Teacher: Dr. John Feldmeier, Ph.D.
Home Phone: (216) 321-1278
Work Phone: (216) 368-0310
email: johnf@eor.astr.cwru.edu
Class Website: http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/johnf/clc.html
Location: 3148 Berkshire Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Time: Tuesdays 7:30-9:00 pm – Feb.
through May
Teaching Assistant: Peter Collopy (peter@collopy.net)
This course is a study of Physics, namely Electricity and Magnetism, designed for homeschoolers of ages approximately 10-14. The student should be able to do basic mathematics (add, subtract, multiply, and divide), and be able to do some simple abstract calculations.
Parents are welcome to attend all classes. I expect all children to
abide by the CLC learning standards:
1.Mutual respect
2.Active participation
3.Deliberate focus
4.Desire to Learn
In addition, I expect the students to follow safe laboratory
procedures. Any student who
becomes a danger to themselves or others will be immediately removed from the
lab, and their parents or guardians contacted.
The in-class portion of the class will involve some lecture, and some
laboratory work. The out of class work will include readings from the
class textbook, The Cartoon guide to Physics by Larry Gonick and
Art Huffman. It will also include some math problems (no more than 10),
and at-home experiments to be done by the students. For out of class
work,
the experiments should be done first, then the reading, and the problems
last. The experiments are simple, and most
involve common items present in any home. I will explain how the labs
will be done in the first class.
The book should be available for purchase at Appletree books on 12419 Cedar
Road (216-791-2665) in the next few days.
There will be a materials fee for lab equipment of $15. Any excess money
after buying supplies will be returned to
each family equally.
Below is the preliminary syllabus. The page numbers refer to the pages
in a Cartoon guide to Physics, except
for classes where there will be outside reading. The reading should be done before
class meets!
Class 1 – Feb. 11 - Introduction, Conduct, Units, Let there be light!
Class 2 – Feb. 18 – Charge and Feel the Fields (p. 105 – 116, p. 117 – 122)
Class 3 – Mar. 4 - Capacitors (p. 123 – 127)
Class 4 – Mar. 11 – Circuits – Part I – (p. 128 – 135)
Class 5 – Mar 18. – Circuits – Part II (p. 136 – 141)
Class 6 – Mar. 25 – Magnetism (p. 149 – 159)
Class 7 – Apr. 1 – Permanent Magnets (p. 160 – 163)
Class 8 – Apr. 8 – Farraday Induction (p. 164 – 168)
Class 9 – Apr 15. – Inductors (p. 177 – 179)
Class 10 – Apr. 22 – AC/DC – not just a rock band (p. 180 – 188)
Class 11 – May 13 – Maxwell’s Equations (p. 189 – 194)
Class 12 – May 20 – Optics (outside reading)