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COLLEGE PHYSICS II RETURN to COLLEGE PHYSICS II (PC 115)

Spring, 2006

INSTRUCTOR: Thomas C. Gibbons | Questions? Contact me at tgibbons@eicc.edu

Eastern Iowa Community College District | Clinton Community College

TEXTBOOK: Sears et. al., "College Physics", Addison-Wesley, 7^th Ed.

DAYS: The class meets in a lecture session 10:30 - 11:30 AM MWF and has Lab 10:30AM - 12:40PM Tues

Spring, 2005-2006 Schedule

TOPIC	TEXTBOOK READING
Temperature, Heat, Thermodynamics	Chapters 14, 15, 17, 18, 19
Waves, Traveling and Standing Waves, Sound Waves, Doppler Effect, Radiation, Electromagnetic Waves, Energy in Waves	Chapters 21, 22, 23, 16 Sections 39-1, 39-2, 39-6, 39-7
Test Number One (over above material)	About Feb. 27
Electric Forces, Electric Fields, Electric Potential	Chapters 24, 26 pp. 1027-1029, 1043-1045 Sections 25-1, 25-2, 25-3, 41-4
Acceleration of charged particles by electric fields (leading to an example that needs to be handled by the following topic…)	Section 26-6
Relativity	Chapter 40
Description of the atomic nucleus including the use of the relativistic energy formula.	Sections 44-1, 44-2, 44-3, 44-4, 44-5, 44-6, 44-7
Test Number Two (over the material since Test 1.)	About April 3
Capacitors and Dielectrics	Chapter 27
Theory of electric current, Ohm's Law, Resistivity, Electric Power, Series and Parallel Circuits.	Chapters 28 and 29
Effect of magnetic fields on charged particles and on currents.	Chapter 30
How moving charges and currents create magnetic fields.	Chapter 31
Concept of flux, How changing magnetic fields set up electric fields, formulation of electromagnetic laws using flux, types of magnetism.	Sections 30-3, 31-7, 33-1, 33-2 Chapter 32
Test Number Three (over the material since Test 2)	About May 5
Nature of Light, Laws of Reflection and Refraction.	Chapter 36
Forming images and making optical instruments using mirrors and lenses.	Chapters 37 and 38
Interference and Diffraction of light and instruments that depend upon these effects.	Chapter 39
Nature of light revisited, Wave/Particle Duality.	Sections 41-1, 41-2, 42-1
FINAL EXAM OVER THE ENTIRE COURSE	(As scheduled in the college's final exam schedule May 16, May 17, or May 18.)

Spring, 2006

TOPIC

Temperature, Heat, Thermodynamics

Chapters 14, 15, 17, 18, 19

Waves, Traveling and Standing Waves, Sound Waves, Doppler Effect, Radiation, Electromagnetic Waves, Energy in Waves

Chapters 21, 22, 23, 16

Sections 39-1, 39-2, 39-6, 39-7

Test Number One (over above material)

About Feb. 27

Electric Forces, Electric Fields, Electric Potential

Chapters 24, 26

pp. 1027-1029, 1043-1045

Sections 25-1, 25-2, 25-3, 41-4

Acceleration of charged particles by electric fields (leading to an example that needs to be handled by the following topic…)

Section 26-6

Relativity

Chapter 40

Description of the atomic nucleus including the use of the relativistic energy formula.

Sections 44-1, 44-2, 44-3, 44-4, 44-5,

44-6, 44-7

Test Number Two (over the material since Test 1.)

About April 3

Capacitors and Dielectrics

Chapter 27

Theory of electric current, Ohm's Law, Resistivity, Electric Power, Series and Parallel Circuits.

Chapters 28 and 29

Effect of magnetic fields on charged particles and on currents.

Chapter 30

How moving charges and currents create magnetic fields.

Chapter 31

Concept of flux, How changing magnetic fields set up electric fields, formulation of electromagnetic laws using flux, types of magnetism.

Sections 30-3, 31-7, 33-1, 33-2

Chapter 32

Test Number Three (over the material since Test 2)

About May 5

Nature of Light, Laws of Reflection and Refraction.

Chapter 36

Forming images and making optical instruments using mirrors and lenses.

Chapters 37 and 38

Interference and Diffraction of light and instruments that depend upon these effects.

Chapter 39

Nature of light revisited, Wave/Particle Duality.

Sections 41-1, 41-2, 42-1

FINAL EXAM OVER THE ENTIRE COURSE

(As scheduled in the college's final exam schedule May 16, May 17, or May 18.)