Physics 121 Class Schedule and Readings

Week  Topic  Lab(s) 
Reading 
Homework
27 March Charge, Coulomb's Law, Electric Fields Charge and Coulomb's Law Chap. 19: 1-5, 6 Homework for Week 1
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3 Apr Electric Fields
Electric Potential
Quiz 1: Wednesday, April 4 		Temperature of a Light Bulb Filament
Formal report See Chad Orzel's Guide to Formal Lab Reports . Grading will be based on a grading checklist .
Due Tuesday, April 11, in lab   		Chap. 19: 7,11 (first part, Thinking Physics 19.2)
Chap. 2: 1-4 		Homework for Week 2
Hand in Wednesday, April 12  
10 Apr Ohm's Law
Power, EMF
Magnetic Fields 		Serial and Parallel Circuits
Chap. 21: 1-2, 5-6
Chap. 22: 2-4 		Homework for Week 3
Hand in Monday's questions on Wednesday, April 12  
17 Apr Magetic Forces on Wires
Biot Savart Law

Hour Exam 1: Thursday, April 20, 7:00PM 		Capacitors in Circuits Chap. 22: 5-7

Animations of B-fields due to Long Wire and Loop 		Homework for Week 4 
24 Apr Ampere's Law
Induction
Motional EMF

Quiz 2: Friday, April 28 		Electron charge-to-mass ratio
Formal Report
due Wednesday, May 3 		Chap. 22: 8-10
Chap. 23: 1-2 		Homework for Week 5
Hand in Tuesday, May 1
1 May Induced EMF
Maxwell's Equations
Electromagnetic Waves 		Induction Chap. 23: 3-4
Chap. 24: 1-3 		Homework for Week 6 
8 May  Light Waves
Geometric Optics
Interference
Hour Exam 2: Tuesday, May 9, 7:00PM
Humanities 117 		Geometric Optics Chap. 24:7
Chap. 25: 2-7
Chap. 27: 1-5 		Homework for Week 7  
15 May Diffraction
Polarization
Holography

Quiz 3: Wednesday, May 17 		Interference and Diffraction
due Friday, May 19 		Chap 27: 6-10
Chap. 24: 8 		Homework for Week 8 
22 May Photoelectric Effect
Hydrogen Spectrum
Matter as a Wave

Quiz 4: Wednesday, May 24 		Photoelectric Effect
Chap. 28: 2
Chap. 11: 5
Chap. 28: 5, 7

Double Slit: Particle vs. Wave Models

Example of Electron Diffraction 		Homework for Week 9 
 29 May Uncertainty
Quantum Measurement
Lasers

Quiz 5: Tuesday, May 30 		No lab, but class meets during Tuesday lab class. No class on Friday. Chap. 28: 8-13 Homework for Week 10 
5 Jun Final Exam: Wednesday, June 7, 5:00-7:00PM      

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Last Updated: May 29, 2006