PHY 2054 STUDIO Spring 2011
Section 0002 MWF 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Classroom I - Room 218

J. B. Bindell, PhD
jbindell@mail.ucf.edu

 

Weekly Schedule of Activities
Week
Unit No.
Topic
Notes and Links
1
1

Charge

Syllabus
Table Assignments -1-
Stuff You Need for Class
Register i-clicker on Web
Introductory Lecture PowerPoint

1
2
Coulomb

Electric Hockey

Mini-Lecture on Charge

Manual: Unit 02 Unit 03 Unit 04

2
2
Coulomb
Mini Lecture (Wednesday)
3
3,4

E-Field
Gauss

4
5
ELectric Potential

Examination #1: Wednesday, Feb 9th, 2011 Sections Covered:
Laboratory Units 1-5
Chapter 18: 1-9,11
Chapter 19: 1-4 (5 later),7

Old Examination #1

Slides: Flux Gauss Potential

5

Slides Potential-II Potential III

FINAL EXAMINATION
Date: SATURDAY - 04/30/11
Location: HPA 119
Time: 9:00 AM - 11:50 AM

6
6,7
DC Circuits

Here is the link to the simulation.

LAB REPORT: The due date will be announced shortly. You will have at least one week's notice. The format is up to you as is the length. My suggestion: quality over quantity. Suggested length = 5 pages. Maximum length is 10 pages.

7
8
Kirchoff's Laws

DC 6.3 ................. DC 7.1

Be sure to bring unit 8 to class.

DC Circuits 7.2

Examination #2 - Wed. March 16

8
9
Capacitors

Examination Covers
Sections 19.5, 20.1-10, 20.12-13, 20.15

MID-SEMESTER CLICKER GRADES

Wednesday's Slides

Friday's Slides

8.5
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SPRING BREAK!!
9
10
Magnetism

**ADVANCE NOTICE**
Examination #3 will be on Monday-April 18th (2011)

**FINAL EXAMINATION**
SATURDAY - 04/30/11
Location: HPA 119
Time: 9:00 AM - 11:50 AM
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Be sure to bring the unit on magnetism to class on Monday and on Wednesday for use after the exam is completed.

Trying to make the world's strongest magnet is the topic of an interesting news article from CNN.

 

Problem 8 from WebAssign

10
11,12
Induction

Examination Results

This may interest you!

11
13
Induction

Last four slide sets edited and merged. Needs re-formatting in some cases. Sorry about that.

Wednesday's Slides

Examination #3 Topics

12
14,15

Induction

AC Circuits

Monday's Slides on Inductors

Note - Slides contain calendar for the remainder of the semester.

AC 12.2 Slides

Some notes on the AC/LR Experiment

13
16
Optics & EM Waves

The Experiment Kit

EM Lecture Slides (13.2)

AC Sections Covered on Exam #3:
23/1-4 (That's All + rms stuff
covered previously)

14
17,19
Reflection
Refraction
Lenses??

EXAM MONDAY 4/18

Lectures: Light Energy , Mirrors
Refraction

15
-
A little bit if lensing

Lens Applet

Optics Topics by Section (You have the rest) ONLY MATERIAL ACTUALLY MENTIONED IN CLASS IS INCLUDED FROM THE FOLLOWING GUIDE:

  1. 24:1-4,6
  2. 25: 1-6
  3. 26: 1-3, 6,7 (converging only) ,8

FINAL EXAM
SATURDAY - 04/30/11
Location: HPA 119
Time: 9:00 AM - 11:50 AM

Make Up Exam - Friday 4/29 for valid reasons only. Exact time/place will be announced.