Concept Checks will be an important part of each class. Typically two or three physical situations will be compared and a simple question posed regarding their relative behavior. You will be given a minute or so to think quietly about the question, followed by another minute or so to discuss the question with a neighboring student, where you attempt to work out an answer in consensus. I then ask for a show of hands for each possible answer so that I may determine if you understand the concept well enough to continue.
Schedule:
The general topic for consideration in each class is listed along with the recommended pre-class reading and post-class exercises.
Ch. 22: 1-6 means Chapter 22, Sections 1 through 6 from Halliday, Resnick, and Walker's 5th edition of Fundamentals of Physics.
22: 8P, 18P, 19P means problems 8, 18, and 19 from Chapter 22.
Homework assignments for a given class may change up to the time that the class is held.
Please check the assignments page for the latest assignment.
| 2/11 | 2/13 | |||
| Electric Charge | Electric Field | |||
| Ch. 22: 1-6 | Ch. 23: 1-4,8 | |||
| 22: 8P, 10P, 18P, 19P | 23: 3E, 17P, 22P, 52P, 57P | |||
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2/16 |
2/18 |
2/20 |
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| Electric Potential | Resistivity and Ohm's Law | Simple dc Circuits | ||
| Ch. 25: 1-6 | Ch. 27: 1-9 | Ch. 28: 1-7 | ||
| 25: 3Q, 4Q, 3P | 27: 5E, 27E, 35P, 41P, 55P, 62P | 28: 14E, 33E, 38E, 55P | ||
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2/23 |
2/25 |
2/27 |
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| Non-Simple dc Circuits | Charge Distributions | Electric Dipoles | ||
| Ch. 28: 6,7 | Ch. 23: 6,7; 25: 8 | Ch. 23: 5; 25: 7 | ||
| 28: 43P, 44P, 48P, 57P |
23: 32P, 33P, 34P; 25: 42P |
23: 25P, special problem | ||
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3/2 |
3/4 |
3/6 |
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| Electric Flux and Gauss's Law | Applications of Gauss's Law | Electrostatics of Conductors | ||
| Ch. 24: 1-5 | Ch. 24: 7,9 | Ch. 24: 6,8; 25: 11 | ||
| 24: 4Q, 15P | 24: 25P, 31P, 32E, 52P |
24: 20E, 27P, 53P; 25: 77E |
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3/9 |
3/11 |
3/13 |
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| Capacitors |
More Capacitors; Electric Energy |
RC circuits | ||
| Ch. 26: 1-3 | Ch. 26: 4,5 | Ch. 28: 8 | ||
| Special problems 1 and 2 | 26: 16E, 18E, 19E, 26P, 46P | 28: 67E, 68E, 69P, 71P, 76P | ||
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3/16 |
3/18 |
3/20 |
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| Capacitors and Dielectrics | Pre-Exam Wrap-Up | First Exam | ||
| Ch. 26: 6,7 | 6-9pm: Exam Review | Ch. 22-28 | ||
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3/23 |
3/25 |
3/27 |
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| Exam Discussion | Magnetic Field | Dipoles in a Field | ||
| Ch. 29: 1,2,7 | Ch. 29: 8,9; 23: 9 | |||
| 29: 5P, 45E, 46E, 53P, 60P | 29: 54E+extension, 56E, 61P, 62P | |||
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3/30 |
4/1 |
4/3 |
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| Crossed Fields | Biot-Savart Law | Ampere's Law | ||
| Ch. 29: 3-5 | Ch. 30: 1,2 | Ch. 30: 3 | ||
| 29: 12P, 16P, 19E, 21E | 30: 17P, 19P, 26P, 38P, 39P | 30: 45P, 47P, 48P, 49P, 51P | ||
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4/13 |
4/15 |
4/17 |
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| Applications of Ampere's Law | Faraday's Law / Lenz's Law | More Faraday's Law / Motional emf | ||
| Ch. 30: 4,5 | Ch. 31: 1-4 | Ch. 31: 5,6 | ||
| 30: 55E, 64E, 72P, special | 31: 5Q, 10P, 21P, 25P | 31: 29P, 35P+extension, 39P | ||
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4/20 |
4/22 |
4/24 |
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| Inductance / LR Circuits | Magnetic Energy | LC Circuits | ||
| Ch. 31: 7-9 | Ch. 31: 10-12 | Ch. 33: 1-4 | ||
| 31: 63E, 67P, 68P, 69P | 31: 50P, 77E, 80P, 85E, 90P | 33: 11E, 18P, 21P, 24P, 25P | ||
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4/27 |
4/29 |
5/1 |
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| RLC Circuits | Pre-Exam Wrap-Up | Second Exam | ||
| Ch. 33: 5-6 | ||||
| 33: 31E, 33P, 34P, 36P | 6-9pm Exam Review | |||
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5/4 |
5/6 |
5/8 |
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| Exam Discussion | Driven RLC Circuits | ac Circuits (contd.) | ||
| Ch. 33: 7-9 | ||||
| 33: 43E, 47E, 49E, 51E | 33: 55P, 56P, 58P, 61P, 63P | |||
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5/11 |
5/13 |
5/15 |
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| rms and Power | Transformers | Maxwell's Equations | ||
| Ch. 33: 10 | Ch. 33: 11 | Ch. 32: 9-11 | ||
| 33: 80P, 81P, 84P, 85P | 33: 89P, 90P | none | ||
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5/18 |
5/20 |
5/29 |
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| Electromagnetic Waves | Transmission Lines | Final Exam | ||
| none | none | 10:30am-12:30pm |