Cuesta College :: Physics 205B :: Spring 2020
Calendar Policies Goals Grades

Wednesday 
"The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there."
     --L. P. Hartley, The Go-Between, The New York Review of Books (1953), p. 17. 

Enrolled students: find a seat
First-day adds: see instructor, sign waitlist, sit in back

"Maryland Physics Expectations Survey" 
     Complete, turn in MPEX questionnaire
     Pick up syllabus/course policy (one per student)

Course policy question packet (*.pdf)
     Work in groups; check answers on instructor station chair
     In-class work due at end of class (credit for completion) (*.png), (*.png)

"Electric Circuits Concept Evaluation" 

Lab Announcement
Complete next Monday's pre-lab assignment, and preview lab instructions.


Thursday 
Check Twitter announcements: #CuestaPhys205B
     (This is the official #hashtag for this course, announcements here will tell you when answers to the reading assignments, exam questions, or other timely material is posted online.)

Read Physics, 11/e, Chs. 24.2-24.3, 25.2, 26.1-26.2
Preview online presentations (*.blog), (*.blog), (*.blog)

Physics quiz question: time for light to travel an inch (*.blog) 
Physics quiz question: distance of a light "hellasecond" (*.blog) 
     (Basic unit conversion calculations, for practice)

Due 12:00 AM before start of next class
     Reading assignment 1 (*.html), 4 points
     Homework report 1 (*.html), 2 points