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Week Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
1
Monday
1/15/2024

Martin Luther King Jr Day, No Class

Tuesday
1/16/2024
      Week 1 PreLab
No Lab

Discussion 1
Discussion 1 Solutions

   
Wednesday
1/17/2024
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 Lecture 1: 
Electric Charge  
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Thursday
1/18/2024
         
Friday
1/19/2024
           
2
Monday
1/22/2024
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Lecture 2:  
Coulomb’s Law & Free-body Diagrams
pdf ppt (notes)
Week 2 PreLab
No Lab
     
Tuesday
1/23/2024
      Discussion 2
Discussion 2 Solutions

Week 2 Quiz
 
   
Wednesday
1/24/2024
Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Lecture 3:  
Coulomb’s Law & Free-body Diagrams:  Examples
pdf ppt (notes)
   
Thursday
1/25/2024
         
Friday
1/26/2024
        Homework 1  
3
Monday
1/29/2024
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Lecture 4:  
Electric Field Definition
pdf ppt (notes)
       
Tuesday
1/30/2024
     
 
Discussion 3
Discussion 3 Solutions

Week 3 Quiz
 
   
Wednesday
1/31/2024
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 Lecture 5:  
Electric Field & Gauss’ Law 
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Week 3 PreLab
Lab 1
   
Thursday
2/1/2024
         
Friday
2/2/2024
         
4
Monday
2/5/2024
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Lecture 6:  
Work from Coulomb Force & Potential Energy
pdf ppt (notes)
Week 4 PreLab
Lab 2
     
Tuesday
2/6/2024
     

Discussion 4
Discussion 4 Solutions

Week 4 Quiz

 
Wednesday
2/7/2024
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7 Lecture 7:  
Electric Potential
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Thursday
2/8/2024
       
Friday
2/9/2024
        Homework 3
5
Monday
2/12/2024
Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8

Lecure 8: 
Electric Potential (cont.)
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Exam 1

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Feb 12-14

Tuesday
2/13/2024
     
 
Discussion 5
Discussion 5 Solutions


 
 
Wednesday
2/14/2024
Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9

Lecture 9:  
Capacitance & Capacitors
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Week 5 PreLab--Exam 1 Reservation Check!
No Lab

 
Thursday
2/15/2024
         
Friday
2/16/2024
        Homework 4  
6
Monday
2/19/2024
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10 Lecture 10:  
Resistors & Batteries
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Tuesday
2/20/2024
        Discussion 6
Discussion 6 Solutions

Week 6 Quiz
 
   
Wednesday
2/21/2024
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11 Lecture 11:  
Series & Parallel Rules
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Week 6 PreLab
Lab 3
   
Thursday
2/22/2024
         
Friday
2/23/2024
        Homework 5  
7
Monday
2/26/2024
Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12 Lecture 12:  
Kirchhoff’s Rules
pdf ppt (notes)
       
Tuesday
2/27/2024
     
 
Discussion 7
Discussion 7 Solutions

Week 7 Quiz
 
   
Wednesday
2/28/2024
Prelecture 13 Checkpoint 13 Lecture 13:  
RC Circuits
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Week 7 PreLab
Lab 4
   
Thursday
2/29/2024
         
Friday
3/1/2024
        Homework 6  
8
Monday
3/4/2024
Prelecture 14 Checkpoint 14 Lecture 14:  
Lorentz Force
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Week 8 PreLab--Exam 2 Reservation Check!
No Lab
   

Exam 2

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March 4-6

Tuesday
3/5/2024
      Discussion 8
Discussion 8 Solutions
 
Wednesday
3/6/2024
Prelecture 15 Checkpoint 15

Lecture 15:  
Lorentz Force (cont.)
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Thursday
3/7/2024
       
Friday
3/8/2024
        Homework 7
9
Monday
3/11/2024
Spring break, No Class
Tuesday
3/12/2024
Wednesday
3/13/2024
Thursday
3/14/2024
Friday
3/15/2024
10
Monday
3/18/2024
Prelecture 16 Checkpoint 16 Lecture 16:  
Magnetic Fields
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Tuesday
3/19/2024
        Discussion 9
Discussion 9 Solutions

Week 10 Quiz
 
   
Wednesday
3/20/2024
Prelecture 17 Checkpoint 17 Lecture 17:  
Magnetic Fields (cont.)
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Week 10 PreLab
Lab 5
   
Thursday
3/21/2024
         
Friday
3/22/2024
        Homework 8  
11
Monday
3/25/2024
Prelecture 18 Checkpoint 18 Lecture 18:  
EM Induction
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Tuesday
3/26/2024
        Discussion 10
Discussion 10 Solutions

Week 11 Quiz
 
Wednesday
3/27/2024
Prelecture 19 Checkpoint 19 Lecture 19:  
EM Induction (cont.)
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Week 11 PreLab
Lab 6
 
Thursday
3/28/2024
       
Friday
3/29/2024
        Homework 9
12
Monday
4/1/2024
Prelecture 20 Checkpoint 20 Lecture 20:  
Maxwell’s Equations
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Week 12 PreLab--Exam 3 Reservation Check!
No Lab
     

Exam 3
 

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April 1-3

Tuesday
4/2/2024
      Discussion 11
Discussion 11 Solutions
 
 
Wednesday
4/3/2024
Prelecture 21 Checkpoint 21 Lecture 21:  
Reflection & Refraction
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Thursday
4/4/2024
       
Friday
4/5/2024
        Homework 10
13
Monday
4/8/2024
Prelecture 22 Checkpoint 22

Lecture 22:

NO IN-PERSON LECTURE (go see the eclipse!)
Total Internal Reflection & Dispersion
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Tuesday
4/9/2024
     
 
Discussion 12
Discussion 12 Solutions

Week 13 Quiz
 
 
 
Wednesday
4/10/2024
Prelecture 23 Checkpoint 23 Lecture 23:  
Polarization
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Week 13 PreLab
Lab 7
   
Thursday
4/11/2024
         
Friday
4/12/2024
        Homework 11  
14
Monday
4/15/2024
Prelecture 24 Checkpoint 24 Lecture 24:  
Interference & Diffraction
pdf ppt (notes)
       
Tuesday
4/16/2024
        Discussion 13
Interference & Diffraction Spreadsheet

Discussion 13 Solutions

Week 14 Quiz
   
Wednesday
4/17/2024
Prelecture 25 Checkpoint 25 Lecture 25:  
Plane & Concave Mirrors
pdf ppt (notes)
Week 14 PreLab
Lab 8
   
Thursday
4/18/2024
         
Friday
4/19/2024
        Homework 12  
15
Monday
4/22/2024
Prelecture 26 Checkpoint 26 Lecture 26:  
Convex Mirrors & Lenses
pdf ppt (notes)
       
Tuesday
4/23/2024
        Discussion 14
Discussion 14 Solutions

Week 15 Quiz
 
   
Wednesday
4/24/2024
Prelecture 27 Checkpoint 27 Lecture 27:  
Optical Instruments
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Week 15 PreLab (practical)
Week 15 Lab Practical Exam
   
Thursday
4/25/2024
         
Friday
4/26/2024
        Homework 13  
16
Monday
4/29/2024
Prelecture 28 Checkpoint 28 Lecture 28:  
Particle-wave Duality
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No Lab      
Tuesday
4/30/2024
      No Discussion    
Wednesday
5/1/2024
  Checkpoint 29 Lecture 29:
Particle-wave Duality
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Homework 14  
Thursday
5/2/2024
Reading Day
Friday
5/3/2024