Physics 4 Syllabus 2005
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Date |
Topic |
Reading |
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Wed January 26 |
Introduction; Electric charge 1. Balloon ( to stick to wall ) |
Sects. 21-1,2 |
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Fri January 28 |
Coulomb's Law and Electric Fields Conservation of charge |
Sects. 21-3,4 |
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Mon January 31 |
Electric field calculations Demos: 1. E-Field Lines. (Me to do). |
Sects. 21-5,6 |
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Wed Feb.2 |
Electric field lines and Dipoles Demo: 5C20.33 Torque on a dipole between two plates. |
Sects. 21-6,7 |
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Fri Feb. 4 |
Introduction to Gauss' Law No demo. |
Sects. 22-1,2,3 |
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Mon Feb. 7 |
Calculations with Gauss' Law Props for Gauss' Law; plane, rod, tube, sphere, bag. |
Sects. 22-4 |
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Wed Feb. 9 |
Gauss' Law and Conductors Demo: 5B20.15 Gauss' Law. |
Sect. 22-5 Sects 23-1,2 |
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Fri Feb. 11 |
Calculating Electric Potential No Demo |
Sects. 23-3,4 |
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Mon Feb. 14 |
Capacitors Big Bang Capacitor |
Sects. 24-1,2 |
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Wed Feb. 16 |
more on capacitors 5C10.20, caps in series and parallel |
Sect. 24-3 Sects. 25-1,2,3 |
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Fri Feb. 18 |
emf and energy in electric circuits Demos: Resistance Slide wire |
Sects. 25-4,5 |
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Feb. 21 |
NO CLASS, Washington's Birthday |
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Wed Feb. 23 |
DC circuits Demo: 5F20.49, 5F20.50 3 circuit puzzlers |
Sect. 26-1,2,3 |
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Fri Feb. 25 |
resistance-capacitance circuits 5F30.60 RC Flasher |
Sect. 26-4 |
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Mon Feb. 28 |
conceptual review |
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Tue March 1 |
Exam I review (7-9 PM) |
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Wed March 2 |
NO LECTURE |
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Fri March 4 |
5H30.10, Crookes tube and magnet 5H40.30, Jumping wire 5H15.10, B field around a wire 5H40.10 Parallel current wires |
Sects. 27-1,2 |
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March 7 |
Magnetic fields II Demo: 5H30.10 Crookes tube and magnet |
Sects. 27-3,4,5 |
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March 9 |
Magnetic fields III 5K40.10, Torque on a loop. 5H40.30 5H40.30, Jumping wire
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Sects. 27-6,7 |
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March 11 |
Sources of magnetic field Demo: 5H40.10, Parallel current wires 5H15.10, Current wire and compass 5H40.10 Monopole and filings |
Sects. 28-1,2,3,4 |
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March 14 |
Ampere's Law Demo: 5H25.11 Pick up nails w current coil, use variable DC supply Demo: Long solenoid, ammeter, Variable DC supply, Hall Probe. |
Sects. 28-6,7 |
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March 16 |
Electromagnetic induction Demos: 5K10.20, Coil, magnet, galvo 5K10.30 Induction w Two Coils |
Sects. 29-1,2,3,4 |
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March 18 |
Maxwell's equations Demo: jumping ring |
Sects. 29-5,7 |
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March 21 |
Inductors Demo: 5J20.20 LR Circuit w Lamp (set up under
projector screen w camera) |
Sects. 30-1,2,3,4 |
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March 23 |
More on inductors Electromagnetic waves Java Simulation of
Polarized E&M Plane |
Sects 32-1,2,3 |
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March 25 |
No demo. |
Sects. 32-4,6 |
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3/26-4/3 |
SPRING BREAK |
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April 4 |
Geometric optics 6A42.10, Refraction block prism, 6A44.11, Triangle 6A44.20, Refraction tank 6A44.40, Light pipes 6A44.45 Laser waterfall |
Sects. 33-1,2,3 |
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April 6 |
Mirrors 6A20.30, Lamp in socket real image 6A20.35 Optical mirage real iamge coin |
Sects. 34-1, 2 |
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April 8 |
Thin Lenses; the eye Demos: 6A60.10, magnifier, convex concave lens, curved mirror |
Sec. 34-4,6 |
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April 11 |
Conceptual Review ; Exam II Review (7-9pm) |
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April 12 |
Exam II: 7-9pm, Chapters 27-30, 32-34 |
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April 13 |
Wave interference Demos: 1. 3B50.10, Ripple tank (upside down camera) |
Sects. 35-1,2 |
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April 15 |
NO CLASS |
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April 18 |
Origins of quantum mechanics Demo: 7A10.00 Photoelectric effect w 1P39 |
Sects. 38-1,2 |
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April 20 |
Atomic line spectra Demo: blackbody radiation, 7B10.10 Sun Bulb on variac. |
Sects. 38-3,4,5,8,9 |
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April 22 |
Wave nature of matter I Na abdorption emission, H2, He line spectra gas
emission. |
Sects. 39-1,2 |
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April 25 |
No class. Passover.
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Sects. 39- 3,5 |
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April 27 |
Demo: 7A55.20 single photon interference 7A60.10 Electron diffraction.
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Sect. 40-1 |
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April 29 |
Wave nature of matter II Demo: 3B22.10 Vibrating string.
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May 2 |
Quantum mechanics Review |
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May 4 |
Review |
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