Welcome to the Spring 2005 edition of Physics 106: Fundamental Physics II taught by Froney Crawford. This web page will serve as the source of information, announcements, and downloads for the class. Please check it regularly.

The required textbook for the course is Physics With Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers (3rd edition), by Wolfson & Pasachoff.

Information about the lab can be found on the lab page.

Course announcements are located at the bottom of the page.

Downloads

Administrative:
• General Course Information (includes policies, descriptions, grading, etc.)
• Course Schedule (includes topic coverage and dates)

Homework assignments and solutions:

• Problem Set #1 (due Fri Jan 21) - Solutions
• Problem Set #2 (due Fri Jan 28) - Solutions
• Problem Set #3 (due Fri Feb 4) - Solutions
• Problem Set #4 (due Fri Feb 11) - Solutions
• Problem Set #5 (due Fri Feb 18) - Solutions
• Problem Set #6 (due Fri Feb 25) - Solutions
• Problem Set #7 (due Fri Mar 4) - Solutions
• Problem Set #8 (due Fri Mar 18) - Solutions
• Problem Set #9 (due Fri Mar 25) - Solutions
• Problem Set #10 (due Fri Apr 1) - Solutions
• Problem Set #11 (due Fri Apr 8) - Solutions
• Problem Set #12 (due Fri Apr 22) - Solutions
• Problem Set #13 (due Fri Apr 29) - Solutions

Exam information:

• Midterm Exam #1 with Solutions (100 pts)
  Midterm Exam #1 Score Histogram (mean = 78.7, sigma = 6.7, median = 80.0)

• Midterm Exam #2 with Solutions (100 pts)
  Midterm Exam #2 Score Histogram (mean = 83.2, sigma = 7.4, median = 84.0)

• Final Exam with Solutions (100 pts)
  Final Exam Score Histogram (mean = 79.3, sigma = 10.8, median = 80.0)

Other handouts, etc.:

• Advice from Faculty
• A Nontrivial Manifesto by Matt Landreman (Physics Today, v. 58, p. 52, March 2005)
• Levitating Diamagnetic Frog Movie (and other assorted objects)
• Gallery of high resolution color images from IKONOS (spaceimaging.com)
  
• Student projects in Physics 106 from Spring 2004
• Schedule of Class Presentations of Independent Projects (version 2)

• Scalar Dot Product Demonstrator
  
• Vector Cross Product Demonstrator
  
• Coulomb Force Demonstrator
  
• 3-D Electric Field Demonstrator
  
• 3-D Magnetic Field Demonstrator
  
• Lorentz Force Demonstrator
  
• Motional emf Demonstrator
  
• DC Motor Demonstrator
  
• Peter O'Malley's Electromagnetic Force Demonstrator

• Gauss's Law Song
• Ode to Capacitors
• Oersted Song
• Magnetic Monopoles
• Physics Utopia (Faraday's Law)
• Ampere's Law
• The Ether Song
• The Relativity Song
• The Love Song of the Electric Field
• Snell's Law Song

Thu Apr 28, 2005: Final Exam Info
Wed Apr 27, 2005: Physics Picnic
Sat Apr 16, 2005: Schedule Change
Thu Mar 24, 2005: Peer Tutoring Available [link to tutoring page]
Mon Feb 21, 2005: Midterm Exam #1 Info
Wed Feb 9, 2005: Error in My Explanation
Fri Feb 4, 2005: Homework Legibility
Mon Jan 17, 2005: Office Hours
Wed Jan 12, 2005: Information for Students with Disabilities