Modern Physics

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Republic of the Philippines
ISABELA STATE UNIVERSITY
ILAGAN Campus
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Course Syllabus
Midyear, School Year 2022- 2023
SED SCI MODERN PHYSICS 3 3
Course Number Course Title Credit Unit/s Hours per week
**VISION
The Isabela State University as a leading, vibrant comprehensive
and research university in the country and the ASEAN region.
**MISSION
The Isabela State University is committed to develop highly-trained
and globally competent professionals; generate innovative and cutting
edge knowledge and technologies for people empowerment and
sustainable development; engage in viable resource generation programs;
and maintain and enhance stronger partnerships under good governance
to advance the interests of national and international communities.
**QUALITY POLICY
The Isabela State University endeavors to be a lead university
in instruction, research, extension and resource generation through
continuous improvement of services.
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*INSTITUTIONAL OUTCOMES
ISU Expected Graduate Attributes
Skilled Communicator (SC)
 Recognizes and values communication as a tool for conveying and interacting with
others, and fostering their own learning.
Inquiry-focused and Knowledgeable (IFK)
 Creates new knowledge and understanding through the process of research and
inquiry
 Demonstrates comprehensive theoretical and technical concepts related to their
field of specialization with relevant connections to industry, professional and
regional knowledge.
Competent and Productive Professional (CPP)
 Initiates and innovates better ways of doing things
 Promotes quality and productivity
Collaborative and Effective Leader (CEL)
 Works in collaboration with others and manages group functioning to meet
common goal.
Lifelong Learner (LL)
 Acquires new skills and adapts to rapid changes in professional and personal
environments
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Course Description: This course covers topic including relativity, photoelectric effect, Bohr model, wave particle duality and quantum mechanics.
Prerequisite/s : Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism
Course Outcome:
At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
1. Cognitive
 Derive formulas and solve problems on the given topics;
 Explain the basic concepts of modern physics.
2. Affective
 Show awareness about the importance of the concepts in relation to observe naturally occuring phenomena;
 Show appreciation of the elegance of mathematics as a scientific tool.
3. Psychomotor
 Analyze observed phenomena in terms of mathematics and explain its results in conceptual form.
GOALS OF THE COLLEGE
In line with the Isabela State University’s vision and mission, the College of
Industrial Technology and Education is tasked to:
The College is tasked to develop professional educators and train future
teachers who are competent, caring, confident, committed and would contribute to
the development of the community through education by:
1. enhancing the qualification of educators for academic and professional
development equipped with advanced training and educational
innovations as well as research and extension capabilities; and
2. preparing and developing highly qualified basic education teachers and
skilled technologists through quality and well-rounded pre-service
training in both academic and vocational fields for diverse communities
of learners.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
The graduates of the Bachelor of Secondary Education program must be able
to:
1. Possess wide range of theoretical and practical skills for an effective
instructional delivery system.
2. Perform the necessary competencies needed in the different learning areas in
the secondary school.
3. Conduct action research for the improvement of the instruction.
4. Undertake actual training experiences in community development through
extension.
5. Create and innovate alternative teaching approaches.
6. Demonstrate and practice the professional and ethical requirements of the
teaching profession.
7. Demonstrate desirable Filipino values as a foundation for social citizenship
participation.

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Course Plan
Graduate
Attributes
Program
Outcomes Intended Learning Outcomes Learning Content
Teaching
Activities
Learning
Activities
Assessment Tasks Assessment Tools
SC, CEL, Demonstrate
desirable
Filipino values
as a
foundation for
social
citizenship
participation.
State the vision and mission of
the University, quality policy,
institutional outcomes and
goals of the College.
Vision and Mission of the
University
Quality Policy
Institutional Outcomes
Goals of the College
Discussion
Brainstorming
Sharing of
ideas
Recitation
Quiz
Rubrics for
Recitation
IFK,SC 1. Possess
wide range of
theoretical and
practical skills
for an effective
instructional
delivery
system.
2. Perform the
necessary
competencies
needed in the
different
learning areas
in the
secondary
school.
 State the principle of
relativity.
 Enumerate the two
postulates of Einstein
on the Special Theory
of relativity;
 Relate the Lorentz
Transformation to the
position and time of an
event’s position ;
 Relate the principle of
conservation of
momentum and
energy to be valid in
all inertial frame of
reference;
 Define rest energy;
 Relate Newtonian
Mechanics and
Relativity
I. Relativity
a. Invariance of
Physical Laws
b. Relativity of
Simulneity
c. Relativity of Time
Intervals
d. Relativity of Length
e. The Lorentz
Transformation
f. Space Time
Diagram
g. The Doppler Effect
for Electromagnetic
Wave
h. Relativity of
Momentum
i. Relativistic Work
and Energy
j. Newtonian
Mechanics and
Relativity
Lecture
Discussion
Illustrative
Examples
Boardwork
Group
activity
Problem
solving
Laboratory
activities
Quizzes
Recitation
Problem set
Pencil and paper
test
Rubrics for
Group Output
Preliminary Exam – 1.5 hours

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IFK,
CEL,SC
IFK,LL
5. Create and
innovate
alternative
teaching
approaches.
6.
Demonstrate
and practice
the
professional
and ethical
requirements
of the teaching
profession.
7.
Demonstrate
desirable
Filipino values
as a
foundation for
social
citizenship
participation.
 Explain how
electromagnetic wave
energy is emitted is
absorbed in photons;
 Define photoelectric
effect;
 Discuss the Bohr
Model
 Explain the application
of line spectra in the
operation of laser, and
the production and
scattering of X-rays;
 Discuss the structure
of the atom;
 Explain the properties
of electron;
 Define radioactivity;
 Discuss the biological
effects of radiation;
 Differentiate nuclear
fission from nuclear
fusion;
 Discuss the uses of
nuclear energy in
different areas.
II. Photons,
Electrons and
Atoms
a. Emission and
Absorption of Light
b. The Photoelectric
Effect
c. Atomic Line
Spectra and
Energy Levels
d. The Nuclear Atom
e. The Bohr Model
f. The Laser
g. X-Ray Production
and Scattering
h. Wave-particle
Duality
III. The Nuclear
Atom
a. The structure of
atom
b. Discovery and
Properties of
Electron
c. The Nucleus
Properties
d. Radioactivity,
Nuclear Stability,
Decay Rates and
Half Life
e. Biological Effects
of Radiation
f. Nuclear Reactions
 Nuclear
Fission
 Nuclear
Fusion
g. Uses of Nuclear
Energy in;
 Industry
 Medicine
Lecture
Discussion
Lecture
Discussion
Group
activity
Reporting
Problem
solving
Group
activity
Reporting
Problem
solving
Recitation
Problem set
Pencil and paper
test
Laboratory activities
Recitation
Problem set
Pencil and paper
test
Laboratory activities
Rubrics for
Group Output
and reporting
Rubrics for
Group Output
and reporting

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 Agriculture
 Research
Mid-Term Examination – 1.5 hours
IFK,CEL,
CPP
IFK,
CEL,SC
3. Conduct
action
research for
the
improvement
of the
instruction.
4. Undertake
actual training
experiences in
community
development
through
extension.
5. Create and
innovate
alternative
teaching
approaches.
6.
Demonstrate
and practice
the
professional
and ethical
requirements
of the teaching
profession.
 Discuss the nature’s
wave-particle duality;
 Define De Broglie
Waves algebraically;
 Explain how electron
diffract;
 Explain the uses of
electron beam in the
electron microscope;
 Explain the dynamics
state of a particle is
described by its
function.
 Discuss the
fundamental particles;
 Define quarks and the
standard model;
 Discuss the
fundamental forces of
nature;
 Discuss the unifying
fundamental forces.
IV. The Wave
Nature of
Particles
a. De Broglie Waves
b. Electron Diffraction
c. Probability and
Uncertainty
Electron Orbits
d. The Electron
Microscope
e. Wave Functions
V. The
Elementary
Particles
a. Quarks and the
Standard Model
b. Other Subatomic
Particles
c. Fundamental
Forces of Nature
d. Unifying the
Fundamental
Forces
Class
Discussion
Class
Discussion
Boardwork
Group
activity
Problem
solving
Boardwork
Group
activity
Problem
solving
Recitation
Quizzes
Problem set
Pencil and paper
test
Laboratory activities
Recitation
Quizzes
Problem set
Pencil and paper
test
Laboratory activities
Rubrics for
Group Output
Rubrics for
Group Output
Final-Term Examination – 1.5 hours
Course Requirements:
1. Take and pass all test/ examinations (quizzes, preliminary,midterm,final exams).
2. Present and submit laboratory report/field trip.
3. Attendance to not less 80% prescribed number of hours for the subject.
4. Submit selected topics for term paper.

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5. Submit requirements on time (on schedule).
Grading Scheme
Class Standing ----------------------------------------- 50%
Quizzes/long quizzes -- 10
Prelim --------------------------------- 15
Recitation --------------------------- 10
Report -------------------------------- 15
Major Exams ------------------------------------------- 50%
Mid-Term ---------------------------- 25
Final ----------------------------------- 25
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Total ………………………………………………………… 100%
FINAL GRADE = (RAW GRADE * 0.625) + 37.5
References:
Textbooks:
Arthur Beiser, Concepts of Modern Physics, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2003
Thomas A. Moore, A Traveler’s Guide to Spacetime, McGraw-Hill, 1995
Internet:
Yahoo, Google
http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Black_body.svg
Classroom Policies:
1. Uniform and Dress Code
a. Students should be in proper uniform, wear school ID and appropriate shoes except during laboratory class.
b. On Wednesday, hip-hop dresses and get – ups are not allowed, e.g. shorts, slippers, earrings for males, spaghetti strap, etc.
c. PE uniform should be worn only during PE class.
2) Attendance, Tardiness and Absenteeism
a. Minimum of 80% attendance of the total contact hours in the subject is required (checking is done every meeting)
b. Tardiness of 15 minutes is equal to one hour period of absence.
c. A minimum of 3 consecutive absences without justifiable reasons requires a promissory note from the College Guidance Coordinator.
d. Six (6) consecutive absences in the class means “drop” in the subject.
e. Failure to take the prelim exam preceded by absences means “drop” in the subject.
f. Failure to attend regular classes after taking the prelim exams means a grade of 5.0 in the subject.
3) Taking Examinations
Grade Equivalent
1.0 98 – 100
1.25 95 – 97
1.5 92 – 94
1.75 89 – 91
2.0 86 – 88
2.25 83 – 85
2.5 80 – 82
2.75 77 – 79
3.0 75 – 76
5.0 74 and below Failed
Inc. Incomplete

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a. Cheating and copying are strictly prohibited, “when caught cheating during the quizzes and long exams, deduction of points will be imposed”, during
midterm or finals, means a grade of 5.0 in the subject.
b. Borrowing of calculators and other exam paraphernalia is not allowed during exams.
c. During mid-term and final exams, only answer sheets, permits, calculators, pens, pencils and erasers are allowed on the desk; other things should be
deposited on a place designated by the teacher.
d. Other policies will be imposed as deemed necessary and agreed upon between the students and subject professors
4) Other Policies
a. Cellphones should be shut-off during class hours.
b. Chairs should be arranged before leaving the classroom.
c. Vandalism is strictly prohibited and punishable.
d. No smoking within the school premises.
e. Students under the influence of liquor are not allowed inside the school compound.
f. Any form of deadly weapons should not be brought to school except cleaning/cutting tools during clean –up days and laboratory classes.
g. Unnecessary noise to the point of creating disturbances is prohibited.
h. Proper grooming should be observed (i.e. short and undyed hair for males)
i. Other policies will be strictly imposed as contained in the student handbook.
Prepared by:
ANGELICA P. MAGLELONG, LPT
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Faculty
Checked by:
JUDY L. RICARDO, MST
Program Chair
Approved by:
MICHELLE G. QUIJANO, PhD
Dean