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Week Date Prelecture Bridges Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
1
Monday
8/24/2020
Prelecture 1 Bridge 1

Lecture 1:  
Electric Charge
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Tuesday
8/25/2020
       

Discussion 1
Discussion 1 Solutions

Quiz 1 (practice)

   
Wednesday
8/26/2020
Prelecture 2 Bridge 2 Lecture 2:  
Coulomb’s Law & Free-body Diagrams
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Thursday
8/27/2020
      Prelab 0 (Week 1)      
Friday
8/28/2020
           
2
Monday
8/31/2020
Prelecture 3 Bridge 3 Lecture 3:  
Coulomb’s Law & Free-body Diagrams:  Examples
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Tuesday
9/1/2020
       

Discussion 2
Discussion 2 Solutions

Quiz 2

   
Wednesday
9/2/2020
Prelecture 4 Bridge 4 Lecture 4:  
Electric Field Definition
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Thursday
9/3/2020
      Prelab 0 (Week 2)   Homework 1  
Friday
9/4/2020
           
3
Monday
9/7/2020
Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday
9/8/2020
       

Discussion 3
Discussion 3 Solutions

Quiz 3

   
Wednesday
9/9/2020
Prelecture 5 Bridge 5 Lecture 5:  
Electric Field & Gauss’ Law 
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Thursday
9/10/2020
      Prelab 0 (Week 3)   Homework 2  
Friday
9/11/2020
           
4
Monday
9/14/2020
Prelecture 6 Bridge 6 Lecture 6:  
Work from Coulomb Force & Potential Energy
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Wednesday 16 September
Exam 1

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Tuesday
9/15/2020
        Discussion 4
Discussion 4 Solutions
 
Wednesday
9/16/2020
Prelecture 7 Bridge 7 Lecture 7:  
Electric Potential
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Thursday
9/17/2020
      No Lab   Homework 3  
Friday
9/18/2020
           
5
Monday
9/21/2020
Prelecture 8 Bridge 8 Lecure 8:  
Electric Potential (cont.)
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Tuesday
9/22/2020
       

Discussion 5
Discussion 5 Solutions

Quiz 4

 
 
Wednesday
9/23/2020
Prelecture 9 Bridge 9 Lecture 9:  
Capacitance & Capacitors
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Thursday
9/24/2020
      No Lab   Homework 4  
Friday
9/25/2020
           
6
Monday
9/28/2020
Prelecture 10 Bridge 10 Lecture 10:  
Resistors & Batteries
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Tuesday
9/29/2020
       

Discussion 6
Discussion 6 Solutions

Quiz 5

   
Wednesday
9/30/2020
Prelecture 11 Bridge 11 Lecture 11:  
Series & Parallel Rules
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Thursday
10/1/2020
      Prelab 1 (group A & B)
Lab 1 (group A)
  Homework 5  
Friday
10/2/2020
           
7
Monday
10/5/2020
Prelecture 12 Bridge 12 Lecture 12:  
Kirchhoff’s Rules
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Tuesday
10/6/2020
       

Discussion 7
Discussion 7 Solutions

Quiz 6

   
Wednesday
10/7/2020
Prelecture 13 Bridge 13 Lecture 13:  
RC Circuits
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Thursday
10/8/2020
      Lab 1 (group B)   Homework 6  
Friday
10/9/2020
           
8
Monday
10/12/2020
Prelecture 14 Bridge 14 Lecture 14:  
Lorentz Force
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Wednesday 14 October

Exam 2

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Tuesday
10/13/2020
        Discussion 8
Discussion 8 Solutions
 
Wednesday
10/14/2020
Prelecture 15 Bridge 15 Lecture 15:  
Lorentz Force (cont.)
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Thursday
10/15/2020
      Prelab 2 (group A & B)
Lab 2 (group A)
  Homework 7  
Friday
10/16/2020
           
9
Monday
10/19/2020
Prelecture 16 Bridge 16 Lecture 16:  
Magnetic Fields
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Tuesday
10/20/2020
     
 

Discussion 9
Discussion 9 Solutions

Quiz 7

 
 
Wednesday
10/21/2020
Prelecture 17 Bridge 17 Lecture 17:  
Magnetic Fields (cont.)
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Thursday
10/22/2020
      Lab 2 (group B)   Homework 8  
Friday
10/23/2020
           
10
Monday
10/26/2020
Prelecture 18 Bridge 18 Lecture 18:  
EM Induction
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Tuesday
10/27/2020
       

Discussion 10
Discussion 10 Solutions

Quiz 8

   
Wednesday
10/28/2020
Prelecture 19 Bridge 19 Lecture 19:  
EM Induction (cont.)
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Thursday
10/29/2020
      Prelab 3 (group A & B)
Lab 3 (group A)
  Homework 9  
Friday
10/30/2020
           
11
Monday
11/2/2020
Prelecture 20 Bridge 20 Lecture 20:  
Maxwell’s Equations
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Tuesday
11/3/2020
National Election Day: Go Vote!
Wednesday
11/4/2020
Prelecture 21 Bridge 21 Lecture 21:  
Reflection & Refraction
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Discussion 11
Discussion 11 Solutions

Quiz 9

   
Thursday
11/5/2020
      Lab 3 (group B)   Homework 10  
Friday
11/6/2020
           
12
Monday
11/9/2020
Prelecture 22 Bridge 22 Lecture 22:
Total Internal Reflection & Dispersion
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Wednesday 11 November

Exam 3

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Tuesday
11/10/2020
       

Discussion 11
Discussion 11 Solutions

Quiz 9

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Wednesday
11/11/2020
Prelecture 23 Bridge 23 Lecture 23:  
Polarization
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Discussion 12
Discussion 12 Solutions

 

 
Thursday
11/12/2020
      Prelab 4 (group A & B)
Lab 4 (group A)
  Homework 11  
Friday
11/13/2020
           
13
Monday
11/16/2020
Prelecture 24 Bridge 24 Lecture 24:  
Interference & Diffraction
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Tuesday
11/17/2020
     

 

Discussion 12
Discussion 12 Solutions

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Wednesday
11/18/2020
Prelecture 25 Bridge 25 Lecture 25:  
Plane & Concave Mirrors
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Discussion 13
Interference & Diffraction Spreadsheet

Discussion 13 Solutions

Quiz 10

   
Thursday
11/19/2020
      Lab 4 (group B)   Homework 12  
Friday
11/20/2020
           
14
Monday
11/23/2020
Fall Break
15
Monday
11/30/2020
Prelecture 26 Bridge 26 Lecture 26:  
Convex Mirrors & Lenses
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Tuesday
12/1/2020
       

Discussion 13
Interference & Diffraction Spreadsheet

Discussion 13 Solutions

Quiz 10

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Wednesday
12/2/2020
Prelecture 27 Bridge 27 Lecture 27:  
Optical Instruments
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Discussion 14
Discussion 14 Solutions

Quiz 11

   
Thursday
12/3/2020
      Lab practical exam
Make-up lab week
  Homework 13  
Friday
12/4/2020
           
16
Monday
12/7/2020
Prelecture 28 Bridge 28 Lecture 28:  
Particle-wave Duality
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Tuesday
12/8/2020
     
 

Discussion 14
Discussion 14 Solutions

Quiz 11

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Wednesday
12/9/2020
  Bridge 29 Lecture 29:
Particle-wave Duality
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  No Discussion Homework 14  
Thursday
12/10/2020
Reading Day
Friday
12/11/2020