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| ANNOUNCEMENT: Wednesday's SI class is cancelled this week ONLY. All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report. Most people ignored the fact that gravity is a vector force in the learning opportunity. Please see the correct solution. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report. Many people did quite poorly on today's Learning Opportunity. Please look over the correct solution. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reminder #1: The schedule for the Supplemental Instruction classes is: Monday, 9:00-10:00 pm, room 12 SB Wednesday, 9:00-10:00 am, room 11 SB Friday, 3:00-4:00 pm, room 12 SB. Reminder #2: There will be no labs or discussions the week of November 23-25th (Thanksgiving week). There WILL be lectures with Start Up Quizzes and Learning Opportunities. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exam #2 grades are now posted. IMPORTANT: If you currently have less than 400 points you should seriously consider dropping this class. You have until 5 pm today to do so. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9:30 pm |
The grade reported for Exam #2 is just for the Multiple Choice portion of the exam. It is out of 40 points. The exam and its solution are now posted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Report now has subtotals of the lab and discussion grades. The lab grade is out of 64 points (8 experiments) and the discussion grade is out of 90 points (9 group problems).
| All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report.
| Exam #2 is next Monday night (11/09/09[corrected date]) from 7:30-9:00 pm in room 1500 SSB. The exam will cover Chapters 7-10. Please remember to bring your clickers to the exam.
| All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report. | The correct answer to Question #3 on today's Start Up Quiz was A not C. The line of action is alone the line of the force. All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report.
| All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report.
| Exam #2 is a week from Monday. Begin preparing by printing out the old exams and trying them on your own. After you have attempted them print out the solutions and compare your work. Also look over the old assignments: discussion class problems, Learning Opportunities, and Start Up Quizzes. Re-read the "How to Guide" on physics.
| All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report.
| All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report.
| All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report.
| All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report.
| All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report.
| All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report.
| It has been pointed out to me, correctly, that answer E is also correct for multiple choice #15 on the exam as the displacement is in the same direction as the velocity. So I will accept either B or E for that question. Your exams have been regraded accordingly. New point distribution graphs have been posted.
| All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report.
| 3:50 pm The exams have been graded and posted.
| 10:10 am There was an error in the key for the multiple choice. #2 should have been C not A. The multiple choice have been regraded.
| 9:30 pm The grade reported for Exam #1 is just for the Multiple Choice portion of the exam. It is out of 40 points. The exam and its solution are now posted.
| Reminder: Exam #1 is tonight in 1500 SSB from 7:30-9:00 pm. Please bring your clickers. | All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report. I will be unavailable for Monday's office hour. I will, instead, be in my office from 2-2:50 pm.
| All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report.
| Reminder: The schedule for the Supplemental Instruction classes is: | Monday, 9:00-10:00 am, room 12 SB Wednesday, 9:00-10:00 am, room 11 SB Friday, 3:00-4:00 am, room 12 SB All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report.
| All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report.
| Many student's mis-read the Learning Opportunity. The velocity was created by the push not by the masses. Hence the acceleration asked for is NOT related to the velocity provided. Please review the posted solution to find out what you got wrong and why. All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report.
| Students did not do very well on today's Learning Opportunity. Please review the posted solution to find out what you got wrong and why. Learning Opportunity #09 has been graded and posted.
| You were given the wrong Start Up Quiz on Wednesday. The correct one will be given on Friday. Exam #1 is scheduled for Monday, October 12th, from 7:30-9:00 pm in 1500 SSB (the large lecture hall next to the class lecture hall). The exams are the hardest part of this course; they are definitely harder than the web homework. I would suggest you organize your studying now. The best way to study for the exams is to practice doing the old exams (all of which are available on the course web page). Print out the relevant exams and try them on your own to see what topics you are weak on. THEN AND ONLY THEN, print out the solutions to see how well you did. You should also look at the "How to Guide " which is on the class handouts page. It has a number of suggestions concerning how to study for and how to take a physics exam. You also take advantage of the Supplemental Instruction program. These students can help you obtain a deeper understanding of the course material. ANNOUNCEMENT: I will not be meeting any of my classes today. Prof. Jin Wang will handle the P150 lecture. Students will have a Start Up Quiz and a Learning Opportunity to complete. Prof. Jeff Prentis will cover my P150 Discussion class. Students will do a group problem.
| ANNOUNCEMENT: The Monday Supplemental Instruction (SI) class is being moved to Monday at 9:00 am in room 12 SB. | Students are encouraged to attend any of the SI classes in preparation for the first exam on October 12. Web Homework, Chapter05, is due this Friday at 9:00 am.
| Learning Opportunity #07 has been graded and posted. | Web Homework, Chapter04, has been posted. Learning Opportunity #06 has been graded and posted.
| I am now reporting MINIMUM grades on Grade Report. You have at least a grade of B- if you are above the class average in total points which, this morning, is 63.9 points. Those with 40 points or less have not been doing all of the assigned work hence have grades less than a C. | A graph of the point distribution is now available at the left. Student performance on today's Learning Opportunity left something to be desired. These activities are designed for the student to obtain 5 out of 5 points PROVIDED that they talk to their neighbors and make a real attempt to learn the issues. It seems that students are just copying from each other without asking whether the method is correct. | All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report. Web Homework, Chapter04, is due Friday at 9 am. All of today's assignments have been posted to Grade Report. | Web Homework, Chapter03, is due Monday at 9 am. Today's Learning Opportunity has been graded and posted. | Web Homework, Chapter02, is due Friday at 9 am. Web Homework, Chapter03, is due Monday at 9 am. All of today's grading has been posted.
| Afternoon Learning Opportunity #02 has been graded and posted. Go to "Learning Opportunities" (on the left) to see the solution. Start Up Quiz #01 has been graded and posted. Go to "Start Up Quizzes" (on the left) to see the key. Only 1 point was taken off for answer "D" in question 3.
| Morning Reminders:
| Web homework, Chapter01, is due Monday by 9 am. Print out Experiment #1 and read it. Take the Pre-Lab Quiz 01 on WileyPLUS by Monday, 9 am. "Personalize" your clicker and bring it to class on Monday. Re-read the syllabus. Re-read the "How to Guide". "Grade Report" (See item on the left) is now up and running with the current grades. Your user name is your UMD Unique name (your e-mail name). Grade Report will show all of your points to date (Lab and Discussion grades are kept by those instructors). You earned 5 points as a Learning Opportunity for doing the Pre-Test in lecture on Wednesday. Letter grades are not reported at this time. Rank in class is determined by total points. If students have the same total points then it ranks them alphabetically.
| The Laboratory Manual, with the exception of Experiment #12, is now available. | ROOM CHANGE: The course is now scheduled to meet in Room 1600 of the Social Sciences Building. Fall, 2009 Students: Welcome to the course! The syllabus for the fall term, 2009, is now available, just click on the item to the left of this page. Please read it before class on Monday especially the section on "Immediate Reading Assignments". | There will be NO laboratory the first week of the term. There WILL be discussion class the first week of classes. If you do not know what "Discussion Class" means, read the syllabus to find out. |