Tentative PHY 142 Course Schedule:
Spring 2008
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Week |
Lecture (MWF |
Recitation (Th
2:20- in P-124 |
Lab (Th
3:20-5:20) IN A-116 |
mastering
Physics: (NormalLY Due Th 2:00) |
Reading
from TexT |
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Jan 28 |
Mon: Why Physics, vector, scalar fields |
No Recitation |
NO LAB Lab 0: Reading Assignment: Error Analysis |
HW0: Introduction to Mastering
Physics |
20 |
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Feb 4 |
Mon:Electric Potential, E from V Wed: Gauss's Law Fri: More Gauss's Law |
Problem
Solving Session 1: Line and Surface Integrals |
Lab 1: Oscilloscope |
HW1: Electric Charge, Coulomb’s Law |
21,22 |
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Feb 11 |
Mon: Capacitors Intro Fri: Dielectrics |
Problem Solving
Session 2: Electric Field |
Lab 2: Electric
Field |
HW2: Gauss’ Law, Potential Energy,
Potential, and equipotential surfaces |
23 |
|
Feb 18 |
Mon: Capacitor Network, Current, Resistance, DC Circuits Wed: Kirchhoff's Rules Fri: No Lecture - Snow
Day |
Problem Solving Session 3: Gauss’ Law |
Lab 3: Capacitors |
HW3: Capacitors |
24,25 |
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Feb 25 |
Mon: RC Circuits, Magnetic Fields Wed: Magnetic Fields from Moving Charges Fri: Biot-Savart Law |
Problem
Solving Session 4: Capacitance |
Lab 4: Ohm’s
Law |
HW4: Current, Resistance, Circuits,
Kirchoff’s Laws |
26 |
|
Mar 3 |
Mon: Dipoles, levitation Wed: Exam Review Fri: Ampere’s Law |
Midterm Exam 1: Thursday Mar 6 in Recitation |
NO LAB Makeup period for labs
1-4 |
NO HW |
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Mar 10 |
Mon: Discuss Midterm #1, Faraday’s Law Wed: No Lecture Fri: More
Faraday's Law |
Problem
Solving Session 5: Magnetic Torque and Moments |
NO LAB |
HW5:
Magnetic Fields, Magnetic forces, Ampere's Law |
27 |
|
Mar 17 |
Spring Break |
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Mar 24 |
Mon: Eddy
Currents, Magnetic Braking, and Levitation using Superconductors |
Problem Solving
Session 6: Ampere's Law |
Lab 5: Magnetic
Force I |
HW6:
Induction, Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law |
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Mar 31 |
Mon: LC Circuits |
Problem Solving Session 7: Faraday's Law |
Lab 6: Magnetic
Force II |
HW7:
Inductance, RL, LC, and RLC circuits |
28 |
|
Apr 7 |
Mon: Maxwell’s Equations, EM Waves Wed: Poynting Vector, Radiation Pressure, Standing Waves Fri: EM Standing Waves, Measuring the Speed of Light with a
Microwave Oven |
Problem
Solving Session 8: Driven LRC Circuits |
Lab 7: Induction |
HW8 Part
1: AC Circuits |
29 |
|
Apr 14 |
Mon: Making EM Waves Wed: Exam Review Fri: Reflection,
Refraction |
Midterm Exam 2: Thursday Apr 17 in Recitation |
NO LAB (We'll
probably skip lab 8) |
NO HW |
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Apr 21 |
Mon: No Lecture Wed: Discuss Midterm #2 Thurs
(during usual recitation time): Polarization, Huygen's Principle |
Fri (during usual
lecture time):
Problem Solving Session 9: Displacement Current, Poynting Vector |
Makeup period for labs 5-7 |
HW8 Part
2: EM Waves |
30 |
|
Apr 28 |
Mon: Ray Optics - Mirrors Wed: Ray Optics - Lenses Thurs
(during usual recitation time): Lensmaker's Equation, Ray Tracing, Huygen's
Principle Fri: Interference |
|
Lab 9: Resonance |
HW9:
Geometrical Optics |
31,32 |
|
May 5 |
Mon: Diffraction Wed: The Structure of Space and Time |
Problem Solving Session 10: Interference |
Lab 10: Optics + Makeup period for lab 9 (by special arrangement) |
HW10: Physical Optics |
33 |
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May 12 |
Mon: Sample Exam Review |
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