| Date | Topic | Lab |
| September 30 | (half class) Introduction and lab introducing fields |
Electric/Magnetic Fields |
| October 7 | Electricity and Magnetism - Maxwell's discovery |
no lab |
| October 14 | Quantization of charge | Thomson's e/m experiment |
| October 21 | Light as a wave wave mechanics - standing/traveling waves - adding multiple waves |
Diffraction and Interference |
| October 28 | Light as a particle: energy quantization | Photoelectric Effect |
| November 4 | A bit of Quantum Mechanics - de Broglie and matter waves - the wave particle duality - Heisenberg's uncertainty principle |
no lab |
| November 11 | Evolution of models of the atom - Thompson's plum pudding model - Rutherford scattering and model - Balmer series of hydrogen |
Hydrogen Spectrum |
| December 2 | Models of the nucleus continued
- studies of nuclear radiation |
Beta/Gamma Radiation |
| December 9 | Particle physics today - Particle accelerators and detectors - Standard Model part I - QED |
no lab |
| December 16 last class |
Nuclear physics today - Heavy ion experiments - Standard Model part II - QCD - the Quark Gluon Plasma |
physics crossword puzzle evaluations |
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