PHYS 202 Spring 2026 Assignments  

    Openstax College Physics 2nd Ed    

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-physics/ 

    

DATE CHAPTER 
SECTIONS
w/pp slides & Video Lectures		 Topics/Concepts/Video PROBLEMS & EXERCISES ACTIVITIES
Jan-13 13.1,2
VLCh13a VLCh13b		 Temperature, Thermal  Expansion, Ice & Water    Ch13Hwk Hwk 1
Due 1/20/26
Jan-15 14.1,2,3
VLCh14a VLCh14b		 Heat: PCM    Specific Heat, Latent Hea      Ch14Hwk Hwk 2
Due 1/22/26
Jan-20 15.1,2
VLCh15a VLCh15b		 Thermodynamics:
Thermal Processes 		2,4,10,13,14        Ch15Hwk Hwk 3
Due 1/27/26
Jan-22 15.3,4,5,6
VLCh15c  VLCh15d
VLCh15e		 Thermodynamic Cycles:
Heat Engines, Entropy
Refrigerator and Air Conditioner		  
Hwk 4
Due 1/29/26
Jan-27

18.1,2,3

VLCh18a VLCh18bProb 

Electric Charges & Forces: Coulomb's Law

Quantum Mechanics 

 1,3,9,16,25   ANS18 Coulomb's Law,
Hwk 5
Due 2/3/26
Jan-29

18.4,5,6,7,8

VLCh18cEF.mp4 VLCh18dProb.mp4

 

 Electric Field: Gauss' Law 27, 33,35,53,60,61
E-field		  
Feb-3   Go to BB for video SG      Study Guide for T#1    
Feb-5 Test #1
Chap13,14,15,18		      

        

         

  T1 S2025

T S25 Akey 
Feb-10

19.1,2,3,4,5,6,7

VLCh19a 

CapCirAnal1

CapCirAnal2 

 Electric Potential & Capacitors 2,7,13,27,32,53,57,60,61,64 Hwk 6
Due 2/17/26
Feb-12

20.1,2,3,4,5,6,7

VLCh20   RinSandP 

 Ohm's law & Electric ckts 2,8,10,18,22,24,41,50,54,55 Hwk 7
Due 2/19/26
         
Feb-17  R ckt Anal  Series and Parallel ckts   Hwk 8
Due 2/24/26
Feb-19

21.1,2,3,4

VLCh21aKL VLKLcktP1 VLKLcktP2 

 Electric Circuits, Kirchhoff's Rules 35,36,37,38    
WEqS2    WEqS3		 Hwk 9
Due 2/26/26
Feb-24

21.6

VLRCckt VLRCcktProblemV1 VLRCcktProblemV2 

 Capacitors, RC circuit 63,65,69  
Feb-26       Review for Test #2 Study Guide for T#2 Grade Cal UP to T2
Mar-03

Test # 2  Ch 19,20, 21    

 T2 S2025    T2 S2025Key

      
Mar-05

22.1,2,3,4,5,7,8

VLCh22a VLCh22Problems 

 Magnetic fields and forces 1,2,3,4,5,6,9,13,17,20 Hwk 10
Due 3/12/26
Mar-10

22.9,10,11

VLCh22b VLCh22Hwk9Problem.mp4 

Magnetic Fields: Ampere's law

Origin of Magnetism 

 Force on Current B due to Currents
Hwk 11
Due 3/24/26
Mar-12

23.1,2,3,4,5,6

VLCh23a  

 Faraday's law and Lenz's Law 14,18,19 Faraday's Law
Hwk 12
Due 3/26/26
Mar-17 &19 Spring Break           
Mar-24 23.7,8
Video Lecture
PP lecture		 Generators and Transformers 20,65,67,74 Electric Generator
Transformers
Hwk 13
Due 3/31/26
Mar-26 Ch23 AC circuits
Video Lecture		 AC circuits. 23:3,9,33,45
 AC circuits
Hwk 14
Due 4/02/26
Mar-31 Chap 24 PP
Chap 24 Video L		 EM waves and
EM spectrum		 1,2,3,5,8,13,16,17,24 Hwk 15
Due 4/07/26
Apr-02  Review of Chap 23 & 24  T3S25     T3S25Akey            
Apr-07  Grade Cal. Up to T3  Review for Test #3          Study Guide for T#3      
Apr-9    Test #3 Chap 22,23,24                             
Apr-14 25.1,2,7  Video Lecture  Reflection and Mirrors  1,2,57,58,62 Images by Mirrors 
Hwk 16
Due 4/21/26
Apr-16

25.3,4,5,6

Video Lecture     

  Refraction and Lenses  5,11,13,20,26,27,45 Images  by Lenses
Hwk 17
Due 4/23/26
Apr-21

26.1,2,3,4,5,6 

Video Lecture 

  Optical Instruments 1,12,16,22,33,34,35  Hwk 18
due 4/28/26
Apr-23  Final Equations Sheet Review for Final Exam SFQ on Vision Defects  

Apr-30

11:30 

Comprehensive Final Exam

Study Guide For Final 

 Farsightedness Nearsightedness Ampere's law   Final Practice-1, A.Key
Also study old-tests 1,2,3 and follow the study guide for Final.		 Grade Estimate w/Final
Pl do Course Evaluations when informed.
         Use your CWID number with W. Due April 28, 2026. Course Eval due 4/28 /2026,
for both lecture and lab.