| Week, Monday | Topic for Reading | Lab Wednesday |
| 1, W, Jan 23 | -- | #1 Static Electricity |
| 2, Jan 26 | Ch 1, Uses and Visualization, Ch 2, Static Electricity, Coulomb's law | #2 Electric Field Plotting (Equipotentials) |
| 3, Feb 2 | Ch 3, Electric Field | #3 Temperature Coefficient of Resistivity |
| 4, Feb 9 | Ch 4, Gauss's Law | #4 EM Fields on Computer |
| 5, Feb 16 | Ch 5, Electrical Potential Energy and Potential | #5 Ohmic and Non-ohmic Resistance |
| 6, Feb 23 | Homework #1, Ch 6, Capacitance | #6 Capacitors |
| 7, Mar 2 | Ch 7, Ohm's Law, Electric Current | #7 Kit building, Soldering |
| 8, Mar 9 | Homework #2 , Review | Midterm Test, with an index card (3/11) |
| -- | Mar 16 | SPRING BREAK |
| 9, Mar 23 | Ch 8, Kirchhoff's Rules, Circuits | #8 DC Circuits |
| 10,Mar 30 | Ch 9, Magnetism | #9 Magnetic Balance |
| 11, Apr 6 | Ch 10, Elec Currents/Magnetic fields | #10 Current Balance |
| 12, Apr 13 | Homework #3 , Ch 11, Ampere's law, Magnetic fields | #11 Electromagnetic Induction |
| 13, Apr 20 | Ch 12, Electromagnetic Induction | #12 Autopsy of a Loudspeaker |
| 14, Apr 27 | Ch 13, Motors and Generators, | Student presentation of projects |
| 15, May 4 | Homework #4 , Review, last day of class |
Dates may change due to unforeseen circumstances. Changes will be announced, and it is the responsibility of the student to keep informed. Some possible field trips are being planned, as well as a guest speaker.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Midterm test (March 11), final exam (May 11), 11 lab reports, homework before tests, an individual demonstration , and an individual project. (oral report April 29)
Your course grade is composed of 16% class participation and homework, 20% midterm test, 25% lab reports, 16% individual project, 3% demonstration, and 20% final exam. The test questions will be short answer, problem, and essay, with a 3 x 5 index card. Homework problems and labs should be done together with other students, but written up in your own words.
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