Physics 172, Spring 2008
Dynamic Topics List/Schedule/Assignments

last updated 4/28/2008
Prof. Hank Yochum

Link to student companion website for our text, Fundamentals of Physics, 8th ed, Halliday/Resnick/Walker

A nice list of simulations and applets for a second semester general physics course

Week 1    Wednesday, January 16 Thursday, January 17 Friday, January 18
    class begins!!! college closed because of snow

have read chapt 21 sections 1-4
Warm up HW P1 (now due Friday along w/ friday warm up assignment)
have read chapt 21 sections 5&6
Warm up HW: P25

HW Set 1
Chapt 21, Due Friday January 25
Q7, Q10, P7, P9, P26, P36, P44
Chapt 22
Q2, P11
Week 2 Monday, January 21 Wednesday, January 23 Thursday, January 24 Friday, January 25
  have read chapt 22 sections 1-4
Warm up HW: P3
have read chapt 22 sections 5-7 (we get to do some integration that is a little tough in sections 6 and 7, read this carefully for questions)

E field physlets

Warm up HW: P34 (ans. 6.3x10^3 N/C)
no warm up problem

continue discussion of section 6
HW questions
have read chapt 22 sections 8 and 9 (for section 9, just read up until the Potential energy of electric dipole part in 9)

no warm up problem

HW Set 2
Chapt 22 Q7, P13, P19, P23, P25, P27, P32, P36, P45, P53
Week 3 Monday, January 28 Wednesday, January 30 Thursday, January 31 Friday, February 1
  warm up problem: c22, Q8 (turn in by Tuesday at 5pm)

bring in your attempt at P27 from c22

finish chapt 22
have read chapt 23 sections 1-5
warm up: c23 checkpoints 1, 2 (with explanations!)
HW questions
continue discussion of chapt 23
have read chapt 23 sections 6-8
warm up: cylinder question given out Wed.

HW Set 3
Chapt 23 Q2, Q9, P3, P7, P18, P26, P27, P35, P40, P50
Due Friday February 8
Week 4 Monday, February 4 Wednesday, February 6 Thursday, February 7 Friday, February 8
  have read chapt 23 section 9
quick quiz 1

we'll finish chapt 23

start chapter 24
Have read sections 1-4

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HW questions

enlightening article on cognitive challenges with physics..
.>>> it's hard for all of us

Have read chapt 24 sections 5-8

I won't be in class. I'll be giving out a set of concept questions on Thursday for you to work on though while I'm not there..

HW Set 4
Chapt 24
Q4, P8, P15, P25, P27, P37, P42, P55, P67, P108
Due February 22
Week 5 Monday, February 11 Wednesday, February 13 Thursday, February 14 Friday, February 15
  continue chapt 24
have read sections 9-12

HW 3 due Tuesday by noon
warm up due today, given out in class Monday

we'll finish up chapt 24
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HW questions and questions from last year's test

TEST REVIEW
>>> Test 1 from spring 2006 covering charge, electric field, and Gauss' law
start chapter 25
have read sections 1, 2, 3 (in this section, skip details on cylindrical and spherical capactitors, we'll need the results but not the derivation) and 4


capacitor applet from class
Week 6 Monday, February 18 Wednesday, February 20 Thursday, February 21 Friday, February 22
  I'll have your HW back today

have read sections 5-7

warm up for today >>2 questions
test I
covering chapters 21, 22, 23
HW questions start chapter 26
have read sections 1-4

HW 5
Chapt 25
Q2, P2, P9, P13, P32, P46

Chapt 26
Q2, P5, P9,P22, P24, P39

Due February 29th

Week 7 Monday, February 25 Wednesday, February 27 Thursday, February 28 Friday, February 29
  have read chapt 26 sections 5-9

warm up for today >>chapt 26 checkpoint 4 + handout questions from Friday

EXPLANATIONS REQUIRED

have read chapt 27 sections 1-5
warm up>> given out in class

Quiz 2 on chapt 27 reading
warm up due today >> given out in class Wednesday have read chapt 27 sections 6, 7, 8
Week 8 Monday, March 3 Wednesday, March 5 Thursday, March 6 Friday, March 7
  have read chapt 27 section 9, finish up chapt 27
warm up >> given out in class Friday (3 questions)

Practice test covering topics for test II
instructor at conference

Assignment:
discuss practice test
answers will be provided
instructor at conference:

no class
Test II
covering chapters 24-26
same 1 page info sheet rules as always

instructor at conference
test given out by Prof. Hyman

HW Set 6
Chapt 27
Q2, Q3, Q8, P7, P14, P27, P30, P37, P52, P62, P66
Due Friday March 21
Week 9 Monday, March 10 Wednesday, March 12 Thursday, March 13 Friday, March 14
 

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Week 10 Monday, March 17 Wednesday, March 19 Thursday, March 20 Friday, March 21
  welcome back!

start chapt 28 on magnetic fields

have read sections 1-4
warm up question: checkpoints 1 and 2 with explanations

chapter 28
have read sections 5-8
quick quiz 4

warm-up questions for today given out on Monday
discuss HW

have read chapt 28 section 9 and 10

HW 7
Chapt 28
Q8, P1, P7, P23, P25, P39, P44, P48, P52
chapt 29
Q1, Q4, P9
Due Friday March 28

charged particles moving in B field applet

Charged particle in B field physlet

Current in wire in a B field physlet

direct current (dc) motor applet - current carrying wire in a B field

Week 11 Monday, March 24 Wednesday, March 26 Thursday, March 27 Friday, March 28
  have read chapt 29 sections 1, 2, 3 finish up chapt 29
have read sections 4-6
quick quiz 5
warm up due today - given out in class Monday, on Ampere's law
warm up from Wednesday due today start chapt 30
have read sections 1-4

HW Set 8
chapt 29
Q10, P14, P26, P35, P37, P42, P48, P55, P58
chapt 30 Q2, P1, P10, P11
Due Friday April 4
Week 12 Monday, March 31 Wednesday, April 2 Thursday, April 3 Friday, April 4
  warm up for today given out in class Friday

chapt 30 cont.
have read sections 5-8
warm up for today given out in class Monday
chapt 30 cont.
have read sections 9-12

RL circuit behavior applet
HW questions turn in warm up from Wednesday

intro to speaker kit activity = interaction of current carrying loops with a permanent magnet
Week 13 Monday, April 7 Wednesday, April 9 Thursday, April 10 Friday, April 11
  HS visit with hands-on science experiment
8-10 at Rivermont School

Practice test for Test III
covers chapters 27-30 (but only sections 1-4 in 30)

continue chapt 30

finish up chapt 30

questions about practice test

the answers for the practice test are now in the class notebook


have read chapt 31 sections 6, 10, and 11
sorry for skipping around, we will focus on the generator and the transformer

AC generator applet - cool!

transfomer - physics applet

another transformer but not the kind from physics class

inside a transformer - one like you use all the time...

HW Set 9
chapt 30: P36, P37,P46, P56
chapt 31: P62, P65
chapt 32: P7, P9
Due Friday April 18

Week 14 Monday, April 14 Wednesday, April 16 Thursday, April 17 Friday, April 18
  Test III
covering chapters 27, 28, 29, and part of chapt 30 (sections 1-4)
Have read chapt 32 Maxwell's equations sections 1-5 by today HW questions have read chapt 33 sections 1, 2, 3, 5

EM waves applet from class

HW Set 10

Chapt 33
Q10, P7, P9, P32, P38, P49, P51, P63
Chapt 34
P25, P69
Due Monday April 28
Week 15 Monday, April 21 Wednesday, April 23 Thursday, April 24 Friday, April 25
 

warm up for today

have read chapt 33 sections 7, 8, 9, 10

chapt 33
multiple polarizers physlet

molecular view on a polarizer really works...

Snell's law physlet, also total internal reflection

Snell's law physlet

Rainbow physlet


finish chapter 33
warm up (also given out in class Monday)

quiz 6 postponed to today
(I'll be dropping your lowest quiz!)



discuss HW
discuss images

how mirrors and lenses work
extra credit opportunity
Week 16 Monday, April 28 Wednesday, April 31 Thursday, May 1 Friday, May 2
  course evaluations
Last day of our class :(

Last HW set due TODAY by 4 pm
DROP the chapter 34 problems off HW Set 10
reading day reading day exams begin

exam is cumulative
covers chapters 21-33
same rules as 171 final exam in regards to "notes" you can bring in - 2 sides of a standard piece of paper with anything you want handwritten on it

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