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Activities guide and evaluation rubric

1. General description of the course

Faculty or Academic Escuela de Ciencias Básicas, Tecnología e Ingeniería

Unit
Academic Level Profesional

Academic Field Formación interdisciplinar básica común

Course Name Teoria electromagnética y ondas

Course Code 203058
Course Type Theoretic Can be yes ☒ N ☐
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Number of Credits 3

2. Description of the activity

Type of the Individ Collaborati Number of 4

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activity: ual ve weeks
Unit 2,
Moment of
Initial ☐ Intermedia ☒ Final ☐
evaluation:
te:
Delivery Environment of the
Evaluative score of the
activity: Monitoring and evaluation
activity: 110
environment
Starting date of the activity: Deadline of the activity:
March 15, 2019 April 15, 2019
Competence to develop:
The student identifies the propagation and polarization mods in
electromagnetic waves, looking for the suitable mod, according to the
analyzed application and the student understands the waves behavior
in different transmission mediums used in telecommunications.

Topics to develop:
- Propagation modes of Electromagnetic waves.
- Polarization modes.
- Incidence on a normal plane.

Steps, phases of the learning strategy to develop

Step 3 – To understand the waves behavior in open and enclosure
mediums
The group will have to follow the next steps to accomplish the activity
goals.

Step 1: Make an academic research about the topics defined for this
unit.

Step 2: Answer the given questions using academic resources.

Step 3: Each member of the group has to select and solve one
problem.

Step 4: Solve the practical exercises in group, taking into account that
it is necessary to explain each value and step.

Step 5: Compile the group contributions from the collaborative forum

and ensure the accomplish of the rubric items.

Step 6: Deliver the work in the monitoring and evaluation

environment.

Activities to develop

Each student in the group has to answer the following

questions using academic references to support the research:

1. Determine 3 advantages and 2 disadvantages presented by

natural phenomena of refraction or reflection for the
transmission of electromagnetic waves.

2. Explain what Snell's Law is for in the propagation of

electromagnetic waves.

3. How is the total reflection of an electromagnetic wave achieved

by colliding with a different medium of propagation?

4. How is the total refraction of an electromagnetic wave achieved

by colliding with a different means of propagation?
 5. What do you mean by polarization of electromagnetic waves?

Choose one of the following problems, taken from “Cutnell, J.

D., & Johnson, K. W. (2009), John Wiley & Sons Ltd., New York
& Paz, A. (2013)” solve it and share the solution in the forum.
Perform a critical analysis on the group members’
contributions and reply this in the forum.

1. When red light in vacuum is incident at the Brewster angle on a

certain glass slab, the angle of refraction is 28 ° . What are (a) the
index of refraction of the glass and (b) the Brewster angle?

2. In the following figure n1 =1.9 , n1 =1. 4, and n3 =1.1, light refracts

from material 1 into material 2. If it is incident at point A at the
critical angle for the interface between materials 2 and 3, what
are (a) the angle of refraction at point B and (b) the initial angle
θ ? If, instead, light is incident at B at the critical angle for the
interface between materials 2 and 3, what are (c) the angle of
refraction at point A and (d) the initial angle θ

3. A laser that is inside a tank of water, shoots a ray of light

upwards. If the laser is located h1=20cm under water. At what
minimum horizontal distance d1 from the laser pointer should
you shoot so that the beam does not leave the water?

4. In the following figure a 3m long vertical pole extends from the

bottom of a swimming pool to a point 50cm above the water.
 Sunlight is incident at angle θ=6 0o . What is the length of the
shadow of the pole on the level bottom of the pool?

5. In the following figure, light from ray A refracts from material 1 (

n1 =1.8 ) into a thin layer of material 2 ( n2 =1.5), crosses that layer,
and is then incident at the critical angle on the interface between
materials 2 and 3 (n3 =1.2). (a) What is the value of incident
angle θ A ? (b) If θ A is decreased, does part of the light refract into
material 3?
Light from ray B refracts from material 1 into the thin layer,
crosses that layer, and is then incident at the critical angle on
the interface between materials 2 and 3. (c) What is the value of
incident angle θ B? (d) If θ B is decreased, does part of the light
refract into material 3?

In group solve the following practical exercise

a. Design an Excel workbook that using the Snell law and giving an
incident angle for four different precious materials; return the
angle of refraction and let us to know if it is genuine.

Environment Collaborative learning environment: In this

 environment, there is a forum where the student is
going to share information with his/her fellow
classmates in order to understand the conceptual
bases in Electrodynamic and waves and to solve
the proposed problems.
for the Monitoring and evaluation environment: In this
development environment, the student will have to deliver the
collaborative activity, according to the course
agenda.
Practical learning environment: In this
environment, the student will find information to
develop the proposed practical activities.
Individual:
The student will have to answer the conceptual
questions using academic sources, to solve a
chosen problem and to make a review in the forum
about the delivered problems.

Collaborative:
The collaborative group will have to choose the
best analyses about the given concepts and to
consolidate each part of the proposed activity,
Products to including the practical exercises, where everyone
deliver by has to participate.
student
The deliver document should contain the following:
- Cover page (It contains the title, authors’
name, course, university and date)
- Introduction (The group will explain the
practical application associate to the unit
topics)
- Developed activity (according to the activity
guidelines)
- Conclusions
- References

General guidelines for the collaborative work

Planning of Each contribution has to be posted in the forum

activities for associated to this step, one important responsibility
 is to analyze and to discuss about his/her fellow’s
contributions.
the
development of Before the three last days of the activity, the final
collaborative document has to be consolidated according to the
work proposed activity and each student has to analyze
it according to the rubric, looking for deliver an
excellent activity.
Roles to Choose the role to perform within the group.
perform by the Taking into account, that no matter the role that
student in the the student chooses, it’s very important to
collaborative evidence significant contributions.
group
Roles and In this activity, each student in the group will have
responsibility to choose a role, but it is important to recognize
for the delivery each of the following, that will be assumed from
of products by the following step on.
students
Roles Function
Compiler To consolidate the document, as the final product from
the discussion, taking into account that it will include
the contributions from all participants and that it will
only include the members whom participate in the
progress of the work. To inform the one who is in
charge of the alerts in order to inform to the students
whom did not make the contributions that they are not
going to be include in the product that will be
delivered.
Reviewer To ensure that the document accomplish the
presentation required rules.
Evaluator To ensure that the document contains the established
criteria in the rubric.
To alert the one who are playing that role, to inform
the others members when it is necessary to make
some change.
Deliverer To alert about the time on the delivered products and
to send the document in the defined time, using the
resources for the delivery and to inform the other
students when the deliver will be made.
Alert To inform the group members about the work news
and to inform to the teacher using the forum course
and the internal delivered message service about the
 final document deliver.
Use of
Always cite the references using APA style.
references
Students must be aware of severe sanctions in the
case of plagiarism.

In the agreement 029 of December 13, 2013,

article 99, are considered as faults that violate the
academic order, among others, the following: literal
e) "Plagiarism, that means, to present as his own
authorship all or Part of a work, work, document or
invention made by another person. It also implies
the use of wrong citations or references, or propose
citations where there is no coincidence between it
and the reference "and liberal f)" Reproducing, or
Plagiarism
copying for profit, educational materials or results
policy
of research products, which have Intellectual rights
reserved for the University.
The academic sanctions that the student will face
are the following:
A) In cases of academic fraud demonstrated in
academic work or respective evaluation, the grade
that will be imposed will be zero point zero (0.0)
without prejudice to the corresponding disciplinary
sanction.
B) In cases related to plagiarism demonstrated in
academic work of any nature, the grade that will be
imposed will be zero point zero (0.0), without
prejudice to the corresponding disciplinary sanction

4. Evaluation rubric
Evaluation rubric
Activity Collaborative
Individual Activity ☐ ☒
type: Activity
Moment of
Unit 2,
the Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
Intermediate:
evaluation:
Sco
Assessed Performance levels of the individual activity
re
Aspects
High score Media score Low score
 The student The student
The student
exposes the does not
analyzes the
answers using answer the
given concepts
Explain the academic questions or
and explains
proposed references, but the given
these using 30
concepts there isn’t any answer doesn’t
academic
analyze about fit to the
references.
these. question.
(up to 15 (up to 7 (up to 0
points) points) points)
The student
solves the The student
The student
chosen problem, does not solve
solves the
explaining step the problem or
problem but
Solve the by step the there is only
there isn’t
chosen procedure and the answer, 30
analyze in each
problem analyzing its without the
step.
practical procedure.
application.
(up to 20 (up to 10 (up to 0
points) points) points)
The student
limits the The student
The student
analysis to does not make
analyzes the
Analyze the accept the any critical
problems solved
problems procedure analysis about
in the group and
presented exposed by the the problems
gives a 5
by the group member, solved by each
professional
group but there isn’t a member of the
concept.
members critical concept group.
about this.
(up to 15 (up to 7 (up to 0
points) points) points)
Participate The student The student The student 15
solving the participates does not make limits the
practical solving or any contribution participation to
exercise analyzing the to solve the accept the
practical exercise but group
exercise. guarantee a members’
deliver according participation.
 to the
specifications.
(up to 10 (up to 5 (up to 0
points) points) points)
Performance levels of the collaborative Sco
Assessed
activity re
Aspect
High score Media score Low score
Despite the
The group
group have
consolidates a The group
made
document delivers a
contribution in
according to the document
the forum, the
activities to without the
Consolidate work wasn’t
develop and the given structure
the final consolidated or 5
given or the activities
document delivered in
specifications for are not
the Monitoring
the document to complete.
and evaluation
deliver.
environment.
(Up to 20 (Up to 10 (Up to 0
points) points) points)
The
Although the information
The answers to
definition and included in the
the questions
analysis are deliver
and the analysis
suitable to the document is
Use in each activity
proposed not referenced
academic is supported in 10
activities, all the or it does not
references academic
resources are come from
resources.
not academic. academic
resources.
(Up to 10 (Up to 5 (Up to 0
points) points) points)
Present a The deliver Despite the The deliver 5
well- document is deliver document is
structured structured document is not well-
document according to the well-organized, organized and
APA rules. it isn’t structured it is difficult to
according to the understand the
APA rules. given
structure.
 (Up to 10 (Up to 5 (Up to 0
points) points) points)
The ideas and
The ideas and
explanations
explanations are The ideas and
Use an have grammar
clear and explanation
adequate mistakes,
technically are not clear. 10
spelling and changing their
structured.
grammar real sense.
(Up to 10 (Up to 5 (Up to 0
points) points) points)
11
Final score
0