PHYSICS 152 - Spring 2011

University of Hawaii, Manoa
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy

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SYLLABUS

last updated: May 13, 2011
(topics and links will continue to be updated during semester)

DATE	READING	TUTORIAL SHEETS & OTHER WORKSHEETS (just for practice -- NOT to be handed in)	HOMEWORK
Mon. Jan. 10 Lecture #1	Course Information & Policies handout Review if needed: • Powers of 10 & Scientific Notation handout • Appendix A (pp. A1-A9): Scientific Notation, Algebra, Geometry, & Trig. Formulas • Table1-1 (p. 5) or Appendix F (p. A16): Metric Prefixes 17.1 to 17.3: Charge, Electric force, Induced charge Cartoon Guide, Chap. 12: Charge	Review if needed: Scientific Notation, Metric System, & Unit Conversion Review Worksheet Lecture #1 Tutorial Worksheet
Wed. Jan. 12 Lecture #2	more Electric force, Induced charge 17.4: Coulomb's Law	Lecture #2 Tutorial Worksheet
Fri. Jan. 14 Lecture #3	17.5, 17.9: Electric field, Field lines, Shielding Cartoon Guide, Chap. 13: Electric Fields	Lecture #3 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #1 (PDF file) handed out
Mon. Jan. 17	HOLIDAY -- MLK Jr. Day
Wed. Jan. 19 Lecture #4	17.6 & 17.7: Electric field, cont'd.	Lecture #4 Tutorial Worksheet Lectures #4-6 Additional Tutorial (E-field & Equipotential Diagrams) Worksheet
Fri. Jan. 21 Lecture #5	[[17.8: Gauss's Law]] -- optional	(Lecture #5 - NO Tutorial Worksheet)	Paper HW #1 DUE Paper HW #1 SOLUTIONS Paper HW #2 (PDF file) handed out
Mon. Jan. 24 Lecture #6		Lecture #6 Tutorial Worksheet	Online HW #1 DUE -- 8:30am
Wed. Jan. 26 Lecture #7	18.1 to 18.2: Electric Potential (Voltage) & Electric Potential Energy 18.4: "Electron-volt" unit of energy	Lecture #7 Tutorial Worksheet
Fri. Jan. 28 Lecture #8	more Electric Potential & Electric PE	(Lecture #8 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)	Paper HW #2 -- extended to Monday Paper HW #3 (PDF file) handed out
Mon. Jan. 31 Lecture #9	18.3: Equipotential Surfaces & Diagrams [[18.4: Millikan's Oil-Drop Experiment]]	Lecture #9 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #2 DUE Paper HW #2 SOLUTIONS
Wed. Feb. 2 Lecture #10	18.5: Capacitance 18.8: Dielectrics 18.7: Energy stored in a capacitor Cartoon Guide, Chap. 14: Capacitance	Lecture #10 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #4 (PDF file) handed out
Fri. Feb. 4 Lecture #11	18.6: Capacitors in parallel & series	Lecture #11 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #3 -- extended to Monday
Mon. Feb. 7 Lecture #12		Lecture #12 Tutorial Worksheet (used during Lecture #15)	Paper HW #3 DUE Paper HW #3 SOLUTIONS
Wed. Feb. 9 Lecture #13	Lecture CANCELED (instructor illness)	Lecture #13 Tutorial Worksheet (distributed & used during Lecture #16)
Fri. Feb. 11	MIDTERM EXAM #1 -- all assigned sections of Chaps. 17 to 19 (and part of section 22.1) completed to date in lecture	see Past Exams webpage for sample midterms see Exam Results webpage for solutions and score histogram	Paper HW #4 -- extended to next Friday
Mon. Feb. 14 Lecture #14	19.1: Current, Motion of charges/electrons 19.3: Voltage/Emf 19.2: Resistance, [[Resistivity]], & [[Superconductivity]], 19.2: Ohm's Law Cartoon Guide, Chap. 15: Electric Currents	(Lecture #14 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)
Wed. Feb. 16 Lecture #15	[[19.7: Ammeters and Voltmeters]] 19.4: Power 19.5: Resistors in series & parallel 19.6: Kirchhoff's rules Cartoon Guide, Chap. 16: Series and Parallel 19.10: Household circuits [[22.1: Brief intro to Alternating Current (AC)]] -- we'll return to this section later	(Lecture #15 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)
Fri. Feb. 18 Lecture #16		Lecture #16 Tutorial Worksheet (used during Lecture #17)	Paper HW #4 DUE Paper HW #4 SOLUTIONS Paper HW #5 (PDF file) handed out
Mon. Feb. 21	HOLIDAY -- Presidents' Day
Wed. Feb. 23 Lecture #17	19.8: R-C Circuits 19.9-19.10: Electrical hazards & household circuit safety/grounding	Lecture #17 Tutorial Worksheet (used during Lecture #19)
Fri. Feb. 25 Lecture #18	20.1-20.2: Magnets and magnetic field, Geomagnetism 20.11: Ferromagnetism 20.2: Magnetic force on moving charge & Mag. Force RH Rule Cartoon Guide, Chap. 17: Magnetic Fields Cartoon Guide, Chap. 18: Permanent Magnets video: "Understanding Magnetism" from Discovery/Science Channel (entire 50-minute video)	(Lecture #18 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet) "Magnetic Right-Hand Rules" Reference Sheet	Paper HW #5 DUE Paper HW #5 SOLUTIONS Paper HW #6 (PDF file) handed out
Mon. Feb. 28 Lecture #19	brief review of Understanding Magnetism video topics 20.3: Motion of charges in magnetic fields	Lecture #19 Tutorial Worksheet (used during Lecture #20)
Wed. Mar. 2 Lecture #20	20.2 & 20.4: Velocity selectors & Mass spectrometers	(Lecture #20 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)
Fri. Mar. 4 Lecture #21	20.5: Magnetic force on current-carrying wire & Mag. Force RH Rule again [[20.6: Torque on current-carrying loop; Motors]]	Lecture #21 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #6 DUE Paper HW #6 SOLUTIONS
Mon. Mar. 7 Lecture #22	20.7: Magnetic field around current-carrying wire & Mag. Field RH Rule 20.9: Current loops & solenoids [[20.10: Biot-Savart Law & Ampere's Law - optional - not covered in lecture]]	(Lecture #22 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)	Paper HW #7 handed out
Wed. Mar. 9 Lecture #23	[[How loudspeakers work -- not in textbook]] 20.8: Force between parallel wires 21.1 to 21.3: Induction & Faraday's Law	Lecture #23 Tutorial Worksheet (used during Lecture #24)
Fri. Mar. 11	Classes CANCELED (tsunami warning) MIDTERM EXAM #2 -- postponed to Wednesday March 16
Mon. Mar. 14 Lecture #24	21.1 to 21.3: more Induction & Faraday's Law Cartoon Guide, Chap. 19: Faraday Induction 21.5: "Sliding-bar generator" & motional emf	(Lecture #24 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)	Paper HW #7 DUE Paper HW #7 SOLUTIONS Paper HW #8 handed out
Wed. Mar. 16 Lecture #25	RESCHEDULED MIDTERM EXAM #2 in ***PSB 217*** -- all assigned sections of Chaps. 19 & 20 (Chap. 21 postponed to Midterm #3)	see Past Exams webpage for sample midterms see Exam Results webpage for solutions and score histogram (Lecture #25 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)
Fri. Mar. 18 Lecture #26	21.4: Lenz's Law 21.6: Eddy currents & counter-emf [[21.3: Generators]] 21.9: Transformers [[21.7: Mutual inductance]] 21.8 & 21.10: Inductors 21.11: R-L circuits Cartoon Guide, Chap. 21: Inductors 21.12: L-C circuits & resonance 22.2: L & C Reactance (Impedance) in AC circuits 22.3: R-L-C series circuits Cartoon Guide, Chap. 22: AC and DC (and Transformers) [[Maxwell's equations (not in textbook) & EM radiation]] EM radiation & the EM spectrum Inverse-square law & Doppler Effect Cartoon Guide, Chap. 23: Maxwell's Equations and Light [[Frequency Allocation of the EM Spectrum (not in textbook)]] [[EM Shielding (not in textbook)]] Rays & reflection	Lecture #26 Tutorial Worksheet (used during Lecture #27)	Paper HW #9 handed out
Mon. Mar. 21	SPRING RECESS
Wed. Mar. 23	SPRING RECESS
Fri. Mar. 25	SPRING RECESS HOLIDAY -- Kuhio Day
Mon. Mar. 28 Lecture #27	Refraction & Snell's Law; total internal reflection	(Lecture #27 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)	Paper HW #8 DUE Paper HW #8 SOLUTIONS
Wed. Mar. 30 Lecture #28	Refraction & TIR, continued	Lecture #28 Tutorial Worksheet
Fri. Apr. 1 Lecture #29	Dispersion; prisms & rainbows	Lecture #29 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #9 extended to Monday, Apr. 4 Paper HW #10 handed out
Mon. Apr. 4 Lecture #30	Polarization [[Animation of linear & circular polarization]] Brewster's angle	Lecture #30 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #9 DUE Paper HW #9 SOLUTIONS
Wed. Apr. 6 Lecture #31	Thin lenses Refractive power (diopters) Lens & Mirror interactive demo (Java applets)	(Lecture #31 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)
Fri. Apr. 8 Lecture #32	Lenses, continued Curved mirrors	Lecture #32 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #10 extended to Monday, Apr. 11 Paper HW #11 handed out
Mon. Apr. 11 Lecture #33	Wave superposition & interference Two-slit interference	Lecture #33 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #10 DUE Paper HW #10 SOLUTIONS TAKE-HOME MIDTERM EXAM #3 handed out -- all assigned sections of Chaps. 21-24 (see Past Exams webpage for sample midterms)
Wed. Apr. 13 Lecture #34	Diffraction; Single-Slit Diffraction Single-Slit Diffraction interactive demo (applet)	Lecture #34 Tutorial Worksheet
Fri. Apr. 15 Lecture #35	Diffraction gratings 26.3: Thin-film interference	(Lecture #35 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)	Paper HW #11 extended to Monday, Apr. 18 TAKE-HOME MIDTERM EXAM #3 extended to Wednesday, Apr. 20
Mon. Apr. 18 Lecture #36	27.1: Reference frames; Michelson-Morley experiment; Postulates of Special Relativity 27.2: Simultaneity 27.3: Time Dilation 27.4: Length contraction 27.6: Relativistic momentum & mass increase [[Cartoon Guide, Chap. 20: Relativity - optional]]	Lecture #36 Tutorial Worksheet (used during Lecture #38)	Paper HW #11 DUE Paper HW #11 SOLUTIONS
Wed. Apr. 20 Lecture #37	27.5: Relativistic addition of velocities 27.7: Mass-energy equivalence [[27.8: General Relativity - not covered in lecture]]	(Lecture #37 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)	TAKE-HOME MIDTERM EXAM #3 DUE TAKE-HOME MIDTERM EXAM #3 Solutions see Exam Results webpage for solutions and score histogram
Fri. Apr. 22	HOLIDAY -- Good Friday
Mon. Apr. 25 Lecture #38	Blackbody radation Photoelectric effect Wave-particle duality of light: photons	(Lecture #38 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet) Lens & Mirror Ray-Tracing Worksheet Lens & Mirror Ray-Tracing Worksheet Solutions	Paper HW #12 handed out
Wed. Apr. 27 Lecture #39	Wave-particle duality of matter: DeBroglie wavelength Heisenberg uncertainty principle	Lecture #39 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #13 handed out
Fri. Apr. 29 Lecture #40	Atomic structure, energy levels, & spectra Electron orbitals & structure of the periodic table	Lecture #40 Tutorial Worksheet
Mon. May 2 Lecture #41	30.1: Structure of the nucleus; Binding energy 30.2: Stable & Unstable nuclei 30.3: Radioactive decay: alpha, beta, gamma	(Lecture #41 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)	Paper HW #12 DUE Paper HW #12 SOLUTIONS
Wed. May 4 Lecture #42 (final lecture)	30.3: Half-lives & radioactive dating [[30.4: Hazards of radioactivity]] 30.5-30.7: Nuclear fission & fusion 30.8-30.9: Subatomic particles: leptons, mesons, baryons; Matter & antimatter; Quarks [[Cartoon Guide, Chap. 24: Quantum Electrodynamics - optional]]	Lecture #42 Tutorial Worksheet Chaps 28 & 29 Summary - Photons, Atoms, and Quantum Physics	Paper HW #13 NOT due (know Q#1-4 for final exam)
Fri. May 6	STUDY PERIOD
Mon. May 9	FINAL EXAM: 7:30 am to 9:30 am -- all prior material, with emphasis on assigned sections of Chaps. 23, 24, 26, 28 (Chaps. 27 & 30 omitted)	see Past Exams webpage for sample final exams see Exam Results webpage for solutions and score histogram pau! congratulations!