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Physics: Summer 2005

Most recent update August 10, 2005 1:43 PM

1st and 2nd semester grades

2nd term exams : Days 20 (rotational motion and thermo), Day 22 (radioactive decay), Day 24 (light and electric forces), Day 27 (circuits and magnetism), Final Exam Parts I , II , III and 1st semester makeup exam
1st term exams : Days 3 (linear motion), 5 (big three), 8 (proj. motion & Newton's Laws), 10 (Newton's Laws), 13 (pressure & buoy), 15 (SHM & waves), Midterm Exam Parts I , II , III

Schedule

Week of Monday, June 6th
- Monday (1): Units / About Science (Ch 1 in Hewitt) Wear comfortable shoes for activity outdoors
  - Lecture [~20 min]: Introduction to the class, syllabus, rules and regulations, procedures, World Year of Physics 2005, introduce our wonderful TAs, Ryan and Max!
  - Pick up practice page 1-1 (due at end of day -- work on these when you finish other assignments early)
  - Outdoor Activity [~40 min]: activating prior knowledge: what you learned in biology & chemistry, a walk around the block
  - TAs: please go to my TA page for instructions
  - Demo [~40 min]: examples of some of the mysteries of physics we're attempting to explain through the course
  - Lecture [~20 min]: Converting units / using the SI system of units / area & volume / clock reading t, position x, displacement delta-x, and velocity delta-x divided by delta-t
  - In-class work [~50 min]: work unit-conversion; area/volume (including scaling); ratios and division; and position, displacement, and speed problems. There are 30 problems total, and you'll have 100 minutes, so you will need spend about 3 min/problem on average to finish. This means you need to work seriously and quickly. Get in the groove -- this is like preliminary sports training, it makes things easier in the long run!
  - Lecture [~30 min]: A brief history of physics, from Aristotle to Galileo to Einstein
  - Computer lab [~30 min]: Introduction to online resources & links, Outlook Public Folders, Physics Classroom, Nobel Prizes
  - In-class work continued [~40 min]: as above; both TAs will be available to help out
  - Outdoor Activity [~30 min]: clocking our speeds running around on the practice field
  - In-class work [~20 min]: evaluating and writing up calculations & results of outdoor runs
  - Wrap-up [~10 min]: poster work: each day we will decide as a group what equations, formulas, big ideas, or values we want to write on a poster to be hung in the classroom. At the time of the exam these posters will still be hanging on the walls!
  - Reading HW: Read Ch 1, including Review, and Ch 2.1 to 2.5; bring cell phones Tue & Wed for outdoor project (remember to put them on silent mode and not to use them apart from these projects)
  - HW Problems: Ch 1: Review Questions (RQ) 2 & 6; Think & Explain (TE) 2; Ch 2: RQ 5, 12; Plug & Chug (PC) 1
- Tuesday (2): Linear Motion (Ch 2) Wear comfortable shoes for activity outdoors
  - Please turn in HW to box as you walk into class (today and every day)
  - Pick up practice page 2-1 (due at end of day)
  - Go over the plan for today [~5 min]
  - TAs: please go to my TA page for instructions
  - Lecture/Demo [~30 min]: clock reading t, position x, average velocity v, and acceleration a defined mathematically; acceleration g due to gravity; verbally interpreting problems (the "word problem" problem); signs (+/-) as indicating direction rather than magnitude
  - Outdoor Activity [~60 min]: measuring the speed and acceleration of cars on Sunset Ave 1/2. (using synchronized stop watches and cell phones to communicate over large distances); both TAs will be available to help out
  - In-class work [~30 min]: work position and time problems; work acceleration problems
  - Quiz [~15 min]: note that quizzes today and every day will cover the material from the homework of the night before
  - Lab [~40 min]: Measuring the acceleration of a marble as a function of ramp angle; both TAs will be available to help out
  - Lecture [~20 min]: position, speed, and acceleration defined graphically
  - Lab [~80 min]: Range finder activity
  - Wrap-up [~10 min]: poster work
  - HW Problems: Ch 2: RQ 22, 23, 24; PC 5 & 6; TE 4 & 5; Think & Solve (TS) 1
  - Reading HW: Read Ch 2.6 to 2.9 and Ch 2 Review; you are to read everything in a given chapter, including, for instance, the "Hang Time" discussion on p. 22
- Wednesday (3): Linear Motion (Ch 2) Wear comfortable shoes for activity outdoors
  - Please turn in HW to box as you walk into class (today and every day)
  - Pick up practice page 2-2 (due at end of day)
  - Go over the plan for today [~10 min]
  - Q&A [~20 min]
  - Exam [~60 min] (Note to TAs: I will grade the exams for this course.)
  - TAs: please go to my TA page for instructions
  - Mini-quiz [~20 min]: Algebra and trigonometry diagnostic quiz
  - In-class work [~60 min]: Algebra and trigonometry review, solving systems of equations, taking square roots; both TAs will be available to help out
  - Lecture [~30 min]: The Big Three kinematic equations; instantaneous velocity vs. average velocity
  - In-class work [~60 min]: work Big Three problems
  - In-class work [~60 min]: work Big Three graphing problems
  - Wrap-up [~10 min]: poster work
  - HW Problems: Ch 2: RQ 25, Activity 2, PC 7 & 8, TE 6 & 8, TS 2 & 3; algebra worksheet (in preparation)
  - Reading HW: Ch 3.1 to 3.3
- Thursday (4): Linear Motion / Projectile Motion (Ch 2 & 3) Wear comfortable shoes for activity outdoors
  - Please turn in HW to box as you walk into class (today and every day)
  - Pick up practice page 3-1 (due at end of day)
  - Go over the plan for today [~10 min]
  - Q&A
  - Quiz [~15 min]: note that quizzes today and every day will cover the material from the homework of the night before
  - Lecture/demo [~30 min]: Scalars and vectors, breaking vectors into components; meaning of horizontal, vertical, north, south, west, east, noon and midnight
  - In-class work [~40 min]: Scalars and vectors; both TAs will be available to help out
  - Lab [~60 min]: Measuring the acceleration of dropped objects with the range finders
  - Demo [~30 min]: Big Three using the range finder & carts
  - Lecture [~40 min]: Projectile motion; "top of the flight" problems
  - In-class work [~60 min]: work vector, linear motion, and projectile motion problems; both TAs will be available to help out
  - Wrap-up [~10 min]: poster work
  - HW Problems: Ch 2: Activity 3, PC 3 & 4, TE 7, TS 4; Ch 3: RQ 2, 6, 8, 9, 12; PC 4, 9
  - Reading HW: Ch 3.4 to 3.6 & Ch 3 Review
- Friday (5): Projectile motion (Ch 3) Wear comfortable shoes for activity outdoors
  - Please turn in HW to box as you walk into class (today and every day)
  - Pick up practice page 3-2 (due at end of day)
  - Go over the plan for today [~10 min]
  - Q&A [~20 min]
  - Exam [~60 min]
  - Demos: Shoot the Monkey! James Bond!
  - Lab [~100 min]: Marble in the cup (bullseye) lab
  - Explain catapult project which is due Monday [~10 min]
  - In-class work [~60 min]: continue to work vector, linear motion, and projectile motion problems; both TAs will be available to help out
  - Special Lecture: Astrophysics
  - Wrap-up [~10 min]: poster work
  - HW Problems: Ch 3: PC 8; TE 6, 7; TS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Ch 4: RQ 3, 4, 5, 19
  - Reading HW: Ch 4

Week of Monday, June 13th
- Monday (6): Newton's 1st Law of Motion (Ch 4)
  - Please turn in HW to box as you walk into class (today and every day)
  - Pick up practice page 4-1 (due at end of day)
  - Progress reports.
  - Go over the plan for today [~5 min]
  - Quiz [~10 min]
  - Lecture/demo [~90 min]: Challenging misconceptions about motion / buckets & sand demos / air carts
  - Outdoor Activity [~60 min]: catapult project launch
  - Lecture/demo [~60 min]: Focus on 1st law of motion; definition of force; examples of forces (contact, friction, air resistance, normal, gravity, tension)
  - Lab [~60 min]: Air tracks: verify using photogates that the speed change of an object in motion is negligible; percent error
  - In-class work [~60 min]: Conceptual problems using Newton's 1st law
  - Wrap-up [~10 min]: poster work
  - HW Problems: Ch 4: PC 1, 2; TE 1, 4, 6, 7, 9; Ch 5: RQ 1, 5, 6
  - Reading HW: Ch 5
- Tuesday (7): Newton's 2nd Law of Motion (Ch 5)
  - Please turn in HW to box as you walk into class (today and every day)
  - Pick up practice page 5-1 (due at end of day)
  - Go over the plan for today [~5 min]
  - Quiz [~10 min]
  - Lecture/demo [~30 min]: Focus on 2nd law of motion: a = F / m; more examples of forces (newtonian gravity)
  - Brake Pad Laboratory due Thursday at start of class
  - In-class work [~60 min]: Working Newton's 2nd Law Problems
  - Wrap-up [~10 min]: poster work
  - HW Problems: Ch 4: TS 2; Ch 5: PC 1, 2, 3, 5; TE 2, 4; TS 1, 4; Ch 6: RQ 2, 4
  - Reading HW: Ch 6
- Wednesday (8): Newton's 3rd Law of Motion (Ch 6)
  - Please turn in HW to box as you walk into class (today and every day)
  - Pick up practice page 6-1 (due at end of day)
  - Go over the plan for today [~5 min]
  - Q&A [~20 min]
  - Exam covering material from Thursday, Friday (proj motion), Monday (forces, including Mon night's homework), and Tuesday (in-class material only, not Tuesday night's homework) ... so Newton's 1st and 2nd laws and projectile motion.
  - Lab [~80 min]: Fan cart laboratory!!!!
  - Lecture/demo [~30 min]: Focus on 3rd law of motion; more examples of forces (spring, tension revisited, electric, magnetic, strong & weak nuclear)
  - In-class work [~60 min]: Working Newton's 3rd Law problems
  - Wrap-up [~10 min]: poster work
  - HW Problems: Ch 4: TE 8, 10; Ch 5: PC 4; TE 8, 9, 10; TS 5, 6; Ch 6: RQ 6; TE 1, 2
  - Reading HW: The Ultra-Secret Method for solving Newton's Laws problems
- Thursday (9): Newton's Laws (Ch 4, 5 & 6)
  - Guest lectures today by Ms. Small
  - Please turn in HW to box as you walk into class (today and every day)
  - Pick up practice page 4-2 (due at end of day)
  - Go over the plan for today [~5 min]
  - Quiz [~10 min]
  - In-class work [~60 min]: Newton's Laws Worksheet #1
  - Outdoor activity [~40 min]: Tug O' War
  - In-class work [~60 min]: Newton's Laws Worksheet #2
  - Wrap-up [~10 min]: poster work
  - HW Problems: Ch 6: TE 3, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15; Ch 9: RQ 2, 4, 7, 8, 10
  - Reading HW: Ch 9
- Friday (10): Circular motion (Ch 9) Wear warm clothes that can get slightly wet and/or dirty (see below)
  - Please turn in HW to box as you walk into class (today and every day)
  - Pick up practice page 9-2 (due at end of day)
  - Go over the plan for today [~5 min]
  - Q&A
  - Exam [~90 min] covering all material from Monday through Thursday
  - Lecture: circular motion & centripetal force
  - Outdoor activity [~90 min]: West Sunset playground visit!
  - In-class work: Centripetal motion
  - Laboratory: centripetal motion ... measure the mass of a hanging bob using the tension in a string
  - Wrap-up [~10 min]: poster work
  - HW Problems: Ch 9: TE 1, 2, 3, 7, 9; TS 1, 2; Ch 19: RQ 1, 2, 4, 6, 12; A 3
  - Reading HW: Ch 19; please bring calculator cables (if you still have them) for Monday!

Week of Monday, June 20th
- Monday (11): Pressure and buoyancy (Ch 19)
  - Please turn in HW to box as you walk into class (today and every day)
  - Newton's Laws Review: pick up practice page 5-2 (due at end of day)
  - Go over the plan for today [~5 min]
  - Quiz [~10 min]
  - In-class work: Newton's Laws Review Question (do #1 today)
  - Short Lecture: air resistance
  - Lecture/demo: P = F/A; bed of nails, popping balloons; microscopic view of pressure;
  - Lab: Use calculators with DAQs to measure air pressure on roof and at ground to determine building height; compare to 13.3 m (our string measurement from earlier in the course)
  - Lecture/demo: buoyancy & displaced water
  - Lab: build a boat out of provided materials (aluminum foil, plastic cups, straws) that will carry the most weight without sinking.
  - In-class worksheet: pressure and buoyancy
  - HW Problems: Ch 19: PC 1, 2; TE 2, 3, 7, 8; TS 2, 5; Ch 25: A 1
  - Reading HW: Ch 25
  - Students and parents!!! on Wed, June 29th, we'll have an (optional) evening "star party" between 9 PM to 11 PM. Weather permitting, we'll observe planets, constellations, and deep-space objects. An astrophysics-filled evening nonetheless. Please come ... the whole family is invited! Meet at the flagpole at 9 PM.
- Tuesday (12): Simple harmonic motion and Waves (Ch 25)
  - Go over the plan for today [~5 min]
  - Quiz [~10 min]
  - Newton's Laws Review: pick up practice pages 5-4 & 25-1 (due at end of day) Note: two practice pages today
  - In-class work: Newton's Laws Review Question (do #2 today)
  - Guest lab/lecture by Ms. Small: Discovery lab: measure the period of many pendula with different lengths, types of bob, types of string // discuss results
  - Lab: determine a mathematical relationship between period and length by using many lengths, measuring their periods, and plotting them vs. each other
  - In-class work: work SHM problems
  - Lab: measure the sine-waves due to a mass hanging on a spring; determine amplitude, period, frequency, etc.
  - In-class work: continue to work SHM problems
  - Intro to waves as a SHM effect!
  - HW Problems: Ch 25: RQ 9, 10; PC 1, 2, 5; TE 6; TS 1; Ch 26: RQ 1, 2, 3, 5, 6; A 2
  - Reading HW: Ch 26; please bring in a musical instrument (if you have one) for Wednesday
- Wednesday (13): Standing waves and sound / field trip to Ocean Beach (Ch 26)
  - Pick up practice page 25-1 (due at end of day)
  - Q&A
  - Short Exam: covers material from Days 10 and 11 (and before)
  - In-class work: Newton's Laws Review Question (do #3 today)
  - Field trip to Ocean Beach
  - Demo: standing waves on a vibrating string (with strobe light)
  - Lecture: standing waves as they relate to sound
  - Lab: making music!
  - End-of-day demo: the FLAMING TUBE (rah!)
  - HW Problems: Ch 26: RQ 11, 18; A 3, 4; TE 1, 6; TS 3; Ch 7: RQ 2, 11
  - Reading HW: Ch 7
- Thursday (14): Momentum conservation (Ch 7)
  - Newton's Laws Review: pick up practice pages 4-3 & 7-1 (due at end of day) Note: two practice pages today
  - Quiz
  - In-class work: Newton's Laws Review Question (do #4 today)
  - Lecture: define momentum
  - Discovery lab: colliding & sticking carts
  - Demo: colliding air-track carts (conservation of momentum defined)
  - In-class work: work momentum problems
  - Demo: egg against sheet (impulse)
  - In-class work: work momentum problems
  - HW Problems: Ch 7: RQ 17; PC 1, 2; TE 1, 4; TS 3, 4, 5; Ch 8: RQ 2, 6
  - Reading HW: Ch 8; you will be building an Egg-Drop apparatus over the weekend (alone or with one partner) ... see below
- Friday (15): Types of energy & energy conservation (Ch 8)
  - Students and parents!!! on Wed, June 29th, we'll have an (optional) evening "star party" between 9 PM to 11 PM. Weather permitting, we'll observe planets, constellations, and deep-space objects. An astrophysics-filled evening nonetheless. Please come ... the whole family is invited! Meet at the flagpole at 9 PM.

Week of Monday, June 27th
- Monday (16): Energy conservation & Newton Review (Ch 8): Dr. Philhour's birthday -- your only gift to me today will be your attention and good humor. =)
  - Pick up practice pages 8-2 & 9-3 (due at end of day) Note: two practice pages today
  - EGG DROP COMPETITION: we will fabricate egg support devices using as much as you'd like of the following materials: 3 sheets of standard printer paper, up to 40 cm total of masking tape (up to 2.5 cm wide), six standard plastic drinking straws, 4 popsicle sticks or tongue depressers, 5 small rubber bands, and a large zip-lock plastic bag. The entire apparatus must fit inside the plastic bag. If anything spills out of the bag during the competition, you lose points. The device will be dropped from the roof of SI. If the egg survives undamaged, you get 50/50 points. If the egg doesn't survive, you get 35/50. If any egg spills out of the container, you get 10/50. If you don't build an apparatus, you get 0/50. Raw eggs only!!!
  - Q&A
  - Quiz on Momentum Conservation
  - Demo: ballistic pendulum
  - In-class work: mixed momentum and energy problems
  - Video: Dark Energy
  - HW Problems: Ch 5: TS 3; Ch 6: RQ 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; Ch 11: RQ 1, 2, 3, 4
  - Reading HW: Ch 11
- Tuesday (17): Rotational Mechanics & Newton Review (Ch 11)
  - Pick up practice page 8-3 (due at end of day)
  - Q&A
  - Quiz on Energy Conservation
  - Demo: pulley with inner and outer radii [Ryan] [10 min]
  - Lecture: Big Three with Rotation including worked problems [Max] [30 min]
  - In-class work: rotational motion problems (work #3 only at this point) [15 min]
  - Lecture: Torques and angular acceleration with worked problems [Ryan] [40 min]
  - In-class work: rotational motion problems (work rest of the problems) [60 min]
  - Lab: weights on a yardstick ... pivots & balance [Max & Ryan] [10 min]
  - Demo: bicycle wheel demo [Ryan] [10 min]
  - Worksheet: Newton's Laws Review [BJP]
  - HW Problems: Ch 11: PC 1, 2; TE 5, 8; TS 2
  - Reading HW: Recommend reading material from previous weeks
- Wednesday (18): Midterm Day
  - Pick up practice page 11-1 (due at end of day)
  - Q&A (30 min)
  - Nationally administered diagnostic exam (30 min, followed by a break)
  - Midterm exam: covers all material from Days 1 to 16. Does not cover Rotational Mechanics. There will be three parts: (1) Kinematics; (2) Newton's Laws and Forces; (3) SHM, Waves, Momentum and Energy. Each of these will overlap with each other some. There will be a break after each part.
  - Decompression: astrophysics video, deep thoughts
  - Students and parents!!! on Wed, June 29th, we'll have an (optional) evening "star party" between 9 PM to 11 PM. Weather permitting, we'll observe planets, constellations, and deep-space objects. Please come ... the whole family is invited! Meet at the flagpole at 9 PM. POSTPONED due to poor weather
  - HW Problems: None
  - Reading HW: Read Ch 24
- Thursday (19): Thermodynamics (Class today will be held in a cryogenic astrophysics laboratory at Stanford!) (Ch 24)
  - Meet at bus in the white zone next to the pool at 11:45 AM. DO NOT BE LATE.
  - Bring a check payable to St. Ignatius for $10. This will cover bus costs. Also, bring money for cafeteria food or a lunch.
  - Class will be held at a classroom at Stanford: Building 380, Room 380X
  - Agenda & mini-lecture on the three laws of thermodynamics (BJP)
  - Thermodynamics worksheet
  - Presentation by members of Dr. Church's laboratories on their Cosmic Microwave Background experiments and/or the uses of the laws of thermodynamics in their laboratory
  - Small-group tours of Dr. Church's astrophysics laboratory in the Varian Laboratory
  - Late lunch at the campus cafeteria
  - Tour of the Stanford campus (being arranged!)
  - We'll leave Stanford for St. Ignatius at 5 PM.
  - HW Problems: Ch 24: RQ 1, 9, 13, 22; TE 1, 4, 8; Ch 38: RQ 2, 3, 19; Ch 39: RQ 2, 11
  - Reading HW: Read both Ch 38 and Ch 39
- Friday (20): Radioactivity (Ch 38 & 39)
  - Q&A (30 min)
  - Exam: material from Days 17 & 19
  - Video: Carl Sagan: the Lives of Stars
  - Here's a periodic table for your use
  - Lecture: alpha, beta, and gamma-decay
  - Radioactivity worksheet
  - Lab: 1/r^2
  - Lab: radioactive half-life
  - HW Problems: Ch 38: TE 2, 3, 4; Ch 39: TE 2, 5, 6, 11, 12, 15; Ch 28: RQ 1, 2, 3, 6; Ch 29: RQ 4, 9, 12
  - Reading HW: Read sections 27.1, 27.3, 27.4; Ch 28; sections 29.1, 29.2, 29.3, 29.8, 29.9, 29.11

Week of Monday, July 4th
- Monday: Holiday ... no class today
- Tuesday (21): Light, color, and optics (Ch 27, 28, 29 & 30)
  - Q&A
  - Pick up practice page 29-3
  - Quiz on thermo and radioactivity
  - Lec - Addition of colors - white light; EM Spectrum
  - Lec - Light as wave -- interference // two-slit interference worksheet
  - Lab: interference with red laser. measuring wavelength
  - Lec - light in materials
  - Lab: refractive index of glass
  - Outside: march in line ... change directions at 50 yard line due to slowing
  - Lec - lenses
  - Lab: telescope-making
  - HW Problems: Ch 27: RQ 17, TE 4; Ch 28: RQ 10, 14; A3; TE 2, 12; Ch 29: TE 8, 10; Ch 30: TE 7; Ch 32: RQ 1, 2, 3
  - Reading HW: Read Ch 32
- Wednesday (22): Electrostatics (Ch 32)
  - Pick up practice pages 32-1 and 32-2
  - Q&A
  - Exam: material from Days 19, 20, 21 (and before)
  - Rabbit fur, rubber, and electroscopes (Lec)
  - Electric Field Hockey! (Computer game...)
  - Capacitor flash-bang demo
  - Tesla coil demo with fluorescent bulb
  - Lec: electric charge, electric force
  - Ch 12 from the People's Physics Book -- on electric forces
  - Outside: electric charge game (holding vector arrows...)
  - HW Problems: Ch 32: RQ 7, 10, 13, 14, 21; TE 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10; Ch 33: RQ 1, 2, 10
  - Reading HW: Read Ch 33
- Thursday (23): Electrostatics (Ch 33)
  - Pick up practice pages 33-1 and 33-2
  - Q&A
  - Quiz on material from Days 21, 22
  - Lec: Electric fields (for force) and electric potentials (for energy)
  - Electric field demonstration online
  - (Light as caused by accelerating electric charges)
  - Play the game where one partner draws the potentials, the other draws the field lines
  - Ch 12 from the People's Physics Book -- on electric fields and potentials
  - Art project
  - HW Problems: Ch 33: RQ 16; TE 3, 4, 8; TS 1, 2; Ch 34: RQ 1, 4, 5, 6; Ch 35: RQ 1, 2, 3
  - Reading HW: Read Ch 34 & Ch 35
- Friday (24): Electric circuits (Ch 34 & 35)
  - Pick up practice pages 34-1 and 34-2
  - Q&A
  - Exam: material from Days 22 & 23 (and before)
  - Lec: Electric current and resistance
  - Lab: measuring current and voltage to determine resistance
  - Lec: Power
  - Lab: measuring power consumption
  - Lec: Series & parallel circuits
  - Lab: measuring resistance of series and parallel circuits
  - HW Problems: Ch 34: RQ 11, 12, 13; A1; PC 1, 2, 3, 4, 7; Ch 35: RQ 4, 5, 6, 7; PC 1, 2; Ch 36: RQ 1, 2, 4
  - Reading HW: Read Ch 36 and your questions on E&M from the last exam

Week of Monday, July 11th
- Monday (25): Magnetostatics (Ch 36)
  - Pick up practice page 36-1
  - Q&A
  - Quiz on electrostatics and electric circuits
  - Play with magnets
  - Lab: magnets and iron filings
  - Lecture & demo: Relationship between current and magnetic field
  - Lecture & demo: Magnetic domains / refrigerator magnets
  - Magnetism worksheet #s 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12
  - Video: the Elegant Universe (Part 1/3)
  - HW Problems: Ch 36: RQ 12; TE 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; Ch 37: RQ 1, 2, 3, 4
  - Reading HW: Read Ch 37
- Tuesday (26): Magnetic induction and power generation (Ch 37)
  - No practice page today!
  - Q&A
  - Quiz on magnetostatics
  - Magnetic field of wire loops (lec) / Magnetic domains and macroscopic magnetism
  - Play with rectangular magnets
  - Magnetic induction (lecture)
  - Magnetism worksheet (same as yesterday) problem #s 2, 3, 13, 14, 15
  - Lab: building speakers
  - Lab: building motors
  - Video: The Elegant Universe (Part 2/3)
  - HW Problems: Ch 37: TE 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11
  - Reading HW: None (prepare for final!)
- Wednesday (27) Telegraph Lab
  - No practice page today!
  - Q&A
  - Exam today: material from Days 24, 25, and 26 (and before)
  - Lab: telegraph laboratory
  - Re-work five problems
  - Video: The Elegant Universe (Part 3/3)
  - HW Problems: Ch 34: TS 2, 5, 6; Ch 35: TE 3, 6, 7; TS 2, 3
  - Reading HW: None (begin to prepare for final!)
- Thursday (28): Field trip to Exploratorium / Final Exam Review
  - Field Trip (meet at 11:45 AM at the usual bus zone!) -- BRING A $16.50 check payable to St. Ignatius -- this is $10 for the bus and $6.50 for admission to the Exploratorium. We'll spend about 3 hours at the facility.
  - No practice page today!
  - Final Exam review / study period
  - HW Problems: None (study for final!)
  - Reading HW: None (study for final!)
- Friday (29): Final exam day
  - Review, Q&A, and study period
  - Final exam: all material in course, with an emphasis on the material from the material starting with Day 17. If you plan on taking the 1st semester final exam again, please e-mail me asap.
  - Exam part I: Rotational Mechanics, Radioactivity and Nuclear Decay, Light, Color & Optics (see Day 20 and Day 22 exams)
  - Exam part II: Electric Fields, Electric Potential, Electric Circuits (see Day 24 and Day 27 exams)
  - Exam part III: Magnetism and Magnetic Induction (see Day 27 exam and prepare for new induction (flux) problems)
  - Exam part IV (optional): First semester final exam -- optional make-up. Note: if you are not going to take this exam, be prepared to entertain yourself in the computer lab (unfortunately, I cannot release you until 5:45 PM.)
  - BOOK BUYBACK: I will write a check made out to your parents for your used book, if you would like to sell it back to SI. We are making a library of books for use by students in all physics classes. I would recommend keeping the book if you plan on majoring in any science in college (including life science majorslike biology or other pre-med majors) as you won't find a better book. Donations accepted as well! Prices for your book: GOOD QUALITY: $40. FAIR QUALITY: $30. POOR QUALITY: $0 (donate?)

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