Physics 104 Calendar

Spring 2012

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Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Jan 16

Martin Luther
King Day

17

18

19

First Day of Classes


20

Chapter 16
Electrostatics:Forces


Lecture 1

23

 

Lab 1 Coulomb

24

 


25

Lecture 2

26




27

Chapter 17
Electrostatics:potential

 

Lecture 3

30

Lab 2 Potential Mapping


Lecture 4

31




Feb 1

Quiz #1

Lecture 5

2



Homework #1

3


Chapter 18
Electric current

Last Day to Drop

Lecture 6

Feb 6

Lab 3 The Capacitance of Parallel Plates

 

Lecture 7

7





8

Quiz #2

Chapter 19
DC Circuits

Lecture 8

9




Homework #2

10

 

 

 

Lecture 9

13

Recitation

Chapter 20
Magnetism

Lecture 10

14




15

 

 

 

 

Lecture 11

16



Homework #3

17

 

Exam I

Lecture 13

20

Lab 4 DC Circuits 1

Chapter 21
Electromagnetic Induction

Lecture 14

21

Project Topic Due



22

 

Quiz #3

 

Lecture 15

23




Homework #4

24

 

 

 

Lecture 16

27


Lab 5 DC Circuits 2

Lecture 17

28




29

Quiz #4

 

 

Lecture 18

March 1



Homework #5

2

 

Chapter 22
Radiant Energy:Light

Lecture 19

5


Lab 6 E/M Ratio Reflection

 

Lecture 20

6





7

Quiz #5

Chapter 23
Geometric Optics

Lecture 21

8



Homework #6

9

 

 

Lecture 22

12, 13, 14, 15, 16

 

Spring Break

19 

Lab 7 The Current Balance

Chapter 24

Physical Optics

Lecture 23

20



21

Quiz #6

 

Lecture 24

22



Homework #7

23

 

 

Lecture 25

26

Lab 8 Optics

Chapter 25

Optical instruments

Lecture 26

27





28

 

 

Lecture 27

29



Homework #8

30

Chapter 26
Special Relativity



Lecture 28

April 2

 

Recitation

Lecture 29

3






4

Quiz #7

 

Lecture 30

April 5


Homework #9


6

 

Exam II

Lecture 31

9

Lab 9 Interference and Diffraction

Chapter 27
The Origin of Modern Physics

Lecture 32

10




Project Due

11

 

Quiz #8

Lecture 33

12




Homework #10

13

 

 

Lecture 34

16

Lab 10 Photo-Electric Effect

Chapter 28
Quantum Theory

Lecture 35

17





18

 

Quiz #9

Lecture 36

19


Homework #11

20



Chapter 29
Molecules and Solids


Lecture 37

23

Lab 11 Balmer Series

 

Lecture 38

24





25

 

Quiz #10

Chapter 30/31
Nuclear Physics

Lecture 39

26



Homework #12

27

No Classes

Springfest

30

 

Recitation??

Lecture 40

1





2

Chapter 32/33
High-Energy Physics

Final Quiz

Lecture 41

3



Homework #13

4

 

 

Lecture 42

7

 

8

9

Final Exam

8:00am-10:00am

10

 

11

 

 

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