Week-by-week syllabus of Physics 201B, Physics: Concepts and Connections, Spring 1999
TEST 6 material
Weekly Schedule
February 2... Complete Electricity and Magnetism
Producing Electromagnetic Waves
Circuits... Capacitors, Batteries, Bulbs...
A few words about the tesla coil...
Open up Test 5 on Electricity and Magnetism
February 9... Waves and Light... Chapter 8, 9
An introduction to waves... wavelength, frequency, period of oscillation, velocity...
Oscillating Circuits... LC circuit and k,m mass on spring
Simple Harmonic Oscillators
Waves... a series of oscillators... what vibrates... how does it vibrate... terms associated with waves: crests and troughs, wavelength, frequency, period, velocity.... properties of medium which determine velocity...
Types of waves... longitudinal (sound), transverse (ropes and electromagmetic), circular (water)
Light as a "typical" wave... the wave particle duality... waves vs photons... frequencies and wavelengths of visible light.... velocity of waves
Exploratories: Full length mirrors and images...
Assignment... Chapter 8 .. RQ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11... E 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 14, 15... P 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8...
February 16... Waves and Light... Chapter 8, 9
Wave interactions with matter... reflection, refraction, interference...
Reflection of waves (rays)... law of reflection... can you dribble a basketball?
Mirrors.. Images of objects... following the rays... plane mirrors... how big is "full length" mirror... curved mirrors... drawing rays which obey the law of reflection... why "objects may be closer than they appear" in the rearview mirror.
Multiple mirrors... images become objects...make new images... the double mirror in your bathroom...
Curved mirrors... why cars are closer than they appear to be
Refraction of waves... law of refraction... the lifeguard test...
Understanding refraction... velocity and wavelength changes...
Separating colors... the prism...
Total Internal reflection... light pipes and telephone, medicine, etc.
Reflection and refraction in a mirror...
Lenses... Images of objects... taking pictures...
Eyepieces on instruments... creating the final image.
Exploratories: Student Marching Column AND/OR Images, Images, Images
Assignment: RQ 6, 7, 8 ... HP 2, 3... E 6, 7, 8, 9...
February 23... Waves and Light... Chapter 8, 9
Interference of waves... the law of addition of waves...
Standing Waves... on String... on Bridge...
Water waves... light waves... two slits or more...
Taking pictures using interference... holograms...
Exploratories: Diffraction gratings
March 2... Einstein's Theory of Relativity... Chapter 10, 11
Open Test 6