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Activities guide and evaluation rubric – Step 5

1. General description of the course

Faculty or Academic Unit Escuela de Ciencias Básicas, Tecnología e Ingeniería

Academic Level Profesional
Academic Field Formación interdisciplinar básica común
Course Name Teoria Electromagnética y Ondas
Course Code 203058
Course Type Theoretical Can be enabled yes ☒ No ☐
Number of Credits 3

2. Description of the activity

Type of the activity: Individual ☒ Collaborative ☒ weeks 2

Moment of evaluation: Initial ☐ Unit, Intermediate ☐ Final ☒
Delivery Environment of the activity:
Evaluative score of the activity: 125
Monitoring and evaluation environment
Starting date of the activity: Deadline of the activity:
November 29, 2019 December 12, 2019
Competence to develop:
The student applies the concepts of physics and electromagnetism, to determine the
parameters of electromagnetic wave behavior to propagate in different media, using
mathematical methods for the solution of application exercises.
Topics to develop:
- Electromagnetic waves in open media.
- Electromagnetic waves in bounded open media.
- Electromagnetic waves in guided media.

Steps, phases of the learning strategy to develop

This activity called “Step 5”, is individual and collaborative, for its development must follow
the 6 steps that are presented below:
Act 1: Review the academic topics related to units 1, 2 and 3 of the course described at the
beginning of the "Activities to develop" section of this document.
Act 2: Download the “Annex 5 - Delivery format - Step 5” found in the collaborative
learning environment in the "Activities guide and evaluation rubric - Step 5 - to make
the final activity" folder.
Act 3: Individually, based on the exploration performed, solve the 3 proposed application
exercises, the procedures performed must be shown.
Act 4: Each student must complete the application in its individual delivery format, verifying
the requirements of the evaluation rubric.
Act 5: In the 2 days, before the closing of the activity, the group leader must gather the
delivery formats of each student and compress in a single file, which must be delivered in
the monitoring and evaluation environment.

Activities to develop
For the development of the activity, review the concepts and ideas seen in units 1, 2 and 3 of
the course and complement the aids generated by the tutor within the forum, to solve the
following application exercises:

Application exercises:
For the development of the following exercises, note that 𝐺𝐺 corresponds to the group number
and 𝐶𝐶𝐶 to the first 3 digits of the identification number.

1. An electromagnetic wave of 𝑓 = 𝐶𝐶𝐶 𝑀𝐻𝑧 is transmitted from the bottom of a ship to a

receiver located at 𝑝 = 3 𝐾𝑚 depth. The wave is emitted with an advance angle of 𝑎 =
(10 + 𝐺𝐺)°. Determine the time it takes for the wave to reach the receiver.
For development, follow the following steps:
a. Calculate the tangent of losses 𝑇𝑎𝑛(𝛿).
b. Classify the behavior of the medium.
c. Calculate the propagation parameters of the wave 𝛾, 𝛼 and 𝛽.
d. Calculate the propagation speed of the 𝑉𝑝 (𝑉𝑝 = 𝜔/𝛽) wave.
e. Calculate the distance between the ship and the receiver 𝑑.
f. Based on 𝑉𝑝 and 𝑑 determine the time 𝑡 of the route.

Figure 1: wave propagation in open media.

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2. From an airplane, which is 1000 𝑚 high, a communication signal 𝑓 = 𝐶𝐶𝐶 𝑀𝐻𝑧 is
emitted to a submarine that is 1500 𝑚 deep, the angle of incidence of the signal on the
sea surface is 𝑎 = (10 + 𝐺𝐺)°. Determine the time it takes for the signal to reach the
submarine.
For development, follow the following steps:
a. Calculate the distance between the plane and the point of incidence at sea 𝑑1 .
b. Calculate the velocity of propagation of the wave 𝑉𝑝1 in the air (𝑉𝑝1 = 𝐶𝑜/𝑛𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒 ).
c. Using Snell's Law, calculate the angle of refraction of the wave in the sea.
d. Calculate the distance between the point of incidence in the sea and the submarine.
e. Calculate the propagation speed of the wave 𝑉𝑝2 at sea (it is 𝑉𝑝 from exercise 1).
f. Based on 𝑉𝑝1 and 𝑑1 determine the time 𝑡1 of the first path.
g. Based on 𝑉𝑝2 and 𝑑2 determine the time 𝑡2 of the second path.
h. Calculate the total time of the route 𝑡 = 𝑡1 + 𝑡2 .

Figure 2: wave propagation in bounded open media.

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3. A lossless transmission line has a characteristic impedance of 𝑍0 = 50Ω, a length of 𝐿 =

1𝑚 and is excited by a signal of 𝑓 = 200 𝑀𝐻𝑧. The line is connected to an antenna with
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load impedance 𝑍𝐿 = (30 + 𝑗45)Ω. Taking into account that 𝑉𝑝 = 3𝑥10 𝑚/𝑠, calculate:
a. Wavelength 𝜆 ; (𝜆 = 𝑉𝑝 /𝑓).
b. Electrical length ℓ.
c. Input impedance 𝑍𝑖𝑛 .
d. Reflection coefficient Γ (magnitude and phase).
e. VSWR
f. Check the results c, d and e with the Smith 4.1 software.
g. Using the Smith 4.1 software, get an input impedance that is only real.
 Figure 3: Transmission line.

Environment for  Collaborative learning environment - Forum "Step 5".

the  Knowledge environment - Unit 1, 2 and 3.
development  Monitoring and evaluation environment – Step 5.
Individual:
Each student, using the Delivery Format - Step 5 found in the Practical
Learning Environment, gradually presents the activity in the Step 5 forum
until completing the following structure:
1. Cover.
2. Introduction (indicate what is in the document).
3. Content. (Answer to questions and exercises).
4. 2 conclusions (indicate in them what you learned).
Products to
5. 1 reference (in APA format).
deliver by
The name of the final individual document must be Step 5 - First
student
Name Last Name.pdf.

Collaborative:
In the 3 days before the closing of the activity, students must present
their final individual work in pdf format in the Step 5 forum.
The leader must take the final works of each student and generate a
compressed file .rar or .zip with the name Step 5 and deliver it in the
Monitoring and evaluation environment in the Step 5 space.
 Figure 4: Group consolidation example.

3. General guidelines for the collaborative work

Schedule of activities:
Table 1: Development Schedule of Step 5:
Acts Week 1 Week 2
Acts 1-2:
29-03/11
Exploration
Acts 3:
03-05/11 06-08/11
Practice
Act 4:
Planning of 09-10/11
Testing
activities for Act 5:
the 11-12/11
Consolidation
development
of correspond to the year 2019.
collaborative
work Table 2: Development environments and resources of the steps of the
strategy:
Acts Interaction Environment Resources
1 Individual knowledge Bibliographies
2 Individual practical learning Formats
3 Individual collaborative learning Forum Step 4
4 Individual collaborative learning Activity guide
5 Collaborative monitoring and evaluation Delivery space
 Leader: He is in charge of assuming the coordination of the development
of the activity in the forum. Within the process, supervises the assignment
Roles to of tasks and generates recommendations and clarifications regarding the
perform by the activity. In the end, it shares a document that must be fed by the members
student in the to generate the final consolidated group, performs its final revision and
collaborative delivery.
group Builder: Is responsible for supporting the management of the leader,
contributing to the organization of group work. Select and develop the
activity chosen to finally contribute to the final consolidation process.
It is suggested to use a model of action within teamwork, which allows to
Roles and achieve the expected results through the joint action of all participants.
responsibility The model of Leaders & Builders, allows one of the members to take the
for the role of leader (coordinator) and the others of builders, each builder
delivery of develops in parts his chosen or assigned task and contributes it in the
products by forum; within the process, the builders review the contributions of their
students peers; In the end, the leader shares the consolidated work with the
contributions of all the participants, achieving the final product.
The APA standards are the most used style of organization and
presentation of information. These are published under a manual that
allows you to have access to the ways in which a scientific article should
Use of be presented. Here you can find the most relevant aspects of the sixth
references edition of the APA Standards Manual, such as references, citations,
preparation and presentation of tables and figures, headings and
seriation, among others. You can check how to implement them by going
to http://normasapa.com/
In the agreement 029 of December 13, 2013, article 99, the mistakes that
infringe upon the academic order, among others, are the following:
paragraph e) “To plagiarize is to present as your own work the whole or
part of a writing, report, task or document of invention performed by
another person. It also implies the use of cites or lack of references, or
Plagiarism includes cites where there is no coincidence between them and the
policy reference” and paragraph f) ”To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational
resources or results of research products, which have intellectual rights
reserved for the University”.
The academic punishments that the student will face are:
a) In case of academic fraud proved in the academic work or evaluation,
the score achieved will be zero (0.0) without leading to disciplinary
measures.
 b) In case of plagiarism proved in the academic work of any nature, the
score achieved will be zero (0.0), without leading to disciplinary
measures.

4. Evaluation rubric

Evaluation rubric
Activity type: Individual Activity ☐ Collaborative Activity ☒
Moment of evaluation: Initial ☐ Unit Intermediate ☐ Final ☒
Assessed Performance levels of the individual activity Scor
Aspects High score Media score Low score e
The student The student does
The student
understands some of not understand the
understands the
the concepts of concepts of means
concepts of
propagation of waves of propagation of
Electromagneti propagation of waves
in guided media by waves in media 30
c waves in in guided media by
incomplete writing of guided by the non-
open media writing answers to
answers to the writing of answers to
the questions asked.
questions asked. the questions asked.
(up to 30 points) (up to 15 points) (up to 0 points)
The student
The student correctly The student does
incorrectly calculates
calculates the not calculate and
the electrical
Electromagneti electrical parameters does not apply the
parameters of a
c waves in of a transmission line electrical parameters
transmission line or 30
bounded open and applies them in of a transmission
applies them with
media the solution of line in the solution of
error in the solution
physical problems. physical problems.
of physical problems.
(up to 30 points) (up to 15 points) (up to 0 points)
The student
The student correctly The student does
incorrectly calculates
calculates and not calculate or
and simulates the
simulates the simulate the
Electromagneti parameters of a
parameters of a parameters of a
c waves in bounded transmission 30
bounded transmission bounded
guided media line or applies them
line and applies them transmission line for
with error in the
to solve physical the solution of
solution of physical
problems. physical problems.
problems.
 (up to 30 points) (up to 15 points) (up to 0 points)
The student writes at The student writes 1 The student does
least 2 learning conclusion of learning not write learning
conclusions that or does not correctly conclusions that
Understanding
demonstrate the evidence the demonstrate the
and application
understanding and understanding and comprehension and
of the
application of the application of the application of the 20
characterizatio
methods of methods of methods of
n of waves in
characterization of characterization of characterization of
different media
the waves in guided the waves in guided the waves in guided
media. media. media.
(up to 20 points) (up to 10 points) (up to 0 points)
Assessed Performance levels of the collaborative activity Scor
Aspect High score Media score Low score e
The student The student does
The student shows
demonstrates not evidence the
low ability to work in
adequate capacity to ability to work in
groups and achieve
work in groups and groups and achieve
an organized
achieve an organized an organized
Teamwork collaborative final 15
collaborative final collaborative final
product, fulfilling the
product, fulfilling the product, complying
requested delivery
requested delivery with the requested
conditions.
conditions. delivery conditions.
(Up to 15 points) (Up to 7 points) (Up to 0 points)
Final score 125