Week Reading Topic Assigment Lab
1/16 C20.1-5 Q, Coulomb's Law, E(x,y,z,t), E-field lines C20 2,5,10,13,18,27,62,68,69 - Due T 1/24 LT: Charge I-IV + E-field hockey
1/23 C21.1-6 Gauss' Law C21 1,3,9,16,17,27,44,57,62 - Due R 1/26 Gauss' Law Lablet due R 2/2
1/25 C22 Potential C22 1,2,3,6,8,26,47,49,61,71 - Due R 2/2 Measure Coulomb's constant k
1/30 C23 Capacitance C23 3,4,7,9,18,32,35,41,77 - Due T 2/7
2/6 C24 Current C24 5,16,29,33,41,48,56,57 - due R 2/9 Electroplating
2/8 C25 Circuits C25 1,2,3,7,8,12; P 35,56,63,77 - due R 2/16 DC Circuits, Blinker
2/14 C26 Magnetic Field C26 T&D 3,8; E&P 19,26,36,68,69 - due M 2/20 qvB measure Earth's field Measure B of coil, straight wire
2/27 C27 Induction C27 T&D 1,2,5,6,7,11; E&P 15,20,21,54,71 - due M 3/12 Measure inductance of solenoid using square wave
3/3 C28 PhET Circuits & Instructions Finish 3 activities by R 3/8 C28 T&D 2-4; P53 - due W 3/14 ELI/ICE analysis, measure L using resonance
3/13 C29 EM Radiation; read Scientific Imagination and write a brief summary - Thu 3/15 C29 - T&D 1,3,4,5,6;  P 20, 23, 38 (also, compute |S| for this case) - due W 3/28
In class review - due T 3/27
Measure vlight in air and polystyrene - submit xls with analysis by W 3/28.
Major Project: Instead of two lab reports, do this powerline project - due Thur 4/12. Be sure to show how you got your results; do not quote anything except fundamental laws such as Gauss' law, definition of voltage, etc. Full credit only for derivations from first principles.
3/27 C30-31 Ray optics C30 P16,17,64,65 - due M 4/2
Snell's law hemi-circle expt for glass & water,
Lensmaker's equation,
telescopes
4/5 C32 Constructive Interference: delta L = n*lambda
d*sin(theta)= n*lambda for dbl slit & diffraction grating
C32 T&D 5,8 - due W 4/11 Michelson & Lloyd's mirror Interferometers
Comparative Waves Lab
4/16 C? Photoelectric Effect Start this and then load: Photoelectric Effect HW - due Thur 4/19 solutions PEE labs video +TSJC device PotentialBarrier
4/23 Bohr atom calculations Bohr’s model of the hydrogen atom worksheet compare measured to predicted H wavelengths using spectrometer
4/30 Nuclear topics Use the Chart of the Nuclides to compute the energy output of each of the following reactions: p + p -> d + e+ and U235 -> Rb90 + ____ + 3n lab(s)