Physics 221 Homework and Schedule

Spring 2004


Date   Topic   Date   Topic
Jan 13 Section 3.3 in Thornton and Rex; Chap 1 in Baird; get a notebook; read the syllabus.   Mar 9 Spring Break
  15 Read Chap 2 in Baird; Finish Activity 3 in Hydrogen lab.     11 Spring Break
             
  20 Chap 2 in Baird; Problems 1,2,3,8,9,10,12; Annotate notebook for handing in on Thursday.     16
  22 Hydrogen lab due; Finish Activity 1 and do Activities 2a and 2c in P-T lab; Read Chap 1 in Thornton and Rex.     18
             
  27 Complete absolute zero analysis on recent data and compare with last week's results and class results; Read Chap 7 in Baird.     23
  29 Read Chap 3 in Baird; Read Chap 12 in Rex and Thornton; Hand in one-page summary and notebook for P-T lab on Tuesday.     25
             
Feb 3 Chap 3 in Baird, problems 1-9; Read Chap 4     30
  5 Finish nuclear decay lab and be prepared to discuss it in lab; Do pre-lab readings for Tuesday.   Apr 1
             
  10 One-page summary and notebooks for Nuclear Decay due on Thursday     6
  12 Select project topics for next class     8 Symposium drafts due
             
  17 Prepare progress reports (TLN, GL, Dk) for next class.     13
  19 Round 1 summaries and notebooks due next time; project abstracts due; progress reports (BC, TC)     15
          16 Student Symposium
  24 Abstracts due; progress reports (TLH, GL, DK)     20
  26 Symposium applications due on Monday; Progress reports (TC, BC)     22
             
Mar 2 Introductions due next class; Progress reports (TLH, GL, DK)        
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Important Deadlines:


Topics due Tuesday, February 17
Abstracts due Tuesday, February 24
Symposium Applications and Abstracts due Monday, March 1
Introductions due Tuesday, March 16
Theory section due Tuesday, March 23
Symposium Drafts Due (optional): Tuesday, April 6
Richmond Symposium Friday, April 16