Physics 104  – Spring 2014 Syllabus

updated January 3, 2014

wk

date

#

WS/JS

Lecture topic

Lab experiment

1

Jan 22

1

WS

Ch. 15 Electric Forces & Fields (Discussions start Jan 21)

NO LAB

2

Jan 27

2

JS

Ch. 16 Electric Energy

E-1: Static Electricity

2

Jan 29

3

JS

Ch. 16 Capacitance

3

Feb 3

4

WS

Ch. 17 Current & Resistance

E-2: Equipotential Surfaces and Electric Fields

3

Feb 5

5

WS

Ch. 17 Current & Resistance

4

Feb 10

6

JS

Ch. 18 DC Circuits

E-3: DC Circuits, Resistors, Meters

4

Feb 12

7

JS

Ch. 18 DC Circuits

5

Feb 17

8

WS

Ch. 19 Magnetism

Make up Labs

(after instructorÕs
 permission only)

5

Feb 19

9

WS

Ch. 19 Magnetism

5

Feb 20

 

 

Exam I: Ch. 15-18 (5:45 pm – 7:00 pm)

6

Feb 24

10

JS

Ch. 20 Induced Voltage

EC-6: Magnetic Fields and Forces

6

Feb 26

11

JS

Ch. 20 Inductance

7

Mar 3

12

WS

Ch. 21 AC Circuits

EC-5: Magnetic Induction

7

Mar 5

13

WS

Ch. 21 EM Waves

8

Mar 10

14

WS

Ch. 22 EM Spectrum, Reflection

E-4: Magnetic Force on a Charged Particle

8

Mar 12

15

WS

Ch. 22 Refraction

 

Mar 17-21

 

 

Spring break

NO LAB

9

Mar 24

16

JS

Ch. 23 Mirrors

Make up Labs
(after instructorÕs
 permission only)

9

Mar 26

17

JS

Ch. 23 Lenses

9

Mar 27

 

 

Exam II: Ch. 19-22 (5:45 pm – 7:00 pm)

10

Mar 31

18

JS

Ch. 24 Interference & Diffraction

L-2: Focal Length of a Lens

10

Apr 2

19

JS

Ch. 24 Diffraction & Polarization

11

Apr 7

20

JS

Ch. 26 Relativity (Note: we skip Ch. 25)

LC-1: Interference and Diffraction

11

Apr 9

21

JS

Ch. 26 Relativity

12

Apr 14

22

JS

Ch. 27 Quantum Physics

LC-4: Photo-electric Effect

12

Apr 16

23

JS

Ch. 27 Quantum Physics

13

Apr 21

24

WS

Ch. 28 Atomic Physics

Make up Labs
(after instructorÕs
 permission only)

13

Apr 23

25

WS

Ch. 28 Atomic Physics

13

Apr 24

 

 

Exam III: Ch. 23,24,26,27 (5:45 pm – 7:00 pm)

14

Apr 28

26

WS

Ch. 29 Nuclear Physics

L-5: Balmer Series

14

Apr 30

27

WS

Ch. 29 Nuclear Physics

15

May 5

28

WS

Ch. 30 Nuclear Energy & Elementary Particles

MPC-1: Radioactive Decay

15

May 7

29

WS

Ch. 30 Particle Physics

16

May 11

 

 

Final Exam: Ch 15-24,26-30 (7:45 am – 9:45 am)

NO LAB