Archival Course Material

Please find below archival class material for Fall 2010, including lecture notes and supplementary slides, homework and quiz questions, and links to the exams.

Significant Figures From Dr. Scalise's 1303 Lecture Notes: Slides 6-10 summarize the rules and cover scientific notation
Handout on Significant Figures (from Stephen Sekula at Daniel Hand High School in CT.)
Lecture 38 (12/6/2010) "(Special Topics) Beyond Einstein: How Light Led the Way to a Dark Cosmos
Lecture 37 (12/3/2010) "Applications of Lenses: Corrective Optics and the Telescope"
  • Lecture Notes: PDF
  • Supplementary Slides: PDF
  • Quiz 11: PDF
Lecture 36 (12/1/2010) "Applications of Lenses: The Human Eye"
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Lecture 35 (11/29/2010) "Images from Lenses"
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  • Homework 14 (due 12/06/2010): PDF
Lecture 34 (11/22/2010) "Images from Mirrors"
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  • Supplementary Slides: PDF
  • Homework 013 (due 11/30/2010): PDF
Exam 3 (11/19/2010) "CH26-27"
Lecture 33 (11/17/2010) "Reflection and Refraction"
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  • Supplementary Slides: PDF
Lecture 32 (11/15/2010) "The Nature of Light"
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  • Homework 012 (due 11/23/2010): PDF
Lecture 31 (11/12/2010) "Energy in Magnetic Fields"
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  • Quiz 10: PDF
Lecture 30 (11/10/2010) "Inductors in Circuits"
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Lecture 29 (11/8/2010) "Types of Induction and Inductance"
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  • Homework 011 (due 11/15/2010): PDF
Lecture 28 (11/5/2010) "Faraday's Law and Energy Conservation"
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  • Quiz 9: PDF
Lecture 27 (11/3/2010) "Magnetic Induction"
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Lecture 26 (11/1/2010) "Applications of Ampere's Law"
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  • Homework 010 (due 11/8/2010): PDF
Lecture 25 (10/29/2010) "The Line Integral and Ampere's Law"
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  • Supplementary Slides: PDF
  • Quiz 8: PDF
Lecture 24 (10/27/2010) "Current Loops in Magnetic Fields"
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Lecture 23 (10/25/2010) "The Origin of Macroscopic Magnetism"
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  • Supplementary Slides: PDF
  • Homework 009 (due 11/1/2010): PDF
Exam 2 (10/22/2010) "CH23-25"
Lecture 22 (10/20/2010) "Determining Magnetic Fields from Currents"
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Lecture 21 (10/18/2010) "The Biot-Savart Law"
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  • Homework 008 (due 10/25/2010): PDF
(10/15/2010) Quiz 7
Lecture 20 (10/13/2010) "Magnetic Fields"
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Lecture 19 (10/8/2010) "RC Circuits"
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  • Quiz 6: PDF
Lecture 18 (10/6/2010) "Introducing Kirchoff's Laws"
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Lecture 17 (10/4/2010) "Electric Circuits: Resistors and Batteries"
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  • Homework 007 (due 10/13/2010): PDF
Lecture 16 (10/1/2010) "Be A Physicist: Lightbulbs and Power"
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  • Supplementary Slides: PDF
  • Quiz 5: PDF
Lecture 15 (9/29/2010) "Conduction and Ohm's Law"
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Lecture 14 (9/27/2010) "Electric Current"
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  • Homework 006 (due 10/1/2010): PDF
Lecture 13 (9/22/2010) "Energy Storage and the Application of Capacitors"
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  • Supplementary Slides: NONE
Exam 1: Review (9/21/2010) "Strategies and Material Review for Exam 1"
Lecture 12 (9/20/2010) "Electrostatic Energy and Capacitors"
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  • Homework 005 (due 9/27/2010): PDF
Lecture 11 (9/17/2010) "Handling Small Numbers"
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  • Quiz 4: PDF
Lecture 10 (9/15/2010) "Solving Problems involving Work and Potential"
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Lecture 9 (9/13/2010) "Electrical Potential, Work and Energy"
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  • Homework 004 (due 9/20/2010): PDF
Lecture 8 (9/10/2010) "Conductors, Electrical Work and Potential"
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  • Supplementary Slides: PDF
  • Quiz 3: PDF
Lecture 7 (9/8/2010) "Applying Gauss's Law"
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  • Homework 003 (due 9/13/2010): PDF
Lecture 6 (9/3/2010) "Gauss's Law"
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  • Quiz 2: PDF
Lecture 5 (9/1/2010) "Electric Field Lines and Electric Flux"
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Lecture 4 (8/30/2010) "Continuous Charge Distributions and Matter in Electric Fields"
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  • Homework 002 (due 9/7/2010): PDF
Lecture 3 (8/27/2010) "Electric Field and Simple Charge Distributions"
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Lecture 2 (8/25/2010) "Electric Charge and Coulomb's Law"
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Lecture 1 (8/23/2010) "Why Electricity and Magnetism?"
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  • Supplementary Slides: PDF
  • Homework 001 (due 8/30/2010): PDF