| Date | Events | Topics
(presented on dates shown) |
who presents what | |
| August 26 |
Organizational meeting |
Assignment of topics for next classes |
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| September 02 |
Labor Day Holiday |
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| September 09 |
8 minute presentations 01 |
Mechanics I |
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ALL:1. preliminary topic |
submission |
ALL | |
| statics |
ZH |
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| kinematics | DA |
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| motion |
HP |
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| conservation of energy | SW |
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| conservation of momentum | KD |
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| uniform circular motion | ||||
| Newton's laws | ||||
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September 16 |
8 minute
presentations 02 |
Mechanics II |
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| ALL: 2. Revised prelim topic | submission | ALL | ||
| Torque and Equilibrium | KD |
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| Rolling Motion | DA |
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gravity | SW |
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non-uniform circular motion |
HP |
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simple harmonic oscillation |
ZH |
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conservation of angular momentum |
SW(5) |
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| rigid body rotational motion | ||||
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September 23 |
8 minute
presentations 03 |
Waves |
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ALL: 3. Revised prelim topic |
submission | ALL
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| traveling pulses | KD |
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| standing waves | SW |
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| transverse waves on strings | ZH |
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| sound | DA |
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| TEM waves | HP |
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| longitudinal waves | SW(6) |
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| energy and power transmission by waves | ||||
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| September 30 |
8 minute presentations 04 |
Thermodynamics | ||
| ALL: 4. Formal Topics | Submission for approval | ALL | ||
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calorimetry
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HP |
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| linear expansion | SW |
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| ideal gas | ZH |
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| internal energy | KD |
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| entropy | DA |
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| adiabatic ideal gas | SW(7) |
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| Carnot Cycle and heat engines | ||||
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October 07 |
8 minute
presentations 05 |
Electrostatics * |
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| ALL: 5. Formal Progress | Submission: Update 01 | ALL | ||
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Coulomb's law | DA |
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| Electric dipole | HP |
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| Gauss's
Law |
KD |
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| Electrostatic field |
ZH |
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| Electrostatic Potential | ||||
| Capacitance and energy density | ||||
| Resistance and current | ||||
| SW |
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| October 14 - October 15 |
Fall Break |
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October 21 |
8 minute
presentations 06 |
Magnetism * |
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ALL: 6. Formal Progress |
Submission: Update 02 | ALL | ||
| Ampere's law | DA |
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| TEM waves |
HP |
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| Solenoid | KD |
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| magnetization | ZH |
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| Inductance and energy density | ||||
| Displacement current | ||||
| SW |
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| October 23 |
Service Day |
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October 28 |
8 minute
presentations 07 |
Optics * |
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ALL: 7. Formal Progress |
Submission: Update 03 | ALL | ||
| Snell's Law | ZH |
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| images formed with thin lenses | DA |
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| images formed with spherical mirrors | HP |
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| dispersion and prisms | KD |
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| polarization and Brewster's angle | ||||
| interference of light waves | ||||
| SW |
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| November 04 |
8 minute presentations 08 | Misc.
Physics Topics I (Student Selected) |
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| ALL: 8. Formal Progress | Submission: Update 04 | ALL | ||
| DA |
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| HP |
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| SW |
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| KD |
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| ZH |
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| November 11 |
8 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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| ZH |
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| HP |
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| KD |
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| SW |
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| DA |
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| November 18 |
8 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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| ZH |
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| HP |
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| KD |
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| SW |
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| DA |
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| November 25 |
20 minute presentations 3 | 2(3) student presentations Possible makeups All final presentations due this day |
KD DA SW ALL |
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| Nov 27 - Dec 01 |
Thanksgiving |
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| December 02 |
20 minute
presentation 4 |
2(3)student
presentations Possible makeups |
ZH HP |
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