| Date | Events | Topics
(presented on dates shown) |
who presents what | |
| August 18 |
Organizational meeting |
Assignment of topics for next classes |
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| August 25 |
10 minute presentations 01 |
Mechanics I |
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ALL:1. preliminary topic |
submission |
ALL | |
| statics |
bg |
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| kinematics | jw |
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| motion |
ls |
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| conservation of energy | cg |
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| conservation of momentum | ||||
| uniform circular motion | ||||
| Newton's laws | ||||
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September 01 |
10 minute
presentations 02 |
Mechanics II |
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| ALL: 2. Revised prelim topic | submission | ALL | ||
| Torque and Equilibrium | cg |
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| Rolling Motion | jw |
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gravity | bg |
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non-uniform circular motion |
ls |
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simple harmonic oscillation |
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conservation of angular momentum |
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| rigid body rotational motion | ||||
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September 08 |
10 minute
presentations 03 |
Waves |
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ALL: 3. Revised prelim topic |
submission | ALL
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| traveling pulses | ls |
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| standing waves | cg |
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| transverse waves on strings | bg |
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| sound | jw |
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| TEM waves | ||||
| longitudinal waves | ||||
| energy and power transmission by waves | ||||
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| September 15 |
10 minute presentations 04 |
Thermodynamics | ||
| ALL: 4. Formal Topics | Submission for approval | ALL | ||
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calorimetry
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cg |
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| linear expansion | bg |
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| ideal gas | ls |
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| internal energy | jw |
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| entropy | ||||
| adiabatic ideal gas | ||||
| Carnot Cycle and heat engines | ||||
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September 22 |
10 minute
presentations 05 |
Electrostatics
* |
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| ALL: 5. Formal Progress | Submission: Update 01 | ALL | ||
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Coulomb's law | jw |
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| Electric dipole | ls |
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| Gauss's
Law |
cg |
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| Electrostatic field |
bg |
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| Electrostatic Potential | ||||
| Capacitance and energy density | ||||
| Resistance and current | ||||
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September 28 |
10 minute
presentations 06 |
Magnetism * |
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ALL: 6. Formal Progress |
Submission: Update 02 | ALL | ||
| Ampere's law | cg |
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| TEM waves |
jw |
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| Solenoid | ls |
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| magnetization | bg |
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| Inductance and energy density | ||||
| Displacement current | ||||
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October 08 |
10 minute
presentations 07 |
Optics * |
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ALL: 7. Formal Progress |
Submission: Update 03 | ALL | ||
| Snell's Law | cg |
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| images formed with thin lenses | bg |
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| images formed with spherical mirrors | jw |
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| dispersion and prisms | ls |
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| polarization and Brewster's angle | ||||
| interference of light waves | ||||
| October
13 |
10 minute presentations 08 | Misc.
Physics Topics I (Student Selected) |
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| ALL: 8. Formal Progress | Submission: Update 04 | ALL | ||
| bg |
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| jw |
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| cg |
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| ls |
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| October
27 |
10
minute presentations 09 |
Misc. Physics Topics II (Student Selected) |
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| ALL: 9. Formal Progress | Submission: Update 05 | ALL |
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| jw |
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| bg |
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| ls |
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| cg |
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| November
03 |
10
minute presentations 10 |
Misc.
Physics Topics III (Student Selected) |
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| ALL: Rough Draft Due | Submission: Rough Draft Due | ALL |
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| jw |
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| cg |
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| bg |
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| ls |
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| November 10 |
20 minute presentation | 2 student presentations All final presentations due this day |
LS,cg ALL |
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| November 16 |
20 minute
presentation |
2 student
presentations |
jw,bg |
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| December 01 |
Compendium
due |
ALL | ||