A VERY effective way to study physics is to do
the homework as the material is covered in class and then do additional problems
when you study for an exam.
See the table below for the latest updates on assigned homework problems.
Electronic links to the homework problems are below with the assignments.
Solutions for those assigned problems can also be found on the course website.
The problems and solutions are password-protected and are solely for the use of students in
Physics 205 and are not be shared with people outside this class.
The solutions, in particular, are not be downloaded, printed, or archived in any way.
Sharing, saving, or archiving these solutions are Honor code violations.
The sections labelled 'R' below refer to chapters in the text Six Ideas the Shaped Physics - Unit R by Moore. Items labeled with an 'Q' refer to chapters in the text Six Ideas the Shaped Physics - Unit Q also by Moore. The other labels refer to different sets of homework problems: Rel (relativity), E (electricity), M (magnetism), and QM (quantum mechanics).
If you have trouble with homework help is available from me during my office hours (see page 1 of this syllabus) and at other times when I'm available. The Physics Department is also arranging tutoring sessions. More on that as the schedule develops. The Academic Skills Center (http://asc.richmond.edu, 289-8626 or 289-8956) provides several services including tutoring. A list of their services is at the following address along with other information.
https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~ggilfoyl/genphys/links.html
| Date | Assignment | Date | Assignment | |||
| Aug | 23 | Read the syllabus; Read R - Chap 1.1-1.6; ; finish Lab 1; R Chap 1 - T.1, T.2, T.6, B.1, B.2, B.4; Rel - 1,2. | Oct | 18 |
Read Chap 8; Rel - 22,23,24;
Chap 8 - B.3, B.4, B.5; Lab 8 'Receding Beacon' due Wed, Oct 20. |
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| 25 | Read R1.6; R chap 1 - M.5, M.7, M.10;
E - 3,8; M - 1,3,10,22. |
20 |
Rel - 25,26,28;
Chap 8 - X.3, B.8, B.9, M.1; Lab 8 'Receding Beacon' due Wed, Oct 20. |
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| 30 |
R Chap 1 - M.7, M.10, D.2; hand in D.2 on Wed, Sep 1; read homework instructions; E - 7,12; M - 2,7,13. |
25 | Chap 8 - M.2,M.8.a,M.10; Chap 9 - T.4,T.11,B.3,B.6; Read R 9.2, 9.5. | |||
| Sep | 1 |
R Chap 2 - T.1,T.2,T.4,T.5,T.7,B.1,B.2,B.5,B.6,B.10; Rel - 33. | .
27 |
Rel - 35,36;
Read Q1.1-Q1.3,Q1.5; Q1 - T.3,T.4,T.6,B.1,B.2,B.7. |
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| 6 | Finish Lab 2; Chap 3 - T.7,T.8,B.2,B.3,B.5,B.6,B.9. | Nov | 1 |
W - 2,3,8,9,14,18;
Read Q2.1, Q3.1-Q3.4; Q3 - T.1,T.2,B.8,B.9,M.1,M.3; Test Nov 8. |
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| 8 | Chap 3 - B.7,B.8,B.10,M.2,M.3; Rel - 6; Read 4.1-4.2. | 3 | W - 25,27,33,43; Read Q3.5-Q3.6; Q3 - B.14,M.12. | |||
| 13 | Test 1; Labs 1 and 2 are due on Wed, Sep 15. | 8 | Test 2 | |||
| 15 | Read 4.3, 4.6; Chap 4 - M.7; Rel - 34. | 10 | Q - 28,29,31,32,33,34; Q4 - T.1,T.2,T.3;B.1,B.7,B.12. | |||
| 20 |
Rel - 7,8,13,14,21;
Read R 5.1 - 5.4;
R Chap 4 - B.2,B.3; R Chap 5 - T.1,T.2,T.3. |
15 | Q - 35,36,37,38,39; Q5 - read 5.1,5.2. | |||
| 22 | Read R 5.5 - 5.6; R Chap 5 - T.4, T.5, T.6, T.7. | 17 | Q - 40,41,42; Q5 - T.1,T.2,T.3,B.1,B.5,B.9,M.1. | |||
| 27 | Chap 5 - B.1.b - B.1.i, B.2. | 22 |
Lab 12;
Q - 24,25,26,27;
Q10 - Read Q10.1 - 10.2, Do T.2; Lab 12 due at noon, Tuesday, Nov 30. |
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| 29 | Hand in 'Galilean and Lorentz Transformations' lab on Wednesday, Oct 6; Chap 5 - B.5, B.6, B.7; Rel - 12,15,16. | 24 | Thanksgiving Break |
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| Oct | 4 | Finish `Pole and Barn' lab (do NOT hand in); Chap 6 - B.1, B.5, M.1, M.3. | 29 | Lab 12; Q - 4,5,6,11,15,16; Q11 - Read Q11.1-11.5, do T.1,T.2,T.5,B.3,B.4; Lab 12 due noon, Tues, Nov 30. | ||
| 6 | MidTerm | Dec | 1 |
Q - 7,8,9,10,21,22;
Q12 - read Q12.1-Q12.4, do T6,T.7,T.8,T.9. |
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| 11 | Fall Break | |||||
| 13 | Rel - 17,18,19,20; Read R7.1,R7.4; Chap 7 - B.7, B.8; finish 'Receding Beacon' Lab (do NOT hand in). |