Physics 233            General Physics III               Fall 2012

Schedule

HW = Homework, L = Lab, LR= Lab Reference Manual (from Pomona), Q=Unit Q, RE = Reading Exercise (WebAssign), T=Unit T, PL = PreLab (WebAssign), …exe= program used (free to download)

Day

Readings and Activities

Assignments Due

Tues. 9/4

Thurs 9/6

Q1 Standing Waves
L1: Rolling Balls & Uncertainty  LR 1,4,5

Q2 wave optics

RE-Q1
PL1
RE-Q2

Mon. 9/10
Tues. 9/11

Thurs 9/13


Q3 particles
L2: Rolling ball 2 & std dev,  LR 3.4, 6, 7 & 7b   (prop unc.exe)

Q4 Wave Matter, E-gun demo

HW1: Q1: S.6, S.7, R.2; Q2: S.2, S.9, R.1; Lab Notebook

RE-Q3
PL2; Quiz 1: Q1, Q2
 RE-Q4

Mon. 9/17
Tues 9/18

Thurs 9/20


Q5 QM Facts (+)

L3: Standing Wav & graphs, LC3,  LR 2, 3.2.2; (Q1)  (linreg.exe)
 Q6Wavefunctions + (Spins.exe)

HW2: Q3: S.3, S.5, R.1; Q4: S.5, S.9, R.2; Lab Notebook & Procedure

RE-Q5

PL3; Quiz 2: Q3, Q4

RE-Q6

Mon. 9/24
Tues 9/25


Wed. 9/26
Thurs 9/27


Q6 Wavefunctions + (Spins.exe)- more
L4: Dble/Single Slits & Procedure, LC4,  LR 3.3; (Q2) 
Sci Center Poster Session tonight in Hedco

Q7 Bound Systems (TEvoSim.exe)

HW3: Q5: S.2, S.3, R.1; Lab Notebook & Introduction

PL4; Quiz 3: Q5

RE-Q7; Lab Precedure 2nd Draft

Mon. 10/1
Tues 10/2

Wed. 10/3

Thurs 10/4


Q8 Spectra
L5: Photoel & Best Fit  LR 3.5, 8; (Q3) Summer Researchers @ 4pm in AHoN 116

Q9 Atoms

HW4:Q6: S.2, S.3, S.10; Q7: S.1, S.6, S.9; Lab Notebook & Theory 

RE-Q8

PL5; Quiz 4:Q6, Q7
RE-Q9; Lab Intro 2nd Draft

Tues. 10/9

Wed. 10/10
Thurs 10/11

Study Day


Q10 Schrod Eqn (SchroSolv.exe)

HW5: Q8: S.2, S6, S8; Q9: S.2,S.4, S.5; Lab Notebook & Analysis
RE-Q10; Lab Theory 2nd Draft

Mon. 10/15
Tues. 10/16

Thurs 10/18


Q11 Eigen States 
L6: Electron diff. & linearizing  LR 3.2, 9; (Q4)
Review

HW6: Q10: S.5, S.8, R.1
 RE-Q11

PL6; Quz 5 Q8-10

Lab Analysis 2nd Draft

Mon.10/22

Tues. 10/23

 

Thurs. 10/25


O1 & O2: Light/Mirrors  

Exam 1

O3: Lenses

HW7: ; Q11: S.3, S.4, S.6; Lab Notebook & Abstract & Conclusion  
RE-O1&2;

 RE-O3

Mon., 10/29
Tues. 10/30


Thurs. 11/1

 

O4 Opt Systems

L7: Mirrors & analysis, (O3)  

O5 Instruments

HW8:  O1: 4; O2: 7, 8; O3: 4, 8    

RE-O4

PL7; Quiz 6: O1-3

RE-O5; Lab Abstract & Conclusions 2nd Draft

Mon. 11/5
Tues. 11/6

Thurs. 11/8
T1&2 Temp & Ideal Gas
L8: Lenses & Lab Report  LR 3 (O4)
 T3 Gas Proc

HW9: O4:11, 12; O5: 1,3; Lab Notebook
 RE-T1&2
 PL8; Quiz 7: O4, O5

RE-T3

Mon., 11/12
Tues. 11/13

 Thurs. 11/15

 

T4 States (StatMech.exe)
 L9: Calorimetry LR 3, 7
T5 2nd Law (Equilibrium.exe)

HW10: T1: S.4, S.7, S.10; T2: S.4, S.5, S.6 ;T3: S.3, S.4, S.7; Lab Notebook & Full Report

RE-T4

PL9;Quiz 8: T1,T2, T3

RE-T5

Mon., 11/19
Tues. 11/20

 

Thurs. 11/22


T6 Entropy
L10: Gas Proc. LR 3, 10 (T3)

Thanksgiving

HW11: T4: S.2, S.4, S.6 ; T5: S.3(a-b),S.5, S.7; Lab Notebook & Full Report
 RE-T6

PL10  Quiz 9: T4, T5 Lab: 2nd Draft L8

Mon., 11/26

Tues. 11/27

Thurs. 11/29

 

T7 Mysteries  (MBoltz.exe, EBoltz.exe)
L11: Squiggle Ball thermo, LR 11 (T6)

T8 Entropy Change

HW12: T6: S.3, S.8, S.9

RE-T7

PL 11; Quiz 10: T6
RE-T8 Lab: 2nd Draft L9

Mon., 12/3

Tues. 12/4

 Thurs. 12/6

 

T9 Heat Engines
L12: Heat Engine (T9)

Review

HW13: T7: S.2, S.3, S.8; T8: S.5, S.8, S.9; Lab Notebook & Full Report

RE-T9

PL 12; Quiz 10: T7, T8; Lab: 2nd Draft L10
Mon., 12/10   HW14: T9: S.2, S.8, S.9; Lab Notebook

Exam 2  Wed Dec 12th @ 3pm, Thurs Dec 13th @ 3pm, or  Sat Dec 15th @ 12noon; let’s decide

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