NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS


PHYSICS WITH ADVANCED TOPICS
PH354 SYLLABUS


Trimester 1, 2005

 

WEEK

TOPICS COVERED

WALKER READING

TWTW READING

 

 

chapter (sections)

pages in 1st edition




(pages in New edition)




1-2
simple harmonic motion 13

(springs and pendulums)

 

 

 


3-4 introduction to waves 14(1-3) 186-189(176-177)

wave interference; standing waves 14(7-9)




5
the wave nature of sound; music 14(4-6,8) 230-235(218-223)








6-7

static electricity

19(1-2)

 

 

Coulomb's electrostatic law

19(3)

282-284(262-263)

 

forces and fields

19(3-7)

 

 

 

 

 

8

electric energy and voltage difference

20

286, 288-289

(266, 268-269)

9-10

electric circuits

21

287(267)

 

electric circuits, continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

magnetic fields and forces

22

294-299(274-279)

 

magnetic induction

23

300-305, 322-323

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

if time

the wave nature of light 

25

 

 permits

interference & diffraction of light

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

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