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This third course serves as an introduction to the physics of electricity and magnetism. Upon completion, learners will understand how mathematical laws and conservation principles describe fields and how these fields are related to electrical circuits. Learners will gain experience in solving physics problems with tools such as graphical analysis, algebra, vector analysis, and calculus. This third course covers Magnetic Fields and Faraday's Law of Induction. Each of the three modules contains reading links to a free textbook, complete video lectures, conceptual quizzes, and a set of homework problems. Once the modules are completed, the course ends with an exam. This comprehensive course is similar in detail and rigor to those taught on-campus at Rice. It will thoroughly prepare learners for their upcoming introductory physics courses or more advanced courses in physics.
What's included
30 videos7 readings11 assignments
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30 videos•Total 145 minutes
The Big Picture•6 minutes
Bar Magnets and Pseudoscience•5 minutes
Magnetic Dipoles•3 minutes
Oersted's Demonstration•2 minutes
B Near a Wire•7 minutes
Moving Charge•7 minutes
Right Hand Rule•9 minutes
Magnetic Field Unit•4 minutes
Deflecting Charged Particles•6 minutes
Circular Motion Demonstration•2 minutes
Radius of Circular Motion•3 minutes
Frequency of Circular Motion•5 minutes
Bouncing an Electron off a Magnetic Field 1•7 minutes
Bouncing an Electron off a Magnetic Field 2•3 minutes
A Microscopic Unit for Energy•4 minutes
Bouncing from E Fields and B Fields•5 minutes
Non-Uniform Magnetic Field•7 minutes
Preramble•1 minute
Setting Up the Problem•3 minutes
Solution for a Straight Wire•5 minutes
Solution for a Curved Wire•4 minutes
Force on a Square Loop•8 minutes
The Loop Moves!•4 minutes
Torque on a Square Loop: Qualitative•5 minutes
A Review of Torque•4 minutes
Torque on a Square Loop: Derivation•5 minutes
Torque on a Triangular Loop•9 minutes
Magnetic Dipole Moment of a Loop•4 minutes
Potential Energy of a Loop•6 minutes
SPT - The Invisible Water•2 minutes
7 readings•Total 70 minutes
Welcome!•10 minutes
Grading Philosophy and Advice•10 minutes
University Physics•10 minutes
University Physics•10 minutes
University Physics•10 minutes
University Physics•10 minutes
University Physics•10 minutes
11 assignments•Total 260 minutes
A Wire's Field•2 minutes
Which Poles?•2 minutes
Straight Wire and Loop•2 minutes
Flying Proton•2 minutes
Circular Motion?•2 minutes
Cartesian Motion•2 minutes
ANY Circumstance?•2 minutes
Force on a Wire•2 minutes
Dog Door•2 minutes
Resistive Loop•2 minutes
Magnetic Fields Homework•240 minutes
Sources of B
Module 2•7 hours to complete
Module details
What's included
16 videos4 readings7 assignments
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16 videos•Total 103 minutes
Magnetic Field from Current•6 minutes
Magnetic Field of a Straight Wire: Set Up•6 minutes
Magnetic Field of a Straight Wire: Solution•7 minutes
Magnetic Field of a Straight Wire: 3D Structure•4 minutes
Magnetic Field at the Center of a Current Loop•8 minutes
Magnetic Field off Axis from a Current Loop•11 minutes
Creating the Ampere•11 minutes
Statement of Ampere's Law•7 minutes
Ampere's Law for a Straight Wire•9 minutes
Several Amperian Loops•6 minutes
The Valentine's Day Monopole•5 minutes
The Ideal Solenoid•5 minutes
Amperian Loops Around the Solenoid•6 minutes
Ampere's Law Around the Solenoid•5 minutes
Magnetic Fields of a Toroid•5 minutes
Top Ten Course Review Comments•3 minutes
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
University Physics•10 minutes
University Physics•10 minutes
University Physics•10 minutes
University Physics•10 minutes
7 assignments•Total 252 minutes
Two Wires•2 minutes
Arc-Loop•2 minutes
Parallel Wires•2 minutes
Five Wires•2 minutes
Do You Believe?•2 minutes
Toroid and Loop•2 minutes
Sources of B Homework•240 minutes
Faraday's Law
Module 3•7 hours to complete
Module details
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21 videos6 readings7 assignments
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21 videos•Total 103 minutes
Historical Reenactment•4 minutes
Faraday's Law•5 minutes
Induction by a Moving Charge•11 minutes
Induction Due to Changes in Geometry•3 minutes
Move a Conductor in a Magnetic Field•4 minutes
Move a Wire Loop in a Uniform Magnetic Field•1 minute
Move a Slider in a Uniform Magnetic Field•5 minutes
Damping the Moving Slider•10 minutes
Statement of Lenz's Law•2 minutes
Use of Lenz's Law•3 minutes
Energy of Lenz's Law•2 minutes
Induced Current Loops also Flow in Solids•6 minutes
Examples of Eddy Currents•12 minutes
What if There is No Loop or Block?•5 minutes
Updating Faraday's Law•5 minutes
Induced Electric Currents•5 minutes
How Does Nature Pick the Loop?•5 minutes
Introduction to the Generator•8 minutes
Power Created by a Generator•2 minutes
Mechanically Powering a Generator•2 minutes
Top Ten Top Ten Lists I Started But Coulnd't Finish•2 minutes
6 readings•Total 60 minutes
University Physics •10 minutes
University Physics•10 minutes
University Physics•10 minutes
University Physics•10 minutes
University Physics•10 minutes
University Physics•10 minutes
7 assignments•Total 280 minutes
Deformable Loop•2 minutes
The Approaching Bar Magnet•2 minutes
Hanging by a Thread•2 minutes
Another Slider•2 minutes
Eddy Energy•2 minutes
Neutral Wire•30 minutes
Faraday's Law Homework•240 minutes
Exam
Module 4•4 hours to complete
Module details
What's included
1 video1 assignment
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1 video•Total 2 minutes
Top Ten Signs You've Made It•2 minutes
1 assignment•Total 240 minutes
Exam•240 minutes
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