Electricity and Magnetism

Calendar

WEEK #	SES #	HOUR 1	HOUR 2
1	1	Why Physics? Why Studio Physics? (and How?) Vector and Scalar Fields	Gravitational Fields Electric Fields
	2	Review: Electric Fields Charge Dipoles	Continuous Charge Distributions
	3	Problem Solving Session 1: Line and Surface Integrals
2	4	Working In Groups Experiment 1: Visualizations	Electric Potential
	5	Gauss’ Law	Gauss’ Law
	6	Problem Solving Session 2: Electric Field of Continuous Charge Distributions
3	7	Conductors and Insulators Experiment 2: Electrostatic Force	Capacitors
	8	Last Time: Conductors Experiment 3: Faraday Ice Pail	Capacitors and Dielectrics
	9	Problem Solving Session 3: Gauss’ Law
4	10	DC Circuits	Kirchhoff’s Loop Rules
	11	Problem Solving Session 4: Capacitance
5	12	Working with Circuits Experiment 4: Part I: Measuring V, I, R	RC Circuits Experiment 4: Part II: RC Circuits
	13	Concept Review/Overview PRS Questions - Possible Exam Questions	Sample Exam
6	14	Magnetic Fields Experiment 5: Magnetic Fields	Charges moving in B Fields Exam Review
	15	Magnetic Force Experiment 6: Magnetic Force	Creating B Fields: Biot-Savart
	16	Problem Solving Session 5: Magnetic Torque and Moments
7	17	Dipoles and Magnetic Fields	Experiment 7: Dipoles in B Fields
	18	Levitation Experiment 8: Magnetic Forces	Ampere’s Law
	19	Problem Solving Session 6: Ampere’s Law
8	20	Faraday’s Law	Faraday’s Law: Applications
	21	Experiment 9: Faraday’s Law	Faraday’s Law Transformers Magnetic Materials
	22	Problem Solving Session 7: Faraday’s Law
9	23	Concept Review/Overview PRS Questions - Possible Exam Questions	Sample Exam
	24	Inductance and LR Circuits	Energy in Inductors
10	25	Experiment 10: Part I: Measuring L LC Circuits	Experiment 10: Part II: LRC Circuit
	26	Driven Harmonic Motion (RLC)	Experiment 11: Driven RLC Circuit
	27	Problem Solving Session 8: Driven RLC Circuits
11	28	Displacement Current Maxwell’s Equations	Electromagnetic Waves
	29	Problem Solving Session 9: Displacement Current, Poynting
12	30	Traveling and Standing Waves	Electromagnetic (EM) Waves
	31	Concept Review/Overview PRS Questions - Possible Exam Questions	Sample Exam
13	32	Generating Electromagnetic Waves Plane EM Waves Electric Dipole EM Waves	Experiment 12: Microwaves Review Exam 3 Results
	33	Interference	Experiment 13: Interference
	34	Problem Solving Session 10: Interference
14	35	The Structure of Space and Time	The Structure of Space and Time
	36	Concept Review/Overview PRS Questions - Possible Exam Questions	Sample Exam