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Week |
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Monday |
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Wednesday |
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Friday |
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1 |
January
17-21 Lab: Review Wkst |
ch16¤1-3
Electric charges, insulators and conductors |
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ch16¤4-7
CoulombÕs law and electric fields |
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ch16¤8-9
Field lines and conductors |
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2 |
January
24-28 Lab:
CoulombÕs Law |
ch16¤10
GaussÕs law |
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ch17¤1-2
Electric potential energy and potential difference |
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ch17¤3-4
Equipotential lines and E-field lines |
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3 |
Jan
31-Feb 4 Lab:
E-scope, Gauss |
ch17¤5-6
Point charges and dipoles |
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ch17¤7,9
Capacitors and energy storage |
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ch18¤1-3
Batteries and electric currents (Quiz) |
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4 |
February
7-11 Lab:
Potential mapping |
ch18¤3-4
OhmÕs law |
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ch18¤3-5
OhmÕs law and electrical power |
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ch19¤1-2
Parallel and series circuits |
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5 |
February
14-18 Lab:
Circuits |
Ch19¤3
KirchoffÕs rules |
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Ch20¤1
magnets and magnetic fields |
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Ch20¤3-4
Magnetic force |
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6 |
February
21-25 Exam, No lab |
Ch20¤2,5
currents produce magnetic fields |
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Ch20¤8
AmpereÕs law |
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Ch20¤9-10
torque on a current loop and applications |
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7 |
Feb
28-March 4 Lab:
B-field; solenoid |
Ch21¤1
Demonstrations of EM induction |
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Ch21¤2 FaradayÕs
law and lenzÕs law |
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Ch21¤3
Generators and motional EMF |
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8 |
March
7-11 Lab:
Cathode rays |
Ch22¤1
Changing E Þ B and MaxwellÕs equations |
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Ch22¤2
Electromagnetic (EM) waves and EM spectrum |
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Ch22¤3,5
Producing EM waves and polarization (Quiz) |
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March
14-18 |
Spring break!!! |
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March
21-25 |
Spring break!!! |
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9 |
March
28-April 1 Lab: EM
induction |
Ch23¤1,2,4
Light rays; laws of reflection and refraction |
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Ch23¤3
Image formation by mirrors |
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Ch23¤5-6
Total internal reflection and intro to lenses |
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10 |
April 4-8 Lab:
SnellÕs law |
Ch23¤7
Image formation by lenses; ray tracing |
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Ch23¤8
Thin lens equation |
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Ch24¤1
Wave or particle?! HuygenÕs principle |
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11 |
April
11-15 Exam, No lab |
Ch24¤3,6
Interference –2-slit and multi-slit experiments |
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Ch24¤4
Single slit diffraction and PoissonÕs spot |
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Ch24¤8
Thin film interference |
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12 |
April
18-22 Lab: Thin
lenses |
Ch26¤1
Galilean relativity |
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Ch26¤2-3
EinsteinÕs postulates and simultaneity |
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Ch26¤4-5
Time dilation and length contraction |
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13 |
April
25-29 Lab:
Interference |
Ch24¤5-7
Diffraction and Diffraction Gratings |
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Ch24¤8&10
Thin Films and Polarization |
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Ch27¤2-3
Black body Photoelectric
(Quiz) |
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14 |
May 2-6 Lab:
H-atom spectrum |
Ch27¤10-12
Bohr Model of hydrogen atom |
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Ch27¤13
Ch28¤1-2 Ch Quantum Mechanics |
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Ch26
Relativity |
Final exam
is cumulative and is scheduled for Thursday May 12 from 2-5 pm.