PHYS 2020 Spring 2016
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 (and you should print and bring the lab writeup),
CAPA is due Wed night,
Written Homework is due in the correct slot of the wooden bin in the helproom Friday@3 PM.

 

 

Week
Dates
Material
Events
  1
  Jan 11-15

  Charges, Electrostatics

(Read: Giancoli Ch 16.1-5)

Here and all future weeks: if you prefer, use my lecture notes for the chapter - see Lecture Info Tab (top of page) to find those!

  Introduction, Lab 0 (no prelab is required ahead of time), CAPA 1 (Wed) For all future weeks, see the Lab schedule page to find prelabs and to download labs.
  2
  Jan 18-22
  Coulomb's Law, Electric Fields
(Read: 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 25-29

  E Field Lines, then intro to Potential

(Read: Giancoli Ch 16.9 for Mon, and then 17.1-3 for Wed, 17.4-5 for Friday)

  Lab 2, CAPA 3 (Wed), Written HW 2 (Fri)
  4
  Feb 1-5

  Potential, Capacitance

(Giancoli 17.5, and .7-.9 this week)

  Lab 3, CAPA 4 (Wed), HW 3 (Fri)
  5
  Feb 8-12

  Current, Resistance

  (Giancoli 18.1-6)
 Exam 1 Thursday evening.
Review (and makeup) in Lab, CAPA 5 (Wed) (short, with optional practice q's. Mastering Physics has perhaps better practice q's)
No written HW this week!
  6
  Feb 15-19

  DC Circuits
(Giancoli 19.1-4,19.7

skipping 19.5-6)

  Lab 5, CAPA 6 (Wed), HW 4 (Fri)
  7
  Feb 22-26
Circuits and meters(19.8), Start Magnetism
(Giancoli 20.1)
  Lab 6, CAPA 7 (Wed), HW 5 (Fri)
  8
  Feb 29 - Mar 4
  Magnetism (Giancoli 20.2-7. We will skip 20.8, and do 20.9 only conceptually) 20.10-12 (Continuing to next week   Lab 7, CAPA 8 (Wed), HW 6 (Fri)
  9
  Mar 7-11

Wrap up magnetic fields, then 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 14-18
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 21-25
  Rest and Sunshine   Spring Break!
  12
Mar 28 - Apr 1
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 4-8
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 11-15

Optics (Giancoli 23.7, 23.8, 25.2)

Class activity (on paper) today.

 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 18-22
Finishing optics, eyes and devices. (25.3)
Introduce "physical optics" and interference (Giancoli 24.1-3)
  Lab 13, CAPA 14 (Wed), HW 9 (Fri) (This will be the last written hw, but there will still be one last CAPA next week)
Extra Credit Survey.
  16
  Apr 25 - Apr 29
Interference and diffraction, some fun stuff, and/or review!
Final will be Thursday morning (7:30 AM!) in various rooms - see exam info page to know where to go!!
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...