Physics 2049C Spring 2003
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Last Updated 18 April 2003

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Readings from required text: HRW => Halliday, Resnick, and Walker - Fundamentals of Physics (Red book)
Readings from recommended text: KNT => Knight - Physics: A Contemporary Perspective (Green book)
(Please note that the Knight readings are only strongly recommended, not required if the chapter is not handed out in class)
SW: Knight Student Workbook

WA: WebAssign

Week Monday Wednesday Friday

Week 1
Jan 6-10

Electric Charge
Read HRW Ch. 22
KNT Pt. VI Overview
& Ch. 24 (handout)

10

Read HRW: Chapter 22

WA: Intro to WebAssign

Week 2
Jan 13-17

Electric Charge &
Electric Force

Read HRW Ch. 22
KNT Pt. VI Overview
& Ch. 24

13

Charged Tape Lab:
Overservations & Questions

15

WA: Jan 13 HW

SW 24a: 4,5,8,10,11

17

Read KNT Text handout
Chapter 24: Sections 1-5

WA: Jan 17 HW

HW: Charge the Electroscope

Week 3
Jan 20-25

Electric Force

Read HRW Ch. 23 &
KNT Ch. 24

20

No Class

22

WA: Jan 22 HW

SW 24b: 12,14,15,16,19,21,22,
24,25,26,27,29, & 30

24

 

Week 4
Jan 27-31

Electric Field

Read HRW Ch. 23 &
KNT Ch. 24-25

31

Test 1 Notes

Read HRW Txt-Ch. 23.5-9
Read KNT Txt handout
Chapter 25: Sections 1-5

GOAL HW problem

Workbook HW 24c: 31-35
Link for WB 24:31-32

Week 5
Feb 3-7

Electric Field

Read HRW Ch. 23 &
KNT Ch. 24-25

 

3

Read KNT Text
Chapter 25: Sections 6-9

WA: Feb 3 HW
Workbook HW 25a: 2-4,9,10

5

Review Session Th@7 PM

Read KNT Txt handout
Chapter 25: Sections 1-5
Re-read Ch. 24:Sections 6-7

Workbook HW 25b: 11,12,13

E-field Handout (from Mon.)

In class E-field activity as homework

Week 6
Feb 10-14

Electric Field & Gauss' law

Read HRW Ch. 25

 

10

Read KNT Txt
Chapter 25: Sections 6-10

WA: Journal

Workbook HW 25c:14,16,19,& 21

14

 

Week 7
Feb 17-21

Gauss' Law & Flux

Read HRW Ch. 25
Read Knight Ch. 26 (Handout)

19

Handout (from Monday's class)

Week 8
Feb 24-28

Gauss' Law & Flux

Read HRW Ch. 25

24

Handout (from Friday's class)

WA: Feb 24 HW

26

Read HRW txt Ch 25: 1-5

Group Contracts

Assigned Problem from class:

WA: Week 7 Journal

28

 

Assigned Problem from class:
Charged Spheres-Parts B&C

WA: Feb 28 HW

Week 9
Mar 3-7

Electric Potential

Read HRW Ch. 25

5

WB 27A: 1,2,3

WA: Mar 5 HW

7

Test 2 notes posted

WA: Mar 7 HW

Part I (#'s 7-10)
In-class handout: Part III #4 *
(* If you were not in class on Wednesday, get this from one of your teammates)

Week 10
Mar 10-14

Capacitance & DC Circuits

Read HRW Ch. 26

10

Read HRW text-Ch 26:1-5

Handout - From Wed's Class

WB 27B: 6,7,12,13,15,19,22,23

G and O steps for Shooting Charges: Part 2

WA: Mar 7 HW written solutions

12

Review Session Th@7 PM

Read HRW text-Ch 26:6-8

WA: Week 9 Journal

WA: Mar 10 HW

WA: Mar 12 HW

Spring Break
Mar 17-21

Read Handout

 

17

No Class Today

19

No Class Today

21

No Class Today

Week 11
Mar 24-28

Capacitance/Current & Resistance

Read HRW Ch. 26 & 27

26

Test 2 Returned

WA: Mar 26 HW

28

New Groups

Week 12
Mar 31-Apr 4

Current & Resistance/
DC Circuits

Read HRW Ch. 27 & 28

31

Read HRW txt Chs. 27 & 28

WA: Week 11 Journal

 

Write up observations & findings from Real Potential activity

2

WA: Chapter 28 Reading Quiz
No written solution required

4

WA: Apr 4 HW

WB 26: 7,8,14,17,18,19

Week 13
Apr 7-11

DC Circuits
Magnetic Fields & Force

Read HRW Ch. 28 & 29

Handout (from Friday's class)

 

9

Read Chapter 28: Sections 3-8

Handout (from Monday's class)

11

Test 3 Notes

WA: Apr 11 HW

Week 14
April 15-19

Induction

Read HRW Ch. 29-31

14

Read HRW Ch. 29: Sections 1-7

WA: Week 13 Journal

Handout - to be passed out Wednesday, April 9

16

 

Read HRW Ch. 30: Sections 1-4

 

18

Read HRWCh. 31: Sections 1-8

WA: Apr 18 HW

Handout - To be passed out Wednesday

Week 15
Apr 22

 

21

Last Class

WA: Apr 21 HW

WA: Week 14 Journal

 

 

Review Session Th @ 6 PM

Friday WA: Apr 25 HW (extra credit)

Extra Credit for completing Diagnostic Tests

FINAL EXAM
Saturday, April 26
1-5 PM in PL 101