| Week | Dates | Chapter and Topics | Homework Problems | Practice Problems | Lab |
| 1 | 8/27-8/31 |
M: Ch. 15: Electric Forces and Fields W: Ch. 15: (cont) F: Ch. 16: Electrical Energy and Capacitance |
Chap 15: 2,10,14,16,22,24,44 Chap 16: 2,6,10 Due: Wed, 9/5 @ 4pm. |
Chap 15: 3,9,11,21,23,27,43 Chap 16: 1,5,9 |
"Electrostatics" |
| 2 | 9/3-9/7 |
M: Ch. 16: (cont) W: Ch. 16: (cont) F: Ch. 17: Current and Resistance |
Chap 16: 12,18,22,24,32,40,42 Chap 17: 6,8,12 Due: Wed, 9/12 @ 4pm. |
Chap 16: 11,15,21,25,31,35,39,41 Chap 17: 3,9 |
"Electrostatic Potential and Field Lines" |
| 3 | 9/10-9/14 |
M: Ch. 17: (cont) W: Ch. 18: Direct Current Circuits F: Ch. 18: (cont) |
Chap 17: 20,24,32,40,52 Chap 18: 6,18,22,30,46 Due: Wed, 9/20 @ 4pm. |
Chap 17: 15,29,33,39,47 Chap 18: 9,17,25,33,45 |
"The Oscilloscope" |
| 4 | 9/17-9/20 |
M: Ch. 18: (cont) W: Review: Ch.'s 15-18 R: Exam 1: Ch.'s 15-18, 7:00-8:30, JH A100 or BH 109 F: Review Exam 1, Ch. 19: Magnetism |
none | Practice Exams on web | "Electric Potential and Ohm's Law" |
| 5 | 9/24-9/28 |
M: Ch. 19: Magnetism W: Ch. 19: (cont) F: Ch. 19: (cont) |
Chap 19: 2,8,14,22,24,30,36,40,42,46 Due: Wed, 10/3 @ 4pm. |
Chap 19: 5,13,19,25,31,35,37,43,45,59 | "Resistors in Series and Parallel" |
| 6 | 10/1-10/5 |
M: Ch. 20: Induced Voltages and Inductance W: Ch. 20: (cont) F: Ch. 20: (cont) |
Chap 20: 6,12,16,20,22,26,28,36,40,44 Due: Wed, 10/10 @ 4pm. |
Chap 20: 3,13,17,23,25,31,35,38,41,45 | "RC Circuits" |
| 7 | 10/8-10/12 |
M: Ch. 21: AC Circuits and EM Waves W: Ch. 21: (cont) F: Ch. 21: (cont) |
Chap 21: 4,10,14,18,24,30,42,46,48,52 Due: Wed, 10/17 @ 4pm. |
Chap 21: 5,7,11,23,27,29,35,39,45,55 | "The Current Balance" |
| 8 | 10/15-10/19 |
M: Ch. 21: (cont) W: Review: Ch.'s 19-21 R: Exam 2: Ch.'s 19-21, 7:00-8:30, JH A100 or BH 109 F: Review Exam 2, Ch. 22: Reflection and Refraction of Light |
none | Practice Exams on web | "Building an Electric Motor" |
| 9 | 10/22-10/26 |
M: Ch. 22: (cont) W: Ch. 22: (cont) F: Ch. 22: (cont) |
Chap 22: 4,8,20,22,28,32,38,46,48,56 Due: Wed, 10/31 @ 4pm. |
Chap 22: 3,11,15,19,21,23,29,39,45,55 |
"Polarization" |
| 10 | 10/29-11/2 |
M: Ch. 23: Mirrors and Lenses W: Ch. 23: (cont) F: Ch. 23: (cont) |
Chap 23: 2,6,10,14,26,28,42,48,58,60 Due: Wed, 11/7 @ 4pm. |
Chap 23: 5,11,17,19,25,27,41,47,55,57 |
"Laser Ray Tracing" |
| 11 | 11/5-11/9 |
M: Ch. 25: Optical Instruments W: Ch. 25: (cont) F: Ch. 24: Wave Optics |
Chap 25: 4,14,18,20,26,34 Chap 24: 6,26,32,42 Due: Wed, 11/14 @ 4pm. |
Chap 25: 7,13,17,21,25,35 Chap 24: 3,5,17,27 |
"Thin Lenses and Spherical Mirrors" |
| 12 | 11/12-11/16 |
M: Ch. 24: (cont) W: Review: Ch.'s 22-25 R: Exam 3: Ch.'s 22-25, 7:00-8:30, JH A100 or BH 109 F: Review Exam 3, Ch. 27: Quantum Physics |
none | Practice Exams on web | "Diffraction and Interference" |
| 13 | 11/19-11/23 |
M: Ch. 27: (cont) W: Thanksgiving Break! F: Thanksgiving Break! |
none | none | no lab |
| 14 | 11/26-11/30 |
M: Ch. 27: (cont) W: Ch. 27: (cont) F: Ch. 28: Atomic Physics |
Chap. 27: 4,8,12,18,32,36,46 Chap. 28: 2,12,14 Due: Wed, 12/5 @ 4pm. |
Chap. 27: 3,5,15,19,33,37,47 Chap. 28: 1,13,15 |
"Radioactivity" |
| 15 | 12/3-12/7 |
M: Ch. 28: (cont) W: Ch. 28: (cont) F: Ch. 28: (cont) |
none |
Chap. 27: 1,13,17,49 Chap. 28: 31,33,35,37,43,47 |
no lab |
| 16 | 12/10 |
M: Final Exam: Comprehensive, 8:00-10:00am, in JH A100, BH109 |
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