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Week Date Prelectures Checkpoints Reading Lecture Lecture handouts Lab Discussion Homework Exams
1
Monday
6/14/2021
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 Chapter 16.1-16.2 Lecture 1: Electric Charge
pdf
Handout 1
pdf
 

Discussion 1
Discussion 1 Solutions

(forces, free-body diagrams, charge)

   
Tuesday
6/15/2021
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Chapter 16.4 Lecture 2: Coulomb's Law &
Free-body Diagrams
pdf
Handout 2
pdf
Prelab Orientation-1 (week 1)      
Wednesday
6/16/2021
Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Chapter 16.5 Lecture 3: Coulomb's Law &
Free-body Diagrams Examples
pdf
Handout 3
pdf
 

Discussion 2
Discussion 2 Solutions

(Coulomb's Law)

Homework 1  
Thursday
6/17/2021
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Chapter 17.1-17.2 Lecture 4: Electric Field Definition
pdf
Handout 4
pdf
Prelab Orientation-1 (week 1)      
Friday
6/18/2021
                 
2
Monday
6/21/2021
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5
Chapter 17.3
Lecture 5: Electric Field & Gauss' Law
pdf
Handout 5
pdf
 

Discussion 3
Discussion 3 Solutions

(Coulomb's Law)

Homework 2  
Tuesday
6/22/2021
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Chapter 17.5-17.6; 17.8
18.1-18.4
Lecture 6: Work from Coulomb Force
& Potential Energy
pdf
Handout 6
pdf
Prelab Orientation-2 (week 2)      
Wednesday
6/23/2021
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7 Chapter 17.7, 18.5 Lecture 7: Electric Potential
pdf
Handout 7
pdf
 

Discussion 4
Discussion 4 Solutions

(Electric Field)

   
Thursday
6/24/2021
Exam 1 Prelab Orientation-2 (week 2)  
Friday
6/25/2021
            No Discussion    
3
Monday
6/28/2021
Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8 Chapter 18.5-18.6 Lecture 8: Electric Potential (cont)
pdf
Handout 8
pdf
    Homework 3  
Tuesday
6/29/2021
Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9 Chapter 18.7 Lecture 9: Capacitance & Capacitors
pdf
Handout 9
pdf
Prelab Orientation-3 (week 3)
Lab 0 (group A)
     
Wednesday
6/30/2021
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10 Chapter 19.1-19.4 Lecture 10: Resistors & Batteries
pdf
Handout 10
pdf
 

Discussion 5
Discussion 5 Solutions

(work & electric potential)

Homework 4  
Thursday
7/1/2021
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11 Chapter 19.5-19.6 Lecture 11: Series & Parallel Rules
pdf
Handout 11
pdf
Prelab Orientation-3 (week 3)
Lab 0 (group B)
     
Friday
7/2/2021
                 
4
Monday
7/5/2021
July 4th Holiday observed - no class
Tuesday
7/6/2021
Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12 Chapter 19.7-19.8 Lecture 12: Kirchhoff's Rules
pdf
Handout 12
pdf
Prelab 1 (due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 1 (group A)
     
Wednesday
7/7/2021
Prelecture 13 Checkpoint 13 Chapter 20.1, 20.3 Lecture 13: RC Circuits
pdf
Handout 13
pdf
 

Discussion 6
Discussion 6 Solutions

(circuit elements)

Homework 5  
Thursday
7/8/2021
Exam 2 Prelab 1 (due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 1 (group B)
 
Friday
7/9/2021
                 
5
Monday
7/12/2021
Prelecture 14 Checkpoint 14 Chapter 20.2 Lecture 14: Lorentz Force
pdf
Handout 14
pd
 

Discussion 7
Discussion 7 Solutions

(series & parallel circuits)

Homework 6  
Tuesday
7/13/2021
Prelecture 15 Checkpoint 15 Chapter 22.1-22.2 Lecture 15: Lorentz Force (cont)
pdf
Handout 15
pdf
Prelab 2 (due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 2 (group A)
     
Wednesday
7/14/2021
Prelecture 16 Checkpoint 16 Chapter 22.3,23.5 Lecture 16: Magnetic Fields
pdf
Handout 16
pdf
 

Discussion 8
Discussion 8 Solutions

(Kirchhoff's Rules & RC Circuits)

Homework 7  
Thursday
7/15/2021
Prelecture 17 Checkpoint 17 Chapter 23.1-23.3,
224.1-24.2
Lecture 17: Magnetic Fields (cont)
pdf
Handout 17
pdf
Prelab 2 (due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 2 (group B)
     
Friday
7/16/2021
                 
6
Monday
7/19/2021
Prelecture 18 Checkpoint 18 Chapter 24.3-24.6 Lecture 18: EM Induction
pdf
Handout 18
pdf
 

Discussion 9
Discussion 9 Solutions

(Lorentz Force)
Homework 8  
Tuesday
7/20/2021
Prelecture 19 Checkpoint 19 Chapter 23.2-23.3
24.7-24.8
Lecture 19: EM Induction (cont)
pdf
Handout 19
pdf
Prelab 3 (due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 3 (group A)
     
Wednesday
7/21/2021
Prelecture 20 Checkpoint 20 Chapter 24.8 Lecture 20: Maxwell's Equations
pdf
Handout 20
pdf
 

Discussion 10
Discussion 10 Solutions

(Magnetic Fields)
Homework 9  
Thursday
7/22/2021
Exam 3 Prelab 3 (due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 3 (group B)
 
Friday
7/23/2021
                 
7
Monday
7/26/2021
Prelecture 21 Checkpoint 21 Chapter 23.7-23.8 Lecture 21: Reflection & Refraction
pdf
Handout 21
pdf
 

Discussion 11
Discussion 11 Solutions

(Induction)

Homework 10  
Tuesday
7/27/2021
Prelecture 22 Checkpoint 22   Lecture 22: Total Internal Reflection
& Dispersion
pdf
Handout 22
pdf
Prelab 4 (due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 4 (group A)
     
Wednesday
7/28/2021
Prelecture 23 Checkpoint 23 Chapter 23.7-23.8 Lecture 23: Polarization
pdf
Handout 23
pdf
 

Discussion 12
Discussion 12 Solutions

(polarization & total internal reflection)

Homework 11  
Thursday
7/29/2021
Prelecture 24 Checkpoint 24 Chapter 26.1-26.6 Lecture 24: Interference & Diffraction
pdf
Handout 24
pdf
Prelab 4 (due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 4 (group B)
     
Friday
7/30/2021
                 
8
Monday
8/2/2021
Prelecture 25 Checkpoint 25 Chapter 26.1-26.6 Lecture 25: Plane & Concave Mirrors
pdf
Handout 25
pdf


 

Discussion 13
Discussion 13 Solutions

(Interference & diffraction)

Interference & Diffraction Spreadsheet

Homework 12  
Tuesday
8/3/2021
Prelecture 26 Checkpoint 26   Lecture 26: Convex Mirrors & Lenses
pdf
Handout 26
pdf
Lab practical exam      
Wednesday
8/4/2021
Prelecture 27 Checkpoint 27 Chapter 27 Lecture 27: Optical Instruments
pdf
Handout 27
pdf


 

Discussion 14
Discussion 14 Solutions

(spherical lenses & mirrors)

Homework 13  
Thursday
8/5/2021
      Reading Day starts at noon.   No Lab   Homework 14  
Friday
8/6/2021