Physics 122 Schedule,
Spring 2006
Note: This schedule is TENTATIVE and subject to change
Week 1
No labs or tutorials this week!
Thursday, January 26
Lecture: Introduction to the class, and review of Phys121
Reading: None, but feel free to look over Serway Ch.1-12 to remind yourself what you did last
semester.
Week 2
Tutorial: Multiple representations: Mass on a spring
Lab: Using Excel
Tuesday, January 31
Lecture: Vibrations, Waves and Sound
Reading: Serway Ch. 13
Thursday, February 2
Lecture: Vibrations, Waves and Sound
Reading: Serway Ch. 13
Week 3
Tutorial: Turning raw ideas into rules: Pulses on a spring
Lab: Oscillations 1
Tuesday, February 7
Lecture: Vibrations, Waves and Sound
Reading: Serway Ch. 14
Thursday, February 9
Lecture: Vibrations, Waves and Sound
Reading: Serway Ch. 14
Week 4
Tutorial: Working from a model: Static electricity
Lab: Oscillations 2
Tuesday, February 14
Lecture: Electricity (forces, fields, currents, etc)
Reading: Serway Ch. 15-18
Thursday, February 16
Lecture: Electricity (forces, fields, currents, etc)
Reading: Serway Ch. 15-18
Week 5
Tutorial: Uncovering hidden assumptions: Electric circuits
Lab: Electrical Resistance 1
Tuesday, February 21
Lecture: Electricity (forces, fields, currents, etc)
Reading: Serway Ch. 15-18
Thursday, February 23
Lecture: Electricity (forces, fields, currents, etc)
Reading: Serway Ch. 15-18
Week 6
Tutorial: Dealing with abstract concepts: Fields
Lab: Electrical Resistance 2
Tuesday, February 28
Lecture: Electricity (forces, fields, currents, etc)
Reading: Serway Ch. 15-18
Thursday, March 2
Lecture: Electricity (forces, fields, currents, etc) + Review for Exam
Reading: Serway Ch. 15-18
Week 7
Tutorial: Electric Potential
Lab: Magnetic Force: 1
Tuesday, March 7
Lecture: Review for exam
Reading: Serway Ch. 13-18
Thursday, March 9
Exam 1
Week 8
Tutorial: Magnets and magnetic fields
Lab: Magnetic Force 2
Tuesday, March 14
Lecture: Magnetism, Induced Voltages, Inductance, and EM Waves
Reading: Serway Ch. 19-21
Thursday, March 16
Lecture: Magnetism, Induced Voltages, Inductance, and EM Waves
Reading: Serway Ch. 19-20
Week 9
Tuesday, March 21
Thursday, March 23
No Class! Spring Break.
Week 10
Tutorial: Light and shadow
Lab: Lab Practical
Tuesday, March 28
Lecture: Lecture: Magnetism, Induced Voltages, Inductance, and EM Waves
Reading: Serway Ch. 19-21
Thursday, March 30
Lecture: Lecture: Magnetism, Induced Voltages, Inductance, and EM Waves
Reading: Serway Ch. 19-21
Week 11
Tutorial: How to tell where things are by looking: Mirrors
Lab: Refraction 1
Tuesday, April 4
Lecture: Light (reflection, mirrors, lenses, etc)
Reading: Serway Ch. 22-24
Thursday, April 6
Lecture: Light (reflection, mirrors, lenses, etc)
Reading: Serway Ch. 22-24
Week 12
Tutorial: How to tell where things are by looking: Lenses
Lab: Refraction 2
Tuesday, April 11
Lecture: Light (reflection, mirrors, lenses, etc)
Reading: Serway Ch. 22-24
Thursday, April 13
Lecture: Light (reflection, mirrors, lenses, etc) + Review for Exam
Reading: Serway Ch. 22-24
Week 12
Tutorial: Two source interference
Lab: Interference of Light: 1
Tuesday, April 18
Lecture: Review for Exam
Reading: Serway Ch. 19-24
Thursday, April 20
Exam 2
Week 13
Tutorial: Wave properties of light
Lab: Interference of Light 2
Tuesday, April 25
Lecture: Topics in Modern Physics
Reading: Serway Ch. 26-30
Thursday, April 27
Lecture: Topics in Modern Physics
Reading: Serway Ch. 26-30
Week 14
Tutorial: Problem solving
Lab: Lab Practical
Tuesday, May 2
Lecture: Topics in Modern Physics
Reading: Serway Ch. 26-30
Thursday, May 4
Lecture: Topics in Modern Physics
Reading: Serway Ch. 26-30
Week 15
Lab: Surveys
Tuesday, May 9
Lecture: Review for Final
Thursday, May 11
Lecture: Review for Final
Week 16
Tuesday, May 16
Final Exam 6pm - 10pm
Physics 122 Home
This page prepared by
David Noyes
Department of Physics
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Office: Physics Building Room 4330
Phone: (301) 405-6034
Email: dnoyes@umd.edu
Last revision 16. January, 2006.