Week 20 (Jan. 8 - 12)
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. 15-19)
Reading: Heat and the First Law (Chap. 20)
Key Topics: thermal energy, specific heat capacity, latent heat, the first law of thermodynamics, conduction, convection, and radiation of heat,...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: thermal energy, specific heat capacity, latent heat, the first law of thermodynamics, conduction, convection, and radiation of heat,...see more info for this week.
Week 22 (Jan. 22 - 26)
Reading: Heat engines, Entropy, and the second law (Chap. 22)
Key Topics: the second law of thermodynamics, reversible and irreversible processes, engine efficiency, absolute temperature scale, entropy, disorder,...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: the second law of thermodynamics, reversible and irreversible processes, engine efficiency, absolute temperature scale, entropy, disorder,...see more info for this week.
Week 23 (Jan. 29 - Feb. 2)
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. 5 - 9)
Reading: Electric fields (Chap. 23)
Key Topics: Electric charge, triboelectricity, insulators and conductors, coulomb's law, electric fields...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: Electric charge, triboelectricity, insulators and conductors, coulomb's law, electric fields...see more info for this week.
Week 25 (Feb. 12 - 16)
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. 19 - 23)
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. 26 - Mar. 1)
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. 4 - 8)
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. 11 -15)
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. 18 - 22)
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. 25 - 29)
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 33 (Apr. 8 - 12)
Reading: Geometric optics (Chap. 36)
Key Topics: images formed by flat mirrors, spherical mirrors, lenses, the thin lens equation, the human eye, telescopes...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: images formed by flat mirrors, spherical mirrors, lenses, the thin lens equation, the human eye, telescopes...see more info for this week.
Week 34 (Apr. 15 - 19)
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. 22 - 26)
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. 29 - May 3)
Reading: Radioactivity
Key Topics: alpha rays, beta rays, gamma rays, radioactive decay, half life, ...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: alpha rays, beta rays, gamma rays, radioactive decay, half life, ...see more info for this week.
Week 37 (May 6 - 10)
Reading: Atomic physics (Chap. 42)
Key Topics: photoelectric effect, atomic emission spectra, Rutherford, Bohr, and early models of the atom, the hydrogen spectrum, atomic transitions,
...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: photoelectric effect, atomic emission spectra, Rutherford, Bohr, and early models of the atom, the hydrogen spectrum, atomic transitions,
...see more info for this week.
Week 38 (May 13 - 17)
Reading: Atomic physics (Chap. 42)
Key Topics: photoelectric effect, atomic emission spectra, Rutherford, Bohr, and early models of the atom, the hydrogen spectrum, atomic transitions,
...see more info for this week.
Key Topics: photoelectric effect, atomic emission spectra, Rutherford, Bohr, and early models of the atom, the hydrogen spectrum, atomic transitions,
...see more info for this week.
Week 39 (May 20 - 24)
Final exam on Friday 11:20 am.
To study: here are some questions I asked on the previous quizzes.
...see more info for this week.
To study: here are some questions I asked on the previous quizzes.
...see more info for this week.