Calendar
All problems are from Knight unless stated otherwise.
Problems in regular type are the same ones that will appear in MP.
Problems in bold type are ones that will NOT appear in MP,
and you will turn them in to me.
2/11
Introduction to course
Read the syllabus
Do the "Introduction to MasteringPhysics" assignment in MP
email me and tell me if you have a smart phone or tablet or laptop
you can bring to class every day. If enough people have them,
I can use them instead of clickers.
2/12
Electric charge
Coulomb's Law
Read 22.1-3 as needed
Read 2.1.4 (covered in class)
Do (in MP) problems 22.13, 15, 17, 18, 22.
2/14
Vector review
Intro to E field
More Coulomb's Law
2/15
Intro to E field
More Coulomb's Law
2/18
Summary so far, Coulomb and $\vec E$
$\hat r$ notation
Read Ch 22 as needed
Read sec 22.5 as needed
Do (in MP) 22.19, 41, 62, 63, 67
2/19
Electric field lines
$\vec E$ for continuous charge dist.s
Read Ch 23. as needed
Read sec 23. as needed
Do (in MP) 23.
2/21
I did HW probs 22.41, 62
$\vec E$ for continuous charge dist.s
2/22
Practice on integration for $d\ell$, $da$ and $dV$
2/25
$\vec E$ for ring, disk, line
Read 23.1-4 as needed
I put some practice problems on MP: 22.36, 42, 44, 51, 64, 66, 23.9, 15, 38, 47
2/25
Worked problems for practice,
22.36, 42, 44, 51, 64, 66, 23.9, 15, 38, 47 (same set in MP)
3/4
Exam 1 solutions on board
Quick Gauss's Law intro
pics will be in google drive
Read sections 24.1-4 as needed
3/5
read 24 as needed
Finish
the handout from class
Do (in MP) 24.34, 39, 42, 43, 45, 46, 49, and even more for practice (no points).
3/7
Chris Ray lectured
Reviewed handout from last time
Intro to electric potential energy and potential
3/8
U and V for uniform $\vec E$
lots of review
read 25.1,4,5 as needed
Do (in MP) 25.13, 15, 20, 43, and even more for practice (no points).
3/11
Several HW problems 24:42, 45, 46, and 49
V for point charges
3/12
review 23-24 as needed
Finish 1-7 from today's handout
3/14
More on capacitance
Intro to circuits
read 26.5-6 as needed
read 27.1, 4, 28.1 as needed
3/15
read 25-26 as needed
3/18
Current and intro to circuits
read 27.1, 4, 28.1 as needed
Do (in MP) probs: 26.21, 22, 31, 33, 45, 66, 28.22, 23
3/19
Resistors in Series
emf and internal r
charging a capacitor
read 28.4 as needed
read 28.5 as needed
read 26.5-6 as needed
3/19
Resistors in Series
emf and internal r
charging a capacitor
read 28.4 as needed
read 28.5 as needed
read 26.5-6 as needed
3/22
read Ch 28 as needed
Do (in MP) probs 28.16, 18, 19, 25, 26, 27, 30, 35, 62, and 63
3/25
Suggested courses for Physics and 3+2 majors
$P=IV$ in circuits
Capacitors in series and parallel
Read 28.3 as needed
Read 26.5 as needed
Do these new problems in MP: 28.8, 12, 33, 37
3/26
No class today
Exam 2 practice
Covers Chapter.sections:
Ch 24.1-5, 25.1-2,4-7, 26.1-2,4-6, 27.1-2,5, 28.1-9
Practice problems (not for credit) in MP: 24.31, 33, 37, 42, 44,
25.30, 40, 47, 26.18, 21, 31, 66, 28.46, 49, 52, 59, 70
3/28
Intro to magnetism--demo
Review vector cross product
Ch 29.1-4
4/1
Review Ch 24-28 as needed
4/2
Magnetism, $\vec B$ fields
Read 29.1-4 as needed
Do (in MP) 29.9, 12, 14, 43, 45, 46
4/4
$\vec F = \int I d\vec\ell \times \vec B$
Read 29.8 as needed
4/5
Read 29.7-8 as needed
Do (in MP) 29.26, 33-36
4/8
Ampere's Law
Read 29.6 as needed
4/9
Finish Ampere's Law
torque on current loop in $\vec B$
Read 29.6 as needed
Do (in MP) 29.20, 21, 24, 22, 23, 55, 56
4/11
Charged particles moving in uniform $\vec B$
Read 29.7 as needed
Do (in MP) 29.59, 61
4/12
Read 29.1-4,6-9 as needed
Finish the practice problems.
4/23
magnetic flux
Read 30.3 as needed
4/25
Faraday's and Lenz's Laws
Read 30.3-5 as needed
4/26
Read 30.3-5 as needed
Do (in MP) 30.4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 17
4/29
Maxwell's Eq.s and Electromagnetic waves
Read 31.1-5 as needed
Practice problems (in MP) 29.13, 54, 22, 55, 26, 30.5, 38, 46, 57, 49
4/30
Review Ch 29.1-4,6-9, Ch 30.1-7 as needed
5/2
Ray Optics
Review Ch 34.1-2
5/6
Go over exam 3 in class
Review Ch 29-30 as needed
5/7
Law of refraction
Critical angle
Read 34.3 as needed
Do (in MP) Ch 34: 5, 9, 10, 11, 14
5/9
Ray Diagrams
The Thin Lens Equation
Read 34.5-6 as needed
5/10
Read 34.5-6 as needed
Do (in MP) 34.31, 32, 36, 37
5/13
Wave optics
The Double and Single Slit Experiments
Read 33.1-3 as needed
Do (in MP) 33.2, 3, 4, 5, 16, 17
5/14
Read 33.1-3 as needed
5/17
Review for Final Exam
The practice problems are about one problem per chapter.
So some topics are missing, don't forget my advice is:
review old exams first, then go on to old HW or practice problems or worksheets from class.
Review Ch 22-34
Practice Problems (available for no credit in MP)
22.48. 23.39, 24.11, 37, 25.30, 26.40, 27.38, 29.58, 29.36, 56,
30.37, 34.7, 48, 31, 33.7, 15
Even more optics problems 34.15, 36, 33.8, 17
5/21
10:30am Final Exam
10:30am Final Exam