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Week Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
1
Monday
8/24/2020
      Prelab 0 (Week 1) Problem set 1
Problem set 1 Demos
A: Expert Groups 1,3
B: Expert Groups 2,5
C: Expert Groups 4,6
Problem set 1 solutions
   
Tuesday
8/25/2020
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 Lecture 1:
Introduction and
Coulomb's Law
pdf ppt
   
Wednesday
8/26/2020
         
Thursday
8/27/2020
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Lecture 2:
Electric Fields
pdf ppt
   
Friday
8/28/2020
           
2
Monday
8/31/2020
      Prelab 0 (Week 2)      
Tuesday
9/1/2020
Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Lecture 3:
Electric Fields and
Electric Flux
pdf ppt
Problem set 2
Problem set 2 Demos
A: Expert Groups 1,4
B: Expert Groups 2,6
C: Expert Groups 3,5
Problem set 2 solutions
Homework 1 due  
Wednesday
9/2/2020
         
Thursday
9/3/2020
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Lecture 4:
Gauss's Law
pdf ppt
   
Friday
9/4/2020
           
3
Monday
9/7/2020
Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday
9/8/2020
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 Lecture 5:
Electric Potential
pdf ppt
Prelab 0 (Week 3) Problem set 3
Problem set 3 Demos
A: Expert Groups 1,5
B: Expert Groups 2,4
C: Expert Groups 3,6
Problem set 3 solutions
Homework 2 due  
Wednesday
9/9/2020
         
Thursday
9/10/2020
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Lecture 6:
Electric Potential
pdf ppt
   
Friday
9/11/2020
         
4
Monday
9/14/2020
      Prelab 1
Lab 1 (group A)
Problem set 4
A: Expert Groups 1,6
B: Expert Groups 2,3
C: Expert Groups 4,5
Problem set 4 solutions
   
Tuesday
9/15/2020
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7 Lecture 7:
Capacitance
pdf ppt
Homework 3 due  
Wednesday
9/16/2020
         
Thursday
9/17/2020
Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8 Lecture 8:
Capacitance
pdf ppt
   
Friday
9/18/2020
           
5
Monday
9/21/2020
      Prelab 1
Lab 1 (group B)
Problem set 5
A: Expert Groups 1,3
B: Expert Groups 2,5
C: Expert Groups 4,6
Problem set 5 solutions
   
Tuesday
9/22/2020
Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9 Lecture 9:
Simple Circuits
pdf ppt
Homework 4 due  
Wednesday
9/23/2020
        Exam 1 (Units 1-8) (solutions)
Thursday
9/24/2020
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10 Lecture 10:
More on Kirchoff's Laws
pdf ppt
   
Friday
9/25/2020
           
6
Monday
9/28/2020
      Prelab 2
Lab 2 (group A)
Problem set 6
A: Expert Groups 1,4
B: Expert Groups 2,6
C: Expert Groups 3,5
Problem set 6 solutions
   
Tuesday
9/29/2020
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11 Lecture 11:
RC Circuits
pdf ppt
Homework 5 due  
Wednesday
9/30/2020
         
Thursday
10/1/2020
Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12 Lecture 12:
Magnetic Force
pdf ppt
   
Friday
10/2/2020
           
7
Monday
10/5/2020
      Prelab 2
Lab 2 (group B)
Problem set 7
A: Expert Groups 1,5
B: Expert Groups 2,4
C: Expert Groups 3,6
Problem set 7 solutions
   
Tuesday
10/6/2020
Prelecture 13 Checkpoint 13 Lecture 13:
Forces and Magnetic Dipoles
pdf ppt
Homework 6 due  
Wednesday
10/7/2020
         
Thursday
10/8/2020
Prelecture 14 Checkpoint 14 Lecture 14:
Biot-Savart Law
pdf ppt
   
Friday
10/9/2020
           
8
Monday
10/12/2020
      Prelab 3
Lab 3 (group A)
Problem set 8
A: Expert Groups 1,6
B: Expert Groups 2,3
C: Expert Groups 4,5
Problem set 8 solutions
   
Tuesday
10/13/2020
Prelecture 15 Checkpoint 15 Lecture 15:
Ampere's Law
pdf ppt
Homework 7 due  
Wednesday
10/14/2020
         
Thursday
10/15/2020
Prelecture 16 Checkpoint 16 Lecture 16:
Motional EMF
pdf ppt
   
Friday
10/16/2020
           
9
Monday
10/19/2020
      Prelab 3
Lab 3 (group B)
Problem set 9
A: Expert Groups 1,3
B: Expert Groups 2,5
C: Expert Groups 4,6
Problem set 9 solutions
   
Tuesday
10/20/2020
Prelecture 17 Checkpoint 17 Lecture 17:
Faraday's Law
pdf ppt
Homework 8 due  
Wednesday
10/21/2020
         
Thursday
10/22/2020
Exam Break Exam Break

Exam 2 review slides

pdf ppt

   
Friday
10/23/2020
           
10
Monday
10/26/2020
      No Lab Problem set 10
A: Expert Groups 1,4
B: Expert Groups 2,6
C: Expert Groups 3,5
Problem set 10 solutions
  Exam 2 (Units 9-17) (solutions)
Tuesday
10/27/2020
Prelecture 18 Checkpoint 18 Lecture 18:
Self-Inductance RL Circuits
pdf ppt
Homework 9 due  
Wednesday
10/28/2020
       

 

Thursday
10/29/2020
Prelecture 19 Checkpoint 19 Lecture 19:
Oscillations: LC Circuits
pdf ppt
   
Friday
10/30/2020
           
11
Monday
11/2/2020
      No Lab Problem set 11
A: Expert Groups 1,5
B: Expert Groups 2,4
C: Expert Groups 3,6
Problem set 11 solutions
   
Tuesday
11/3/2020
National Election Day
Go Vote!
     
Wednesday
11/4/2020
      Homework 10 due  
Thursday
11/5/2020
Prelecture 20 Checkpoint 20 Lecture 20:
AC Circuits
pdf ppt
   
Friday
11/6/2020
           
12
Monday
11/9/2020
      Prelab 4
Lab 4 (group A)
Problem set 12
A: Expert Groups 1,6
B: Expert Groups 2,3
C: Expert Groups 4,5
Problem set 12 solutions
   
Tuesday
11/10/2020
Prelecture 21 Checkpoint 21 Lecture 21:
AC Power & Resonant Circuits

pdf ppt
Homework 11 due  
Wednesday
11/11/2020
         
Thursday
11/12/2020
Prelecture 22 Checkpoint 22 Lecture 22:
Maxwell's Displacement Current
and Electromagnetic Waves
pdf ppt
   
Friday
11/13/2020
           
13
Monday
11/16/2020
      Prelab 4
Lab 4 (group B)
Problem set 13
A: Expert Groups 1,3
B: Expert Groups 2,5
C: Expert Groups 4,6
Problem set 13 solutions
   
Tuesday
11/17/2020
Prelecture 23 Checkpoint 23 Lecture 23:
Electromagnetic Waves
pdf ppt
Homework 12 due  
Wednesday
11/18/2020
         
Thursday
11/19/2020
Prelecture 24 Checkpoint 24 Lecture 24:
Polarization
pdf ppt
   
Friday
11/20/2020
           
14
Monday
11/23/2020
Fall break
15
Monday
11/30/2020
      Lab practical exam

Make-up lab week
Problem set 14
A: Expert Groups 1,4
B: Expert Groups 2,6
C: Expert Groups 3,5
Problem set 14 solutions
  Exam 3 (Units 18-24) (solutions)
Tuesday
12/1/2020
Prelecture 25 Checkpoint 25 Lecture 25:
Reflection and Refraction
pdf ppt
Homework 13 due  
Wednesday
12/2/2020
         
Thursday
12/3/2020
Prelecture 26 Checkpoint 26 Lecture 26:
Lenses
pdf ppt
   
Friday
12/4/2020
           
16
Monday
12/7/2020
      No lab
activities this week
     
Tuesday
12/8/2020
Prelecture 27 Checkpoint 27 Lecture 27:
Mirrors
pdf ppt
  Homework 14 due  
Wednesday
12/9/2020
  Course Review (in smartphysics)
       
Thursday
12/10/2020
Reading Day
Friday
12/11/2020