PHYSICS 230: general physics with calculus ii, spring 2008
Tim Gfroerer, Davidson College
Announcements and Class Demonstrations
*NOTE: Attendance at all physics seminars is strongly encouraged.
| Date | Announcement or Demonstration |
| 1/14 | Lab starts TODAY! |
| 1/14 | Workbook Illustration 22.4: Static Cling |
| 1/16 | Workbook Exploration 22.4: Dipole Symmetry |
| 1/18 | Active Figure 23.24 |
| 1/23 | Active Figure 24.4 |
| 1/25 | Workbook Illustration 24.1: Flux and Gaussian Surfaces |
| 1/28 | Physics Department Research Open House on Thursday, 1/31 @ 4pm in the Dana basement with free pizza. |
| 1/30 | Workbook Illustration 25.2: Work and Equipotentials |
| 2/1 | Workbook Illustrations 26.1: The Capacitor and 26.4: Series and Parallel Capacitors |
| 2/4 | Workbook Illustration 26.3: Dielectrics and Active Figure 27.9 |
| 2/11 |
Seminar on Thursday, 2/14 at 4:00: Larry Engelhardt (Francis Marion University) will speak on Quantum Monte Carlo simulations of magnetic molecules: What do all of these big words mean? |
| 2/11 | |
| 2/13 |
Download Review #1 from last year. Please do not print the solutions, but feel free to view them here. |
| 2/13 |
Review Session on Sunday (2/17) night at 7pm in Dana 153. |
| 2/15 |
Torque on a current loop: Active Figure 29.21 and Electric motor applet |
| 2/20 |
Major Decisions: Physics will be held Tuesday, 2/26 from 4-5pm in Dana 146 |
| 2/22 | |
| 2/25 |
Problem Solving Session at 3pm on Thursday, 2/28 in Dana 153 |
| 2/27 | |
| 2/29 | |
| 3/10 |
Workbook Illustrations 31.6 and 31.7: Phasors |
| 3/12 |
Link to Physlet and Phet demonstrations of electromagnetic field generation |
| 3/12 |
Propagating electromagnetic wave Applet |
| 3/14 |
Visiting class lecturers on Monday 3/17 and Wednesday 3/19: please be good! |
| 3/14 |
Visiting candidate seminars on Monday, 3/17 and Wednesday 3/19 at 5pm |
| 3/14 |
Joint Physics/Biology Seminar on Thursday 3/20 at 4pm: Rachel Patton McCord (Harvard University, Davidson Class of 2004) on Translating the cell's instruction manual: A biophysicist's approach to understanding gene regulation |
| 3/17 | |
| 3/19 |
Link to Optics Physlet |
| 3/21 | |
| 3/26 |
Visiting candidate seminar today (Wednesday, 3/26) at 4pm in Dana 146 |
| 3/26 |
Problem Solving Session at 4pm on Thursday, 3/27 in Dana 153 |
| 3/26 | |
| 3/26 |
Download Review #2 from last year. Please do not print the solutions, but feel free to view them here. |
| 3/28 |
Review Session on Tuesday (4/1) night at 8pm in Dana 146 |
| 3/28 |
Thin film applet. |
| 3/31 |
Active Figures 38.4, 38.7, and 38.13 |
| 3/31 |
Public Lecture by one of my all-time favorite physicists: David Mermin at 7pm in the 900 room - extra credit applies! |
| 4/4 |
Polarization demos: Physlet, Physics 2000 polarizers and molecular view. |
| 4/4 |
Alternate test on concepts in electricity and magnetism will be given on Thursday, 4/12 @ 1pm. |
| 4/7 |
Einstein quote. Simultaneity physlet. |
| 4/9 |
Active Figure 39.6. Equivalence of electricity and magnetism |
| 4/11 |
Active Figures 40.3 and 40.7. |
| 4/16 | |
| 4/16 | |
| 4/16 |
Mario Belloni will be teaching our class on Friday 4/18 |
| 4/21 |
Active Figure 41.4 |
| 4/21 | |
| 4/23 |
Physics 2000: Matter waves. Hydrogen atom simulation. Physlet Hydrogen atom |
| 4/23 | |
| 4/23 |
Download Review #3 from last year. Please do not print the solutions, but feel free to view them here. |
| 4/28 |
Wednesday lab will start at 1:30 this week to make room for Convocation |
| 4/28 |
Physics 2000 applet: radioactive decay. |
| 4/28 |
Problem-solving session tomorrow (Tues) at 3pm in Dana 153 (or elsewhere in Dana) |
| 4/30 |
Please remember to bring an exam envelope to class by Wednesday, 5/7. |
| 4/30 |
The Physics Picnic at the Christian Farm will be on Monday, 5/5 @ 5:00. Please sign up! |
| 4/30 |
Review Session on Thursday (5/1) at 7:30pm in Dana 153 |
| 5/5 |
Evidence for the Big Bang: Hubble Expansion, Microwave Background, and Nucleosynthesis |
| 5/5 |
Additional Topics covered and equations provided on the Final Exam. |
