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Schedule

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  Date Prelectures Bridge Sets Lecture Lecture handouts Lab Discussion Homework Exam
1
Monday
1/14/2019
Prelecture 1 Bridge Sets 1 Lecture 1: Intro & Electric Charge
Reading: 16.1-16.2
pdf ppt
Handout 1
pdf
No Lab      
Tuesday
1/15/2019
        Discussion 1
Discussion 1 Solutions
Welcome to Discussion Presentation
   
Wednesday
1/16/2019
Prelecture 2 Bridge Sets 2 Lecture 2: Coulomb's Law & Electric Dipoles
Reading: 16.3
pdf ppt
Handout 2
pdf
   
Thursday
1/17/2019
           
Friday
1/18/2019
           
2
Monday
1/21/2019
Dr. Martin Luther King holiday
Tuesday
1/22/2019
          Discussion 2
Solutions
Quiz 1 Solutions
   
Wednesday
1/23/2019
Prelecture 3 Bridge Sets 3 Lecture 3: Electric Fields
Reading: 16.4-16.6
pdf ppt
Handout 3
pdf
Lab 1    
Thursday
1/24/2019
        Homework 1 due  
Friday
1/25/2019
           
3
Monday
1/28/2019
Prelecture 4 Bridge Sets 4 Lecture 4: Electric Potential Energy
Reading: 17.1
pdf ppt
Handout 4
pdf
       
Tuesday
1/29/2019
         

Discussion 3
Solutions

Quiz 2 Solutions

   
Wednesday
1/30/2019
Wednesday Classes Cancelled due to Inclement Weather No Lab     
Thursday
1/31/2019
        Homework 2 due
(moved deadline)
 
Friday
2/1/2019
           
4
Monday
2/4/2019
Prelecture 5 Bridge Sets 5 Lecture 5: Electric Potential
Reading: 17.2-17.4
pdf ppt
Handout 5
pdf
       
Tuesday
2/5/2019
         

Discussion 4
Solutions

Quiz 3 Solutions

   
Wednesday
2/6/2019
Prelecture 6 Bridge Sets 6 Lecture 6: Circuit Elements
Reading: 17.5-18.4
pdf ppt
Handout 6
pdf
Lab 2  

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Thursday
2/7/2019
        Homework 3 due
Friday
2/8/2019
         
5
Monday
2/11/2019
Prelecture 7 Bridge Sets 7 Lecture 7: Series & Parallel Circuits
Reading: 18.6, 18.8
pdf ppt
Handout 7
pdf
No Lab
Exam 1
   

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Lectures 1 through 5

Tuesday
2/12/2019
        Discussion 5
Solutions
 
Wednesday
2/13/2019
Prelecture 8 Bridge Sets 8 Lecture 8: Kirchhoff's Rules
Reading: 18.5,18.7
pdf ppt
Handout 8
pdf
 
Thursday
2/14/2019
        Homework 4 due
Now due Sunday,
8:00 AM
Friday
2/15/2019
         
6
Monday
2/18/2019
Prelecture 9 Bridge Sets 9 Lecture 9: RC Circuits
Reading: 18.10
pdf ppt
Handout 9
pdf
       
Tuesday
2/19/2019
         

Discussion 6
Solutions
 

Quiz 4 Solutions

   
Wednesday
2/20/2019
Prelecture 10 Bridge Sets 10 Lecture 10: Magnetic Fields & Forces
Reading: 19.1-19.5
pdf ppt
Handout 10
pdf
Lab 3    
Thursday
2/21/2019
        Homework 5 due  
Friday
2/22/2019
           
7
Monday
2/25/2019
Prelecture 11 Bridge Sets 11 Lecture 11: Magnetic Dipoles & Current Loops
Reading: 19.6-19.7, 19.10
pdf ppt
Handout 11
pdf
       
Tuesday
2/26/2019
          Discussion 7
Solutions

Quiz 5 Solutions
 
   
Wednesday
2/27/2019
Prelecture 12 Bridge Sets 12 Lecture 12: Currents & Magnetism
Reading: 19.8
pdf ppt
Handout 12
pdf
Lab 4    
Thursday
2/28/2019
        Homework 6 due  
Friday
3/1/2019
           
8
Monday
3/4/2019
Prelecture 13 Bridge Sets 13 Lecture 13: Motional EMF & Induction
Reading: 20.1, 20.4
pdf ppt
Handout 13
pdf
       
Tuesday
3/5/2019
          Discussion 8
Solutions

Quiz 6 Solutions
   
Wednesday
3/6/2019
Prelecture 14 Bridge Sets 14 Lecture 14: Faraday's Law
Reading: 20.3, 20.2, 20.6
pdf ppt
Handout 14
pdf
Lab 5    
Thursday
3/7/2019
        Homework 7 due  
Friday
3/8/2019
           
9
Monday
3/11/2019
Prelecture 15 Bridge Sets 15 Lecture 15: EM Waves
Reading: 22.1-22.5, 22.8
pdf ppt
Handout 15
pdf
No Lab
Exam 2
   

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Lectures 6 through 12

Tuesday
3/12/2019
        Discussion 9
Solutions
 
Wednesday
3/13/2019
Prelecture 16 Bridge Sets 16 Lecture 16: EM Wave Energy & Polarization
Reading: 22.6-22.7
pdf ppt
Handout 16
pdf
 
Thursday
3/14/2019
        Homework 8 due
Friday
3/15/2019
         
10
Monday
3/18/2019
Spring Break  
11
Monday
3/25/2019
Prelecture 17 Bridge Sets 17 Lecture 17: Ray Optics
Reading: 23.1-23.3, 23.7
pdf ppt
Handout 17
pdf
       
Tuesday
3/26/2019
          Discussion 10
Solutions

Quiz 7 Solutions
   
Wednesday
3/27/2019
Prelecture 18 Bridge Sets 18 Lecture 18: Spherical Mirrors
Reading: 23.8
pdf ppt
Handout 18
pdf
Lab 6    
Thursday
3/28/2019
        Homework 9 due  
Friday
3/29/2019
           
12
Monday
4/1/2019
Prelecture 19 Bridge Sets 19 Lecture 19: Refraction & Lenses
Reading: 23.4, 23.9
pdf ppt
Handout 19
pdf
       
Tuesday
4/2/2019
         

Discussion 11
Solutions

Quiz 8 Solutions

   
Wednesday
4/3/2019
Prelecture 20 Bridge Sets 20 Lecture 20: Vision & The Eye
Reading: 24.2-24.4
pdf ppt
Handout 20
pdf
Lab 7    
Thursday
4/4/2019
        Homework 10 due  
Friday
4/5/2019
           
13
Monday
4/8/2019
Prelecture 21 Bridge Sets 21 Lecture 21: Optical Instruments
Reading: 24.1, 24.5, 24.7, 23.3
pdf ppt
Handout 21
pdf
       
Tuesday
4/9/2019
         

Discussion 12
Solutions

Quiz 9 Solutions

   
Wednesday
4/10/2019
Prelecture 22 Bridge Sets 22 Lecture 22: Interference
Reading: 25.1, 25.4-24.6
pdf ppt
Handout 22
pdf
Lab 8    
Thursday
4/11/2019
        Homework 11 due  
Friday
4/12/2019
           
14
Monday
4/15/2019
Prelecture 23 Bridge Sets 23 Lecture 23: Diffraction
Reading: 25.7-25.9
pdf ppt
Handout 23
pdf
No Lab
Exam 3
   

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Lectures 13 through 21

Tuesday
4/16/2019
       

Discussion 13
Solutions

Interference & Diffraction
Spreadsheet

 
Wednesday
4/17/2019
Prelecture 24 Bridge Sets 24 Lecture 24: The Atom & Quantum Mechanics
Reading: 27.1, 28.1-28.4
pdf ppt
Handout 24
pdf
 
Thursday
4/18/2019
        Homework 12 due
Now due Sunday,
8:00 AM
Friday
4/19/2019
         
15
Monday
4/22/2019
Prelecture 25 Bridge Sets 25 Lecture 25: Light & Atoms
Reading: 27.3, 27.6, 27.7
pdf ppt
Handout 25
pdf
       
Tuesday
4/23/2019
         

Discussion 14
Solutions

Quiz 10 Solutions

   
Wednesday
4/24/2019
Prelecture 26 Bridge Sets 26 Lecture 26: Spin
Reading: 28.6-28.7
pdf ppt
Handout 26
pdf
Lab
Practical
   
Thursday
4/25/2019
        Homework 13 due  
Friday
4/26/2019
           
16
Monday
4/29/2019
Prelecture 27 Bridge Sets 27 Lecture 27: Nuclear Physics
Reading: 29.1-29.4
pdf ppt
Handout 27
pdf
       
Tuesday
4/30/2019
               
Wednesday
5/1/2019
Prelecture 28 Bridge Sets 28 Lecture 28: Particle Physics & Beyond
Reading: 30.1-30.3
pdf ppt
Handout 28
pdf
       
Thursday
5/2/2019
Reading Day
Friday
5/3/2019