01/06/10

Oscillations, Simple Harmonic Motion

14-1, 14-2 and here

01/08/10

Energy, Relation with Circular Motion, Simple Pendulum

14-3, 14-4, 14-5 and here

01/11/10

Physical & Torsional Pendulum, Damped Oscillations, Forced Oscillations

14-6, 14-7, 14-8 and here

01/13/10

Wave Motion, Characteristics, Types,

15-1, 15-2

Quiz 1

01/15/10

Energy in waves, Mathematical representation, Wave Eqn

15-3, 15-4, 15-5

01/18/10

Holiday

01/20/10

Superposition, Reflection & Transmission, Interference

15-6, 15-7, 15-8

Quiz 2

01/22/10

Standing waves; Resonance. Sound, its Basic Properties

15-9. 16-1, 16-2

01/25/10

Sound Intensity, Musical Instruments, Timbre

16-3, 16-4, 16-5

01/27/10

Interference, Beats, Doppler Effect

16-6, 16-7

Quiz 3

01/29/10

Sonic Booms. Ray Model of Light, Reflection of Planes

16-8. 32-1, 32-2

02/01/10

Images Formed by Spherical Mirrors, Index of Refraction

32-3, 32-4

02/03/10

Snell's Law, Visible Spectrum and Dispersion

32-5, 32-6

Quiz 4

02/05/10

Total Internal Reflection, Refraction off Spheres. Thin Lenses

32-7, 32-8. 33-1

02/08/10

Thin Lens Eqn, Magnification, Combinations of Lenses

33-2, 33-3

02/10/10

Lensmaker's Eqn, Cameras

33-4, 33-5

Quiz 5

02/12/10

The Human Eye & Glasses, Magnifying Glass,

33-6, 33-7

02/15/10

Holiday

02/17/10

Telescopes

33-8

Quiz 6

02/19/10

Huygen's Principle & Diffraction, Refraction, Interference in the Double Slit Experiment

34-1, 34-2, 34-3 (close to 35-3)

02/22/10

Interference: Intensity in Double Slit, Patterns In Thin Films.

34-4, 34-5

02/24/10

Diffraction of Single Slit and Calculation of Intensity

35-1, 35-2, (35-3 see 34-3)

Quiz 7

02/26/10

Resolution Limits for Circular Apertures, Telescopes, Microscopes, and the Human Eye

35-4,35-5, 35-6,

03/01/10

Diffraction Grating, the Spectrometer, and Resolving Power

35-7, 35-8, 35-9

03/03/10

X-ray Diffraction, Polarization, Liquid Crystals, Why the Sky is Blue.

35-10, 35-11, 35-12, 35-13

Quiz 8

03/05/10

Phases of Matter, Density & Specific Gravity, Pressure in Fluids

13-1, 13-2, 13-3

03/08/10

Atmospheric and Gauge Pressure, Pascal's Principle, Measure of Pressure

13-4, 13-5, 13-6

03/10/10

Buoyancy & Archimedes Principle, Fluids in Motion and Continuity Eqn, Bernoulli's Eqn

13-7, 13-8, 13-9

Quiz 9

03/12/10

Applications of Bernoulli's Eqn., Viscosity, Flow in Tubes, Surface Tension.

13-10, 13-11, 13-12, 13-13

03/15/10

Review

All chapters covered in this course

03/17/10 4-7PM

Comprehensive final covering all material in this course. 1 page (2 sides) cheat sheet allowed.

Final