| Date | Day | Topic | Reading | Homework | |
| 27-Aug | H | Introduction;Relativity of Orientation and origin; Moving reference frames; Classical Relativity and the speed of light | Chapter 1:1-4 | 1.1 | |
| 1-Sep | T | Michelson-Morely experiment; the postulates of relativity; Measurement of time; Relativity of time and time dilation; | Chapter 1:5-8 | 1A | 1.12, 1.15, 1.17, 1.20, 1.23, 1,26, 1,30, 1,32, 1.33 |
| 3-Sep | H | Length Contraction; Evidence for time dilation and length contraction; visit Launders Science Library | Chapter 1:9, 10 | ||
| 8-Sep | T | The Lorentz Transformation; Application so fthe Lorentz Transformation;velocity addition | Chapter 1: 11,12,13 | 2A 1(1) | 1.35, 1.38, 1.39, 1.42, 1.45, 1.46, 1.49, 1.50, 1.51 |
| 10-Sep | H | relativity problems; doppler effect | Chapter 1: 14 | 1(2) | |
| 15-Sep | T | Relativistic Mechanics; mass; momentum; Relativistic Energy | Chapter 2:1-4 | 3A 2(1) | 2.1, 2.8, 2.9, 2.17, 2.18, 2.24, 2.27, 2.29, 2.31 |
| 17-Sep | H | two usefull relations; converting mass to energy; conservation problems | chapter 2:5-6 | 2(2) | |
| 22-Sep | T | Relativistic Force; massless particles; when do you need relativity; | Chapter 2:7-10 | 4A 3(1) | 2.34, 2.37, 2.40, 2.44 3.3, 3.8, 3.12, 3.18, 3.24 |
| 24-Sep | H | general relativity; atoms, elements, molecules, electrons, protons, neutrons and atomic parameters | Chapter 3: 1-6 | 3(2) | |
| 29-Sep | T | exam Review | Chapter 3: 5,6 | 5A 4(1) | 3.26, 3.28, 3.34, 3.40, 3.44, 3.45, |
| 1-Oct | H | exam 1: Chpt 1&2 | |||
| 6-Oct | T | Kinetic theory, mean free path, diffusion, brownian motion, Thomson's electron | Chapter 3: 7-10 | ||
| 8-Oct | H | Millikan's oil drop, Rutherford, REPORT: Alex | Chapter 3:11, 12 | 4(2) | |
| 13-Oct | T | quantization; blackbody radiation, photoelectric effect | Chapter 4: 1-3 | 6A 5(1) | 3.46, 3.49, 3.50, 4.11, 4.12, 4.18, |
| 15-Oct | H | Fall Break | 4.19, 4.21, 4.22 | ||
| 20-Oct | T | more on Photoelectric effect, X-rays, bragg diffraction, X-ray spectra, | Chapter 4: 3-5 | 4.24, 4.26, 4.27,4.31 | |
| 22-Oct | H | compton effect;Wave particle duality; atomic spectra, Balmer-Rydberg; REPORT: Tim | Chapter 4:6,7, Chapter 5:1-3 | 5(2) | |
| 27-Oct | T | atomic stability, Bohr and his atom; | Chapter 5:4-7 | 7A 6(1) | 5.1,5.7,5.12,5.13, 5.19, 5.20, 5.22, 5.23, 5.26 |
| 29-Oct | H | hydrogen-like atom, x-ray spectra, review |
Chapter 5:8-9 | 6(2) | |
| 3-Nov | T | Exam 2: Chpt 3, 4 |
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| 5-Nov | H | Franck-hertz;De Broglie, quantum wave function; REPORT: Jamie | Chpt5:9,10 Chpt 6:1-3 | ||
| 10-Nov | T | Quantum wavefunction | Chpt 6:4-6 | 8A 7(1) | 6.6, 6.9, 6.12, 6.15, 6.22, 6.28, 6.38, 6.40, 6.43, 6.48 |
| 12-Nov | H | more on waves and uncertainty; REPORT: Tyler | Chpt 6: 7-9 | 7(2) | |
| 17-Nov | T | uncertainty; stationary states; particle in a box | Chpt 7:1-4 | 8(1) | |
| 19-Nov | H | Exam 3: Chpt 5,6 | |||
| 24-Nov | T | Thanksgiving break | |||
| 26-Nov | H | Thanksgiving break | |||
| 1-Dec | T | time independent schrodinger's equation; the rigid box | Chpt 7:5,6 | 9A 8(2) | 7.17, 7.20, 7.29, 7.31, 7.32, 7.33, 7.39, 7.40, 7.41 |
| 3-Dec | H | free particle; nonrigid box; REPORT: Emily | Chpt 7: 7,8 | ||
| 8-Dec | T | Simple harmonic oscillator; tunneling | Chpt 7:9,10 | 9(1) | |
| 10-Dec | H | Paradoxes in quantum Mechanics; Review; REPORT: Heather | Gribbin Chapter 9 | 9(2) |