CLASS SCHEDULE FOR PHYSICS 103
WEEK
DATE
Spring 2012
Dr. Duxler
Activities
DUE
Introduction
1
Feb
6
8
2
13
15
3
4
5
7
8
9
RQ 1(15)
PL I
TP 1, TP 2
RQ 2(16), PL II
HW 1 (15)
LH I, TH 1-2
RQ 3(32), TP 3
HW 2 (16), LH II
20
Lecture Ch. 15: Mechanical Waves
Tutorial 1: Superposition and Reflection of Pulses
Tutorial 2: Reflection and Transmission
Lab I: Standing Waves
Lecture Ch. 16: Sound and Hearing
Lab II: Resonance Tube and the Speed of Sound
Lecture Ch. 32: Electromagnetic Waves
Tutorial 3: Electromagnetic Waves
No Class: Presidents Birthdays
22
TP 4, PL III
TH 3
Tutorial 4: Propagation and Refraction of Periodic Waves
Lab III: Speed of Light (Standing Microwaves)
27
RQ 4(33), TP 5
HW 3 (32)
TH 4, LH III
Lecture Ch. 33: The Nature and Propagation of Light
Demo: Polarization
Tutorial 5: Polarization (Except interference part)
29
TP 6, PL IV
TH 5(1,2,not 3)
Tutorial 6: Light and Shadow
Lab IV: RTP 4.1 (Introduction to Light)
TP 7, TP 8, TH 6
Exam I: Ch. 15, 16, 32 (Waves)
Tutorial 7: Plane Mirrors
Tutorial 8: Curved Mirrors and Multiple Reflections
RQ 5(34), PL V
LH IV, TH7, TH8
Lecture Ch. 34: Geometric Optics
Lab V: RTP 4.5 (Polarized Light)
12
LH V, PL VI, TP 9,
HW 4 (33)
Lab VI: RTP 4.2 (Reflection and Refraction of Light)
Tutorial 9: Interpretation of Ray Diagrams
14
RQ 6(34)
TP 10, TP 11
TH 9, LH VI
Lecture Ch. 35: Interference
Tutorial 10: Convex Lenses
Tutorial 11: Magnification
19
TP 12, PL VII
HW 5 (34), TH 11
Lab VII: RTP 4.4 (Geometrical Optics: Mirrors)
Tutorial 12: Two-Source Interference
21
PL VIII
RQ 7(36)
LH VII, TH 12
Lecture Ch. 36: Diffraction
Lab VIII: RTP 4.3 (Geometrical Optics: Lenses)
26
HW 6 (35)
LH VIII, TP 13
28
TP 14, TP 15, TP 16
TH 13
Mar 5
7
6
Diagnostic Tests
Exam II: Ch. 33-34 (Light and Geometric Optics)
Tutorial 13: Wave Properties of Light
Tutorial 14: Multiple-Slit Interference
Tutorial 15: Thin Film Interference
Tutorial 16: A Model for Single-Slit Diffraction
Apr 2
Spring Break
4
Spring Break
P103 Schedule, Revised 2/3/2012
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
9
11
RQ 8(37), TP 17
TH 14-15
Lecture Ch. 37: Relativity
Tutorial 17: Combined Interference and Diffraction
16
TP 18, PL IX
TH5(prob 3, p179)
TH16-17, HW7(36)
Tutorial 18: Events and Reference Frames
Lab IX: RTP 4.6 (Waves of Light)
18
TP 19, TP 20
LH IX
Tutorial 19: Measurement
Tutorial 20: Simultaneity
23
RQ 9 (38)
Exam III: Ch. 35-36 (Physical Optics: Interference, Diffraction)
Lecture Ch. 38: Photons, Electrons, and Atoms
25
RQ 10(39), TP 21
HW 8(37)
TH18,TH19, TH 20
Lecture Ch. 39: The Wave Nature of Particles
Tutorial 21: Electric and Magnetic Fields in Multiple Frames of
Reference
30
RQ 11 (40), PL X
HW9(38),TH 21
Lecture Ch. 40: Quantum Mechanics
May 2
TP 22, PL XI
HW 10(39), LH X
Tutorial 22: The Photoelectric Effect
Lab XI: Blackbody Radiation
7
RQ12(41), TP 23
TH 22, HW 11(40)
Lecture Ch. 41: Atomic Structure
Tutorial 23: Wave Properties of Matter
9
TP 24, PL XII
TH 23, LH XI
Lab XII: Photoelectric Effect
Tutorial 24: Wave-Particle Duality
14
PL XIII
LH XII, TH 24
Exam IV: Ch. 37-40 (Modern Physics)
Lab XIII: Hydrogen Spectrum
16
RQ13(42), PL XIV
HW12(41), LHXIII
Lecture Ch. 42: Molecules and Condensed Matter
Lab XIV: Electron Diffraction
RQ 14(43),LH XIV
HW 13(42)&14(43)
RQ 15(44)
HW 15 (44)
28
Lecture Ch. 43: Nuclear Physics
Problem-solving session (for Ch. 43, HW 14 due at end of class)
Lecture Ch. 44: Particle Physics and Cosmology
Problem-solving session (for Ch. 44, HW 15 due at end of class)
Review
30
Final Exam, 12:30 p.m.
21
23
17
Spring Break
Lab X: Speed of Light: Rotating Mirror
Key to assignment abbreviations:
HW = homework (from textbook + additional and online problems)
TH = tutorial homework
LH = lab homework
TP = tutorial pretest
PL = pre-lab
RQ = reading quiz
Please see the assignment sheet for a list of specific homework problems.
P103 Schedule, Revised 2/3/2012