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Important Dates
Test 1 Monday September 19
Test 2 Wednesday October 12
Test 3 Wednesday November 9
Final Exam Wednesday December 7
Last day to withdraw Thursday November 17
2426 Fall 2011 M/W Class Schedule (Changes announced in class.)
Week |
Coverage |
Unit |
Lab |
Reading |
1 |
Intro |
Unit 1 |
Safety & Lab Intro |
Ch.21 |
1 |
Electric Field |
Unit 2 |
Graph Analysis |
Ch.22 |
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2 |
Electric Field |
Unit 2 |
Coulomb’s Law |
Ch.22 |
2 |
Electric Field |
Unit 2 |
xc01-02 |
Ch.22 |
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3 |
Labor Day Holiday |
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3 |
Gauss’s Law for Electric Fields |
Unit 3 |
Electric Field Lines |
Ch.23 |
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4 |
Gauss’s Law for Electric Fields |
Unit 3 |
Ws 02-03 |
Ch.23 |
4 |
Gauss’s Law for Electric Fields |
Unit 3 |
Last topics/Review |
Ch.23 |
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5 |
Exam 1 Units 1-3 |
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5 |
Electric Potential |
Unit 4 |
Various |
Ch.24 |
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6 |
Electric Potential |
Unit 4 |
Various |
Ch.24 |
6 |
Capacitance |
Unit 5 |
Capacitance C vs. d |
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7 |
DC Circuits |
Unit 6 |
Ohm’s Law |
Ch.26, 27 |
7 |
DC Circuits |
Unit 6 |
RC Time Constant |
Ch.26, 27 |
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8 |
Last topics/Review |
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Ch.26, 27 |
8 |
Exam 2 Units 4-6 |
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9 |
Magnetic Force |
Unit 7 |
Various |
Ch.28 |
9 |
Magnetic Force |
Unit 7 |
Magnetic Force Balance |
Ch.28 |
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10 |
Magnetic Field |
Unit 8 |
Magnetic Field of Solenoid |
Ch.29 |
10 |
Magnetic Field |
Unit 8 |
Various |
Ch.29 |
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11 |
EM Induction |
Unit 9 |
Lenz’s Law |
Ch.30 |
11 |
EM Induction |
Unit 9 |
Faraday’s Law & Transformers |
Ch.30 |
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12 |
Last topics/Review |
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Ch.30 |
12 |
Exam 3 Units 7-9 |
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13 |
AC Circuits |
Unit 10 |
Ac LR Circuits |
Ch.31 |
13 |
AC Circuits/ EM Waves |
Unit 10-11 |
Various |
Ch.31, 16 |
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Ch.33 |
14 |
EM Waves |
Unit 11 |
Malus’s Law & Speed of Light |
Ch.33 |
14 |
EM Waves |
Unit 11 |
Diffraction |
Ch.35, 36 |
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15 |
Geometric Optics |
Unit 12 |
Reflection & Refraction |
Ch.34 |
15 |
Geometric Optics |
Unit 12 |
Thin Lenses |
Ch.34 |
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16 |
Last topics/Review |
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16 |
Final Exam (comprehensive) |
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