Physics 174: Fall 2005 Planner

Lectures/In-class Discussion on Magenta Days.
Labs on Cyan Days.
Review and Exams on Green Days.

Exams will be held on Oct 3 (Mon), Nov 10(Thurs), and Dec 5 (Mon). The Final Exam is on Dec 16.

Chapter sections specified are the reading assignment for that class day. After reading the chapter, click the link to answer pre-flight before the lecture. Pre-flight questions must be answered by 10 AM the day of the lecture.

Example problems, practice exams and exam solutions will be linked below at appropriate places.

September 2005

Sun	Monday	Tues	Wednesday	Thurs	Friday	Saturday
4	5 Labor Day	6	7 Lecture 1 Ch 23.1-23.3(PF1) Coulombs Law	8 Lab 1	9 Lecture 2 Ch 23.4-23.6(PF2) Electric Fields	10 Homework 1 (Due 9/17)
11	12 Lecture 3 Ch 24.1(PF3) Electric Flux	13	14 Lecture 4 Ch 24.2-24.4(PF4) Gauss' Law	15 Lab 2	16 Lecture 5 Ch 25.1-25.4(PF5) Electric Potential	17 Homework 2 (Due 9/24)
18	19 Lecture 6 Ch 25.5-25.8(PF6) Electric Potential II	20	21 CLASS CANCELLED Electric field calculation (due 9/23)	22 Lab 3	23 Lecture 7 Ch 26.1-26.5 (PF8) Capacitance	24 Homework 3(Due 9/29)
25	26 Lecture 8 Ch 27.1-27.5(PF9) Resistance	27	28 Lecture 9 Ch 27.6,28.1-28.2(PF10) Power and Resistors	29 Lab 4	30 Exam 1 Review Practice Exams S2005 soln	Oct 1

October 2005

Sun	Monday	Tues	Wednesday	Thurs	Friday	Saturday
2	3 Exam 1	4	5 Lecture 11 Ch 27.1-27.6(PF11) Resistance and Power	6 Lab 5	7 Lecture 12 Ch 28.1-28.3(PF12) DC Circuits	8 Homework 4 (Due 10/14) Practice Problems
9	10 Lecture 13 Ch 28.4(PF13) RC Circuits	11	12 Lecture 14 Ch 29.1-29.3(PF14) B-fields and forces	13 Lab 6	14 Lecture 15 Ch 29.4-29.6 (PF15) B-fields and particles	15 Homework 5 (Due 10/20)
16	17 Lecture 16 Ch 30.1-30.3(PF16) Ampere's Law	18	19 Lecture 17 Ch 30.4-30.7(PF17) Magnetic Examples	20 Lab 7	21 Lecture 18 Ch 31.1-31.3(PF18) Faraday's Law	22
23	24 Lecture 19 Ch 31.4-31.7(PF19) Generators & Motors	25	26 Lecture 20 Ch 32.1-32.4(PF20) Inductance	27 Lab 8	28 Lecture 21 Ch 32.5-32.6(PF21) RLC Circuits	29 Homework 6 (Due 5 PM 11/2)

November 2005

Sun	Monday	Tues	Wednesday	Thurs	Friday	Saturday
Oct 30	Oct 31 Lecture 22 Ch 33.1-33.4(PF22) Induction	1	2 Lecture 23 Ch 33.5-33.7(PF23) RLC circuits	3 Lab 9	4 Lecture 24 Ch 33.8-33.9(PF24) Transformers & Rectifiers	5 Homework 7 (Due Wed 11/9, 11pm)
6	7 Lecture 25 Ch 34.1-34.6(PF25) E&M Waves	8	9 Exam 2 Review Practice Exams RLC problems S2005 soln	10 Exam 2 (Ch 27-34)	11 Class Cancelled	12
13	14 Post-flight (PF26) Nanotechnology & Summer Programs	15	16 Lecture 27 Ch 37.1-37.3(PF27) Interference	17 Lab 11	18 Lecture 28 Ch 37.5-37.6, 38.6(PF28) Polarization	19 Homework 8 (Due Mon 11/21, 11pm)
20	21 Lecture 29 Ch 40.1-40.4(PF29) Waves as Particles	22	23 Lecture 30 Ch 40.5-40.8(PF30) Particles as Waves	24 T'giving	25 Break Holiday	26 Homework 9 (Due Mon 11/28, 11pm)