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Activities guide and evaluation rubric – Post task

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 ☒ No ☐
al enabled
Number of Credits 3

2. Description of the activity

Individu week
Type of the activity: ☒ Collaborative ☒ 2
al s
Moment of Unit,
Initial ☐ ☐ Final ☒
evaluation: Intermediate
Delivery Environment of the
Evaluative score of the
activity: Monitoring and evaluation
activity: 125
environment
Starting date of the activity: Deadline of the activity:
May 09, 2020 May 22, 2020
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 Post task, is individual and collaborative, for its
development must follow the 6 steps that are presented below:
Step 1: Review the academic topics related to units 1, 2 and 3 of the
course.
Step 2: Download the “Annex 5 - Delivery format – Post task”
found in the collaborative learning environment in the "Activities
guide and evaluation rubric - Post task - Final activity" folder.
Step 3: Individually, based on the review performed, solve the 3
proposed application exercises. The procedures performed must be
shown.
Step 4: Each student must complete the application in its individual
delivery format, verifying the requirements of the evaluation rubric.
Step 5: In the 3 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 ¿
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=1 Km depth. The wave
is emitted with an advance angle of a=(5+ ¿)° . 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 V p wave.
e. Calculate the distance between the ship and the receiver d .
f. Based on V p and d determine the time t of the route.
 Figure 1: wave propagation in open media.
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marine-environmental-monitoring.html

2. From an airplane, which is 1250 m high, a communication signal

f =CCC MHz is emitted to a submarine that is 800 m deep, the
angle of incidence of the signal on the sea surface is a=(5+ ¿)° .
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 d 1.
b. Calculate the velocity of propagation of the wave V p 1 in the air
(V p=Co /n)
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 V p 2 at sea (it is
V pfrom exercise 1).
f. Based on V p 1 and d 1 determine the time t 1of the first path (
t 1=d 1 /V p 1).
g. Based on V p 2 and d 2 determine the time t 2of the second path.
h. Calculate the total time of the route t=t 1+ t 2.
 Figure 2: wave propagation in bounded open media.
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characteristics-of-sound-wavesamplitude/

3. A lossless transmission line has a characteristic impedance of

Z 0=75 Ω, a length of L=5 m and is excited by a signal of f =500 MHz
. The line is connected to an antenna with load impedance
Z L =( 45+ j 45)Ω. Taking into account that V p=3 x 107 m/s, calculate:
a. Wavelength λ .
b. Electrical length l .
c. Input impedance Z¿ .
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.

Environm
ent for  Collaborative learning environment – Post task
the forum.
develop  Knowledge environment - Unit 1, 2 and 3.
  Monitoring and evaluation environment – Post
ment task.

Individual:
Each student, using the Delivery Format - Post task
found in the Practical Learning Environment, gradually
presents the activity in the Post task 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).
5. 1 reference (in APA format).
The name of the final individual document must be Post
task - First 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
Products
the Post task forum.
to deliver
The leader must take the final works of each student and
by
generate a compressed file .rar or .zip with the name
student
Post task and deliver it in the Monitoring and evaluation
environment in the Post task space.

Figure 4: Group consolidation example.

3. General guidelines for the collaborative work

 Steps Week 1 Week 2
Steps 1-2:
09to15/05
Exploration
Step 3:
09to15/05
Practice
Step 4:
15to19/05
Testing
Step 5:
20to22/05
Consolidation
Schedule of activities:
Table 1: Development Schedule of Post task:

Planning
of
activities
for the
develop
ment of
collabora The dates correspond to the year 2020.
tive work
Table 2: Development environments and resources of the
steps of the strategy:
Step Interaction Environment Resources

Individual knowledge Bibliographies

Individual practical learning Formats
Individual collaborative learning Post task forum
Individual collaborative learning Activity guide
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
Roles to
process, supervises the assignment of tasks and
perform
generates recommendations and clarifications regarding
by the
the activity. In the end, it shares a document that must
student
be fed by the members to generate the final consolidated
in the
group, performs its final revision and delivery.
collabora
Builder: Is responsible for supporting the management of
tive
the leader, contributing to the organization of group work.
group
Select and develop the activity chosen to finally contribute
to the final consolidation process.
Roles It is suggested to use a model of action within teamwork,
and which allows to achieve the expected results through the
responsi joint action of all participants.
 The model of Leaders & Builders, allows one of the
bility for
members to take the role of leader (coordinator) and the
the
others of builders, each builder develops in parts his
delivery
chosen or assigned task and contributes it in the forum;
of
within the process, the builders review the contributions
products
of their peers; In the end, the leader shares the
by
consolidated work with the contributions of all the
students
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 be
Use of
presented. Here you can find the most relevant aspects of
reference
the sixth edition of the APA Standards Manual, such as
s
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 includes cites where there is
no coincidence between them and the reference” and
Plagiaris
paragraph f) ”To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational
m policy
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
Individual Collaborative
Activity type: ☒ ☒
Activity Activity
Moment of Unit Fin
Initial ☐ ☐ ☒
evaluation: Intermediate al
Assessed Performance levels of the individual activity Sco
Aspects High score Media score Low score re
The student The student
The student
correctly incorrectly or
does not apply
applies incompletely
the concepts
concepts and applies concepts
and methods
methods of and methods of
of physics in
Electromag physics in the physics in the
the solution of
netic waves solution of solution of
exercises to 30
in open exercises to exercises to
characterize
media characterize characterize
electromagneti
electromagnetic electromagnetic
c waves in
waves in open waves in open
open media.
media. media.
(up to 30 (up to 20 (up to 5
points) points) points)
The student The student
The student
correctly incorrectly or
does not apply
applies incompletely
the concepts
concepts and applies concepts
and methods
methods of and methods of
of physics in
physics in the physics in the
Electromagn the solution of
solution of solution of
etic waves exercises to
exercises to exercises to 30
in bounded characterize
characterize characterize
open media electromagneti
electromagnetic electromagnetic
c waves in
waves in waves in
bounded open
bounded open bounded open
media.
media. media.
(up to 30 (up to 20 (up to 5
points) points) points)
Electromagn The student The student The student 30
etic waves correctly incorrectly or does not apply
in guided applies incompletely the concepts
media concepts and applies concepts and methods
 methods of and methods of
of physics in
physics in the physics in the
the solution of
solution of solution of
exercises to
exercises to exercises to
characterize
characterize characterize
electromagneti
electromagnetic electromagnetic
c waves in
waves in guided waves in guided
guided media.
media. media.
(up to 30 (up to 20 (up to 5
points) points) points)
The student
The student The student does not write
writes at least 2 writes 1 learning
learning conclusion of conclusions
Understandi conclusions that learning or does that
ng and demonstrate not correctly demonstrate
application the evidence the the
of the understanding understanding comprehension
characteriza and application and application and application 20
tion of of the methods of the methods of the methods
waves in of of of
different characterization characterization characterizatio
media of the waves in of the waves in n of the waves
guided media. guided media. in guided
media.
(up to 20 (up to 15 (up to 4
points) points) points)
Performance levels of the collaborative
Assessed Sco
activity
Aspect re
High score Media score Low score
Teamwork Students Students Students do 15
demonstrate demonstrate low not
adequate ability ability to work in demonstrate
to work in groups or not the ability to
groups and create an work in a
create an organized group, do not
organized collaborative create an
collaborative final product or organized
final product, meeting the collaborative
meeting the delivery final product
 and do not
meet the
delivery
conditions using delivery
conditions using
the English conditions
the English
language. using the
language.
English
language.
(Up to 15 (Up to 10 (Up to 3
points) points) points)
Final score 125