Spring 2010
PHYS 265 Course Homepage - Richard Gelderman
Date
Discussion Topics and Reading
PHYS 266 Labs
M
1/25
Introduction, Electric Charge [21.1 - 21.2]
Intro Meeting
W
1/27
Conductors & Insulators, Electric Force [21.2 - 21.3]
R
1/28
Coulomb's Law for Point Charges [21.3 - 21.4]
F
1/29
Calculating the Electric Field [21.5]
M
2/1
Electric Field due to Continuous Distributions of Charge [21.5 - 21.6]
Electric Fields, Expt. 1
W
2/3
Response of Charge to Electric Field [21.4]
R
2/4
Electric Flux [22.1 - 22.2]
F
2/5
Gauss's Law [22.3 - 22.4]
M
2/8
Charges on Conductors [22.5]
Ohm's Law
W
2/10
Electric Potential Energy, scalar versus vector quantity [23.1]
R
2/11
Electric Potential [23.2]
F
2/12
Calculating Electric Potential [23.3]
M
2/15
Potential due to Charged Conductor [23.4 - 23.5]
Power Transfer
W
2/17
Review: Electric Charge, Force, Field, & Potential
R
2/18
Test 1 [Ch. 21, 22, & 23]
F
2/19
Capacitors, Capacitance, Energy Storage [24.1, 24.3]
M
2/22
Dielectrics [24.4]
Resistors in Series and Parallel
W
2/24
Combinations of Capacitors [24.2]
R
2/25
Electric Current and Resistance [25.1 - 25.3]
F
2/26
Resistance and Simple Circuits [25.4]
M
3/1
Resistors in Series and Parallel, Kirchoff's Laws [26.1 - 26.2]
Wheatstone Bridge
W
3/3
Multi-Loop Circuits [26.3]
R
3/4
Review: Capacitance, Resistance, and Circuit Analysis
F
3/5
Test 2 [Ch. 24, 25, & 26]
M
3/15
Magnetism, Magnetic Field Lines [27.1 - 27.3]
Temperature Dependance of Resistivity
W
3/17
Motion of Charged Particles in a Field [27.4 - 27.5]
R
3/18
Magnetic Force on Current Carrying Wire [27.6]
F
3/19
Magnetic Field of a Moving Charge [28.1]
M
3/22
B-Field of a Current Carrying Conductor [28.2 - 28.3]
Current Balance
W
3/24
B-Field of a Current Carrying Loop [28.4 - 28.5]
R
3/25
Ampere's Law [28.6 - 28.7]
F
3/26
Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law [29.1 - 29.3]
M
3/29
Motional EM Force and Induced Fields [29.4 - 29.5]
Induced EMF
W
3/31
Eddy Currents and Displacement Currents [29.6 - 29.7]
R
4/1
Mutual Inductance and Self Inductance [30.1 - 30.3]
F
4/2
RC Circuits [26.4]
M
4/5
R-L and L-C Circuits [30.4 - 30.5]
RC and RL Circuits
W
4/7
L-R-C Series Circuit [30.6]
R
4/8
Alternating Current [31.1 - 31.2]
F
4/9
Power in AC Circuits [31.3 - 31.4]
M
4/12
Resonance in AC Circuits [31.5]
Elementary Optics
W
4/14
Transformers [31.6]
R
4/15
Test 3 [Ch. 27, 28, 29, 30, & 31]
F
4/16
Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves [32.1]
M
4/19
The Speed of Light and Sinusoidal EM Waves [32.2 - 32.3]
Diffraction of Light
W
4/21
Reflection and Refraction of Light [33.1 - 33.2, 34.1]
R
4/22
Fiber Optics and Polarization [33.3 - 33.5]
F
4/23
Reflection and Refraction at a Spherical Surface [34.2 - 34.3]
M
4/26
Lenses, The Eye, and Optical Instruments [34.4 - 34.8]
Wavelength By Diffraction Grating
W
4/28
Interference of Electromagnetic Waves [35.1 - 35.2]
R
4/29
Diffraction of Light [36.1 - 36.2]
F
4/30
Multiple Slit Diffraction [36.4]
M
5/3
The Diffraction Grating [36.5]
Lab Final Exam
W
5/5
R
5/6
Test 4 [Ch. 32, 33, 34, 35 & 36]
F
5/7
Review