Physics 212 Calendar

Spring 2021

(Very much under construction...keep checking back for changes)

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Jan 11

First Day of Classes

Macroscopic Description of Matter
Chapter 18

No lab this week

Lecture 1

12

 

13


Chapter 18

Lecture 2

14

 

15

 

Chapter 18


Lecture 3

18

No Classes

Alaska Civil Rights Day

No lab this week

19

20

Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics

Chapter 19

Lecture 4

21

 

Homework #1

22


Chapter 19

Quiz #1


Lecture 5

Last Day to Drop

25


Chapter 19


Lab 1 - Importance of Uncertainty
Lecture 6

26

 

27

Micro-macro connection
Chapter 20

Review Session

Lecture 7

28

 

Homework #2

 29

Heat engines
Chapter 21
Quiz #2
Lecture 8

 

Feb. 1

Chapter 21

Lab 2 - Energy: Heat Transfer

Lecture 9

2

 

3


Chapter 21

Review Session



Lecture 10

4

 

Homework #3

5

ElectricCharge and Electrostatics

Chapter 22
Quiz #3
Lecture 11

8


Chapter 22

Lab 3 - Latent Heat of Fusion

Project topic due
Lecture 12

9

 

10

Electric field

Chapter 23
Review Session


Lecture 13

11

 

Homework #4

12

 

Chapter 23
Quiz #4

Lecture 14 

15

Gauss's Law
Chapter 24

Lab 4 - Heat Engine

Lecture 15 

16

 

17


Chapter 24


Review Session

Lecture 16

18

Homework #5

19

 

 

Exam I

22

Electric Potential
Chapter 25

Lab 5 - Coulomb's Law
Lecture 17

23

 

24



Chapter 25

Review Session

Lecture 18

25

Homework #6

 26

Potential and field
Chapter 26

Quiz #5
Lecture 19

March 1


Chapter 26


Lab 6 - Mapping Equipotentials
Lecture 20

2

 

3

 

Current and Resistance
Chapter 27

Review Session

Lecture 21

4

 

Homework #7

5

Current and Resistance
Chapter 27

Quiz #6

Lecture 22

Spring Break

March 8-12

15

DC Circuits
Chapter 28

No lab this week


Lecture 23

16

 

17

DC Circuits
Chapter 28

Review Session

Lecture 24

18

 

Homework #8

19

 

Chapter 28

Quiz #7
Lecture 25

22

 

Magneticism
Chapter 29
Lab 7 - Capacitance of Parallel Plates

Lecture 26

23

 

24

Magnetism
Chapter 29

Review Session

Lecture 27

25

 

Homework #9

26

Chapter 29
Quiz #8
Lecture 28

 29


Chapter 29
Lab 8 - DC Circuits


Lecture 29

30

 

 

31

Electromagnetic induction
Chapter 30

Review Session
Lecture 30


April 1

Homework #10

2

Exam II

 


April 5



Chapter 30

Lab 9 - RC and LR circuits
Lecture 31

6

 

7

 

Chapter 30

Review Session

Lecture 32

8

 

Homework #11

9

 

Chapter 30
Quiz #9

Lecture 33

12

Electromagnetic Fields and waves
Chapter 31
Project due
Lab 10 - Charge to Mass Ratio of Electrons
Lecture 34

13

 

14


Chapter 31

Review Session


Lecture 35

15

Homework #12

16

 

SpringFest





19

Chapter 31


Lab - RECITATION

 

Lecture 36

20

 

21

AC Circuits

Chapter 32

Review Session

Lecture 37

22

Homework #13

23

Chapter 32
Lecture 38

Quiz #10

26


Chapter 32

Last Day to Withdraw (W)
Lecture 39

27

Finals week

28

Finals week

29

  Finals week

30

 Finals week

May 3

 

 

4

 

5

 

6

7

 

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