Schedule
This schedule is tentative. We will deviate from it as necessary as the course proceeds. Information given in class always trumps this schedule.
| Date | Topic | Keynote Student Teaching Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, 01/13 | Introduction; Coulomb’s Law | |
| Wednesday, 01/15 | 13.1-5 Electric Field | |
| Friday, 01/17 | 13.6-9 Electric Dipoles | |
| Monday, 01/20 | MLK Day | |
| Wednesday, 01/22 | 14.1-4 Polarization | |
| Friday, 01/24 | (dipoles & polarization continued) | |
| Monday, 01/27 | 14.5-8 Conductors | |
| Wednesday, 01/29 | 15.1-4 Integrals of charge distributions | |
| Friday, 01/31 | 15.5-9 Charged disks and spheres | |
| Monday, 02/03 | buffer | |
| Wednesday, 02/05 | 16.1-2 Electric potential | |
| Friday, 02/07 | 16.3-7 Potential differences along paths | |
| Monday, 02/10 | buffer | |
| Wednesday, 02/12 | Exam 1 | |
| Friday, 02/14 | 16.8-10 Dielectrics and energy storage | |
| Monday, 02/17 | 17.1-4 Magnetic fields from moving charges | Explain how the direction a compass points is affected when it is placed near a wire that is carrying a current. (Taylor & Kristian) |
| Wednesday, 02/19 | 17.5-8 Magnetic fields from currents | |
| Friday, 02/21 | buffer | |
| Monday, 02/24 | 17.9-12 Dipoles and bar magnets | Explain how the magnetic field produced by a bar magnet relates to the magnetic field produced by a circulating current in a loop of wire. (Collin) |
| Wednesday, 02/26 | 18.1-3 Electric fields and currents | Explain how electric fields cause currents to flow in a wire. (Marlee) |
| Friday, 02/28 | 18.4-7 Circuits | Explain how feedback causes current to go around a bend in a wire. (Santana) |
| Monday, 03/02 | Spring Break | |
| Wednesday, 03/04 | Spring Break | |
| Friday, 03/06 | Spring Break | |
| Monday, 03/09 | 18.8-11 Resistors and potential in circuits | Explain “Kirchoff’s Laws” (Khang) |
| Wednesday, 03/11 | 19.1-4 Resistors and capacitors | Explain how the resistance of a resistor is determined by its geometry. (Trinity & Bryan) |
| Friday, 03/13 | 19.5-8 Time dependence in circuits | |
| Monday, 03/16 | buffer | Explain how you use a voltmeter and an ammeter (Tanden & Katrina) |
| Wednesday, 03/18 | Exam 2 | |
| Friday, 03/20 | 20.1-3 Magnetic forces | Explain how particles are accelerated in a cyclotron. |
| Monday, 03/23 | 20.4-6 Hall Effect, Motional EMF, and Relativity | Explain how a Hall Effect magnetic field sensor works. (Vanjie) |
| Wednesday, 03/25 | 20.7-9 Magnetic torque; Motors and generators | Explain how a DC motor works. (Chase) |
| Friday, 03/27 | 21.1-5 Gauss’s Law | Explain what is meant by “electric flux.” (Cassidy) |
| Monday, 03/30 | 21.6-7 Ampère’s Law | Explain what it means to take the path integral around a loop in a magnetic field. (Michael) |
| Wednesday, 04/01 | buffer | Explain how to use Ampere’s Law to calculate the magnetic field inside a toroid. |
| Friday, 04/03 | 22.1-6 Faraday’s Law | Explain what happens when you drop a bar magnet through a loop or coil of wire. (Shelby) |
| Monday, 04/06 | buffer | Explain how an electrical transformer works OR Explain why it is possible to use a superconductor to levitate a magnet. |
| Wednesday, 04/08 | Exam 3 | |
| Friday, 04/10 | Easter break | |
| Monday, 04/13 | 23.1-3 Electromagnetic radiation | Explain how the radiated electric field produced by an accelerating charge is is different from other electric fields. (Diana) |
| Wednesday, 04/15 | 23.4-6 Electromagnetic waves | Explain radiation pressure and how it could be used to drive a solar sail on a spacecraft. (Seth) |
| Friday, 04/17 | 23.9-11 Geometric optics | Explain what it means that light from the sky is polarized (Tyler) |
| Monday, 04/20 | S3.1-3 Interference and diffraction | Explain how we can learn about the structure of matter by studying diffraction of x-rays. (Kai) |
| Wednesday, 04/22 | S3.4-5 Standing waves | Explain the physics behind a guitar string. What determines the note that it plays? (Jayden & Thao) |
| Friday, 04/24 | S3.6 Wave/particle duality | |
| Monday, 04/27 | Final Exam (8 am) | |
| Friday, 05/01 | Final Exam (10:10 am) |