Welcome to Physics with Advanced Topics - PH352/354
UPDATED 5/30
* EXAM: MONDAY, JUNE 2, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM IN BL 3 & 5
I will be here on Friday morning up until 1pm if you have questions. There will also be some exam tutorials on Monday, I will post those times when they are available.
The practice Web Assign has been posted.
Physics Tutorial on Monday: 10-12, 1-5
Physics Safety, Tardy, Computer Use, & Honesty Policy
| Week of May 26 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Class: What we are doing and special things to do or bring! |
No Class - Memorial Day
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Standing waves on a string - class lab | Start Sound & Music Lab - you will do this in your 'ladybug' notebooks, which I will have available for you before class on Wednesday | Continue Sound & Music Lab | No Class - exams begin |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | Read Walker Chapter 14 Section 9 | Read Walker Chapter 14 Section 8 (only section on vibrating columns of air) | |||
| Homework: Look here for items that are to be handed in! |
Web Assign due Wednesday; Hooke's Law Lab (Parts 1 - 4) in your 'star' notebooks due by class on Thursday, though you can hand it in as early as you want. Hooke's Law Lab Part 5 due as problem set by class on Thursday. Here are a couple of applets on Beats: Beats 1 & Beats 2 Spend a few minutes looking over them until you get a basic understanding of how sound waves add to give us beats. |
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| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | |||||
| Web assign: Look here for any Web assign problems | Web Assign on Magnetism, Springs, and SHM due on Wednesday, 5/28 by 6:30 pm. | ||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. | Final Exam on Monday, June 2 6 pm | ||||
| Week of May 19 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Class: What we are doing and special things to do or bring! | Hooke's Law and SHM | Continue Hooke's Law Lab in your star notebooks - wear lab shoes! | SHM practice problems |
Pendulum; Start traveling
waves Walker 13(12 & 33) for presentation |
Standing waves on a string Walker 13(75 & 77) for presentation |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | Read Walker Chapter 14 Sections 1 - 2, 4, 7 (only part on Superposition), & 8 (only section on waves on a string) | ||||
| Homework: Look here for items that are to be handed in! | Charged Particle Challenges 5, 7, and 8 - write out complete solutions, showing all of your usual steps; |
Hooke's Law Lab
data collection needs to be done before you leave today!
Part 5 of the lab will be a homework assignment due on Wednesday 5/28. |
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| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | Hooke's Law Lab | ||||
| Web assign: Look here for any Web assign problems | Web Assign on Magnetism, Springs, and SHM due on Wednesday, 5/28 by 6:30 pm. You should start working on it soon and not wait until after extended to start. However, some of the concepts will not be covered in class until later this week. | ||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. | Final Exam is on Monday, June 2, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | ||||
| Week of May 12 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Class: What we are doing and special things to do or bring! |
Continue on Magnetism - charged
particles in a magnetic field;
Walker 22(17,19) for presentation |
Continue on Magnetism - applications of charges in a B field |
Test on Circuits on today.
If you will be missing class, you need to talk with me ASAP to
reschedule. We will do some problems at the start of class and then use the last part of class for the test. |
Start Hooke's Law Lab in your star notebooks- In preparation, complete the Prelab reading listed at the beginning of the lab. Also, complete (as best as you can) the prelab questions in your lab notebook. |
Continue
Hooke's Law Lab
in your star notebooks - wear lab shoes! Walker 22(21) for presentation |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | Be sure you have read the sections listed in the Hooke's Law Lab Prelab Section | ||||
| Homework: Look here for items that are to be handed in! | Ladybug lab notebooks due on Wednesday when you come to class for the test. The notebooks should have the following in them: Ohm's Law Lab, Light Bulb Lab Quiz, Combinations of Resistors Lab and Lab D7 | Bar Magnet Lab due at class today, though I will accept it as late as 1pm without penalty. | |||
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | |||||
| Web assign: Look here for any Web assign problems | |||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. | |||||
| Week of May 5 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Class: What we are doing and special things to do or bring! |
Practice problem on circuit
analysis; Continue Combinations of Resistors Lab; Start Lab D7, if time allows |
Walker 21(32 & 33) for
presentation; Continue Lab D7 |
Start Magnetism; Finish Lab D7; Your lab notebooks are available to be picked up outside of my office |
Wire Around The Room
activity - if you miss class today you need to go to another topics
class in which they do this activity:
WED: A, B, D, E, F & G |
Bar Magnet Lab - Come
dressed for lab!; For Monday: Walker 22(17,19) for presentation |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | Read Walker Chapter 21 Section 4 | Read Walker Chapter 22 Sections 1-3 | |||
| Homework: Look here for items that are to be handed in! |
Walker 21(49) to hand in at
class; Finish your lab quiz from last week by the end of this week. You will need to come at a time (i.e. tutorial) that a topics teacher will be available to give you the test. You do not need to get checks on the remainder of the quiz, your answers will be graded as written in your lab book. |
Finish Combinations of Resistors Lab and Lab D7 by the end of the week. The write-ups will be due on Tuesday. |
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| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | Combinations of Resistors Lab | Lab D7 | Wire Around The Room | Bar Magnet Lab | |
| Web assign: Look here for any Web assign problems | |||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |
The practice circuit problem we
worked on in class on Monday is posted outside of my office. I
also solve for the current leaving the battery using equivalent
resistances, similar to what is asked for in the homework problem
for Wednesday. Test on Circuits on May 14 |
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| Week of April 28 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Class: What we are doing and special things to do or bring! | Work on Ohm's Law | More on Circuits |
Lab quiz on circuits in
first half of class. Bring your notes, lab notebook, textbook
as well as a calculator. Finish bulbs in series and parallel |
Start Combinations of Resistors Lab | Test (50 min.) on Electric Forces, Fields, and Energy today!!!!!! |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | Read Walker Chapter 21 Section 3 and this Resistance/Resistivity Handout | Read in 'The Way Things Work' about light bulbs. If you don't have a copy, someone on your floor should. You could also google 'how light bulbs work' and read up about them on-line. | Read Walker Chapter 21 Section 5 | ||
| Homework: Look here for items that are to be handed in! | Bulbs, Batteries, & Capacitors Lab due by 5pm today | ||||
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | |||||
| Web assign: Look here for any Web assign problems | |||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. | Test (50 min.) on Electric Forces, Fields, and Energy on May 2 | ||||
| Week of April 21 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Class: What we are doing and special things to do or bring! | Bulbs, Batteries, & Capacitors Lab continues | Work on Electric Energy and Voltage differences in first part of class, some time to finish lab during second part of class | Ohm's Law Lab in class. The guide to using the multimeter is at the end of the lab |
Walker 20(19, 20b&c) for
presentation;
Continue with Ohm's Law Lab - come prepared with your method written for Part 2, as well as Part 3 completed if you didn't do so in class on Wed. |
No class - Looking ahead: review of Ohms Law on Monday; Lab D3 due on Tuesday; Lab quiz on Wednesday; |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | Read Walker Chapter 21 Sections 1 - 2 | ||||
| Homework: Look here for items that are to be handed in! | Hand in Oscilloscope Lab by class | EM Fields Problem for homework due by 5 pm tonight | |||
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | |||||
| Web assign: Look here for any Web assign problems | |||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. | |||||
| Week of April 14 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Class: What we are doing and special things to do or bring! | Walker 19(23) for presentation; Start Fields | Continue with fields |
Oscilloscope Lab in your
'ladybug' notebooks, which are now available to be picked up outside
of my office;
More practice with fields |
Walker 19(38) for presentation; Finish discussion on fields; Start voltage differences if time allows; 15 - 20 minutes at end of class to work on lab |
Start Bulbs, Batteries, & Capacitors Lab in 'star' notebooks (which are now ready to be picked up) |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | Read Walker Chapter 19 Section 4 | Read Walker Chapter 19 Section 5; | Complete reading in prelab of the Oscilloscope Lab - here is the Oscilloscope handout Page 1 and Page 2 | Read Walker Chapter 20 Sections 1 - 2 | |
| Homework: Look here for items that are to be handed in! | Walker 19(71) to hand in at class | Walker 19(61) to hand in at class | Walker 19(76) to hand in at class | Web Assign due tonight, see below! | |
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | Oscilloscope Lab | Bulbs, Batteries, & Capacitors Lab | |||
| Web assign: Look here for any Web assign problems | Web Assign on Coulomb's Law and Electric Fields (I) due on Friday by 11:59 pm | ||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. | Roller Coaster Applet | ||||
| Week of April 7 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Class: What we are doing and special things to do or bring! | No Class | No Class | Welcome Back!; Charging by induction; Start Coulomb's Law |
Electrophorus activity;
Walker 19(7, 29, 60) for presentation - there are multiple approaches to #60 - you may have to be creative! |
Quiz on the Electrostatics Lab in class today |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | Read Walker Chapter 19 Section 3 | ||||
| Homework: Look here for items that are to be handed in! | Electrostatics Lab due after handing in the quiz today | ||||
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | Quiz on the Electrostatics Lab on April 11! | ||||
| Web assign: Look here for any Web assign problems | |||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. | Roller Coaster Applet | ||||
| Week of March 17 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Class: What we are doing and special things to do or bring! |
 Start Electrostatics Lab in your 'star' notebooks |
Continue Electrostatics Lab |
50 minute Test on Collisions,
Impulse, Momentum, Work, and Energy TODAY! - See solutions posted to
HW problems! Discuss lab so far. |
Finish Electrostatics Lab - there will be a quiz on the lab the Friday we return from break! | No Class - enjoy spring break & miniterm! |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | Read Walker Chapter 19 Sections 1-2 and from the bottom of page 648 - middle of page 649 (Charging by Induction) | ||||
| Homework: Look here for items that are to be handed in! | |||||
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | Pendulum Lab - write up will be due by class on Wednesday! | Quiz on the Electrostatics Lab on April 11! | |||
| Web assign: Look here for any Web assign problems | Web Assign due on Tuesday, March 19 by 6:30 pm. | ||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. | 50 minute Test on Collisions, Impulse, Momentum, Work, and Energy on March 19 during lab block | ||||
| Week of March 10 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Class: What we are doing and special things to do or bring! | Work - Kinetic Energy Theorem | Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy | Pendulum Lab in your 'ladybug' notebooks. I will have stickers for those of you who are new to my class | Walker 7(63) and 8(21)for presentation; | Walker 8(34)for presentation; |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | Reading on Work and Kinetic Energy - read carefully and try to work through a derivation on your own. |
Reading on
Gravitational Potential Energy and the Conservation of Mechanical
Energy - read the entire thing, including examples, but focus
mostly on the results in Section 8.2 Read Walker Chapter 8 Section 3 through the middle of page 221 |
Read Walker Chapter 8 Section 4 Read Walker Chapter 7 Section 4 |
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| Homework: Look here for items that are to be handed in! | Problems on Work and Kinetic Energy - do problems # 2 and 29. #2 will be to hand in and do #29 for class presentation and discussion | Walker 8(61, 65) to hand in at class | Walker 8(85) to hand in at class | ||
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | Pendulum Lab - write up will be due on Tuesday, 3/18 by 5 pm. | ||||
| Web assign: Look here for any Web assign problems | Web Assign on due on Friday 3/14. A second Web Assign is now posted and will be due on Tuesday, March 19 by 6:30 pm. | ||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. | 50 minute Test on Collisions, Impulse, Momentum, Work, and Energy on March 19 during lab block | ||||
| Week of March 3 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Class: What we are doing and special things to do or bring! |
Welcome back from break! More collision / explosion problems |
Walker 9(20, 70a) for
presentation;
Center of Mass questions / problems |
Center of Mass Lab done
directly on the spark sheet, no lab book necessary;
Finish center of mass, start Work if time allows |
Walker 9(12) for presentation;
Continue on Work |
Continue on Work / Energy |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | Read Chapter 9 Section 7 | Read Chapter 8 Section 1 | |||
| Homework: Look here for items that are to be handed in! |
Walker 9(56a) to hand in at
class; Start planning for Wednesday's homework. |
Complete the first page of the Center of Mass Lab, i.e. take your data and get your spark sheet, by class today. Completing this in tutorial on Monday or Tuesday night would be best. | Walker 9(59) to hand in at class | Hand in the Center of Mass Lab, one per pair, at class today. | |
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | Center of Mass Lab | ||||
| Web assign: Look here for any Web assign problems | If you are new to my class, we need to get you in my Web Assign class. E-mail me so I can set this up. | ||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. | |||||
| Week of February 18 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Class: What we are doing and special things to do or bring! | Starting Lab A10 - complete the prelab work for Lab A10 in your 'star' notebooks. Here is the link to the Data Sheet example referred to in the lab | Finish Lab A10 (if necessary) and work on collision problems. | Work on collision problems; Derivation of Conservation of momentum |
Remember to do your course
evaluations!!! Physics Tutorial 9 am - 12 pm: 1 pm - 5 pm |
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| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | Read Chapter 9 Sections 1 - 5 | ||||
| Homework: Look here for items that are to be handed in! | |||||
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | Lab A10 | ||||
| Web assign: Look here for any Web assign problems | Web assign on gravitation (last one of the trimester!) due Wednesday 2/20 by 11:59 pm. | ||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |
Trimester Final Monday 2/25
1:30 - 3:30 Bryan 335 & 336. Final will cover everything
up to and including Gravitation. As I get the remainder off your work graded, I will put it in our class bin on the table outside of my door. |
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| Week of February 11 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Class: What we are doing and special things to do or bring! | Banked curves; Start gravitation | Continue gravitation; Walker 12(19) for presentation | Test on Forces today! | Kepler's Laws | Satellites; Walker 12(20, 25) for presentation; Bring laptops to class (one per each table pair) |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | Read Chapter 12 Sections 1 - 2 | Read Chapter 12 Section 3 | |||
| Homework: Look here for items that are to be handed in! | Prepare for your test on Forces! Includes from Newton's Laws through Circular motion (but not gravitation). | Walker 12(70) to hand in at class | |||
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | Friction Lab Parts A & D in ladybug notebooks due at the beginning of Wednesday's class. | ||||
| Web assign: Look here for any Web assign problems | Web assign on circular motion due Tuesday by 6 pm. | Web assign on gravitation (last one of the trimester!) due Wednesday 2/20 by 11:59 pm. | |||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |
Test on Forces on February 13Climbing The Walls? New Adhesive Mimics Gecko Toe Hairs |
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| Week of February 4 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Class: What we are doing and special things to do or bring! |
Walker 6(38, 79) for
presentation; Friction Lab Part A in ladybug notebooks |
Friction Lab Part D in ladybug notebooks |
Start Circular Motion Walker 6(84) for presentation |
Continue Circular Motion;
Walker 6(90) for presentation |
Lab quiz - you must be on time; If you know you are going to be absent, check with me ASAP |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | Read Chapter 6 Section 5 | ||||
| Homework: Look here for items that are to be handed in! | Walker 6(75) to hand in at class | ||||
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | Elevator Lab due by 5pm. | Finish Friction Lab Parts A & D in ladybug notebooks. The lab will be due on Tuesday, but you will only have access to the equipment until the end of the week. Be sure to get a check for the Part D prelab if you haven't already! | |||
| Web assign: Look here for any Web assign problems | Hand in the work for previous web assign by noon today. |
Web Assign due Friday 2/8 at
11:59 pm. NO work needs to be handed in. Web assign on circular motion due Tuesday by 6 pm. |
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| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |
Test on Forces on February 13Climbing The Walls? New Adhesive Mimics Gecko Toe Hairs |
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| Week of January 28 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Class: What we are doing and special things to do or bring! | Discuss accelerometers; Inequality problems; Force components | Elevator Lab - Come to class with the pre-lab complete and your 'star' lab notebooks set up. | Practice with forces in 2 dimensions; Inclines | Walker 6(32) for presentation; More practice with inclines | Start friction |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | Read Chapter 5 Section 7; Read Chapter 6 Sections 3 and 4 (the remainder) | Read Chapter 6 Sections 1 | |||
| Homework: Look here for items that are to be handed in! | Picket Fence Lab and Newton's Law Lab poster due by 5pm - more cardstock is available in the black bin outside of my office. | Walker 5(60, 61) to hand in at class | |||
| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | Elevator Lab | ||||
| Web assign: Look here for any Web assign problems | Web Assign due Friday 2/1 at 11:59 pm. Hand in the work for this web assign by Monday 2/4. | ||||
| All other stuff: Here is where you will find on other misc. topics. |
Climbing The Walls? New Adhesive Mimics Gecko Toe Hairs |
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| Week of January 21 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Class: What we are doing and special things to do or bring! |
Walker 6(22) for presentation;
Practice with tension |
Newton's Law Lab - It should be able to be completed in the 50 minutes. However, I would highly encourage you to come up to 15 minutes early to get a head start. This will be the only day we spend working on the lab in class. | Test today on 2-D kinematics! There will be nothing on Forces on this test! | Practice problems; Explain poster lab report - bring your lab notebooks with the data from the Newton's Law Lab |
NO CLASS TODAY! Monday or Tuesday: Elevator Lab - It should definitely take no more than 50 minutes |
| Reading: Always complete reading before class! | Read Chapter 5 Sections 5 and 6 (the remainder) | ||||
| Homework: Look here for items that are to be handed in! |
Post a relevant problem from
Chapter 4 on the bulletin board in the hallway. These will
serve as practice problems for the test. Post by 5pm on
Monday. Walker 6(27) to hand in at class |
Complete the prelab for the Newton's Law Lab for class today. Do this in your 'ladybug' notebooks. The report for this lab will eventually be presented in poster form. However, the prelab should be initially done in the lab book and you will need it for data taking. |
Picket Fence Lab and Newton's Law Lab poster due by 5pm on Tuesday 1/29 |
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| Labs: Look here for links to the labs we are doing in class | Newton's Law Lab | Elevator Lab | |||
| Web assign: Look here for any Web assign problems |
