| date |
day |
Topic |
Readings |
1/ 5/15
|
Mon |
Periodic motion and oscillations |
13.1 |
| 1/ 6/15 |
Tue |
Simple harmonic motion and
circular motion |
13.2
-13.4 |
| 1/ 8/15 |
Thu
|
Mass-spring system, energy
conservation in SHM |
13.5 -13.6 |
| 1/9/15 |
Fri
|
The pendulum; damped and driven
oscillations |
13.7 –13.8 |
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| 1/12/15 |
Mon
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Types of waves; waves on a
string; harmonic functions
|
14.1 –14.3 |
| 1/13/15 |
Tue
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Sound |
14.4 –5 |
| 1/15/15 |
Thu
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Doppler shift; interference |
14.6 |
| 1/16/15 |
Fri
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Superposition |
14.7 |
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1/19/15
|
Mon
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HOLIDAY
|
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| 1/20/15 |
Tue |
Standing Waves
& Beats
|
14.8 - 14.9 |
| 1/22/15 |
Thu
|
Review |
|
| 1/23/15 |
Fri
|
EXAM 1 (covers Chs. 13-14)
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| 1/26/15 |
Mon
|
Electromagnetic Waves |
25.1
–25.2 |
| 1/27/15 |
Tue
|
Energy and speed of
electromagnetic waves |
25.3 – 25.4 |
| 1/29/15 |
Thu
|
Polarization |
25.5 |
| 1/30/15 |
Fri
|
Reflection and mirrors; ray
tracing |
26.1 - 26.2 |
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2/ 2/15
|
Mon
|
Spherical mirrors; mirror
equation |
26.3
- 26.4 |
2/ 3/15
|
Tue |
Refraction, total internal
reflection |
26.5 - 26.6 |
2/ 5/15
|
Thu
|
Thin-lens equations |
26.7 |
2/ 6/15
|
Fri
|
Rainbows & Vision |
26.8 ,27.1 –27.2 |
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2/ 9/15
|
Mon
|
Optical Instruments |
27.3
–27.6 |
2/10/15
|
Tue |
Interference; Young's experiment
|
28.1
– 28.2 |
2/12/15
|
Thu
|
Review |
|
2/13/15
|
Fri
|
EXAM 2 (covers Chs. 25-27) |
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2/16/15
|
Mon
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HOLIDAY
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2/17/15
|
Tue
|
Thin Films |
28.3 |
2/19/15
|
Thu
|
Diffraction; resolution limits |
28.4
–28.6 |
2/20/15
|
Fri
|
Special relativity
|
29.1 –29.4 |
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2/23/15
|
Mon |
Momentum and energy in
relativity; General relativity |
29.5 –29.8 |
| 2/24/15 |
Tue |
Early Quantum Theory |
30.1 –30.4 |
| 2/26/15 |
Thu
|
de Broglie & Heisenberg |
30.5
- 30.7 |
2/27/15
|
Fri
|
Early Atomic Models
|
31.1 –31.2 |
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3/ 2/15
|
Mon |
Development of quantum mechanics |
31.3
–31.5 |
3/ 3/15
|
Tue
|
Atomic structure and chemistry; lasers |
31.6 –31.7 |
3/ 5/15
|
Thu
|
Review |
|
3/ 6/15
|
Fri
|
EXAM 3 (Chs. 28-31) |
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3/ 9/15
|
Mon |
Constituents of matter: particles
within particles
|
32.1
|
| 3/10/15 |
Tue
|
Nuclear structure; Radioactivity |
32.2 –32.3 |
| 3/12/15 |
Thu
|
Nuclear energy; Elementary
particles, cosmology, the Theory of Everything |
32.4 –32.9 |
3/13/15
|
Fri
|
Review
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| 3/19/15 |
Thu |
FINAL EXAM: ***8:30 am - 10:20
am, room A118*** |
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