Syllabus, Spring 2008
| Tuesday | Thursday | Friday (Honors) |
Lab | HW | |
| Week 1 |
Jan
22, Everett
Course Intro & Electrostatics Read Chap 21.1-21.5 |
Jan
24, Everett
Electric Force & Electric Field Read Chap 21.6-21.11 |
Jan 25 |
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| Week 2 |
Jan
29, Everett
Electric Flux & Gauss's Law Read Chap 22.1-22.4 |
Jan
31, Everett
Gauss's Law, Potential Read Chap 22, 23.1-23.3 |
Feb 1 |
Lab 1: E1 Electrostatics |
HW1
due Wed. 1/30 11 PM |
| Week 3 |
Feb
5, Everett
Electric Potential Read Chap 23.4-23.9 |
Feb
7, Everett
Capacitors & Dielectrics Read Chap 24.1-24.3 |
Feb 8, Prof. K. Forest, Bacteriology Biological diffraction |
Lab 2: EC2 Electric Fields |
HW2 due Wed. 2/6 11 PM |
| Week 4 |
Feb 12, Everett
Capacitors & Dielectrics Read Chap 24.4-24.6 |
Feb 14, Everett Exam 1 Review Chap 21-24.3 |
Feb 15, Prof. T. Walker, Physics Holography |
Lab 3: EC3 Capacitors and RC decay |
HW3 due Wed. 2/13 11 PM |
| Week 5 Exam 1 Mon,Feb 18 |
Feb 19, Everett Current and Resistance Read Chap 25.1-25.5 |
Feb 21,
Everett DC Circuits Read Chap 26.1-26.5 |
Feb 22 |
Makeup
labs: E1, EC2, EC3 |
HW4 due Wed. 2/20 11 PM |
| Week 6 | Feb 26, Everett
Magnetic Force, Magnetic Fields Read Chap 27.1-27.4 |
Feb 28, Everett
Magnetic Force, Magnetic Fields Read Chap 27.5-27.9 |
Feb 29 Prof. S. Westerhoff, Physics Cosmic Rays |
Lab 4: E4 Charge/mass ratio |
HW5 due Wed. 2/27 11 PM |
| Week
7 |
Mar 4, Everett
Sources of Magnetic Fields Read Chap 28.1-28.6 |
Mar
6, Everett Sources of Magnetic Fields Read Chap 28.7-28.10 |
Mar 7, Prof. R. Moss, Physiology Detecting the body's electrical signals |
Lab 5: EC5 Magnetic induction |
HW6 due Wed. 3/5 11 PM |
| Week 8 Exam 2 Thurs, Mar 13 |
Mar
11 Mellado Faraday's Law Read Chap 29.1-29.3 |
Mar
13, Mellado
Faraday's Law Read Chap 29.4-29.8 EXAM TONIGHT: 5:30-7 |
Mar 14, Dr. S. Nossal, Physics Climate change II |
Makeup
labs: E4, EC5 |
HW7
due Tues. 3/11 11 PM |
Week 9 |
SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | SPRING
BREAK |
| Week 10 |
Mar 25, Mellado Inductance Read Chap 30.1-30.4 |
Mar 27, Mellado AC Circuits. Read Ch 25.7, 30.5-30.11 |
Mar 28 |
Lab 6: EC6 Oscilloscope, DC Amplifiers |
HW8 due Wed. 3/26 11 PM |
| Week
11 |
Apr 1, Mellado
AC Circuits (continued) Read Chap 30.5-30.11 |
Apr 3, Mellado |
Apr 4 Dr. Stan Briczinski , Physics Applications of RADAR to studies of the upper atmosphere |
Lab 7: E7 AC Circuits |
HW9 due Fri. 4/6 11 PM |
| Week 12 |
Apr 8, Mellado
Maxwell's Equations Read Chap 31.1-31.5 |
Apr 10,
Mellado Electromagnetic Waves Read Chap 31.6-31.10 |
Apr 11 Dr. H. Landsman, Physics The Icecube project |
Lab 8: SC1 Waves on strings |
HW10 Sun. 4/13 11 PM |
Week 13 Exam 3 Mon, Apr 14 |
Apr 15, Mellado Light: Reflection & Refraction Read Chap 32.1-32.5 |
Apr 17,
Mellado Geometrical Optics Read Chap 32.6-7, 33.1-2 |
Apr 18 |
Makeup
labs: EC6, E7 or SC1 |
HW11 Wed. 4/16 11 PM |
| Week 14 |
Apr 22, Mellado Lenses & Mirrors Read Chap 33.3-33.10 |
Apr 24, Mellado Inteference Read Chap 34.1-34.3 |
Apr 25 | Lab 9: LC2 Mirrors, Lenses |
HW12 Wed. 4/23 11 PM |
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Week 15 |
Apr 29, Mellado |
May 1, Mellado Diffraction Read Chap 35.3-35.6 |
May 2 |
Lab 10: LC1 Interference |
HW13 Wed. 4/30 11 PM |
| Week 16 |
May 6, Everett Final Exam Review (I) |
May
8, Mellado Final Exam Review (II) |
May 9 No honors lecture Last class day |
No labs |
HW14 Wed. 5/11 11 PM |
| Final Exam: |
Mon, May 12 (5:05 pm to 7:05 pm) |
| Room TBA |