted). When the magnet is brought near a ring that is cut (to prevent current), nothing happens (aside from wind effects).
LN2 Cooled Copper Plate and Magnet **** Video Clip: A strong magnet sits on a cooled copper sheet. Clearly, the induced currents set up fields that tend to oppose any changes in magnetic field.
Giant Neodymium Magnet Between Copper Sheets *** Video Clip: A strong magnet falls between copper sheets, in a setup similar to eddy tubes. It falls quite slowly -- no friction necessary.
Jumping Ring: Whole Warm Can *** Video Clip: Using a ring launcher apparatus to levitate a soda can.


Chapter 31: Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current Rating Description
L-C circuit *** Applet: Seeing oscillations in an LC circuit
RLC Circuit Resonance * Applet: adjust the capacitance, resistance, inductance, and frequency in an RLC series circuit, and see all of the important calculated results (XL, XC, phi, etc.).
Combinations of Resistors, Inductors and Capacitors **** Applet: Observe voltage, current, for circuits with resistors, capacitors, and inductors, in series and parallel.
Simple AC Circuits **** Applet: Resistors, capacitors, or inductors in AC circuits
Analog Circuit Simulator * Applet
Electrical Generator Simulator (AC or DC) *** Applet
Transformer Applet **** Applet: Adjust AC Voltage, number of turns on primary, number of turns on secondary.


Chapter 32: Maxwell's Equations; Magnetism of Matter Rating Description
Path Integrals **** Shockwave
Diamagnetic levitation **** Videos: One of many sites dealing with diamagnetic levitation - includes the floating frog.

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