Updated day-to-day topics
schedule:
Note: Attendance will be taken, including the problem solving session. The latter will function as a review
for the course and exams!
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Reading Assignment (Giancoli 6th) |
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Jan 27 |
Chp 23 Sects 1, 2 |
Course Introduction and Policies Intro to Geometrical Optics |
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Feb 1 |
Chp 23 Sects 2, 4 |
Reflection, Image Formation in Mirrors |
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Feb 3 |
Chp 23 Sects 5, 6 |
Refraction, Total Internal Reflection |
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Feb 8 |
Chp 23 Sects 7, 8, 9 |
Lenses and Image Formation |
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Feb 10 |
Chp 16 Sects 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Electric Charge, Insulators and Conductors, Electroscope |
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Feb 15 |
Chp 16 Sects 5, 6 |
Coulomb’s Law, Vectors |
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Feb 17 |
Chp 16 Sects 7, 8 |
Electric Field and Field Lines |
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Feb 22 |
Chp 16 Sects 8, 9 |
Electric Fields and Conductors |
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Feb 24 |
Chp 17 Sects 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Electric Potential Energy, Electric Potential, Equipotential Lines |
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Mar 1 |
Chp 17 Sects 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Electric Potential Energy, Electric Potential, Equipotential Lines |
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Mar 3 |
EXAM 1 |
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Mar 8 |
Chp 17 Sects 6, 7, 8, 9 |
Electric Dipole Moment, Capacitance, Dielectrics, Storage of Electric Energy |
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Mar 10 |
Chp 18 Sects 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Electric Currents, Resistance, Ohm’s Law, Electric Power |
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Mar 15 |
Chp 18 Sect 7, Chp 19 Sects 1, 2 |
Alternative Current, Electric Circuits |
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Mar 17 |
Chp 20 Sects 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Magnetic Field |
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Mar 22 |
Chp 20 Sects 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Magnetic Field |
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Mar 24 |
Chp 21 Sects 1, 2, 3 |
Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday’s Law |
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Mar 29 |
Spring Break |
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Mar 31 |
Spring Break |
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Apr 5 |
Chp 21 Sects 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday’s Law |
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Apr 7 |
EXAM 2 |
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Apr 12 |
Chp 27 Sects 1, 2 |
Intro to Modern Physics, Blackbody Radiation, Planck’s Quantum Hypothesis |
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Apr 14 |
Chp 27 Sects 3 |
Photon Theory of Light, and the Photoelectric Effect |
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Apr 19 |
Chp 27 Sects 4, 7, 8 |
Photons, Wave-Particle Duality |
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Apr 21 |
Chp 27 Sects 10, 11, 12, 13 |
Early Models of the Atom |
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Apr 26 |
Chp 30 Sects 1, 2, 3 |
Nuclear Physics, Structure of Nucleus, Binding Energy,
Radioactivity |
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Apr 28 |
Chp 30 Sects 4, 5, 6, Chp 31 Sects 1, 2, 3 |
Nuclear Decay, Nuclear Reactions, Fission, Fusion |
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May 3 (last day) |
Chp 30 Sects 4, 5, 6, Chp 31 Sects 1, 2, 3 |
Nuclear Decay, Nuclear Reactions, Fission, Fusion |
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May 7 (Saturday) 8:00-10:00am
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FINAL (cumulative) |
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