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This is a web-based course combined with hands-on laboratory activities
and experiments. The lessons, homework, and quizzes will be posted
on WebAssign or here
as they are written. Please contact me whenever you have questions,
and please give me feedback, both positive and negative. I need
you to help me improve these lessons.
Schedule
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Date |
Topics |
Lab |
| 1 |
7/1 |
16 -- Electric Charge and Electric Field |
Net charge on a piece of Scotch tape |
| 2 |
7/2 |
17 -- Electric Potential and Capacitance |
Batteries and light bulbs; RC circuits |
| 3 |
7/3 |
18 -- Electric Current |
Resistance of light bulbs, LEDs, and carbon resistors |
| 4 |
7/4 |
19 -- DC Circuits |
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| 6 |
7/7 |
review |
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| 7 |
7/8 |
20 -- Magnetism |
Kirchhoff's Rules |
| 8 |
7/9 |
21 -- Electromagnetic Induction |
Qualitative experiments with Faraday's Law |
| 9 |
7/10 |
22 -- EM Waves |
Build a loudspeaker |
| 10 |
7/11 |
23 -- Geometric Optics |
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| 11 |
7/14 |
Mid-term exam |
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| 12 |
7/15 |
24 -- Interference and Diffraction |
WebTOP lens simulation |
| 13 |
7/16 |
25 -- Optical Instruments |
WebTOP nslit |
| 14 |
7/17 |
26 -- Special Theory of Relativity |
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| 15 |
7/18 |
27 -- Models of the Atom |
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| 16 |
7/21 |
Review |
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| 17 |
7/22 |
28 -- Quantum Mechanics |
EM spectrum; Atomic spectra |
| 18 |
7/23 |
30 -- Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity |
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| 19 |
7/24 |
31 -- Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation |
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| 20 |
7/25 |
Final Exam |
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Announcement
Most homework and tutorials will be
on WebAssign.
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