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Physics 2B Schedule

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Dates
Topics
Chapter
Problem Sets
Laboratories
PLC
1
02.12.13 02.14.13 Introduction & Review
Interference of Light

17.1-17.2


Team building & Lab 1: Interference
No PLC
2
02.19.13 02.21.13 Thin Films and Diffraction Gratings
Reflection & Refraction
17.3-17.4
18.1-18.3


Lab 1: Interference
PLC 1
3
02.26.13 02.28.13 Ray Tracing & Lenses
The Camera & Eye
18.5, 18.7
19.1-19.3
PS1 & Q1

Lab 2: Refraction & Thin Lenses
PLC 2
4
03.05.13 03.07.13 Microscope & Telescope
Charge & Charge Transfer
19.4-19.5
20.1-20.2
PS2 & Q2

Lab 3: Mirrors & Instruments
PLC 3
5
03.12.13 03.14.13 Coulomb's Law & E-fields
Electric Potential
20.3-20.6
21.1-21.3
PS3 & Q3

Lab 4: Electrostatics
PLC 4
6
03.19.13 03.21.13 Applications
Catch-up & Examples
21.4-21.9

PS4 & Q4
Lab 5: Equipotentials
PLC 5
7
03.26.13 03.28.13 Review for Exam 1
Exam 1
17-21
17-21
Q5
PS5
Review for Exam 1

PLC 6
8
04.02.13 04.04.13 Spring Break - No Classes
Spring Break - No Classes
       
9
04.09.13 04.11.13 Basic Circuits
Ohm's Law & Power
22.1-22.3
22.4-22.6

Lab 6: Play Dough Resistance

PLC 7
10
04.16.13 04.18.13 Series & Parallel Resistors
Capacitors & Examples
23.1-23.5
21.7-21.8
PS6 & Q6

Lab 7: Series & Parallel Circuits

PLC 8
11
04.23.13 04.25.13 Magnetic Fields & Current
Magnetic Forces
24.1-24.3
24.5-24.6
PS7 & Q7 Lab 8: Magnetic Fields & Forces
PLC 9
12
04.30.13 05.02.13 Induced Currents
Faraday's Law
25.1-25.3
25.4
PS8 & Q8
Lab 9: Faraday's Law
PLC 10
13
05.07.13 05.09.13 Review for Exam 2
Exam 2

22-25
Q9
PS9
Review for Exam 2
PLC 11
14
05.14.13 05.16.13 Quantum Physics
Atomic Structure
28
Lab 10: Atomic Spectra
PLC 12
15
05.21.13 05.23.13 Radiation & Radioactivity
Applications
30.1-30.4
30.5-30.6
PS10 & Q10
Lab 11: Radioactivity
PLC 13
16
05.28.13 05.30.13 Special Relativity
Consequences of Relativity
27.1-27.3
27.4-27.10
PS11 & Q11
Review for Final Exam
Review for Final Exam

No PLC
17
06.03.13 06.04.13 06.05.13 06.06.13


Final Exam (7-9:50 am)