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Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Physics Concepts 2
Module Code	PS502
School	School of Physical Sciences
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Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Eilish McLoughlin Semester 2: Eilish McLoughlin Autumn: Eilish McLoughlin
Module Teacher	Eilish McLoughlin
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

Teaching and Learning of electricty and magnetism for in-service science teachers

Learning Outcomes

1. Apply the concepts of electricty and magnetism to unseen qualitative questions
2. Use guided inquiry in teaching electricty and magnetism
3. To identify and solve conceptual problems students frequently encounter, especially in the areas of electricity and magnetism
4. Reflect on their learning of electricty and magnetism

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Lecture	24	weekly lectures
Lab	6	mid-semester labs
Independent learning	95	No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Static electricity.
electrical interaction versus magnetic and gravitational, like and unlike charges, charging by induction, Coulomb's law, charge conservation, electric fields, superposition.

Electrical current.
charge in motion, basic circuit concepts, Ohm's law, free electrons in metals.

Electromagnetism.
Oersted and Ampere experiments, Faraday's Law, field concept.

Waves and light.
particle and propagation velocities, pulses in solid and fluids, surface waves, interference, Young's experiment, the nature of light.

Applications.
Photocopiers, electricity, mirrors, lenses.

Guiding students in the introductory laboratory.
Guided inquiry approach methodology.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	50%	Examination Weight	50%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
In Class Test	n/a	20%	n/a
Laboratory	n/a	10%	n/a
Other	n/a	20%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 3

Indicative Reading List