Physics 182 Spring 2026
Course Calendar

Course Calendar

Below, is our tentative course calendar. It is completed only up to the next exam. This allows some flexibility in our pace. Here, you will find the reading assignments, pdf's of the class powerpoints, and copies of the whiteboard problem solutions that we did in class. A separate homework calendar is on the MasteringPhysics page. Please note: We reserve the right to make adjustments to this schedule as deemed necessary

Important Note: If any of these links don't work, please let Dr. Alexander (alexansg@miamioh.edu) know.

January

Sunday

Monday

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26
Week 1
 		26
Snow
Day! 		27 28
Course Overview
  • Reading: Online Syllabus
    18-1 Macroscopic Matter
  • Reading: 18.1-3
  • Reading: 14.2,3
  • Whiteboards: 18 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    		• 29
    Makeup Zoom Class:
    Video of the 18-2 Zoom Class
    (passcode: g&H$bV.1)

    18-2 The Ideal Gas
  • Reading: 18.4-7
  • Whiteboards: 18 - 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    		• 30

    February

    Sunday

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    Thursday

    Friday

    1
    Week 2
         		2
    19-1 The First Law of Thermodynamics
  • Reading: 19.1-6
  • Whiteboards: 19 - 1, 2, 3, 4

    SI Session: 6:30pm 221 KRG
    		• 3 4
    19-2 First Law for Gases & Heat Transfer
  • Reading: 19.7,8
  • Whiteboards: 19 - 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    		• 5

    SI Session: 6:30pm 224 KRG     		6
    8
    Week 3

    SI Session: 2:00pm 222 KRG     		9
    20-1 Molecular Speeds & Kinetic Theory
  • Reading: 20.1-6
  • Whiteboards: 20 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  • Video: BBC: The Story of Energy
    Backup Link
    Instructions for Video & MP

    SI Session: 6:30pm 221 KRG
    		• 10 11
    20-2 Entropy & The Second Law
  • Reading: 20.7
  • Whiteboards: 20 - 7
    21-1 Heat Engines & Refrigerators
  • Reading: 21.1-4
  • Whiteboards: 21 - 1, 2, 3
    		• 12

    SI Session: 6:30pm 224 KRG     		13
    15
    Week 4

    SI Session: 2:00pm 222 KRG     		16
    21-2 The Carnot Cycle
  • Reading: 21.5-6
  • Whiteboards: 21 - 4, 5, 6

    SI Exam Review Session: 6:30-8:30pm 326 KRG
    		• 17 18
    Exam 1
    In class; on paper
    Chapters 18-21     		19 20
    22
    Week 5

    SI Session: 2:00pm 222 KRG     		23
    22-1: Intro to E&M & Coulomb's Law
  • Reading: 22.1-4
  • Whiteboards: 22- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • Video: BBC: The Story of Electricity Part 1
    Backup Link
    Instructions for Video & MP

    SI Session: 6:30pm 221 KRG
    		• 24 25
    22-2: The Electric Field
  • Reading: 22.5
  • Whiteboards: 22- 6, 7
    23-1: E for Multiple Charges, Dipole Moment
  • Reading: 23.1,2
  • Whiteboards: 23- 1, 2
    		• 26

    SI Session: 6:30pm 224 KRG     		27

    March

    Sunday

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    Friday

    1
    Week 6

    SI Session: 2:00pm 222 KRG     		2
    23-2: E for Continuous Charge Distributions
  • Reading: 23.3-5
  • Whiteboard: 23- 3, 4

    SI Session: 6:30pm 221 KRG
    		• 3 4
    23-3: Motion of Charges and Dipoles in Fields
  • Reading: 23.6,7
  • Whiteboard: 23- 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    		• 5

    SI Session: 6:30pm 224 KRG     		6
    8
    Week 7

    SI Session: 2:00pm 222 KRG     		9
    24: Electric Flux & Gauss' Law
  • Reading: 24.1-5
  • Whiteboard: 24- 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

    SI Exam Session: 6:30-8:30pm 327 KRG
    		• 10 11
    Exam 2
    In class; on paper
    Chapters 22-24     		12 13
    15
    Week 8
         		16
    25 Electric Potential Energy (U) & Potential (V)
  • Reading: 25.1-7
  • Whiteboard: 25- 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  • Video: BBC: The Story of Electricity Part 2
    Backup Link
    Instructions for Video & MP
    		• 17 18
    26 Connecting E and V
  • Reading: 26.1-7
  • Whiteboard: 26- 1 (see class ppt), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6


    Info on a Minor in Physics
    		• 19 20
    22
    Spring
    Break
    Week
         		23 24 25 26 27

    April

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    3/29
    Week 9
         		3/30
    27 Current & Resistance
  • Reading: 27.1-5
  • Whiteboard: 27- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

    SI Session: 6:30pm 221 KRG
    		• 3/31 1
    28-1 Circuits I
  • Reading: 28.1-6
  • Whiteboard: 28- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    		• 2

    SI Session: 6:30pm 224 KRG     		3
    5
    Week 10

    SI Session: 2:00pm 222 KRG     		6
    28-2 General Resistor Circuits
  • Reading: 28.7
  • Whiteboard: 28- 6, 7, 8

    SI Session: 6:30pm 221 KRG
    		• 7 8
    28-3 RC Circuits
  • Reading: 28.8,9
  • Whiteboard: 28- 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    		• 9

    SI Exam Session: 6:30-8:30pm 327 KRG     		10
    12
    Week 11
         		13
    Exam 3
    In class; on paper
    Chapters 25-28

    		14 15
    29-1 The Magnetic Field and the Biot Savart Law
  • Reading: 29.1-5
  • Whiteboard: 29- 2, 4, 5, 6
    		• 16 17
    19
    Week 12

    SI Session: 2:00pm 222 KRG     		20
    29-2 Ampere's Law and Magnetic Forces
  • Reading: 29.6-10
  • Whiteboard: 29- 9, 10, 11
  • Video:BBC: The Story of Electricity, Part 3
    Backup Link
    Instructions for Video & MP

    SI Session: 6:30pm 221 KRG
    		• 21
    PHY182 Extra Credit Opportunity!
    Joseph R. Priest Lecture         		22
    30 Faraday's Law
  • Reading: 30.1-7
  • Whiteboard: 30- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    		• 23

    SI Session: 6:30pm 224 KRG     		24
    26
    Week 13

    SI Session: 2:00pm 222 KRG     		27
    31 Relativity of E & B, Maxwell's Equations, EM Waves
  • Reading: 31.1-4
  • Whiteboard: 31- 1, 2
  • Video: Einstein Revealed Part 1

    SI Session: 6:30pm 221 KRG
    		• 28 29
    36-1 Special Relativity 1: Galilean Relativity; the Ether & Michelson Morley; Postulates; Lorentz Transformations
  • Reading 36.1-3
  • Whiteboard: 36- 1, 2, 3, 5
    		• 30

    SI Session: 6:30pm 224 KRG     		5/1

    May

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    3
    Week 14

    SI Session: 2:00pm 222 KRG     		4
    36-2 Special Relativity 2: Time Dilation; Length Contraction; Relative Velocities
  • Reading 36.4-7
  • Whiteboard: 36- 6, 7, 8, 10, 11

    SI Session: 6:30pm 221 KRG
    		• 5 6
    36-3 Special Relativity 3: Dynamics
  • Reading 36.8-10
  • Whiteboard: 36- 12, 15, 16, 17
    		• 7

    SI Session: 6:30pm 221 KRG     		8
  • Video:Einstein Revealed Part 2
    Backup Link
    Instructions for Video & MP

  • Link for Part 1 Video
    Backup Link
    • 10
    Final
    Exam
    Week
    A comprehensive final exam will be given at the time and place scheduled by the registrar     		11 12 13 14 15
    Final Exam All Sections:
  • 12:45pm - 2:45pm
  • Location: 1000 FSB

    All HW due by 12:45pm