Syllabus : Primary Learning
Outcomes : Schedule
Announcements
| Date | Events | Topics
(presented on dates shown) |
who presents what |
| 2011: Aug 24 - Aug 26 | Organizational meeting |
Assignment of topics for next classes |
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| 2011: Aug 29 - Sept 02 | 5 minute presentations |
Mechanics I |
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preliminary topic |
submission |
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| kinematics | LA/LN |
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| conservation of energy | MP/SO |
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| conservation of momentum | NP/AT |
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| uniform circular motion | AG |
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| Newton's laws | MC |
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| Statics | ML |
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2011: Sept 05 - Sept 09 |
5 minute presentations |
Mechanics II |
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Torque and Equilibrium | LA/LN | |
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vibrations |
MP/SO | ||
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gravity |
NP/AT | ||
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non-uniform circular motion |
AG |
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| simple harmonic oscillation | MC |
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| rigid body rotational motion | ML |
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2011: Sept 12
- Sept 16 |
5 minute presentations |
Waves |
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Revised prelim topic |
submission | ||
| traveling pulses | LA/LN | ||
| standing waves | MP/SO | ||
| transverse waves on strings | NP/AT | ||
| sound | AG | ||
| TEM waves | MC | ||
| longitudinal waves | ML | ||
| 2011: Sept 19-Sept 23 | 5 minute presentations | Thermodynamics | |
| Formal Topics | Submission for approval | ||
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linear expansion | LA/LN | |
| ideal gas | MP/SO | ||
| internal energy | NP/AT | ||
| entropy | AG | ||
| adiabatic ideal gas | MC | ||
| Carnot Cycle and heat engines | ML | ||
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2011: Sept 27
- Sept 30 |
5 minute presentations |
Electrostatics |
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| Formal Progress | Update 01 | ||
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Coulomb's law | LA/LN | |
| Electric dipole | MP/SO | ||
| Gauss's Law | NP/AT | ||
| Electrostatic Potential | AG | ||
| Capacitance and energy density | MC | ||
| Resistance and current | ML | ||
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2011: Oct 03
- Oct 07 |
5 minute presentations |
Magnetism |
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Formal Progress |
Update 02 | ||
| Ampere's law | LA/LN | ||
| Law of Biot-Savert | MP/SO | ||
| Solenoid | NP/AT | ||
| magnetization | AG | ||
| Inductance and energy density | MC | ||
| Displacement current | ML | ||
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2011: Oct 10 - Oct 14 |
5 minute presentations |
Optics |
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Formal Progress |
Update 03 | ||
| Snell's Law | LA/LN | ||
| images formed with thin lenses | MP/SO | ||
| images formed with spherical mirrors | NP/AT | ||
| dispersion and prisms | AG | ||
| polarization and Brewster's angle | MC | ||
| interference of light waves | ML | ||
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2011: Oct 17
- Oct 21 |
5 minute presentations |
Misc. Physics Topics I (Student Selected) |
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| All |
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Formal Progress |
Update 04 |
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2011: Oct 24
- Oct 28 |
5 minute presentations |
Misc. Physics Topics II (Student Selected) |
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| All | |||
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Formal Paper |
Rough Draft Due |
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2011:Oct 31 - Nov 04 |
5 minute presentations |
Misc Physics Topics III (Student Selected) |
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| Formal Topic | Papers Due | All | |
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2011: Nov 07 - Nov 11 |
20 minute presentations |
2x |
tbd |
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2011: Nov 14 - Nov 18 |
20 minute presentations |
2x | tbd |
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2011: Nov 21
- Nov 25 |
20 minute presentations |
2x | tbd |
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2011: Nov 28 - Dec 02 |
20 minute presentations |
2x | tbd |
| 2011: Dec 05 - Dec 09 |
wrap up and fill in as needed |
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