Schedule for Physics 204 Foundations of Physics (Spring 2007)

Week

Monday

Wednesday

Lab

Friday

Waves

1: Jan 15

Waves: Definitions and Wave Speed

Energy and Power, Superposition

Lab 1: Standing Waves
Special cases of Superposition: Resonance, Beats
Ch. 16: 1 - 5 Ch. 16: 6 - 9 Ch. 16: 10 - 13
2: Jan 22
Sound Waves and the Speed of Sound
Sound: Interference, Music Tones
Lab 2: Beats
Sound: Beats, Doppler Effect
Ch. 17: 1 - 4 Ch. 17: 5 - 7 Ch. 17: 8 - 10
Charge, Fields, and Gauss' Law
3: Jan 29
How do we know and what do we know about charge?
The electric field and field lines
Lab 3: Coulomb Experiment
Fields: Examples for some charge distributions
Ch. 21 Ch. 22: 1 - 3 Ch. 22: 4 - 7

4: Feb 5

Fields: Effect on other charges, flux
Gauss's Law
EXAM REVIEW
Applying Gauss' Law
Ch. 22: 8 - 9; Ch. 23: 1 - 3 Ch. 23: 4 - 6 Ch. 23: 7 - 9
Energy and the Electric Field and Potential
5: Feb 12
Exam 1: Waves, Electric Charge and Fields
Electric Potential Energy and the Electric Potential
Lab 4: Fields and Potentials
Potential: Equipotential Surfaces, Potential from the Field
Ch. 24: 1 - 4 Ch. 24: 4 - 7
6: Feb 19
Relating the Field and the Potential
Capacitance
no lab
Capacitance: Energy Storage in an Electric Field
Ch. 24: 8 - 12 Ch. 25: 1 - 4 Ch. 25: 5 - 8
Circuits
7: Feb 26

Current and Resistance;
Ohm's Law

Circuits: Power, Capacitors in a Circuit
Lab 5: Ohm's Law
Circuits: Work, energy and the emf
Ch. 26: 1 - 4 Ch. 26: 5 - 6; Ch. 27: 8-9 Ch. 26: 7 - 9
8: Mar 5
Circuits: Potential difference, Loops
Circuits Wrapup
and Exam Review
no lab
Exam 2: Gauss' Law, Potential, Capacitance, and Circuits
Ch. 27: 1 - 4 Ch. 27: 5 - 7
Mar 12 &
Mar 19
Spring Break
Magnetism, Induction, and Maxwell's Equations
9: Mar 26
The magnetic fleld
The Hall effect and magnetic forces on current-carrying wires
no lab
Torque on a current loop, the magnetic dipole "moment"
Ch. 28:1 - 4 Ch. 28: 5 - 8 Ch. 28: 8 - 10
10: Apr 2
Magnetic fields due to currents
Ampere's Law
Lab 6: Ampere's Experiment
Faraday's Law of Induction, Induced Electric Fields
Ch. 29: 1 - 3 Ch. 29: 4 - 6 Ch. 30: 1 - 6
11: Apr 9
Inductance, Energy Storage
in a Magnetic Field
Maxwell's Equations
Lab 7: The Faraday Experiment
The Electromagnetic wave,
Polarization
Ch. 30: 7 - 11 Ch. 32: 1 - 5 Ch. 33: 1 - 5
Electromagnetic Waves and Optics
12: Apr 16
Light Waves and Interference
Thin film interference
EXAM REVIEW
Diffraction by a single slit
Ch. 35: 1 - 4 Ch. 35: 5 - 8 Ch. 36: 1 - 5
13: Apr 23
Exam 3: Magnetism, Electromagnetic Waves
Diffraction gratings and
X-ray diffraction
Lab 8: Wave Optics
Reflection and Refraction
Ch. 36: 6 - 10 Ch. 33: 7, 8
14: Apr 30
Total Internal Reflection
Images from Mirrors
(Imaging using Reflection)
Lab 9: Ray Optics

Images from Lenses
(Imaging using Refraction)

Ch. 33: 9-10 Ch. 34: 1 - 5 Ch. 34: 6 - 8
The FINAL EXAM is Tuesday May 8 at 9 a.m.