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May 2 |
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we're probably odd today in both classes, so whoever comes last probably gets to work alone be thinking about when you want to have the fields/forces/energy test (this friday or next friday) |
you MUST
bring your OTHER lab (the one not containing D4/D6) for
today's test |
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(chapters 19 and 20) |
what we'll do in class |
quizlet (= a minor minor quiz) covering anything related to labs D2 - D4 and the associated reading |
we start lab D6 with new partners |
practical
circuits test (covers anything lab-ish, including circuit building and measuring plus all associated reading (you may use textbook, notes, lab books, and green circuit guide, BUT the more time you have to spend looking up things, the less time you will have to do the test) a hard copy of the extra reading on resistance and resistivity (monday's reading) will be available for the test today |
lab D6 continues and ends? |
block G will have lab D6 (or D7) for 30 minutes before the test starts block F will start with the test (so come a few minutes early if you can) and then continue with lab don't forget to bring your D6/D7 lab books |
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see Syllabus section 21(3) from Walker |
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please
finish part A of lab D6 BEFORE coming to class today (except for the measurement part) |
please
try to finish part B of lab D6 BEFORE coming to class today (except for the measurement part) |
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homework (by 5 pm) |
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with a conclusion written for each? |
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the lab will be due at 5 pm next tuesday you will need to finish this under the same "test situation" that you were in last wednesday (i.e., you may not seek another person's help... you may use the same stuff available last wednesday) you will have to finish the remainder on the hall, and you will also have to request a copy of the gray instruction sheet that you used last wednesday (and hand-return it to the person who gave it to you) don't forget to sign an honor pledge for this portion of the test |
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-- and when and where to use them -- since we started chapter 19 (I think that there are only 5! 2 from chapter 19 2 from chapter 20 1 from chapter 21) |
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April 25 |
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finish
lab D3 (although you may have to work some on your own) |
start lab D4 bring your D2/D3 book to class |
continue lab D4 |
continue lab D4 |
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TWTW p. 279, 288-89 (TWTW NEW ed. pp. 259, 268-269) on batteries section 21(1) and TWTW p. 287 (TWTW NEW ed. p. 267) on current |
21(2) |
for the part you are doing today which is part 3 = "Measuring Current as a Function of Resistance" |
for the part you are doing today which is part 2 = "Measuring current as a function of voltage difference" |
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20(20a) | 20(11) |
computer
printed graph
of yesterday's collected data (make sure that the x-axis is re-expressed so that graph is linear; you MAY NOT re-xpress the y-axis) taped in your lab book (unless you showed us the graph on your calculator in class yesterday, in which case a half-page sketch is perfectly fine) MAKE SURE ALL GRAPHING ETIQUETTE RULES ARE FOLLOWED 5-column matching table (math; physics; graphical values of m, b; expected values of m, b; % difference) in your lab book on the right facing page to your graph we are GRADING the graph & MT (for yesterday's data) at the beginning of today's class as always, make sure all units are SI (no prefixes!) |
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homework (by 5 pm) |
20(18) except do it for an electron, not a proton |
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the expectation is that you will have all data collected, the data graphed according to expectations, and the matching table done by the end of class so that you can turn in your lab book at the end of class! |
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April 14 |
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April 17 |
April 18 |
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finish
Electric fields |
lab
D2 |
our first (and perhaps last) voltage, conservation of energy problem make sure that you have done the reading |
finish
lab D2; start lab D3 |
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(always done before class) |
make sure you can draw & describe 1) a constant electric field 2) apoint-charge electric field |
on the back top of the green half-sheet, is there a place the electric field is zero? where? ditto for front, top? 20(1) up to Example 20-1 on p. 665 oscilloscope reading |
oscilloscope reading Page 1 and Page 2 lab D2 probably need not be read in advance |
finish section 20(1) the lightning primer, especially pp 1-2 how lightning works |
the reading in TWTW (The Way Things Work) on capacitors and current 20(5), but just read qualitatively so you know what's inside the capacitors that we are using today in lab (you dont need to pay close attention to the formulas or the numbers in problems) lab D3 |
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19(19) |
19(58) |
be
ready to tell me the expression(s) for electric energy there are 2 ! (one that's always true; one that's true only for a constant E field) make sure that you know them both! do we use the sign of the charge in energy problems?? (did we in net force problem calculations?) |
19(38) |
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homework (by 5 pm) |
(but you can do it for today if you want to even your workload for the week) |
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electric field vector sum problem if the program doesnt install on your computer, it works on all the physics computers (either lab room) |
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we will ONLY give checks in the very first minute of class for any parts before and including part 9 |
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(I will check sometime this week!) have you been doing 4 - 6 problems on your own per week? |
we only have enough for 1 copy per dorm room, so don't get a copy if your roommate already has one! |
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April 11 |
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problem
solving with Coulomb's law [charge-on-a-balloon problem & 9(16)] |
lab
quiz (with your partner, open lab book); it covers all of lab including associated reading [19(1-3,6)] |
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(always done before class) |
[you have already read section 19(1,2,6) before break, right?] |
19(4) up through the end of superposition of fields at top of p. 641 |
19(5) how van de graaf generators work (first page only) |
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find
your table/list of properties of the gravitational force and bring it
to class today with the next column (electrostatic or Coulomb) force
properties filled in |
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homework (by 5 pm) |
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D1 checks immediately after class today until about 5:15 pm |
(which ends at 6:30 pm) |
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