| date |
day |
Topic |
Readings |
1/6/14
|
Mon |
Periodic motion and oscillations |
13.1 |
| 1/7/14 |
Tue |
Simple harmonic motion and
circular motion |
13.2
–13.4 |
| 1/8/14 |
Wed |
Mass-spring system, energy
conservation in SHM |
13.5 –13.6 |
| 1/9/14 |
Thu |
The pendulum; damped and driven
oscillations |
13.7 –13.8 |
| 1/13/14 |
Mon
|
Types of waves;
waves on a string; harmonic functions
|
14.1 –14.3 |
| 1/14/14 |
Tue
|
Sound |
14.4 –5 |
| 1/15/14 |
Wed
|
Doppler shift; interference |
14.6 |
| 1/16/14 |
Thu
|
Superposition |
14.7 |
1/20/14
|
Mon
|
HOLIDAY
|
|
| 1/21/14 |
Tue |
Standing Waves & Beats
|
14.8 - 14.9 |
| 1/22/14 |
Wed |
Review |
|
| 1/23/14 |
Thu
|
EXAM 1 (covers Chs. 13-14)
|
|
| 1/27/14 |
Mon
|
Electromagnetic Waves |
25.1
–25.2 |
| 1/28/14 |
Tue
|
Energy and speed of
electromagnetic waves |
25.3 – 25.4 |
| 1/29/14 |
Wed |
Polarization |
25.5 |
| 1/30/14 |
Thu
|
Reflection and mirrors; ray
tracing |
26.1 - 26.2 |
2/3/14
|
Mon
|
Spherical mirrors; mirror
equation |
26.3
- 26.4 |
2/4/14
|
Tue |
Refraction, total internal
reflection |
26.5 - 26.6 |
2/5/14
|
Wed
|
Thin-lens equations |
26.7 |
2/6/16
|
Thu
|
Rainbows & Vision |
26.8 ,27.1 –27.2 |
2/10/14
|
Mon
|
Optical Instruments |
27.3
–27.6 |
2/11/14
|
Tue |
Interference; Young's experiment
|
28.1
– 28.2 |
2/12/14
|
Wed
|
Review |
|
2/13/14
|
Thu
|
EXAM 2 (covers Chs. 25-27) |
|
2/17/14
|
Mon
|
HOLIDAY
|
|
2/18/14
|
Tue
|
Thin Films |
28.3 |
2/19/14
|
Wed
|
Diffraction; resolution limits |
28.4
–28.6 |
2/20/14
|
Thu
|
Special relativity
|
29.1 –29.4 |
2/24/14
|
Mon |
Momentum and energy in
relativity; General relativity |
29.5 –29.8 |
| 2/25/14 |
Tue |
Early Quantum Theory |
30.1 –30.4 |
| 2/26/14 |
Wed |
de Broglie & Heisenberg |
30.5
- 30.7 |
2/27/14
|
Thu
|
Early Atomic Models
|
31.1 –31.2 |
3/3/14
|
Mon |
Development of quantum mechanics |
31.3
–31.5 |
3/4/14
|
Tue
|
Atomic structure and chemistry; lasers |
31.6 –31.7 |
3/5/14
|
Wed
|
Review |
|
3/6/14
|
Thu |
EXAM 3 (Chs. 28-31) |
|
3/10/14
|
Mon |
Constituents of matter: particles
within particles
|
32.1
|
| 3/11/14 |
Tue
|
Nuclear structure; Radioactivity |
32.2 –32.3 |
| 3/12/14 |
Wed |
Nuclear energy; Elementary
particles, cosmology, the Theory of Everything |
32.4 –32.9 |
3/13/14
|
Thu
|
Review
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 3/20/14 |
Thu |
FINAL EXAM: ***8:30 am - 10:20
am, room A110*** |
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