Physics 204 Spring 2005 Schedule

Wk Lec # Date Day Act Homework Chptr Description
  1 24-Jan Mon   16-6 Charges, insulators, conductors [disc: Coulomb's Law]
  25-Jan Tue Questions Ch. 16   Discussion on Coulomb's law
1 2 26-Jan Wed   16-9 Electric fields
  27-Jan Thu     Lab: Electroscope (ch 16)
  3 28-Jan Fri Quiz 16:5,8,12,20,28,34,59,61,64,69 17-1 Charged particle motion, electric potential
  4 31-Jan Mon   17-5 Potential of point charges
  1-Feb Tue Questions Ch. 17   Lab: Mapping of electric fields (ch 16)
2 5 2-Feb Wed   17-9 Capacitors
  3-Feb Thu      
  6 4-Feb Fri Quiz 17:1,4,8,14,19,20,32,37,47,70 18-3 Ohm's Law
  7 7-Feb Mon   18-6 Electric power
  8-Feb Tue Questions Ch. 18   Lab: Capacitors (ch 17) NY Times
3 8 9-Feb Wed Quiz   19-2 DC circuits bonus pts:
  10-Feb Thu       10
  9 11-Feb Fri   18:3,11,14,20,26,33,58,61,62,70 19-3 Kirchoff's rules 9
  10 14-Feb Mon   19-6 RC circuits 8
  15-Feb Tue Questions Ch. 19   Lab: Ohm's Law (ch 18) 7
4 11 16-Feb Wed Quiz   20-1 Magnets and magnetic fields 6
  17-Feb Thu       5
  12 18-Feb Fri   19:7,17,24,27,31,37,38,51,80,87 20-5 Currents and magnetic fields 4
  13 21-Feb Mon Text Sections on Exam 20-7 Magnetic forces 3
  22-Feb Tue Questions Ch. 20   No Lab 2
5 14 23-Feb Wed   21-2 Faraday's law 1
  24-Feb Thu     Exam I: Chapters 16-19  6:30-8:30 pm
  15 25-Feb Fri Quiz 20:1,8,16,24,27,29,41,78,82,85 21-5 Electromagnetic induction
  16 28-Feb Mon   21-7 Transformers
  1-Mar Tue Questions Ch. 21   Lab: Earth's magnetic field (ch 20) NY Times
6 17 2-Mar Wed Quiz   22-1 Maxwell's equations bonus pts:
  3-Mar Thu       10
  18 4-Mar Fri   21:4,13,17,33,36,74,75,78,80,82 22-4 Electromagnetic radiation 9
  19 7-Mar Mon   23-3 Light reflection 8
  8-Mar Tue Questions Ch. 22   Lab: Electric motors and generators (ch 21) 7
7 20 9-Mar Wed Quiz   23-6 Light refraction 6
  10-Mar Thu       5
  21 11-Mar Fri   22:7,11,13,16,17,21,27,28,36,47 23-8 Thin lenses 4
  22 14-Mar Mon Text Sections on Exam 23-8 Catch up and review 3
  15-Mar Tue Questions Ch. 23   No Lab 2
8 23 16-Mar Wed Quiz   24-1 Huygens' principle 1
  17-Mar Thu 23:4,11,21,23,32,38,45,48,73,86   Exam II: Chapters 20-23  6:30-8:30 pm
  24 18-Mar Fri     24-6 Interference and diffraction
9             March 19-27 Spring Break
  25 28-Mar Mon   24-10 Thin films and polarization
  29-Mar Tue Questions Ch. 24   Lab: Plane and spherical mirrors (ch 23)
10 26 30-Mar Wed Quiz   25-1 Cameras
  31-Mar Thu      
  27 1-Apr Fri   24:1,11,21,28,54,61,77,83,85,87 25-4 Optical instruments
  28 4-Apr Mon   25-9 Optical resolution, frames of reference
  5-Apr Tue Questions Ch.25   Lab: Thin lenses (ch 23) NY Times
11 29 6-Apr Wed Quiz   26-1 Galilean-Newtonian relativity, Einstein's postulates bonus pts:
  7-Apr Thu       10
  30 8-Apr Fri   25: 4,5,16,24,33,37,51,58,63,73 26-5 Einstein's special theory of relativity 9
  31 11-Apr Mon   26-10 Relativistic mechanics 8
  12-Apr Tue Questions Ch.26   No Lab 7
12 32 13-Apr Wed Quiz   27-2 Blackbody radiation 6
  14-Apr Thu       5
  33 15-Apr Fri   26:4,5,19,25,33,37,47,68,70,72 27-4 Photoelectric effect and the wave nature of matter 4
  34 18-Apr Mon Text Sections on Exam 27-13 Atomic models 3
  19-Apr Tue Questions Ch.27   No Lab 2
13 35 20-Apr Wed Quiz   27-13 Catch up and review 1
  21-Apr Thu 27:6,10,20,41,42,55,69,80,83,86   Exam III: Chapters 24-27  6:30-8:30 pm
  36 22-Apr Fri     28-2 Quantum mechanics
  37 25-Apr Mon   28-8 The QM model of the atom
  26-Apr Tue Questions Ch.28   Lab: Diffraction grating (chs 24 and 27)
14 38 27-Apr Wed Quiz   29-2 Molecular bonds
  28-Apr Thu      
  39 29-Apr Fri   28: 1,4,15,37,54,55,59 29-6 Molecular spectra and solids
  40 2-May Mon   29-9 Transistors, structure of the nucleus
  3-May Tue Questions Ch.29   Makeup lab
15 41 4-May Wed Quiz   30-1 Radioactive decay
  5-May Thu      
  42 6-May Fri   29: 4,7,9,16,21,22,24,30,32,35 30-8 Binding energy, exponential decay
  43 9-May Mon Text Sections on Exam 30-11 Radioactive dating
  10-May Tue Questions Ch.30   Lab: Radioactive decay (ch 30)
16 44 11-May Wed Quiz   30-11 Course evaluations
  12-May Thu      
  45 13-May Fri   30: 7,13,14,26,30,37,43,59,74,76   Review for exam
17   18-May Wed     FINAL EXAM:  Chapters 28-30, comprehensive  12:30 PM