CLASS SCHEDULE:
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sections to be read lightly
Wednesday Jan. 26 topic: Introduction: Electromagnetic’s and Modern Physics
Friday Jan.
28 topic: Electrostatic Force: Coulomb’s Law
read:
chapter 23, sections 1 through 3
homework:
23-10, 14, 18, and 19.
Monday Jan.
31 topic: The Electric Field
read:
chapter 23, sections 4 through 6; chapter 24
homework:
23-30, 56, and 66
Wednesday Feb. 2 topic: Electric Field for Continuous
Charge Distribution
read:
chapter 24, sections 1, 2, and 3
homework:
24-1, 2, 8, and 12.
Friday Feb.
4 topic: Electric Field Lines and Gauss’s Law
read:
chapter 24, sections 4, 5, and 6
homework:
24-13, 20, 24, and 44.
Monday Feb.
7 topic: Electric Potential Energy and Electric Potential Difference
read:
chapter 25, sections 1 and 2
homework:
25-6, 10, 12, and 16.
Wednesday Feb. 9 topic: Electric Potential Difference - Equipotential and Field Lines
read:
chapter 25, sections 3 through 5
homework:
25-20, 30, 44, and 55.
Friday Feb.
11 topic: Electrostatic Energy
read:
chapter 26, sections 1 through 3
homework:
26-6, 12, 16, and 20.
Monday Feb.
14 topic: Capacitors
read:
chapter 26, sections 4 through 7
homework: 26-44, 54, and 64.
Wednesday Feb. 16 topic: Electric Current and Resistance
read:
chapter 27, sections 1 through 4
homework:
27-6, 12, 38, and 52.
Friday Feb.
18 topic: Electric Circuits
read:
chapter 28, sections 1 through 3
homework:
28-6, 10, 20, and 26
Monday Feb.
21 topic: Kirchhoff’s Laws
read:
chapter 28, sections 4 through 7
homework:
28-22(use Kirchhoff’s laws), 34, 49, and 51.
Wednesday Feb. 23 topic: The Magnetic Field
read: chapter 29, sections 1 through 3
homework:
29-4, 12, 28, and 30.
due: Monday, Feb. 28
Friday Feb.
25 - Exam #1 covers material from Jan. 26 through Feb. 21
Monday Feb.
28 topic: The Force on a Current in a Magnetic Field
read: chapter 29,
section 4 and 5
homework:
29-38, 40, 47, and 53.
Wednesday March 2 topic: Sources of the Magnetic Field
Gould Lectures read: chapter 30, sections 1, 2, 6 and 7
homework:
30-10, 12, 24, and 52.
Friday March
4 topic: Ampere’s Law
read:
chapter 30, sections 3 through 5
homework:
30-28, 36, 46, and 48.
- Spring Break - March 4,
Monday March
14 topic: Electromagnetic Induction
read:
chapter 31, sections 1 through 3
homework:
31-4, 12, 14, and 33.
Wednesday March 16 topic: Inductance
read:
chapter 32, section 1 through 3
homework:
32-4, 18, 20, and 31.
Friday March
18 topic: Alternating-Current Circuits
read:
chapter 33, sections 1 through 3
homework:
33-6, 10, 18, and 20.
Monday March
21 topic: RC and LC Circuits
read:
chapter 33, sections 4 through 6
homework:
33-30, 32, 40, and 46.
Wednesday March 23 topic: Electromagnetic Wave
read:
chapter 34, sections 8, 9, and 10
homework:
34-19, 20, 34, 40, and 58.
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Easter Break – March 24
Friday March
25 - Good Friday
Wednesday March 30 topic: Reflection
read:
chapter 35, sections 1 through 3
homework:
35-4, 10, and 18.
Friday April
1 - Exam #2 covers material from Feb. 23 through March 21
Monday April
4 topic: Refraction
read:
chapter 35, sections 4 through 6
homework:
35-26, 34, and 44.
due:
Wednesday, April 6
Wednesday April 6 topic: Mirrors
read: chapter 36, sections 1 and 2
homework:
36-5, 9, 10, and 15.
Friday April
8 topic: Lenses
read: chapter 36, sections 3 through 5
homework:
36-24, 28, 46, and 54.
Monday April
11 topic: Interference
read: chapter 37, sections 1 through 4
homework:
37-6, 18, 26, and 38.
Wednesday April 13 topic: Diffraction
read:
chapter 37, sections 5 and 6
homework:
37-50, 53, and 56.
Friday April
15 topic: Special Theory of Relativity
read:
chapter 38, sections 1 through 4
homework:
38-6, 10, 14, and 18.
Monday April
18 topic: Relativistic Dynamics
read:
chapter 38, sections 5 through 8
homework: 38-34, 40, 42, and 46.
Wednesday April 20 topic: Origins of the Quantum Theory
read:
chapter 39, sections 1 through 3
homework:
39-8, 10, 16, 28, and 30.
Friday April
22 topic: Atomic Theory/ Bohr Atom (short class Jr/Sr
Day)
read: chapter 39, sections 4
through 7
homework:
39-40, 44, 45, and 48.
Monday April
25 topics: Quantum Mechanics
read:
chapter 39, sections 5 through 7; chapter 40, sections 1 and 2
homework:
39-60 and 40-8.
Wednesday April 27 topics:
Nuclear Physics
read:
chapter 43, sections 1 through 4
homework:
43-4, 6, 8, 12, and 20.
Friday April
29 - Exam #3 covers material from March 23 through April 27
Monday May
2 topic: Radioactivity
read:
chapter 43, sections 5 and 6
homework:
43-28, 32, 40, and 50.
Wednesday May 4 topic: Elementary Particle
read:
chapter 45, sections 1 and 2
homework:
45-1, 5, 6, 8, and 11.
Friday May
6 topic: Standard Model
read:
chapter 45, sections 3 through 5
homework: 45-14, 15, 20, and 26.
Monday May
9 -Finals Start
- Monday, May 9 - Thursday, May 12
Have a great Summer!