F4089 Secondary school physics revisited 2

Faculty of Science
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Aleš Lacina, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Jana Musilová, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiří Bartoš, PhD. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jana Musilová, CSc.
Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jana Musilová, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
No.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to emphasize physical thinking of students including the use of appropriate mathematical tools, which is needed for unassisted formulation and solution of complex problems on the secondary school level. Lectures of the course are focused on selected essential chapters of secondary school electricity and magnetism and physics of microcosmos.

Students obtain:

- the deeper insight into basic secondary school physical disciplines,
- the survey of the frequently misinterpreted school physics problems and the ability of their proper solving,
- training in solution of more complex problems and in interpretation of demonstration experiments,
- the ability of elementary explanation of physical problems on secondary school level.
Syllabus
  • Electricity and magnetism
  • 1. Electrostatic field I: force law for electrostatics - Coulomb law, intensity of electrostatic field of a point charge or system of charges.
  • 2. Electrostatic field II: work of electrostatic force, potential energy of a charge in electrostatic field, capacity of a capacitor, capacity of system of capacitors.
  • 3. Electric current I: electric current in metals, Ohm law for a linear conductor.
  • 4. Electric current II: conservation laws for charges and energy: Kirchhoff laws, solution of circuits with linear conductors.
  • 5. Magnetic field: magnetic intensity and induction, magnetic flux, Faraday law of electromagnetic induction. Circuits of alternate current.
  • 6. Application of Newton laws I: motion of charged particles in electric fields.
  • 7. Application of Newton laws II: motion of charged particles in magnetic fields.
  • Physics of microcosmos
  • 1. Strange experimental results: examples of classical physics failure, first attempts to remove contradictions between some experimental results and theoretical predictions.
  • 2. Quantum properties of electromagnetic radiation: concept of quantum and its development (quantum hypothesis, light quantum, photon).
  • 3. Electron: conceptions of the structure of electric charge, cathode radiation, discovery of the electron and finding its basics characteristics.
  • 4. Atomic nucleus: discovery, finding of its basic characteristics, structure.
  • 5. Electron shell of atom: problem of stability of the nuclear model of atom, Bohr model, periodical system of elements.
  • 6. Radioactivity: the importance of radioactivity for knowledge of microcosmos, radioactive sample, radioactive radiation, law of nuclear decay.
  • 7. de Broglie hypothesis: experimental verification, the development of physical interpretation, importance for physics development.
Literature
    required literature
  • Gymnaziální učebnice fyziky.
    recommended literature
  • ALONSO, Marcelo and Edward J. FINN. Fundamental university physics. Reading: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1969, xvi, 435. info
  • ALONSO, Marcelo and Edward J. FINN. Fundamental university physics. Reading: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1970, xviii, s. info
  • ALONSO, Marcelo and Edward J. FINN. Fundamental university physics. Reading: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1969, ix, 598. info
  • HALLIDAY, David, Robert RESNICK and Jearl WALKER. Fyzika (Physics). 1st ed. Brno, Praha: Vutium, Prometheus, 2001. ISBN 80-214-1868-0. info
  • ARONS, A. B. Teaching introductory physics. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996, xiv, 153. ISBN 0471137073. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminars
Assessment methods
seminary presentations, concluding discussion
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016.
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