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Classical Mechanics P. Goodman - Skyline College |
Physics 250
Classical Mechanics
P. Goodman - Skyline College
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Exam Solutions (stay tuned...) |
Here are your final course grades. The median exam grade was 75 after a slight curve. The median course grade is 81. Check your grades and notify my by email as soon as possible if you notice any errors. Keep in mind that your highest exam was weighted 30%, your middle exam 25%, and your lowest 20%. If you improved your scores on each successive exam you may have received, at my discretion, a little "momentum" boost. For those of you taking Physics 270 next semester, we should know who my replacement will be after Memorial Day. Check back here and I'll pass along the information as soon as I know. I will be on and off campus over the summer cleaning up loose ends; if you're around, keep an eye out for me. The temporary physics lab for the next 18 months will be in room 1223 (approximately). If you would like to contact me in the future for a letter of reference, or just to say hello, you can reach me at pgoodman@pacbell.net. Have a great summer! |
| email; goodman@smccd.edu | If you communicate with me by email, be sure to write Physics 250 in the subject line or your email may get filtered into my spam folder. Also, before you click the send button you might read the following article from the February 21, 2006, NY Times about college students, professors, and email. To: Professor@University.edu Subject: Why It's All About Me |
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Here you can find all the details about the course: how many exams you will have, how your grade will be determined, what the penalty is for a late lab report — in general, what you can expect from me, and what I expect from you. |
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| Click the link at left to find out how to get and submit homework. If you have trouble logging into WebAssign, send me an email and I'll try to straighten out the problem. | |
| Automatic Extensions | Webassign's automatic extension feature is now working. After an assignment is due, click on old assignments and then request the extension. You will be given 3 days from the original due date, but with a penalty of 5 points. |
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Certain labs will require a formal lab report. This link explains the required format. See the link below for a sample lab report. |
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| Sample Lab Report |
Here is a sample lab report. If yours look similar, you'll do just fine. |
| Useful Information |
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| Student Companion Site | This is the Web site for your text book: Fundamentals of Physics, Sixth Edition by David Halliday, Robert Resnick, and Jearl Walker. This Web site gives you access to Interactive LearningWare Problems, solutions to selected problems, hints for selected problems, programmable calculator instructions, essays and insights from Jearl Walker, simulation exercises, interactive illustrations, and Web links. This is a wonderful resource so be sure to take advantage of it. |
| Graphing Calculator Help | This site has useful tutorials (including linear regression) for the Texas Instrument TI-82, TI-83, TI-85, TI-86, TI-89, TI-92; Casio CFX-9850G; Hewlett-Packard HP 48G; and Sharp EL 9600C. There is also some useful information for the TI-86 and TI-89 on the Student Companion Site (see above). |
| Linear Regression with a TI-83/84. | Here is a site specifically for doing linear regression with the TI-83/84. It includes a section on finding r2 which seems to be missing from the Graphing Calculator Help site. You can find that section by clicking on the link Interpreting the Results. |
| Equation Plotter | This is a site that allows you to plot professional looking graphs (2D and 3D) and then paste them into your Word documents. They do ask you to register, but, as yet, there is no cost. You can have a lot of fun playing around here. |
| MESA |
MATH, ENGINEERING & SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT. |
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An inciteful article by Professor Dan Styer, Oberlin College; it's well-worth your time. As you gain experience this article will make more sense to you, so reread it periodically during the semester. |
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Another excellent article by Professor Styer. Come back and visit it often. |
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An excellent article by Professor Annalisa Crannel of Franklin and Marshall College. It is aimed at writing mathematics but is equally applicable to writing physics. Absorbing this material usually results in a higher lab grade. |
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| What Physicists Do |
The department of physics and astronomy at Sonoma State University presents a series of lectures, demonstrations, and films. It's a bit of a drive, but usually well worth it. |
| Miscellaneous Physics Links | Some links that you may find interesting. Please pass along to me any others that you come across. |
