Syllabus : Primary Learning Outcomes : Schedule
Announcements
| Date | Events | Topics (presented on dates shown) | who presents what |
| 2005: Aug 24 - Aug 26 | Organizational meeting |
Assignment of topics for next class |
|
| Class met in Derby 021 at 4:50 | |||
| 2005: Aug 29 - Sept 02 | 10 minute presentations |
Mechanics I |
|
|
Class meets at 11 in Derby ??? |
preliminary topic submission |
kinematics | JR |
| conservation of energy | TA | ||
| conservation of momentum | S | ||
| uniform circular motion | Ty | ||
| Newton's laws | TV | ||
|
2005: Sept 05 - Sept 09 |
10 minute presentations |
Mechanics II |
|
|
|
vibrations |
Ty | |
|
gravity |
TV | ||
|
non-uniform circular motion |
S | ||
| simple harmonic oscillation | JR | ||
| rigid body rotational motion | TA | ||
|
2005: Sept 12 - Sept 16 |
10 minute presentations |
Waves |
|
|
Revised prelim topic submission |
traveling pulses | Ty | |
| standing waves | JR | ||
| transverse waves on strings | S | ||
| sound | TA | ||
| TEM waves | TV | ||
| 2005: Sept 19-Sept 23 | 10 minute presentations | Thermodynamics | |
|
Formal Topics Submission for approval |
linear expansion | TV | |
| ideal gas | TA | ||
| internal energy | JR | ||
| entropy | S | ||
| adibatic ideal gas | Ty | ||
|
2005: Sept 26 - Sept 30 |
10 minute presentations |
Electrostatics |
|
|
Formal Progress Update 01 |
Coulomb's law | S | |
| Electric dipole | TA | ||
| Gauss's Law | JR | ||
| Electrostatic Potential | TV | ||
| Capacitance and energy density | Ty | ||
|
2005: Oct 03 - Oct 07 |
10 minute presentations |
Magnetism |
|
|
Formal Progress Update 02 |
Ampere's law | S | |
| Law of Biot-Savert | Ty | ||
| Solenoid | JR | ||
| magnetization | TV | ||
| Inductance and energy density | TA | ||
|
2005: Oct 10 - Oct 14 |
10 minute presentations |
Optics |
|
|
Formal Progress Update 03 |
Snell's Law | TA | |
| images formed with thin lenses | JR | ||
| images formed with spherical mirrors | Ty | ||
| dispersion and prisims | TV | ||
| polarization and Brewster's angle | S | ||
|
2005: Oct 17 - Oct 21 |
10 minute presentations |
Misc. Physics Topics I |
|
|
Formal Progress Update 04 |
(Student Selected) |
all | |
|
2005: Oct 24 - Oct 28 |
10 minute presentations |
Misc. Physics Topics II |
|
|
Formal Paper Rough Draft Due |
(Student Selected) |
all | |
|
2005: Oct 31 - Nov 04 |
10 minute presentations |
Misc Physics Topics III |
|
|
(Student Selected) |
all | ||
|
2005: Nov 07 - Nov 11 |
20 minute presentations |
Formal Topic Papers Due |
|
|
(2 presentations): S, Ty |
|||
|
2005: Nov 14 - Nov 18 |
20 minute presentations |
||
|
(3 presentations): TA, TV, JR |