PHY 132, Homeworks, Lectures and Labs

Before coming to lecture, read the book sections listed in the second column.  The homeworks from the corresponding book chapters, listed for a given week, are due in recitation the following week .  Do the homeworks after the lecture, or during the weekend, so that you are prepared for the discussion of the HW during the recitation.  Sumbit written solutions to the three problems marked by * to your Recitation Instructor.  The terms WEB1, WEB2 etc. refer to homework from the WEB page of the textbook.  The WEB homework assigned for a given week is due by Tuesday 4:00AM the next week. See the bottom of this document for instructions about the WEB homeworks
 
Date Sections Topics Homework  Lab / Exam
Jan. 23 21-1 to 6 Charge Ch 21: WEB1 no lab, no recitation
Jan. 25 21-7 to 11 Electric field Ch 21: 11,16*,36,42*,48*,56  
         
Jan. 28 22-1 to 4 Gauss's law Ch 23: WEB2 Oscilloscope 
Jan. 30 23-1 to 3 Electric potential Ch 22: 3,14*,17,20*,31  
Feb. 1 23-4 to 7 Dipoles Ch 23: 14,27*,31  
         
Feb. 4 23-7 to 24-2 Electrostatic energy Ch 24: WEB3 Electric field
Feb. 6 24-3 to 6 Capacitance Ch 23: 47*,50  
Feb. 8 25-1 to 25-3 Current Ch 24: 17*,23,31,42,56*  
         
Feb. 11 25-3 to 6 Resitivity, power   Capacitors 
Feb. 13 25-7 to 10 Alternating current Ch 25: WEB4  
Feb. 15 26-1 to 3  EMF, Kirchoff's rules Ch 25: 6*,10,17,32*,37,49*  
         
Feb. 18 26-4 to 6 DC circuits, RC circuits   no lab
Feb. 20   Review Ch 26: 11*,17,27*,30,44*,56   
Feb. 22   Midterm #1   Up to and including
Chapter 25 
         
Feb. 25 27-1 to 3 Magnetic field   Ohm's law
Feb. 27 27-4 to 6 Magnetic force Ch 27: WEB5  
Mar. 1 27-7 to 9 Applications Ch 27: 9*,22,31,35,41*,43,46*  
         
Mar. 4 28-1 to 5 Ampere's law   Magnetic force I
Mar. 6 28-6 to 10 Biot-Savart law Ch 28: WEB6  
Mar. 8 29-1 to 4  Induction Ch 28: 7,14*,27,31*,37*,38,43  
         
Mar. 11 29-5 to 8 Transformers Ch 29: WEB7 Magnetic force II
Mar. 13 30-1 to 3 Mutual induction Ch 29: 14*,25,41*,44  
Mar. 15 30-4 to 6 LR, LC, LRC Ch 30: 11,21*,28,34  
         
Mar. 18 31-1 to 3 AC circuits    Induction
Mar. 20 31-4 to 7  Resonance  Ch 31: WEB8  
Mar. 22  31-7 to 32-1 Displacement current  Ch 31: 8,10*,15*,19,28,32  
         
Mar. 25   Spring break    
Mar. 27   Spring break    
Mar. 29   Spring break    
         
Apr. 1 32-2 to 4 Maxwell's equations   no lab
Apr. 3   Review Ch 32: 3,10,18*,23*,28,32*  
Apr. 5   Midterm #2   Chapters 26 to31 
         
Apr. 8 32-5 to 9 EM waves   LRC circuits
Apr. 10 33-1 to 4 Light, reflection Ch 33: WEB9  
Apr. 12 33-5 to 8 Refraction Ch 33: 6,9,10*,20,28*,36,37,51*  
         
Apr. 15 34-1 to 4 Geometric optics, Lenses   Resonance
Apr. 17 34-5 to 7 Optical instruments Ch 34: WEB10  
Apr. 19 34-8 to 10 Optical instruments Ch 34: 13*,18,33*,41*,51,59,67  
         
Apr. 22 35-1 to 3 Interference Ch 35: WEB11 Optics
Apr. 24 35-4 to 6 Interference, intensity Ch 35: 5,8*,17,20,30*  
Apr. 26 35-7 to 36-2 Diffraction Ch 36: 4*,7  
         
Apr. 29 36-3 to 6 Diffraction   Make-up labs
May 1 36-7 to 9 Grating, X-rays Ch 36: WEB12  
May 3 36-10 to 12 X-ray diffraction Ch 36: 15*,20,32*,47*,51,52  
         
May 6  37-1 to 13 Relativity No homework no lab 
         
         
(Incorrect: May 15)
Correct: May 13		   Final exam (Incorrect: 11:00AM-1:30PM)
Correct: 5:00PM-7:00PM 		No relativity

Instructions about the WEB homeworks

The WEB homework assigned for a given week is due by Tuesday 4:00AM the next week.  For all practical purposes this means the the submission must happen Monday night, the latest. Example: WEB1 from Chapter 21 is to be submitted by the early morning hours of Tuesday, January 29. Problems 16,42,and 48 from the book Chapter 21 should be handed in to your recitation instructor during the week of January 28.

Instructions for submitting WEB homeworks:  Find the course WEB page on a computer, and follow the link to the "Homeworks, Lectures and Labs" page (this page).  Click on the highlighted WEB link in the HW assignment. This brings you to the corresponding Chapter of the textbook WEB page. Wait patiently until the menu on the left hand side is downloaded, and then click on "Physlet Problems" or "Practice Problems" (your choice).   You will see the questions.  Press the "Start" button.  Fill in your answers, roll down to the bottom of the page, and click on "Submit for Grading".  You will see if your answers were correct. Do this as many times as you wish.  Full credit will be given for the correct solution of four problems, picked arbitrarily.  Of course, you will benefit from working out all problems.

In order to get credit for the work,  you should submit it to the grade sheet.  Go to the bottom of the page again, until you find the "Routing information" box.  In the "My name is" or "Your name" field write in the last six digits of your student ID number; the "Instructor" field should have sunysb@gradesheet.com.   If these two fields are correct, click on "E-Mail Results" or "Send".  (You may also E-mail the result to your own E-mail address, but this is optional and not necessary for processing your submission). Examples for doing it right:
 

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After submitting the results, you will see an acknowledgement. Check the WEB homework grade sheet the next day to see if your score was properly updated.  Avoid common mistakes. Do NOT use your real name. Do NOT E-mail your solutions to your instructors.  If you are doing the HW from home (using AOL or other provider over a phone line) make sure that you keep your connection active during the time you work on the problems, otherwise you will get an error message and you have to start over.  (Check your E-mail or open another copy of the WEB browser and click on a new link in every ten minutes. Alternatively, you can print out the problems, disconnect, and log in again later.)


This WEB page is maintaned by Laszlo Mihaly. Last updated 11/24/01