PY106 - Elementary Physics II - Summer 2000
Course Schedule (Revised 7/11/00)

Course notes are linked to the topic of each day. The chapter on which the course notes are based is also given in parentheses.
Assignments are listed in blue on the date on which they are due. Homework is due at the start of the discussion section. The numbers following a "Q" denote assigned Questions, and the numbers following a "P" denote assigned Problems.
Labs are listed in red on the day on which they take place.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
   

July 5

Charge
Coulomb's law (16)

July 6

Electric fields
Conductors (16)
Labs A and B -
E-Fields & Potentials

July 7

Electric potential
Capacitors (17)

July 10

Batteries, current & Ohm's law
S & P circuits
Power and AC (17/18)

July 11

Multiloop circuits & Kirchoff's rules
RC circuits (19)
Lab A -
Resistance & Ohm's law

July 12

Magnetic fields (20)
Chapter 16 - Q 7, 8; P 12, 15, 17, 39, 45, 53
Chapter 17 - P 3, 22

July 13

Magnetic forces (20)
Lab B -
Resistance & Ohm's law

July 14

Catch up/review
Chapter 17 - Q 15; P 9, 62, 69
Chapter 18 - Q 9, 10; P 3, 30, 33, 63

July 17

Exam 1
Chapters 16-19
(due in class)
Chapter 19 - Q 1, 11; P 6, 10, 30, 32, 53, 60, 73, 80

July 18

Magnetic applications
Magnetic materials (20)
Lab A -
Charge to Mass Ratio

July 19

Induced EMF (21)
Chapter 20 - Q 2, 7, 12, 22; P 8, 10, 29, 47, 53, 59

July 20

Generators
Inductance (21)
Lab B -
Charge to Mass Ratio

July 21

AC circuits (21)
Chapter 21 - Q 3, 9; P 4, 7, 11, 25, 36, 46, 57, 94

July 24

EM waves (22)

July 25

Reflection
Spherical mirrors
Total internal reflection (23)
Lab A - Coils & Magnets

July 26

Lenses (23)
Chapter 21 - P 65, 71, 74, 99
Chapter 22 - Q 4, 8; P 21, 32, 37, 41

July 27

Interference (24)
Lab B - Coils & Magnets

July 28

Catch up / review
Chapter 23 - Q 13, 17, 34; P 4, 14, 35, 44, 48, 78, 85

July 31

Exam 2
Chapters 20-23

August 1

Diffraction
Thin films (24)
Lab A -
Geometrical Optics

August 2

Polarization
Human eye (24/25)
Chapter 24 - Q 6, 14, 17; P 5, 8, 16, 33, 38, 64, 77

August 3

Optical instruments
Resolution (25)
Lab B -
Interference & Diffraction

August 4

Photoelectric effect
Wave-particle duality (27)
Chapter 24 - P 62
Chapter 25 - Q 4, 16; P 14, 41, 36, 51, 75
Chapter 27 - Q 13, 15

August 7

Quantum theory (27)

August 8

QM view of the atom (28)
Lab A - Interference & Diffraction
Lab B - Geometrical Optics

August 9

Radioactive decay
Radioactivity (30)
Chapter 27 - Q 14; P 19, 50, 62, 73
Chapter 28 - Q 13, 17; P 1, 17, 39

August 10

Review
(due in class)
Chapter 30 - Q 4, 12, 13; P 10, 17, 24, 39, 43, 63, 68

August 11

Final Exam
Chapters 16-30