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The calendar is updated as we move through the quarter (don't trust what is written beyond the current week).
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Welcome. What to expect in this class. Rotational motion: angular/linear velocity and acceleration Read chapter 12.1
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Tutorial p 57-60: rotational motion, dynamics of rigid bodies. |
Center of mass, moment of inertia Read chapter 12.2-4 |
Tutorial p 61-64: rotational motion, dynamics of rigid bodies. |
Torque, Newton's law for rotation Read 12.5-6 Pre-reading due (see Mastering Physics) Hw1 due 9/28 |
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Rotation about a fixed axis Read 12.7-8 Pre-reading due (see Mastering Physics) |
Tutorial p 65-68: equilibrium of rigid bodies (TShape dimensions) |
Rigid body equilibrium Hw2 (part 1) due |
Lab: Moment of inertia, swinging stick |
Rolling motion instantaneous center of zero velocity, cycloid trajectory rotating ruler (see tutorial homework) Read 12.9 Hw2 (part 2) due 10/5 |
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Angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum Read 12.10-11 Pre-reading due (see Mastering Physics) |
Tutorial: angular momentum |
Oscillations (pendulum, mass on a spring), simple harmonic motion Read 15.1-2 Hw3 (part 1) due |
Lab: Inertial balance, springs |
Energy in oscillations, dynamics of oscillations, examples Read 15.3-6 Hw3 (part 2) due 10/12 |
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Wave model Read 16.1-2 Pre-reading due (see Mastering Physics) |
Tutorial p 137: traveling waves (bring your tutorial book) |
Sinusoidal waves, 2D, 3D waves, sound and light waves Read 16.3-5 Hw4 (part 1) due |
Lab: sound waves |
Principle of superposition, standing waves, beats Read 17.1-2, 8 (program shown in class + Mathematica animation) Hw4 due (part 2) due 10/19 |
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No class Pre-reading due (see Mastering Physics) |
Tutorial p 141: reflection and transmission (bring your tutorial book) check this animation |
Power, Doppler effect (animation: Doppler, beats) Read 16.8-9 Hw5 (part 1) due |
Lab: standing waves |
Oct 25 Mathematics of interference Superposition examples Read 17.3-7 Hw5 due (part 2) due 10/26 |
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Read 31.5-6 Pre-reading due (see Mastering Physics) |
Tutorial p 149: EM waves (bring your tutorial book) |
No class: college development day Hw6 (part 1) due |
Exam 1 chapters 12, 15 16 |
EM waves, AC current Read 32.1-3 Hw6 (part 2) due 11/2 |
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AC current, RC circuits: extra credit MasteringPhysics Read 32.1-3 Pre-reading due (see Mastering Physics) |
Tutorial: pp 181-184 two-source interference (bring your tutorial book) Check this applet |
RLC circuits: examples Read 32.4-5 Hw7 (part 1) due |
Lab: RLC circuits |
2-slit interference pattern Tutorial: pp 185-188 wave properties of light Read 33.1-2 Hw7 (part 2) due 11/9 |
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Veterans' Day Pre-reading due (see Mastering Physics) | Nov 12 Tutorial: p 189-193 multiple slit interference |
Multiple slit interference Read 33.3 Hw8 (part 1) due |
Tutorial: pp 195-200 single slit diffraction. |
Single slit diffraction Read 33.4-5 interference and diffraction with Mathematica Hw8 (part 2) due 11/16 |
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Polarization Read 31.7 Tutorial: polarization pp 213-216 (bring your tutorial book) Pre-reading due (see Mastering Physics) |
Nov 19 Tutorial pp 201-205: combined interference and diffraction (bring your tutorial book). |
Tutorial pp 201-205: combined interference and diffraction (bring your tutorial book). Hw9 due (part 1) |
Exam 2 chapters 16, 17, 31, and 32.
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Nov 22
Tutorial: thin film interference pp 207-211 (bring your tutorial book.) Read (again) 17.6 Hw9 (part 2) due 11/23 |
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Tutorial: light and shadow pp 155-158 (bring your tutorial book) Read 34.1 Reflection: plane mirrors pp 159-163 + 168 (bring your tutorial book) Read 34.2 Pre-reading due (see Mastering Physics) |
Lab: Interference, diffraction, and polarization. |
Nov 27 Refraction: ray diagrams pp 169-172 (bring your tutorial book) Read 34.3-4 |
Thanksgiving holiday |
Nov 29 Thanksgiving holiday Hw10 due 11/30 |
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Lenses Read 34.5-6 Pre-reading due (see Mastering Physics) |
Tutorial: Lenses pp 173-176 (bring your tutorial book) |
Dec 4 Lenses, optical instruments Read 35 Hw11 due (part 1) |
Tutorial: Magnification pp 177-180 (bring your tutorial book) |
Review Hw11 (part 2) due 12/7 |
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Finals |
Finals |
Exam 3: 8:00-10:00 am |
Dec 12 |
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