·     Physics 7A(A/B) (Spring 2008)

Welcome to Physics 7A (A/B), Spring 2008. The first lecture is on Monday, March 31st, at Roessler 66. Please attend the lecture session you are enrolled in.

               ANNOUNCEMENTS(MONDAY,06/16/2008):

            You can view your grades HERE. The grades are sorted by D/L Section and Student ID number. They have also been submitted through SISWEB. Make sure your grade with the Registrar matches with the final grade here. If not, let me know immediately.

              Here is the FINAL and a set of SOLUTIONS, updated for your benefit. The time and date when you can see your final test will be announced later.

               ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE FINAL EXAM(TUESDAY, 06/03/08):

·         THE FINAL EXAM IS MONDAY, 06/09/08, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

·         IF YOU ARE IN DL SECTIONS 1, 2 AND 3, YOU MUST TAKE THE FINAL EXAM IN ROESSLER 66

·         IF YOU ARE IN DL SECTIONS 4 – 11, YOU MUST TAKE THE EXAM IN SCIENCE LECTURE HALL, ROOM 123.

·         IF YOU ARE MAKING UP AN INCOMPLETE FROM AN EARLIER QUARTER, YOU MUST ALSO TAKE THE EXAM IN ROESSLER 66, IRRESPECTIVE OF YOUR DL SECTION.

·         YOU ARE ALLOWED TO BRING ONE CALCULATOR (CELL PHONES CAN NOT BE USED AS CALCULATORS).

·         YOU MUST BRING A PICTURE ID TO THE EXAM (DO NOT FORGET THIS!!)

·         PLEASE ARRIVE 15 MINUTES EARLY.

              ANNOUNCEMENTS (THURSDAY, 05/29/08):

·         The venues and times of the review sessions are posted HERE. You can attend any (and as many) review sessions you want. Do remember: The last date for submitting re-grade requests for Quizzes 4, 5 and 6 will be Monday, 06/02 during lecture.

              ANNOUNCEMENTS (TUESDAY, 05/27/08):

·         The rubric for Quiz 6 is now on the webpage. Please follow the link Quizzes and Quiz rubrics.

               ANNOUNCEMENTS (FRIDAY, 05/23/08):

·         The rubric for Quiz 5 is uploaded on the web. Please follow the link Quizzes and Quiz rubrics.

·         Next week, there will be no lecture on Monday, 05/26 on account of Memorial Day. There will be no DL Meeting on Monday (05/26) and Tuesday (05/27). On Wednesday (05/28), DL sections 10 and 11 will not meet for their DLs.  However, all other sections will meet for their DLs on Wednesday (05/28). On Thursday (05/29) and Friday (05/30) we will have regular DL meetings as scheduled.

·         Two Practice Final(s) are uploaded to help you practice for the final exam. They can be found HERE and HERE. Note that there may be questions on these finals which are no longer part of the syllabus. Also, these finals are only for practice and do not guarantee that your final will be identical. Please DO NOT send me any emails asking for answers to the questions included on these practice finals.

               ANNOUNCEMENTS (THURSDAY, 05/15/08):

·         The rubric for Quiz 4 is now up on the web. Please follow the link Quizzes and Quiz rubrics. The last date for submitting a re-grade request for Quizzes 4, 5 and 6 will be after the lecture on Monday 06/02/08. You may, of course, submit the re-grade request earlier if you want to. Do not forget to staple your quiz to a properly filled out Quiz re-grade form when you turn in a quiz with a quiz re-grade request.

·         The Overview Sheets and FNTs for DLM 16 and 17 (there is no FNT for DLM 17) are now up on the web. Please follow the link Overview Sheets and FNTs to print them out before you go to the corresponding DLM.

·         Note Activities 4.3.2 and 4.3.3 in DLM 16 have been replaced. There is also a new activity 4.3.4 (also for DLM 16) which is not in your DLM workbook. You can print out all of them together in a single pdf file HERE. Please get a prinu t-out before you attend DLM 16.

·         Activity 4.4.3 in DLM 17 has been replaced. You can get a print-out of the new activity HERE.

               ANNOUNCEMENTS (TUESDAY, 05/13/08):

·         The sixth (and final) quiz is next Monday, 05/19/08. The syllabus is Lectures 5, 6 and 7; FNTs 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13; and DLMs 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13. The emphasis will be on PARTICLE MODEL OF THERMAL ENERGY.

·         Swapnonil Banerjee will not have his weekly office hour on Friday, May 16th. He will hold his office hour on Thursday instead, at 10:30 am Physics/Geology 4th floor landing.  This arrangement is only for this week.

              ANNOUNCEMENTS (FRIDAY, 05/09/08):

·         The Overview Sheets and FNTs for DLMs 13, 14 and 15 are now up on the web. Please take a print-out before you go to the corresponding DL.

·         Note that activity 3.4.3 for DLM 13 is not in your DL workbook. You can get a print out of Activity 3.4.3 HERE.

·         The rubric for Quiz 3 is now up on the web. Follow the link Quizzes and Quiz rubrics. The last date for submitting a re-grade request is Monday, 05/19/08 after the lecture. In the rubric for Quiz 3, the rubric referring to purple refers to Section A (7:30 am – 8:50 am) and orange refers to Section B (9:00 am – 10:20 am).

             ANNOUNCEMENTS (MONDAY, 05/05/08):

·         The overview sheets and FNTs for DLM 12 are now up on the web.

·         Quiz 5 is next Monday, 05/12/08. The syllabus includes Lectures 4, 5 and 6; DLMs 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11; FNTs 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. The emphasis will be on the PARTICLE MODEL OF BOND ENERGY.

            ANNOUNCEMENTS (FRIDAY, 05/02/08):

·         The Overview Sheets and FNTs for DLM 11 are now up on the web. Please take a print-out before you go to DLM 11.

·         Note activity 3.2.5 in DLM 11 has been replaced with a new one. You can get the new version of the activity by clicking HERE.

            ANNOUNCEMENTS (WEDNESDAY, 04/30/08):

·         The rubrics for quiz 2 are now up on the webpage. Please follow the Quizzes and rubrics link. The last date for submitting a re-grade request for Quiz 2 is Monday, 05/05/08. Please bring your graded quiz along with a filled out quiz re-grade form to me before the lecture.

·         Quiz 4 is next Monday, 05/05/08. The syllabus includes DLMs 5,6,7,8 and 9; FNTs 5,6,7,8 and 9 and Lectures 3, 4 and 5. The emphasis will be on potential energy graphs (of all kinds), what we can interpret from them and The Particle Model of Matter.

           ANNOUNCEMENTS (FRIDAY, 04/25/08):

·         The Overview Sheets and FNTs for DL 9 and 10 are updated on the webpage. Please follow the link Overview Sheets and FNTs to take the relevant print-outs before attending the DL session.

·         The two activities, 3.2.1b and 3.2.2 (in DLM 10) are NOT in your DL workbook. Remember to take print-outs from the webpage before you attend DLM 10. For activity 3.2.1b, click HERE and for activity 3.2.2, click HERE.

           ANNOUNCEMENTS (WEDNESDAY, 04/23/08):

·        Quiz 3 is next Monday, 04/28/08. The syllabus includes DLs 3,4,5,6 and 7, FNTs 3,4,5,6 and 7 and Lectures 2, 3 and 4. The emphasis will be on mechanical systems and the relevant energy systems.

            

           ANNOUNCEMENTS (FRIDAY, 04/18/08):

·       Quiz 2 is next Monday, 04/21/08. The syllabus includes DLs 1,2,3,4 and 5, FNTs 1,2,3,4 and 5 and Lectures 1, 2 and 3.

·       The rubric for quiz 1 is on the webpage. Go through the rubric and compare it to the grade you have received. If you want a re-grade, you must fill out a quiz re-grade form (see link below) and turn the form and your quiz in to me at the end of Lecture 4.

·       For DLM 07, you will need graph paper. Follow the link Graph paper below.

·       For DLM 08, you will need a print out of the Lennard-Jones potential, which you can get here. Note that this a two page pdf file. The easiest thing is to print out the two pages on two sides of the same piece of paper.

PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS:

·       Overview Sheets and FNTs for the DLs are now accessible through the single link Overview Sheets and FNTs. They are fully updated till DLM 08. Please take the print-outs before you attend the relevant DL section.

·         Do take some time to go through the contents of the link “Introduction to Physics 7 – a general idea”. You will become much familiar with the Physics 7 way of doing things and why it is done that way.

Course Schedule

Introduction to Physics 7 – a general idea

Course Policy

Quizzes and Quiz Rubrics

Quiz Re-grade Form

Lecture Slides

Reading Assignments

DL Sessions

DL Makeup Form

Overview Sheets and FNTs

Office Hours

Grade Scale

 

 

 

Extra Material and Resources:

Graph paper here.

Link to Atoms in Motion.

 


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