Physics 218

Syllabus W 2011

                                                                                                        

Week

Date

Day

Chapter

Activity

Topic

1

10-Jan

M

 

 

Intro; Diagnostic Tests

 

12-Jan

W

21

 

Charges, Forces

 

13-Jan

Th

 

Lab

Electrostatics

 

14-Jan

F

21

 

Electric Fields

2

17-Jan

M

21

 

Electric Fields

 

19-Jan

W

21

 

Dipoles

 

20-Jan

Th

 

Lab

Gauss's Law on-line

 

21-Jan

F

22

 

Flux; Gauss's Law

3

24-Jan

M

22

 

Gauss's Law

 

26-Jan

W

22

 

Application of Gauss's Law

 

27-Jan

Th

 

Lab

Electric Field mapping

 

28-Jan

F

23

 

Potential

4

31-Jan

M

23

 

Potential

 

2-Feb

W

23

 

E from V

 

3-Feb

Th

 

Exam 1

 

 

4-Feb

F

24

 

Capacitors

5

7-Feb

M

24

 

Series and Parallel

 

9-Feb

W

24

 

Energy storage

 

10-Feb

Th

 

Lab

Series and Parallel

 

11-Feb

F

25

 

resistance

6

14-Feb

M

25

 

ohm's law

 

16-Feb

W

25

 

power

 

17-Feb

Th

 

Lab

Temperature Coefficient

 

18-Feb

F

26

 

DC Circuits

7

21-Feb

M

26

 

Kirchhoff's Laws

 

23-Feb

W

26

 

RC Circuits

 

24-Feb

Th

 

Exam 2

 

 

25-Feb

F

27

 

Magnetism

8

28-Feb

M

27

 

vxB

 

2-Mar

W

27

 

torque on loop

 

3-Mar

Th

 

Lab

Magnetic Fields

 

4-Mar

F

28

 

B from I

XX

7-Mar

M

 

 

 

 

9-Mar

W

 

 

 

 

10-Mar

Th

 

 

 

 

11-Mar

F

 

 

 

9

14-Mar

M

28

 

Ampere's Law and Biot-Savart

 

16-Mar

W

28

 

Ampere Applications

 

17-Mar

Th

 

Lab

Helmholtz Coil

 

18-Mar

F

29

 

Induction

10

21-Mar

M

29

 

Faraday

 

23-Mar

W

29

 

 

 

24-Mar

Th

 

Lab

Electric Motor

 

25-Mar

F

14

 

Oscillations

11

28-Mar

M

15

 

SHM

 

30-Mar

W

15

 

review and catch up

 

31-Mar

 

 

Exam 3

 

 

1-Apr

F

30

 

Inductance

12

4-Apr

M

30

 

Energy storage

 

6-Apr

W

30

 

LRC Circuits

 

7-Apr

Th

 

Lab

AC Circuits

 

8-Apr

F

31

 

Maxwell's Equations

13

11-Apr

M

31

 

EM waves

 

13-Apr

W

31

 

Poynting vector

 

14-Apr

Th

 

Lab

Microwaves

 

15-Apr

F

34

 

Interference

14

18-Apr

M

34

 

Double Slit

 

20-Apr

W

35

 

Diffraction and Resolution

 

21-Apr

Th

 

Lab

Power Plant

 

22-Apr

F

35

 

review

Finals

25-Apr

M

 

Final

Tuesday 7:30-9:30

 

27-Apr

W

 

 

 

 

28-Apr

Th

 

 

 

 

29-Apr

F