| Date | Chapter | Slides [pdf] | Topic and other notes | Quiz/Test/Lab |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Jan 13 | 20 | [6.7 Mb] | Introduction, Review, Electricity and magnetism concepts Reading is the class syllabus. Podcast: 99% Invisible, Numbers Stations | |
| W Jan 15 | 20 | [5.4 Mb] | Electric charge, Coulomb's Law, Electric Fields Demo: Electric Field of Dreams Demo: Electric Field Hockey Email clarifying 'e' and Google calculator | |
| F Jan 17 | 20 | [1.4 Mb] | Dipole Fields | Quiz and Solutions [96 kb pdf] |
| M Jan 20 | -- | -- | Martin Luther King Day, No class | |
| W Jan 22 | -- | -- | Snow Day, No class | |
| F Jan 24 | 20 | [3.2 Mb] | Dipole Fields, Continuous Media, Conductors | (no quiz) |
| M Jan 27 | 21 | [3.2 Mb] | Electric Flux, Gauss's Law Class audio [4.7 Mb mp3] | |
| W Jan 29 | 21 | [2.2 Mb] | Snow Day, No class Flux and Gauss's Law Examples | |
| F Jan 31 | 21 | [2.5 Mb] | Flux, Gauss's Law Examples | (no quiz) |
| M Feb 3 | 22 | [4.3 Mb] | Review Gauss's Law; Electric Potential and Work Video: van de Graaf lighting bolts Video: Fun with SF6 | |
| W Feb 5 | 22 | [4.8 Mb] | Electric Potential and Conductors Demo: Electric Fields and Potentials | |
| F Feb 7 | -- | [-- Mb] | Homework Review | Quiz and Solutions [105 kb pdf] |
| M Feb 10 | 20-22 | [4.4 Mb] | Exam Review | |
| W Feb 12 | 20-22 | [-- Mb] | Exam 1 Sample Exam [142kb] | |
| F Feb 14 | 23 | [6.1 Mb] | Electrostatic Energy and Capacitors | (no quiz) |
| M Feb 17 | 23 | [8.9 Mb] | Electrostatic Energy and Capacitors | |
| W Feb 19 | 24 | [3.8 Mb] | Current, Ohm's Law, Resistors | |
| F Feb 21 | --- | No lecture, quiz only | Quiz and Solutions [96 kb pdf] | |
| M Feb 24 | 25 | [4.9 Mb] | Resistors, Resistivity, Circuits | |
| W Feb 26 | 25 | [3.9 Mb] | Resistors, Kirchhoff, Wheatstone bridge, AC Circuits | |
| F Feb 28 | Lab | Lab | Lab | Lab PH02 |
| M Mar 3 | 23-25 | [1.1 Mb] | Exam Review | |
| W Mar 5 | 23-25 | [-- Mb] | Exam 2 Sample Exam [135 kb] Midterm distributions [86 kb] | |
| F Mar 7 | --- | [-- Mb] | Office Hours, Lab Makeup | |
| M Mar 10 | -- | -- | Spring Break, No class | |
| W Mar 12 | -- | -- | Spring Break, No class | |
| F Mar 14 | -- | -- | Spring Break, No class | |
| M Mar 17 | 26 | [4.1 Mb] | Exam Review, Magnetism | |
| W Mar 19 | 26 | [3.7 Mb] | More Magnetism, Current Lines/Loops | |
| F Mar 21 | 26-27 | [1.6 Mb] | Gauss's Law, Ampere's Law | |
| M Mar 24 | 26-27 | [3.5 Mb] | Review, Magnetic Induction, Inductors | |
| W Mar 26 | Lab | [580 kb] [480 kb] | Lab: Ohm's "Law", DC Capacitor Circuit | Labs PH04/PH06 |
| F Mar 28 | --- | No lecture, quiz only | Quiz and Solutions [120 kb pdf] | |
| M Mar 31 | 27 | [8.1 Mb] | Magnetic Induction and Inductance | |
| W Apr 2 | 27-28 | [4.6 Mb] | Inductance, Inductors in Circuits | |
| F Apr 4 | 28 | [-- Mb] | AC Circuits: Resistors/Capacitors/Inductors | Quiz and Solutions [250 kb pdf] |
| M Apr 7 | 26-28 | [-- Mb] | Exam Review | |
| W Apr 9 | 26-28 | [100 kb eq sheet] | Exam 3 Review homework for examples | Exam 3 |
| F Apr 11 | --- | -- | No class | |
| M Apr 14 | 30 | [6.0 Mb] | Optics: Reflection/Refraction, Snell's Law | |
| W Apr 16 | 30 | [8.2 Mb] | Optics: Review, Dispersion, Spherical Mirrors | |
| F Apr 18 | 31 | Optics: Mirrors and Mirror Equation | Quiz and Solutions [107 kb pdf] | |
| M Apr 21 | 31 | [5.7 Mb] | Optics: Mirrors and Lenses | |
| W Apr 23 | 32 | [5.4 Mb] | Optics: Waves, Slits, and Interference | |
| F Apr 25 | 32 | [3.9 Mb] | Optics: Diffraction | Quiz |
| M Apr 28 | All | [-- Mb] | Review | |
| W Apr 30 | -- | -- | Reading Period, No class, Office Hours at request | |
| F May 2 | -- | -- | Reading Period, No class, Office Hours at request | |
| M May 5 | FINAL | 08:30-11:30 | Equation Sheet [pdf] |