No one who is closed off from mathematics can ever grasp the full significance of the natural order that is woven so deeply into the fabric of physical reality.

Paul Davies, The Mind of God

date			no	topic	reading	homework due
jan	8	T		no laboratory
	9	W	1	Coulomb's Law	15.1–15.3
	11	F	2	electric field	15.4–15.6	15: 2,4,6,12  (16)
	14	M	3	electric flux	15.7–15.9	15: 18,20,24,30,32  (26)
	15	T		laboratory
	16	W	4	electric potential	16.1–16.4	15: 34,38,40,44,46  (50,56)
	18	F	5	capacitance	16.5–16.10	16: 2,6,8,10,12,16  (18)
	21	M		school holiday
	22	T		laboratory
	23	W	6	electric current	17.1–17.8	16: 22,26,28,30,34,44  (42,50,64)
	25	F	7	dc circuits	18.1–18.4	17: 4,6,12,18,22,28,32,38  (40,46)
	28	M	8	more circuits	18.5–18.7	18: 6,10,14,16,20,28  (26)
	29	T		laboratory
	30	W	9	magnets	19.1–19.5	18: 32,34,36,38,50  (52,58,64)
feb	1	F	10	review/catch up
	4	M	11	Test 1 (chapters 15–18)
	5	T		laboratory
	6	W	12	magnetic fields	19.6–19.10	19: 2,4,8,10,12,16,22  (24,28)
	8	F	13	inductance	20.1–20.4	19: 28,32,34,38,42,46  (40,44,50)
	11	M	14	circuits	20.5–20.8	20: 4,6,10,14,20,24  (22,28)
	12	T		laboratory
	13	W	15	ac circuits	21.1–21.4	20: 30,34,36,42,48  (32,40,46)
	15	F	16	electrical power	21.5–21.7	21: 2,4,8,12,16,18,22  (24)
	18	M	17	electromagnetic waves	21.8–21.13	21: 28,30,34,38,40  (42)
	19	T		laboratory
	20	W	18	light	22.1–22.3	21: 44,48,52,54,56  (58,60,64)
	22	F	19	review/catch up
	25	M	20	Test 2 (chapters 19–21)
	26	T		laboratory
	27	W	21	light properties	22.4–22.7	22: 4,6,8,20,24  (28)
	29	F	22	mirrors	23.1–23.3	22: 30,32,38,40  (46,50,56)
mar	3	M	23	lenses	23.4–23.7	23: 4,6,8,14,18  (20)
	4	T		laboratory
	5	W	24	interference	24.1–24.5	23: 22,24,26,28,32,36,44  (46,50,56)
	7	F		spring break
	10	M		spring break
	11	T		spring break – no laboratory
	12	W		spring break
	14	F		spring break
	17	M	25	diffraction	24.6–24.9	24: 2,6,10,14,20  (28)
	18	T		laboratory
	19	W	26	optical instruments	25.1–25.7	24: 30,34,36,40,48,52  (56,58,68)
	21	F	27	relativity	26.1–26.6	25: 4,12,18,26,32,38,40  (48,52)
	24	M	28	Test 3 (chapters 22–25)
	25	T		laboratory
	26	W	29	special relativity	26.7–26.11	26: 4,6,12,16
	28	F	30	quantum physics	27.1–27.5	26: 18,20,22,26,28,32,36  (34,42,48)
	31	M	31	wave nature	27.6–27.8	27: 2,4,8,12,16,20,24,30  (26,32)
apr	1	T		laboratory
	2	W	32	models of atoms	28.1–28.6	27: 34,36,38,40,42,44  (46,48,52)
	4	F	33	review/catch up
	7	M	34	Test 4 (chapters 26–27)
	8	T		laboratory
	9	W	35	quantum effects	28.7–28.14	28: 4,8,10,18,24,28  (30,32)
	11	F	36	the nucleus	29.1–29.4	28: 34,38,40,42  (44,46,54)
	14	M	37	radiation	29.5–29.8	29: 2,4,6,12,14,18,22,28  (24,32,36)
	15	T		laboratory
	16	W	38	fission and fusion	30.1–30.3	29: 38,42,50,56  (58,64,66)
	18	F	39	elementary particles	30.4–30.8	30: 2,4,6,8,12
	21	M	40	conservation laws	30.9–30.13	30: 16,18,22
	22	T		no laboratory, makeup if needed
	23	W	41	models	30.14–30.16	30: 24,26,32,34,36  (28,42)
	25	F				30: 44,46,48  (50,54)
	28	M		Final Exam (chapters 28–30 and comprehensive)   (7:30-9:30am)

note: extra credit problems are indicated as (italics)