assignments
due Fri Sep 2
Reading-sep 02
- Chapter 25: 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4
- Conceptual Questions: 1, 3, 6, 8
due Mon Sep 5
Reading-sep 05
- Chapter 25: 25.5
- Conceptual Questions: 12, 14, 15
due Wed Sep 7
Assignment 1- sep 07
- Chapter 26: reading 26.1, 26.2
Student Learning Objectives
- To become familiar with basic electric phenomena.
- To learn the charge model and to apply it to situations involving conductors and insulators.
- To understand polarization and the attraction between neutral and charged objects.
- To understand and use Coulomb’s law for point charges.
- To recognize and use the principle of superposition for electric forces.
- To begin the process of understanding the field model and the concept of a field.
- To learn the electric field of a point charge.
Chapter 25: problems 39, 55, 56, 74
due Fri Sep 9
Reading-sep 09
- Chapter 26: finish (I think we said the Sam was presenting the example 3 and Jack the 4).
- Conceptual Questions: 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 15
due Mon Sep 12
Reading-sep 12
- Chapter 27: 27.1 ,27.2, 27.3
- Conceptual Questions: 2, 4, 5
due Wed Sep 14
Assignment 2- sep 14
Student Learning Objectives
- To use the principle of superposition to calculate the electric field of multiple charges
and of continuous distributions of charge.
- To learn the electric field of common charge distributions.
- To learn the electric field of a parallel-plate capacitor and some of its applications.
- To study the motion of charged particles and dipoles in simple electric fields.
Chapter 26: 32, 40, 50, 55, 68
due Fri Sep 16
Reading-sep 16
- Chapter 27: finish
- Conceptual Questions:6, 8, 9, 10
due Mon Sep 19
Reading-sep 19
- Chapter 28: 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 28.4
- Conceptual Questions: 1, 2, 3
Jack 28.2, Sam 28.3
due Wed Sep 21
Assignment 3- sep 21
Student Learning Objectives
- To understand the importance of symmetry.
- To calculate electric flux.
- To use Gauss’s law to derive several electric fields of interest.
- To study the properties of conductors in electrostatic equilibrium
Chapter 27: 40, 48, 50, 51, 56
due Fri Sep 23
Reading-sep 23
- Chapter 28: end Chapter
- Conceptual Questions: 1, 2, 3
due Mon Sep 26
Reading-sep 26
- Chapter 29: 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sam explains connection between Potential and field, Jack explains how to find the electric field form the potential )
due Wed Sep 28
Assignment 4- sep 28
Student Learning Objectives
- To introduce electric potential energy and use it in conservation of energy problems.
- To define the electric potential.
- To find and use the electric potential of point charges, charged spheres, and parallel plate capacitors.
- To find the electric potential of a continuous distribution of charge.
- To introduce and use potential graphs and equipotential surfaces.
Chapter 28: 28, 32, 42, 56, 57, 80
due Fri Sep 30
Reading-sep 30
- Chapter 29: end Chapter (Jack - Parallel Capacitors, Sam - Series Capacitors)
due Mon Oct 3
Reading-oct 3
- This is the last chance for you to ask questions about the chapters already studied before the midterm.
- Chapter 30: 30.1, 30.2, 30.3 (Sam: Establishing the electric field in a wire. Jack: a model of conduction)
due Wed Oct 5
Midterm due- oct 5
see email
due Fri Oct 7
Reading-oct 7
- Chapter 30: finish the chapter (Jack: 30.4 and Sam: 30.5)
due Mon Oct 10
Reading-oct 10
- Chapter 31: 31.1, 31.2, 31.3, 31.4 (Sam: 31.2 Jack: 31.3)
due Wed Oct 12
Assignment 5- oct 12
Student Learning Objectives
- To use the charge and field models to develop a concrete model of current in a conductor.
- To examine the evidence by which we know that current in a metal is due to the motion of electrons.
- To develop a micro/macro connection between the motion of charge carriers and the conventional macroscopic current.
- To introduce conductivity and resistivity as important parameters describing the electrical properties of materials.
- To introduce resistance and Ohm’s law.
- Chapter 29: conceptual Q: 4, 6, 7. problems: 57, 62, 72, 81
- Chapter 30: conceptual questions: 7, 8. problems 45, 58 (more on this chapter for next week)
due Fri Oct 14
Reading-oct 14
- Chapter 31: finish (Jack: 31.5 and Sam: 31.6 - we already talk about these, but I want to see how you present these two topics)
due Wed Oct 19
Assignment 6- oct 19
Student Learning Objectives
- To develop and use a conceptual model of simple DC circuits.
- To understand series and parallel resistances.
- To apply Kirchhoff’s laws to the analysis of circuits.
- To understand energy transfer and power dissipation in circuits.
- To understand how and why circuits are grounded.
- To understand RC circuits.
- Chapter 30: 67, 73
- Chapter 31: 36, 41, 49, 74, 76
due Fri Oct 21
Reading-oct 21
due Mon Oct 24
Reading-oct 24
- Chapter 32:
- Sam is going to be responsible to guide the discussion on paragraphs: 32.1-32.2 and 32.4
- Jack will lead 32.3 and 32.5
The paragraphs are not consecutive in purpose. Remember I'm not asking you to understand every single detail,
whatever is not clear will be clarified in class.
due Wed Oct 26
Assignment 7- oct 26
Complete missing labs. (You need to coordinate with Forest for the lab key)
Chapter 32: 43, 46
due Fri Oct 28
Reading-oct 28
due Mon Oct 31
Reading-oct 31
- Sam 32.8, 32.10 + pages 964 & 965
- Jack 32.9, 33.1 + pages 966 & 967
due Wed Nov 2
Assignment 7- Nov 2
Complete missing labs. (You need to coordinate with Forest for the lab key)
Student Learning Objectives
- To acquire familiarity with basic magnetic phenomena.
- To develop a dipole model of magnetism, analogous to the charge model of electricity, that allows students to understand and reason about basic magnetic phenomena.
- To learn the magnetic fields due to currents in wires, loops, and solenoids.
- To study the motion of charged particles in magnetic fields.
- To understand the magnetic forces and torques on wires and current loops.
- To present a simple atomic-level model of ferromagnetism.
- To connect the theory of electromagnetism to the phenomena of permanent magnets.
- Chapter 32: 55, 60, 68, 70, 80, 82
due Fri Nov 4
Reading-Nov 4
- Jack: 33.3, 33.5 (including examples)
- Sam : 33.4, 33.6
due Mon Nov 7
Reading-Nov 7
- Sam: 33.7, 33.9
- Jack: 33.8, 33.10
due Wed Nov 9
Assignment 8- Nov 9
Student Learning Objectives
- To observe the experimental evidence for electromagnetic induction.
- To understand and use Lenz’s law for induced currents.
- To learn of Faraday’s law as a new law of nature.
- To understand basic applications of electromagnetic induction to technology.
- To gain a qualitative understanding of electromagnetic waves.
- To analyze circuits with inductors
Chapter 33: 38, 46, 49, 74, 76, 85 (the exercises on the paragraph we don't have talked about yet will help us to have a good discussion. Try them!)
due Mon Nov 14
Reading-Nov 14
- Jack: 34.1, (1004-1005-1006-1007)
- Sam : 1008-1009
due Wed Nov 16
Reading-Nov 16
- Sam: 34.2, 34.3, 1019, 1020
- Jack: 34.4, 1016, 1017, 1018,
due Fri Nov 18
Reading-Nov 18
due Wed Nov 23
Assignment 9- Nov 23
Student Learning Objectives
- To understand that electric and magnetic fields are interdependent. There’s just a single electromagnetic field that presents different faces, in terms of and B, to different observers.
- Electromagnetic fields obey four general laws, called Maxwell’s equations.
- Electromagnetic fields can exist without source charges or currents in the form of a self-sustaining electromagnetic wave.
- Maxwell’s equations predict that all electromagnetic waves travel at the same speed.
- Electromagnetic waves can be polarized
Chapter 34: 34, 40, 46, 58, 62, 63
due Mon Nov 28
Reading-Nov 28
- Sam: 35.1,35.3
- Jack: 35.2,35.4
due Wed Nov 30
Reading-Nov 30
due Fri Dec 2
Reading- Dec 2
due Mon Dec 5
Assignment 9- Dec 5
Student Learning Objectives
- To use a phasor analysis to analyze AC circuits.
- To understand RC filter circuits.
- To understand the series RLC circuit and resonance.
- To calculate power loss in an AC circuit using the power factor.
Chapter 35: 44,52,62,63,70
Test 2
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