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Monday,
March 27
Tuesday,
March 28
Wednesday,
March 29
Thursday,
March 30
class
in your lab book, bring
1) a very short description of your method for the
part [2 or 3] of lab D4
that you didn't do Friday

["method" consists of
a) your dependent variable;
b) your independent variable
c) what, if anything, will remain constant
d) how many order pairs of (dependent, independent) you will have]
if you didnt finish the graph&matching table in class yesterday,
bring the printed graph
and associated 5-column matching table for the part of D4 you did in class on Monday
(it will be graded during
class today)

see below
 see below

if you miss the lab practical today, the make-up will be tuesday night (April 18), the first day you return from spring break
UNLESS you have a night class....

if you do LET ME KNOW BEFORE MINITERM STARTS, so that we can make alternate arrangements
 miniterm begins
what we'll do
in class
finish the part of D4 (either 2  or 3) that you didnt do last Friday
quizlet on circuit
labs (D2, D3, & D4) and related reading [particularly 21(1-2) and green sheet handout]
(no measuring)

both quizlet today and lab practical tomorrow are open notes, open lab books
lab practical
(measuring and calculating)
on Ohm's law
and associated lab and reading
[ lab D4; 21(1-2) and green sheet handout]


reading
(always done
before class)

green sheet handout: further information on resistance and what it depends on
21(3) 
 
in-class
presentation
none

none

written
homework
(by 5 pm)
see lab stuff below
 

 
lab
bring printed graph
and associated (5-colunn) matching table for the part of D4 you did last Friday
(it will be graded
during class today)


you will be expected to finish the final part of D4 during class today AND obtain a printed graph for the data and produce the associated (5-column)  matching table
(you can be extra prepared by having completed most of the matching table in advance of coming to class)
 if you did not show me your graph and matching table that you did IN CLASS yesterday,
then you can show it to me in class today with most/partial/all?? credit
(I know there were some printing problems in block D yesterday)
 
 
other
 

 
 
     
 
Monday,
March 20
Tuesday,
March 21
Wednesday,
March 22
Thursday,
March 23
Friday,
March 24
class
 
 
 
 bring both lab books to class!
in your lab book, bring
1) a very short description of your method for part 2 (or 3) of lab D4
("method" consists of
a) your dependent variable;
b) your independent variable
c) what, if anything, will remain constant
d) how many order pairs of (dependent, independent) you will have

2) predictions for the voltage differences on MULTIMETER handout (your copy is GOLD), part D, #5
what we'll do
in class
last day on chapter
20
lab D3
in red book
lab D3
learn about multimeters; lab D4 starts in RED book

lab D4 continues;
you will complete parts 1 and 2 (or 3) of lab D4during the period; hopefully you will have a printed graph and a matching table by the end of lab for part 2 (or 3)
reading
(always done
before class)
 20(2):
know how to do energy conservation problems when electric field is constant
 read the qualitative parts of section 20(5) so that you know what's inside a capacitor and how it works
(we will ask you in lab)
the qualitative parts of section 20(6) 
TWTW on how a battery works
(see syllabus for page numbers)

also see Walker 21(1)
about both current and voltage diff
21(2)  AND
GOLD multimeter handout
in-class
presentation
20(16),
a twin to the problem we did in class friday

20(20 a only)

20(9a)
written
homework
(by 5 pm)
electric field vector sum problem
 
20(16b),
20 (17)
 
20 (20 b and c) 
lab
 
 
 
 is lab D3 finished?

do you have physics formulas in your logic?

relation between voltage difference and E field?
between E field and force?
etc?
between force and acceleration?

 
other
 

 
 

 
Monday,
March 13
Tuesday,
March 14
Wednesday,
March 15
Thursday,
March 16
Friday,
March 17
class
 
 in class lab quiz/practical

you may use your lab book
block D: review corrections to misconceptions we came up with on monday

both blocks:
how do we know
a) the left charge is smaller in magnitude than the right charge?

b) that both charges have the same sign?

come to class with written answers AND explanations!
 
read section 20(1) again

know the definition (formula for) electrical energy
in
a) the special case of a charge q in a constant electric field E

b) the general situation (true always, even when the field is not constant)

both answers are in the reading in section 20(1)

please come to class with the above two answers written down in your notes

what we'll do
in class

using the electrophorus;
origin of thunder and lightning; how to do electric field problems;

lab quiz
block D:
we will do 15  minutes of fields and then start lab D2 in the RED book

block F: more on electric fields
block F:
we start lab D2 in the RED book

block D: more on electric fields,
but also some on electric energy

learn the procedure for electric elergy problems, applied to the case of the anode and cathode in the oscilloscope
reading
(always done
before class)
 19(4) up to Superposition
&
19(5) up to example 19-6

also
how van de graaf generators work
(first page only)

 
finish 19(4 and 5) on electric field superposition....

make sure that you know how to do electric field superposition problems

block D reads the oscilloscope handout on GRAY
20(1)

block F also reads the oscilloscope handout on GRAY
 20(1) again
in-class
presentation

19(12)


19(31)

19(67)
(BUT, I will check in class that each student did it)
written
homework
(by 5 pm)
19(16, 21)
 
19(65)
 
19(68)
and
finish lab D2 and get all checks


monday's homework:
electric field vector sum problem
lab
my 13 electrostatic principles posted on my bulletin board 
 
 
 
 lab D2 finished with all checks given by 4:40 pm today.
other
 

 
 

   
 
Monday,
March 6
Tuesday,
March 7
Wednesday,
March 8
Thursday,
March 9
Friday,
March 10
class
 bring BLUE lab book to class

we start lab D01
lab D01 continues 
block F has class; see class stuff (and what to bring and read) below

block D:
lab continues for half the period and has class for the other half;
last trimester we made a table listing  the 5 important properties of Newton's gravity law

I warned you that we would use that table again, and it's now time...

after you have done the reading, fill in another column of that table which contains the 5 important properties of Coulomb's electrostatic law and bring your results to class


 block D continues
lab D01

block F:
lab continues for half the period and has class for the other half;
last trimester we made a table listing  the 5 important properties of Newton's gravity law

I warned you that we would use that table again, and it's now time...

after you have done the reading, fill in another column of that table which contains the 5 important properties of Coulomb's electrostatic law and bring your results to class



 


what we'll do
in class


lab


lab
lab + table described above +
equivalent of 19(58) except with 2 like-charged balloons, in order to calculae how many electrons were transfered when rabbit fur rubs a balloon


lab

block F does
19(20)
and
we'll start talking about the idea of fields, by reviewing gravity fields
(what produces a field; what does a field have effect on; what the units of a field are...)


block D does 19(20)
and
we'll
start talking about the idea of fields, by reviewing gravity fields
(what produces a field; what does a field have effect on; what the units of a field are...)
block

F does lab
reading
(always done
before class)
 read intro (up to,
but not including,
Investigation A)
of lab D01

prepare lab book
(table of contents, etc.)
 19(1-2) AND the section "Charging by Induction" on
p. 633
before starting
Investigation C
of  lab D01
 19(3) up to the "Superposition" section

block F: finish 19(3)
block D:
finish 19(3)

ALL blocks:
"charging by induction" section in 19(8)
in-class
presentation




19(17)
written
homework
(by 5 pm)

sometime before the end of thursday, you and your partner need to find a common hour outside of class to work on lab D01
(see reading above)



 
 19(10, 58)
lab
read intro (up to,
but not including,
Investigation A)
of lab D01

prepare lab book
(table of contents, etc.)
 
 
final class day on lab D01 
lab D01 completed 
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