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 |