Friday, November 30, 2012

Registering iClicker 2

Incredibly, there are still unregistered iClicker 2's in class:
  • #81DA3962
  • #87FCB4CF
  • #8B70F00B
No points going that way.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

SARC review session with Stephanie Pearson

Here are some specs for a special review session organized by SARC for all PHY2048 sections.
  1. Stephanie Pearson is the SARC tutor for PHY 2048 class.
  2. The final review session she's conducting for PHY2048 students is a part of Study Union.
  3. The session will be on Tuesday, December 4th
  4. in room 220 of the Student Union
  5. from 12:00-2:00 pm.

She will be going over some review problems from the textbook. You can double check the schedule on the Student Union website.

Here is the list of problems she will be covering. It will also be available at the SARC lab.

ChapterProblem number
533
6Ex. 6.4
733
819
949
1049
1118
12*25
1339
143
15*27

* Note: other sections in her review covered these chapters, but we did not. They will not be on our final exam.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

HW 11 is ready.

Your non-rectangular dam force problem is now ready. Follow your notes from lecture and look through the example in Ch. 14.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

clickers updated

Your iClicker 2 data is up to date all the way to yesterday's lecture, P25. If you care to recalculate your grade estimate, now would be a good time.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

solutions and new HW

Solutions for Quiz 2 are now posted in the usual place. I am still fussing with the solution for HW 9, though.

Also, HW 10 is now up in PDF. Work neatly and turn in a good communication of the essentials.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

No WebAssign today

On account of some family basketball-related excitement yesterday, I have not come up with a WebAssign homework assignment.

It is OK. I will see you all on Tuesday afternoon, and we will do a good WebAssign assignment next week.

For now, you could read and skim in Ch. 13 on universal gravitation.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Sorry: no office hours today.

NO OFFICE HOURS TODAY for PHY2048, 11:00 AM - noon.

I am handling a family emergency.

We will have regular lecture meeting on Thursday, 3 PM. Check the podcast for the basic method of handling the homework.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Homework ready

Your homework is now ready, HW 9. It is due on Thursday at 3 PM.

Seating

Students with last names A-D please sit in front two rows to receive your Quiz 2 papers today.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Vote!

I was on line Saturday afternoon for four hours so that I could vote early and teach all day tomorrow, Tuesday.

Make sure to get your vote cast tomorrow, if you have not already done so! This is a big election. Voting is good.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Nov. 6 assignment ready in WebAssign

Your reading assignment is from Ch. 10.6 about torque up to Ch. 11.1 about the vector product. We will start in Ch. 11 on Tuesday.

The WebAssign homework for November 6 will activate at 11 AM today.