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