Fall 2016
PHYS 265 Course Homepage - Richard Gelderman
Date
Discussion Topics and Reading
PHYS 266 Labs
M
8/27
model of traveling waves, sinusoidal waves [20.1 - 20.4]
Digital Oscilloscope
T
8/28
sound & light, Doppler effect [20.5, 20.7]
W
8/29
superposition and standing waves [21.1 - 21.4]
R
8/30
optional problem solving session
F
8/31
interference [21.5, 21.7]
M
9/3
No Class, Labor Day
Labor Day
T
9/4
thin films [21.6]
W
9/5
double slit interference, diffraction gratings [22.2, 22.3]
R
9/6
optional problem solving session
F
9/7
diffraction [22.4, 22.5]
M
9/10
reflection and refraction [23.1 - 23.3]
Speed of Sound
T
9/11
thin lenses, lens maker's equation [23.6, 23.7]
W
9/12
refracted images and dispersion [23.4 23.5]
R
9/13
optional problem solving session
F
9/14
spherical mirrors [23.8]
M
9/17
lenses in combination [24.1 – 24.3]
Diffraction of Light
T
9/18
W
9/19
electric charge, conductors, and insulators [25.1 - 25.3]
R
9/20
Test 1 [Ch. 21, 22, 23 & 24]
F
9/21
force due to electric charge [25.4]
M
9/24
electric field [25.5, 26.1]
Wavelength By Diffraction Grating
T
9/25
continuous charge distributions [26.4, 26.5]
W
9/26
calculating electric field [26.2, 26.3]
R
9/27
invitation only - recitation section
F
9/28
motion of charges in electric field [26.6]
M
10/1
symmetry, electric flux [27.1 - 27.3]
Elementary Optics
T
10/2
conductors in electrostatic equilibrium [27.6]
W
10/3
Gauss's law [27.4, 27.5]
F
10/5
connecting potential and field [29.1 - 29.4]
M
10/8
electric potential energy [28.1 - 28.3]
Electric Fields, Expt. 1
T
10/9
electric potential [28.4, 28.5]
W
10/10
F
10/12
No Class, Fall Break
M
10/15
calculating electric potential [28.6, 28.7]
Ohm's Law P
T
10/16
Test 2 [Ch. 25, 26, 27, & 28]
W
10/17
capacitance, capacitors, and energy storage [29.5, 29.6]
R
10/17
dielectrics [29.7]
F
10/19
capacitor circuits in series [29.6]
M
10/22
capacitor circuits in series and parallel [29.6]
Power Transfer
T
10/23
model of conduction [30.1 - 30.3]
W
10/24
resistivity, resistance, and Ohm's Law [30.4, 30.5]
F
10/26
resistors in series and parallel [31.4 - 31.6]
M
10/29
resistance, energy, and power [31.1 31.3]
Resistors in Series and Parallel
T
10/30
direct current circuits [31.7]
W
10/31
multi-loop circuits [31.7, 31.2]
F
11/2
magnetism, magnetic field from moving charge [32.1 - 32.3, 32.10]
M
11/5
magnetic field due to wires and current loops [32.4, 32.5]
Wheatstone Bridge
T
11/6
solenoids and Ampere's Law [32.6]
W
11/7
magnetic force on moving charges [32.7, 32.8]
R
11/8
Test 3 [Ch. 29, 30, 31, & 32]
F
11/9
induced currents and motional emf [33.1 - 33.2]
M
11/12
Faraday's Law [33.3 - 33.6]
Current Balance
T
11/13
Lenz's Law [33.3 - 33.6]
W
11/14
inductors and field energy [33.7 - 33.8]
F
11/16
M
11/19
RC Circuits [31.9]
Induced EMF
T
11/20
LC circuits [33.9]
W
11/21
LR circuits [33.10]
F
11/23
No Class, Thanksgiving Holiday
M
11/26
RLC circuits [35.5]
RC and RL circuits
T
11/27
alternating current, phasors [35.1 - 35.4]
W
11/28
alternating current circuits [35.6]
F
11/30
Maxwell's equations for electromagnetism [34.1 – 34.5]
M
12/3
properties of electromagnetic waves [34.6, 34.7]
Lab Final
T
12/4
Test 4 [Ch. 32, 33, 34, & 35]
W
12/5
review
F
12/7
M
12/10
Final Exam 10:30-12:30