Week 20 (Jan. 5 - 9)
Reading: Temperature (Chap. 19)
Key Topics: temperature measurement, thermometry, thermal expansion, ideal gasses...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: temperature measurement, thermometry, thermal expansion, ideal gasses...see more info for this week.
Week 21 (Jan. 12 - 16)
Reading: Heat and the First Law (Chap. 20)
Key Topics: ideal gasses, isobaric and isothermal expansion, heat conduction, convection, and radiation. ...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: ideal gasses, isobaric and isothermal expansion, heat conduction, convection, and radiation. ...see more info for this week.
Week 22 (Jan. 19 - 23)
Reading: Heat engines, Entropy, and the second law (Chap. 22)
Key Topics: the first and second laws of thermodynamics, specific heat capacity, latent heat, calorimetry, entropy, disorder,...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: the first and second laws of thermodynamics, specific heat capacity, latent heat, calorimetry, entropy, disorder,...see more info for this week.
Week 23 (Jan. 26 - 30)
Reading: Magnetic fields (Chap. 29)
Key Topics: magnetic poles, earth's magnetic field, magnetic materials, ferromagnetism, paramagnetism, curie temperature, ...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: magnetic poles, earth's magnetic field, magnetic materials, ferromagnetism, paramagnetism, curie temperature, ...see more info for this week.
Week 24 (Feb. 2 - 6)
Reading: Electric fields (Chap. 23)
Lab: Magnetism lab
Key Topics: Electric charge, triboelectricity, insulators and conductors, coulomb's law, electric fields...see more info for this week.
Lab: Magnetism lab
Key Topics: Electric charge, triboelectricity, insulators and conductors, coulomb's law, electric fields...see more info for this week.
Week 25 (Feb. 9 - 13)
Reading: Finish electric fields and electric potential. Begin capacitance and dielectrics (Chap. 26)
Key Topics: capacitance, calculation of capacitance, capacitors in series and parallel, energy stored in a capacitor, capacitors with dielectrics, ...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: capacitance, calculation of capacitance, capacitors in series and parallel, energy stored in a capacitor, capacitors with dielectrics, ...see more info for this week.
Week 26 (Feb. 16 - 20)
Reading: Current and resistance (Chap. 27)
Key Topics: electric current, resistance, resistivity, ohm's law, joule heating...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: electric current, resistance, resistivity, ohm's law, joule heating...see more info for this week.
Week 27 (Feb. 23 - 27)
Reading: Direct current circuits (Chap. 28)
Key Topics: electromotive force, kirchoff's circuit rules, resistors in parallel and series, ammeters and voltmeters, household wiring...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: electromotive force, kirchoff's circuit rules, resistors in parallel and series, ammeters and voltmeters, household wiring...see more info for this week.
Week 28 (Mar. 2 - 6)
Reading: Finish our work on DC circuits.
Key Topics: DC circuits laboratory, Joule heating, charging and discharging of a capacitor
...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: DC circuits laboratory, Joule heating, charging and discharging of a capacitor
...see more info for this week.
Week 29 (Mar. 9 - 13)
Reading: Faraday's law (Chap. 31)
Key Topics: Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction, Lenz's law, eddy currents, electric motors...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction, Lenz's law, eddy currents, electric motors...see more info for this week.
Week 30 (Mar. 16 - 20)
Reading: The nature of light and the laws of geometric optics (Chap. 35)
Key Topics: the speed of light, ray approximation, reflection, refraction, dispersion, total internal reflection, prisms and rainbows
...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: the speed of light, ray approximation, reflection, refraction, dispersion, total internal reflection, prisms and rainbows
...see more info for this week.
Week 31 (Mar. 23 - 27)
Reading: The nature of light and the laws of geometric optics (Chap. 35)
Key Topics: the speed of light, ray approximation, reflection, refraction, dispersion, total internal reflection, prisms and rainbows
...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: the speed of light, ray approximation, reflection, refraction, dispersion, total internal reflection, prisms and rainbows
...see more info for this week.
Week 32 (Mar 30 - Apr. 3)
Reading: Geometric optics (Chap. 36)
Key Topics: images formed by flat mirrors, spherical mirrors, lenses, the thin lens equation, the human eye, telescopes
No Class Friday (Easter Break Begins)
...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: images formed by flat mirrors, spherical mirrors, lenses, the thin lens equation, the human eye, telescopes
No Class Friday (Easter Break Begins)
...see more info for this week.
Week 34 (Apr. 13 - 17)
Reading: Electromagnetic waves (Chap. 34)
Key Topics: young's two slit experiment, Maxwell, Hertz, and the discovery of electromagnetic waves, production and detection of electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic spectrum...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: young's two slit experiment, Maxwell, Hertz, and the discovery of electromagnetic waves, production and detection of electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic spectrum...see more info for this week.
Week 35 (Apr. 20 - 24)
Reading: Interference of light waves (Chap. 37)
Key Topics: electromagnetic waves, intensity, interference, and polarization...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: electromagnetic waves, intensity, interference, and polarization...see more info for this week.
Week 36 (Apr. 27 - May 1)
Reading: Interference of light waves (Chap. 37)
Key Topics: electromagnetic waves, intensity, interference, and polarization...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: electromagnetic waves, intensity, interference, and polarization...see more info for this week.
Week 37 (May 4 - 8)
Reading: Radioactivity
Key Topics: x-rays, cathode rays, JJ Thompson's experiments, Rutherford's experiments, alpha rays, beta rays, gamma rays, radioactive decay,
...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: x-rays, cathode rays, JJ Thompson's experiments, Rutherford's experiments, alpha rays, beta rays, gamma rays, radioactive decay,
...see more info for this week.
Week 38 (May 11 - 15)
Reading: Atomic physics (Chap. 42)
Key Topics: the Balmer series and atomic spectra, the photoelectric effect, early models of the atom and atomic transitions,
...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: the Balmer series and atomic spectra, the photoelectric effect, early models of the atom and atomic transitions,
...see more info for this week.