Syllabus : Primary Learning
Outcomes : Schedule : Full Combined Syllabus
Announcements
| Date | Events | Topics
(presented on dates shown) |
who presents what |
| August 21 | Organizational meeting |
Assignment of topics for next classes |
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| August 28 | 10 minute presentations |
Mechanics I |
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preliminary topic |
submission |
ALL |
| kinematics | ds |
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| conservation of energy | dr |
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| conservation of momentum | jh |
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| uniform circular motion | jt |
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| Newton's laws | wp |
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| Statics | sg |
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September 04 |
10 minute presentations |
Mechanics II |
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Torque and Equilibrium | jt |
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vibrations |
jh |
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gravity |
ds |
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non-uniform circular motion |
sg |
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| simple harmonic oscillation | dr |
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| rigid body rotational motion | wp |
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September 11 |
10 minute presentations |
Waves |
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Revised prelim topic |
submission | ALL |
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| traveling pulses | jh |
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| standing waves | sg |
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| transverse waves on strings | wd |
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| sound | dr |
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| TEM waves | jt |
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| longitudinal waves | ds |
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| September 18 |
10 minute presentations | Thermodynamics | |
| Formal Topics | Submission for approval | ALL | |
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linear expansion | wp |
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| ideal gas | dr |
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| internal energy | jt |
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| entropy | jh |
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| adiabatic ideal gas | ds |
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| Carnot Cycle and heat engines | sg |
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September 25 |
10 minute presentations |
Electrostatics |
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| Formal Progress | Update 01 | ALL | |
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Coulomb's law | ds |
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| Electric dipole | sg |
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| Gauss's Law | dr |
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| Electrostatic Potential | jh |
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| Capacitance and energy density | wp |
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| Resistance and current | jt |
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October 02 |
10 minute presentations |
Magnetism |
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Formal Progress |
Update 02 | ALL | |
| Ampere's law | wp |
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| TEM waves |
dr |
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| Solenoid | sg |
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| magnetization | ds |
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| Inductance and energy density | jh |
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| Displacement current | jt |
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October 09 |
10 minute presentations |
Optics |
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Formal Progress |
Update 03 | ALL | |
| Snell's Law | jh |
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| images formed with thin lenses | dr |
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| images formed with spherical mirrors | sg |
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| dispersion and prisms | ds |
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| polarization and Brewster's angle | jt |
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| interference of light waves | wp |
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October 16 |
10 minute presentations |
Misc. Physics Topics I (Student Selected) |
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| ALL dsdrwpjtsgjh |
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Formal Progress |
Update 04 |
ALL |
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October 23 |
10 minute presentations |
Misc. Physics Topics II (Student Selected) |
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| ALL jhdssgdrwpj |
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Formal Paper |
Rough Draft Due |
ALL | |
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October 30 |
10 minute presentations |
Misc Physics Topics III (Student Selected) |
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| ALL jtdrjhdssgwp |
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| Formal Topic | Papers Due | ALL | |
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November 06 |
25 minute presentations |
1-2x |
tbd |
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November 13 |
25 minute presentations |
1-2x | tbd |
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November 20 |
25 minute presentations |
1-2x | tbd |
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December 04 |
25 minute presentations |
1-2x | tbd |