Spring 2008

 

 
  Date
Discussion Topics and Reading
PHYS 266 Labs
W 1/23
Introduction, Electric Charge [21.1 - 21.2]
No Lab
R 1/24
Conductors & Insulators, Electric Force [21.2 - 21.3]
F 1/25
Coulomb's Law for Point Charges
M 1/28
Electric Field due to Point Charges [21.4 - 21.5]

Introduction

W 1/30
Response of Charge to Electric Fields [21.4]
R 1/31
Electric Field due to Continuous Distributions of Charge [21.5]
F 2/1
Electric Flux [22.1 - 22.2]
M 2/4
Gauss's Law [22.3 - 22.4]
Electric Fields, Expt. 1
W 2/6
Charges on Conductors [22.5]
R 2/7
Electric Potential Energy, scalar versus vector quantity [23.1]
F 2/8
Electric Potential [23.2]
M 2/11
Calculating Electric Potential [23.3]
Ohm's Law
W 2/13
Potential due to Charged Conductor [23.4]
R 2/14
E-field from Potential [23.5]
F 2/15
Test 1 [Ch. 21, 22, & 23]
M 2/18
Capacitors and Capacitance [24.1]
Power Transfer
W 2/20
Combinations of Capacitors [24.2]
R 2/21
Capacitors and Energy Storage [24.3]
F 2/22
Dielectrics [24.4]
M 2/25
Electric Current and Resistance [25.1 - 25.3]

Resistors in Series and Parallel

W 2/27
Resistance and Simple Circuits [25.4]
R 2/28
Resistors in Series and Parallel, Kirchoff's Laws [26.1 - 26.2]
F 2/29
Multi-Loop Circuits [26.3]
M 3/3
RC-Circuits [26.4]
Wheatstone Bridge
W 3/5
Magnetism, Magnetic Field Lines [27.1 - 27.3]
R 3/6
Motion of Charged Particles in a Field [27.4 - 27.5]
F 3/7
Force and Torque on a Current Loop [27.7]
M 3/17
Magnetic Force on a Current Carrying Wire [27.8]
Current Balance
W 3/19
Magnetic Field of a Moving Charge [28.1]
R 3/20
Test 2 [Ch. 24, 25, 26, & 27]
F 3/21
B-Field of a Current Carrying Conductor [28.2 - 28.3]
M 3/24
B-Field of a Current Loop [28.4 - 28.5]
Induced EMF
W 3/26
Ampere's Law [28.6 - 28.7]
R 3/27
Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law [29.1 - 29.3]
F 3/28
Motional EM Force and Induced Fields [29.4 - 29.5]
M 3/31
Eddy Currents and Displacement Currents [29.6 - 29.7]
RC and RL Circuits
W 4/2
Mutual Inductance and Self Inductance [30.1 - 30.3]
R 4/3
R-L and L-C Circuits [30.4 - 30.5]
F 4/4
L-R-C Series Circuit [30.6]
M 4/7
Alternating Current [31.1 - 31.2]
Elementary Optics
W 4/9
Power and Resonance in AC Circuits [31.3 - 31.5]
R 4/10
Test 3 [Ch. 28, 29, 30, & 31]
F 4/11
Transformers [31.6]
M 4/14
Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves [32.1]
Diffraction of Light
W 4/16
The Speed of Light and Sinusoidal EM Waves [32.2 - 32.3]
R 4/17
Reflection and Refraction of Light [33.1 - 33.2, 34.1]
F 4/18
Fiber Optics and Polarization [33.3 - 33.5]
M 4/21
Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface [34.2 - 34.3]
Wavelength By Diffraction Grating
W 4/23
Lenses, The Eye, and Optical Instruments [34.4 - 34.8]
R 4/24
Interference of Electromagnetic Waves [35.1 - 35.2]
F 4/25
Diffraction of Light [36.1 - 36.2]
M 4/28
Multiple Slit Diffraction [36.4]
Lab Final Exam
W 4/30
The Diffraction Grating [36.5]
R 5/1
Test 4 [Ch. 32, 33, 34, 35 & 36]
F 5/2
Review
M 5/5
Final Exam, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm, TCCW 251