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Course schedule:
Day 1 - 1-11-99
Section A and section B - Electric Charge , Electrostatic Charging
Section C in addition to above (add Coulomb's law)
Day 2 - 1-13-99
Section A and section B - Coulomb's law
Section C - Electric field
Day 3 - Electric field
1-15-99 : Section A and section B
Day 4 - Electric field near conductors
1-20-99
Section C - Electric field
Day 5 - Potential and potential energy
1-22-99
Day 6 - Capacitors
1-25-99
Section C -Capacitors
Day 7 - Batteries; current; resistance
1-27-99
Section C - Capacitors; Ohm's law
Day 8 - Power and AC
1-29-99
Day 9 - Series and parallel circuits
2-1-99
Section C - AC; Series and parallel
Day 10 - Kirchoff's Rules
2-3-99
Section C - Kirchoff's Rules; RC Circuits
Day 11 - RC Circuits, Meters
2-5-99
Day 12 - Magnetic fields
2-8-99
Section C - Magnetic fields
Day 13 - Magnetic forces
2-10-99
Section C - Magnetic forces
Day 14 - Applications of magnetism
2-12-99
Day 15 - Magnetic materials
2-16-99
Section C - Induction
Day 16 - Induction
2-17-99
Section C - Induction and eddy currents
Day 17 - Eddy currents; Electric generators
2-19-99
Day 18 - Review for test 1
2-22-99
Section C - Transformers
Day 19 - Transformers
2-24-99
Section C - AC circuits
Day 20 - AC Circuits
2-26-99
Day 21 - Waves
3-1-99
Section C - AC circuits; Waves
Day 22 - Standing waves
3-3-99
Section C - Standing waves, Refraction and diffraction
Day 23 - Refraction and diffraction
3-5-99
Day 24 - Sound
3-15-99
Section C - Refraction and diffraction; Sound
Day 25 - Musical instruments
3-17-99
Section C - Music; interference
Day 26 - Interference
3-19-99
Day 27 - Doppler effect; EM Waves
3-22-99
Section C -EM Waves; Reflection
Day 28 - Reflection
3-24-99
Section C - Spherical mirrors
Day 29 - Spherical mirrors; Refraction
3-26-99
Day 30 - Refraction
3-29-99
Section C -Refraction; Lenses
Day 31 - Lenses
3-31-99
Section C - Interference and Diffraction
Day 32 - Interference and Diffraction
4-2-99
Day 33 - Review for test 2
4-5-99
Section C - Wave properties of light; Review
Day 34 - Wave properties of light
4-7-99
Section C - Review
Day 35 - Thin film interference
4-9-99
Day 36 - Polarization and scattering
4-12-99
Day 37 - Cameras and the human eye
4-14-99
Day 38 - Telescopes and microscopes
4-16-99
Day 39 - Resolution; x-ray diffraction
4-21-99
Day 40 - Electrons, photons, and the photo-electric effect
4-23-99
Day 41 - Wave-particle duality
4-26-99
Section C - Wave-particle duality and the Bohr model
Day 42 - The Bohr model
4-28-99
Day 43 - Quantum theory
4-30-99