Fall 2016
PHYS 265 Course Homepage - Richard Gelderman
Date
Discussion Topics and Reading
PHYS 266 Labs
M
8/22
model of traveling waves, sinusoidal waves [20.1 - 20.4]
Digital Oscilloscope
W
8/24
sound & light, Doppler effect [20.5, 20.7]
R
8/25
superposition and standing waves [21.1 - 21.4]
F
8/26
interference [21.5, 21.7]
M
8/29
thin films [21.6]
Speed of Sound
W
8/31
double slit interference, diffraction gratings [22.2, 22.3]
R
9/1
diffraction [22.4, 22.5]
F
9/2
reflection and refraction [23.1 - 23.3]
M
9/5
No Class, Labor Day
Labor Day
W
9/7
thin lenses, lens maker's equation [23.6, 23.7]
R
9/8
refracted images and dispersion [23.4 23.5]
F
9/9
spherical mirrors [23.8]
M
9/12
lenses in combination [24.1 – 24.3]
Diffraction of Light
W
9/14
electric charge, conductors, and insulators [25.1 - 25.3]
R
9/15
Test 1 [Ch. 21, 22, 23 & 24]
F
9/16
force due to electric charge [25.4]
M
9/19
electric field [25.5, 26.1]
Wavelength By Diffraction Grating
W
9/21
continuous charge distributions [26.4, 26.5]
R
9/22
calculating electric field [26.2, 26.3]
F
9/23
motion of charges in electric field [26.6]
M
9/26
symmetry, electric flux [27.1 - 27.3]
Elementary Optics
W
9/28
conductors in electrostatic equilibrium [27.6]
R
9/29
Gauss's law [27.4, 27.5]
F
9/30
connecting potential and field [29.1 - 29.4]
M
10/3
electric potential energy [28.1 - 28.3]
Electric Fields, Expt. 1
W
10/5
electric potential [28.4, 28.5]
R
10/6
No Class, Fall Break
F
10/7
No Class, Fall Break
M
10/10
calculating electric potential [28.6, 28.7]
Ohm's Law P
W
10/12
capacitance, capacitors, and energy storage [29.5, 29.6]
R
10/13
Test 2 [Ch. 25, 26, 27, & 28]
F
10/14
dielectrics [29.7]
M
10/17
capacitor circuits in series [29.6]
Power Transfer
W
10/19
capacitor circuits in series and parallel [29.6]
R
10/20
model of conduction [30.1 - 30.3]
F
10/21
resistivity, resistance, and Ohm's Law [30.4, 30.5]
M
10/24
resistors in series and parallel [31.4 - 31.6]
Resistors in Series and Parallel
W
10/26
resistance, energy, and power [31.1 31.3]
R
10/27
direct current circuits [31.7]
F
10/28
multi-loop circuits [31.7, 31.2]
M
10/31
Review
Wheatstone Bridge
W
11/2
magnetism, magnetic field from moving charge [32.1 - 32.3, 32.10]
R
11/3
Test 3 [Ch. 29, 30, & 31]
F
11/4
magnetic field due to wires and current loops [32.4, 32.5]
M
11/7
solenoids and Ampere's Law [32.6]
Election Day
W
11/9
magnetic force on moving charges [32.7, 32.8]
R
11/10
induced currents and motional emf [33.1 - 33.2]
F
11/11
Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law [33.3 - 33.6]
M
11/14
RC Circuits [31.9]
Induced EMF
W
11/16
inductors and field energy [33.7 - 33.8]
R
11/17
LC circuits [33.9]
F
11/18
LR circuits [33.10]
M
11/21
RLC circuits [35.5]
Thanksgiving
W
11/23
alternating current, phasors [35.1 - 35.4]
R
11/24
No Class, Thanksgiving Holiday
F
11/25
No Class, Thanksgiving Holiday
M
11/28
alternating current circuits [35.6]
RC and RL Circuits
W
11/30
Maxwell's equations for electromagnetism [34.1 – 34.5]
R
12/1
Test 4 [Ch. 32, 33, 34, & 35]
F
12/2
properties of electromagnetic waves [34.6, 34.7]
R
12/08
Final Exam 1:00-3:00