Past Announcements, Assignments, and Due Dates

Current Announcements

22 Jan

Physics: do the WebAssignment with the name Jan22

26 Jan

Physics: no WebAssignment, but please review 23-5,6.  In particular, review the worked-out examples carefully.  Homework due: Ch 23: 16, 20, 41, 42, 64, 68, 80, 86.

28 Jan

Physics: read Ch. 24 through section 3 carefully - also look at section 4 without necessarily going through all the examples in detail (unless you want to, of course).  WebAssignment.  If you are still having some trouble understanding how to use the binomial theorem in HW problem 23-41, you can find my solution here.

29 Jan

Physics: finish reading Ch. 24.  WebAssignment.

2 Feb

Physics: Start reading Ch. 25, through at least 25-2.  Short WebAssignment.  Homework due:  Ch. 23: 44, 48, 49; Ch. 24: 15, 27, 36, 37, 38, 48, 66

4 Feb

Physics: Finish Ch. 25 and do the WebAssignment.

9 Feb

Physics: Start reading Ch. 26 through 26-4 and do the WebAssignment.  Homework due:  Ch.24: 40, 52, 70, 75; Ch. 25: 16, 24, 30, 35, 36, 50, 57

10 Feb

Project: Please simulate the circuit discussed in class today as documented in pwm.pdf

11 Feb

Physics: Finish reading Ch. 26 and do the WebAssignment.

12 Feb

Project: Be sure the assignment given on the 10th is done before class.

Physics: No WebAssignment today.  Please send me requests for any problems that you would like me to do in class, and find 15 minutes to complete the survey on Blackboard before the weekend. 

17 Feb

Physics: Today is Tuesday (yesterday was a holiday).  Homework due: Ch. 25: 72, 74, 78, 79; Ch. 26: 12, 22, 25, 36, 48, 54, 68.  Please put your homework in the box with my name on it on the kiosk in the lobby of the OC (in front of the library) by 9 AM.

18 Feb

Physics: Start reading Ch. 27 through 27-3 and do the WebAssignment.

19 Feb

Physics: Finish reading Ch. 27 and do the WebAssignment.

23 Feb

Physics: Start reading Ch. 29 through 29-3 and do the WebAssignment.  Exam #1 is due today at 8 AM!  It can be found here.  Don't print it out until you have 2 uninterrupted hours to spare.  You should not use any notes or calculators - just pencil and paper.  You may want to check out my summary of the Survey #1 that you completed on Blackboard, which can be found here.

25 Feb

Physics: Finish reading Ch. 29 and do the WebAssignment.  For those of you who didn't do Monday's reading assignment, please try to catch up.  Magnetostatics is a bit more counter-intuitive than electrostatics.  SIGNUP SHEET AVAILABLE AT 7:30 OUTSIDE MY OFFICE (OC 268) FOR INDIVIDUAL 30-MIN APPOINTMENTS ON FRIDAY 3/27 (8-4:30) OR MONDAY (11:30-2 AND 3-5:30) TO PICK UP YOUR EXAM AND DISCUSS HOW YOU'RE DOING.

1 Mar

Physics: Start reading Ch. 30 through 30-2 and do the WebAssignment.  Homework due today is Ch. 29: 13, 20, 27, 30, 36, 40, 44, 51, 63, 68.  Although not formally part of the homework, you might want to also try 29-72.

4 Mar

Physics: Ch. 30 through 30-4.  WebAssignment has a few more parts than usual, but you have tomorrow morning until class to do it.

8 Mar

Physics: Read the rest of Ch. 30 and Ch. 31 through 31-2 and do the WebAssignment.  Homework due today is Ch. 30: 12, 17, 23, 25, 29, 36, 40, 48, 65.

10 Mar

Physics: Re-read Ch. 31:1,2 and read 31-3 and do the WebAssignment.

11 Mar

Physics: Finish Ch. 31 and do the WebAssignment.

22 Mar

Physics: Read Ch. 32:1-3 and do the WebAssignment.  Homework due today is Ch. 31: 17, 19, 21, 27, 31, 42, 48, 54, 58, 60

24 Mar

Physics: Read the remainder of Ch. 32 and do the WebAssignment.  Also skim Ch. 28 (much of which you will have already seen in Projects).

29 Mar

Physics: Homework due today is Ch. 30: 63, 64; Ch. 31: 26, 39; Ch. 32: 9, 10, 21, 53, 55, 65, 70.

1 Apr

Physics: You can get the physics exam here.  It is the usual closed book exam for which you can take up to 2 hours.  It is due at 8 AM on Monday, April 5.

5 Apr

Physics: Exam #2 is due at 8 AM in the homework box or Prof Holt's mailbox.  There is also a small WebAssignment based upon reading Ch. 34:1-3 (you might also want to skim the beginning of 34:4)

7 Apr

Physics: In order for us to get a full appreciation for how to apply Maxwell's Equations to the motion of electromagnetic waves, I want to make sure that we all understand exactly what we mean by wave phenomena.  So, before we do the remainder of Ch. 34, let's spend a few days on Ch. 16 to familiarize ourselves with simple waves.  Read Ch.16 through 16:5 and do the WebAssignment.

9 Apr

Physics: Read the remainder of Ch. 16 and do the WebAssignment.

12 Apr

Physics: Homework due today is: Ch. 34: 4, 6; Ch. 16: 14, 19, 26, 36, 46, 50

14 Apr

Physics: Finish reading Ch. 34 and do the WebAssignment.  Thanks for your responses to Survey #2, which I have summarized here.  The questions were very similar to those in Survey #1 (the responses for which are summarized here).

20 Apr

Physics: Read Ch. 35:1-4 and do the WebAssignment.  Homework due today is Ch. 34: 11, 26, 36, 47, 60, 69, 71, 75, 76

21 Apr

Physics: Finish reading Ch. 35 and do the WebAssignment.

22 Apr

Physics: Read Ch. 37-1 after going back to look at Ch. 16-6 and do the WebAssignment.

26 Apr

Physics: Homework due today:  Ch.16: 47, 50; Ch. 35: 18, 20, 30, 33, 38, 42, 48, 61. No more WebAssigns (!), but please skim Ch. 17 (especially 17-5,6,7) and read Ch. 37-2.

12 May

Physics: Final exam (which can be found here) is due no later than noon today.  Please put your completed exam in Prof Holt's mailbox in OC 250.