University of Pittsburgh

1/5

First day of class

Introduction,
3D Vectors

1/7
Reading:
Vector Appendix
Sec 13.1-13.4
Due: Class survy, Intro to WebAssign, Vectors1

Concept of electric field and electric force; Field of a point charge

1/9
Reading:
Sec 13.5-13.6
Due: Vectors2, Ch13 HW1

The superposition principle; Field of a dipole

1/12
Reading:
Sec 13.5-13.6
Due: Ch13 HW2, Ch13 HW3, WebAssign Electric Force and Electric Field Activity
Quiz 1

Dipole field,; Field of uniformly charged sphere; Introduction to VPython

1/14
Reading:
Sec 14.1-14.3
Due: Ch13 HW4, VPython Introduction

VPython; Interaction between charged objects

1/16
Reading:
Sec 14.4
Due: Clicker Number, Group Contract, Ch13 HW5, Ch14 HW1

VPython: Electric field of point charge; Polarization

1/19

No class - MLK Day

1/21
Reading:
Sec 14.5-14.6
Due: Ch14 HW2

Interaction of charged and neutral matter; conductors and insulators; charging and discharging

1/23
Reading:
Sec 15.1-15.3
Due: Ch14 HW3

Tape lab

1/26
Reading:
Sec 15.4-15.6
Due: Ch15 HW1

Review

1/28

Test 1

Sec 13.1 - 14.6

1/30
Reading:
Sec 15.6-15.8
Due: Ch15 HW2

Field of a charged rod; procedure for calculating field of distributed charge; field of ring; field of disk

2/2
Reading:
Sec 16.1-16.3
Due: Ch15 HW3
Quiz 2

2/4
Reading:
Sec 16.4-16.9
Due: Ch15 HW4, Ch16 HW1, Tape Lab

Capacitor; field of sphere; potential energy; relation between potential difference and electric field; potential difference in a varying field

2/6
Reading:
Sec 16.9-16.14
Due: Ch16 HW2

Potential difference in a varying field; path independence; round trip potential difference; potential at one location; potential difference in insulators

2/9
Reading:
Sec 17.1-17.3
Due: Ch16 HW3
Quiz 3

2/11
Reading:
Sec 17.4-17.7
Due: Ch17 HW1

Potential difference in insulators; round trip potential difference

2/13
Reading:
Sec 17.8-17.10
Due: Ch17 HW2

Definition of electric current; Biot-Savart Law for a moving charge; electron current and conventional current

2/16
Reading:
Sec 17.11-17.13
Due: Ch17 HW3
Quiz 4

Detecting magnetic fields; Biot-Savart Law; magnetic field of a straight wire

2/18
Reading:
Sec 18.1-18.3
Due: Ch17 HW4, Ch18 HW1

Magnetic field of a wire curved into a loop; magnetic dipole moment; field of a bar magnet; atomic structure of magnets

2/20
Reading:
Sec 18.4-18.6
Due: Ch17 HW5, Ch18 HW2

Current in parts of a circuit; Drude model; conservation of charge

2/23
Reading:
Sec 18.7-18.8
Due: Ch18 HW3

Review

2/25

Test 2

Sec 15.1 - 17.13

2/27
Reading:
Sec 18.9-18.11
Due: Ch18 HW4

Electric field in circuits

3/2
Reading:
Sec 19.1-19.3
Due: Ch18 HW5, Ch19 HW1
Quiz 5

The initial transient; feedback; surface charge and resistors

3/4
Reading:
Sec 19.4-19.12
Due: Ch18 HW6

Surface charge and resistors; Energy conservation in circuits; Capacitors in circuits; Charging and discharging capacitors; Capacitance

3/6
Reading:
Sec 19.13-19.17
Due: Ch19 HW2

Macroscopic analysis of circuits; RC circuits; Usefulness of a capacitor

3/9

SPRING RECESS

3/11

SPRING RECESS

3/13

SRPING RECESS

3/16
Reading:
Sec 20.1-20.4
Due: Ch20 HW1
Quiz 6: CANCELED

Resistance in series and in parallel; Power; Real, non-ideal batteries

3/18
Reading:
Sec 20.5-20.8
Due: Ch20 HW2, Charging and Discharging a capacitor, Real Battery

Magnetic force on a particle

3/20
Reading:
Sec 20.9-20.10
Due: Ch20 HW3

Magnetic force on a particle; circular motion (qualitative); force on a wire; electric and magnetic forces; velocity selector; the Hall effect; motional emf

3/23
Reading:
Sec 21.1-21.3
Due: Ch20 HW4, Macroscopic view of circuits
Quiz 6

Motional emf

3/25
Reading:
Sec 21.4-21.7
Due: Ch21 HW1

Magnetic force in moving reference frames (Jack and Jill and Einstein); magnetic torque (qualitative); patterns of electric fields; flux; Electric flux

3/27
Reading:
Sec 21.8-21.9
Due: Ch21 HW2

Review; Gauss's Law; reasoning from Gauss's law

3/30
Reading:
Sec 22.1-22.4
Due: Ch22 HW1

Gauss's law for magnetism; Ampere's law

Test 3

Sec 18.1 - 21.9

4/3
Reading:
Sec 22.5-22.9
Due: Ch22 HW2

Changing magnetic fields and curly electric fields; Faraday's law

4/6
Reading:
Sec 23.1-23.3
Due: Ch22 HW3
Quiz 7

Faraday's Law; Magnetic Breaking

4/8
Reading:
Sec 23.4-23.7
Due: Ch23 HW1

Motional emf; Maxwell's equations; fields traveling through space

4/10
Reading:
Sec 24.1-24.3
Due: Ch23 HW2

Accelerated charges produce radiation; production of radiative electric and magnetic fields; energy and momentum in electromagnetic radiation

4/13
Reading:
Sec 24.4-24.6
Due: Ch24 HW1
Quiz 8

Effect of radiation on matter; polarization of radiation

4/15
Reading:
Sec 24.4-24.6
Due: Ch24 HW2

Sparks in air

4/17

Review

4/22 (Wednesday)

Final Exam

12:00-1:50