Physics 2B: Electricity & Magnetism

Week 1: Electric Charge and Field

VAN DE GRAAFF

PITH BALLS

RODS AND FUR/CLOTH

ELECTROSCOPE

Week 2: Gauss¹s Law

GAUSS'S LAW WITH 55 GALLON DRUM

Week 3: Electric Potential and Capacitance

ExB TUBE (use only E part)

ALUMINUM FOIL CAPACITOR

CAPACITANCE BETWEEN SPHERES

PLATE CAPACITOR

LEYDEN JAR

JACOB'S LADDER

BIG CAPACITOR

Week 4: Current and Resistance

CHEMICAL BATTERY

Week 5: Circuits

SERIES AND PARALLEL CIRCUITS (OHM'S LAW)

RC TIME CONSTANT

Week 6: Magnetic Fields, currents

2D MAGNETIC FIELD VIEWER

3D MAGNETIC FIELD VIEWER

FERROFLUID

ExB TUBE (with bar magnet & with coil)

FORCE BETWEEN PARALLEL WIRES

Week 7: Faraday¹s Law

ALUMINUM RINGS ON AC COIL

SWINGING PLATES IN MAGNETIC FIELD (GIANT VERSION)

MAGNET IN METAL TUBE

MAGNET WITH COIL

Week 8: Alternating Currents

MOTOR AND GENERATOR

LRC CIRCUIT

CURIE'S LAW: CANADIAN QUARTERS

Week 9: Maxwell¹s Equations

SLINKY

WAVE MACHINE

Week 10: Electromagnetic Waves

SPECTRA TUBE WITH DIFFRACTION GRATING