Physics 390:Fall 2005

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