Physics 122 Tutorial Schedule Spring 2005

Number

Name

Description

Date
(Week of)

#1

Harmonic Oscillation

Mass on a spring with force probe and sonic ranger

1/30

#2

Pulses

Pulses traveling on an elastic string: speed and superposition

2/7

#3

Electrostatics

Idea of two kinds of charge: working with sticky tape

2/14

#4

Fields

The concept of field, electric fields

2/21

#5

DC Circuits 1

Simple circuits: basic idea of current flow

2/28

#6

DC Circuits 2

Concepts of current. voltage, and resistance

3/7

#7

Magnets

Magnets and magnetic fields, field near a wire

3/14

#8

Magnetic Interactions

Magnetic force on a current carrying wire

3/28

#9

Light and Shadow

Ray model of light with bulbs, masks, and screens

4/4

#10

How to Tell Where Things Are by Looking

Analyzing images in mirrors

4/11

#11

Real Images

Working with lenses

4/18

#12

Two Source Interference

Analyzing overlapping wave patterns

4/25

#13

Wave Properties of Light

Interference and diffraction, basic concepts

5/2