PHYS 2020 Spring 2015
Algebra-based Introductory Physics II

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Schedule

For my LECTURE NOTES and CLICKER QUESTIONS, please follow the "Lecture Info" tab up top.

Pretty much every week:
prelab is due when you walk in to your lab,
CAPA is due Wed night,
Written Homework is due in the correct slot of the wooden bin in the helproom Friday@3 PM.

 

For an alternative table with my notes, please see the Lecture Info -> Lecture notes tab!!

 

Week
Dates
Material
Events
  1
  Jan 12-16

  Charges, Electrostatics

(Giancoli Ch 16.1-5)

  Introduction, Lab 0 (no prelab is required ahead of time, for this week we will provide you with the writeup too), CAPA 1 (Wed)
  2
  Jan 19-23
  Coulomb's Law, Electric Fields
(Giancoli Ch 16.6-8)
  Lab 1, CAPA 2 (Wed), Written HW 1 (Fri)
From here on - please print and bring your prelab with you to lab, AND ALSO print and bring the full lab writeup with you - we will NOT provide you with copies.
  3
  Jan 26-30

  E Field Lines, Potential

(Giancoli Ch 16.9, and 17.1-3)

  Lab 2, CAPA 3 (Wed), HW 2 (Fri)
  4
  Feb 2-6

  Potential, Capacitance

(Giancoli 17.4-.5, and .7-.9)

  Lab 3, CAPA 4 (Wed), HW 3 (Fri)
  5
  Feb 9-13

  Current, Resistance

  (Giancoli 18.1-6)
 Exam 1 Thursday evening.
Review (and makeup) in Lab, CAPA 5 (Wed) (short, with optional practice q's)
No written HW this week!
  6
  Feb 16-20

  DC Circuits
(Giancoli 19.1-4,19.7

skipping 19.5-6)

  Lab 5, CAPA 6 (Wed), HW 4 (Fri)
  7
  Feb 23-27
Circuits and meters(19.8), Start Magnetism
(Giancoli 20.1 for today)
  Lab 6, CAPA 7 (Wed), HW 5 (Fri)
  8
  Mar 2-6
  Magnetism (Giancoli 20.2-7. We will skip 20.8, and do 20.9 only conceptually) 20.10-12 (Maybe continuing to next week? Let's see...)   Lab 7, CAPA 8 (Wed), HW 6 (Fri)
  9
  Mar 9-13

Wrap up magnetic fields, start on Faraday's Law (Giancoli 21.1-3)

 Exam 2 Thursday evening, Review (and makeup) in Lab, CAPA 9 (Wed) (short, with optional practice q's)
No written HW this week!
  10
  Mar 16-20
Lenz' law, Generators, and Transformers (Giancoli 21.4,5, 21.6 qualitatively, 21.7. 21.8 is cool, nice applications, take a look. We will not cover 21.9-14)   Lab week 9, CAPA 10 (Wed), HW 7 (Fri)
  11
  Mar 23-27
  Rest and Sunshine   Spring Break!
  12
  Mar 30 - Apr 3
Wrap up Faraday (Monday), start on Electromagnetic Waves and light this week. (Giancoli 22.1-3, and 22.7. We will skip 22.4-6)   Lab week 10, CAPA 11 (Wed), HW 8 (Fri)
  13
  Apr 6-10
  Optics (Giancoli Ch 23, we will skip 23.3 and 23.10, and we'll continue with this topic into the start of next week)   Lab 11, CAPA 12 (Wed), HW 9 (Fri)
  14
  Apr 13-17
Optics (Giancoli 23.7, 23.8, 25.2)
 Exam 3 Thursday evening,
Review (and makeup) in Lab, CAPA 13 (Wed) (short, with optional practice q's)
No written HW this week!
  15
  Apr 20-24
Finishing optics, eyes and devices. (25.3)
Iintroduce "physical optics" and interference (Giancoli 24.1-3)
  Lab 13, CAPA 14 (Wed), HW 9 (Fri) (last one)
Extra Credit Survey.
  16
  Apr 27 - May 1
Interference and diffraction, some fun stuff, and/or review!
Final will be Tuesday morning (7:30 AM!) in Coors.
Lab 14 is Review and Makeup, attendance required as usual, CAPA 15 (Wed, last one! Short, with optional practice q's at end. We extended the due data to Friday@5 PM if you need it) The extra credit survey from last week will be open up till that CAPA set is due...