In Week 6, we have a number of events connected to Academic Planning & Statement work. The event on Monday October 30 involves a schedule re-arrangement but not any more class time. The Friday events are optional as this is not a regular class meeting day for us, but they are highly recommended.

• Mon. Oct. 30, 12:15 – 1:15pm: REU Panel.
  • No Math Quiz that morning.
  • 9:00 – 10:00am Math Lecture
  • 10:15 – 11:15am Physics Lecture
  • 11:15am – 12:15pm Lunch Break
  • 12:15 – 1:15 REU Panel with students who did summer research at Cal State – Fresno (knot theory), Berkeley (plasma physics), WSU (atmospheric physics)
  • 1:30 – 3:00pm Chemistry Lecture
• Wed. Nov. 1, 11:30am – 1:00pm: Academic Planning & Statement Workshop I
  • Pre-Workshop Writing Assignment (stay tuned).
  • We’ll do this instead of Math Lab this week.
  • We’ll do this in conjunction with students from the upper division physical chemistry (and physics) program Atoms, Molecules, and Reactions (AMR).
• Fri. Nov. 3, 11:30am – 1:00pm in Lab I 054A: Potluck lunch with Evergreen Science Alumni Panel, hosted by AMR. Optional, but recommended.
• Fri. Nov. 3, 1:00 – 3:30pm in Purce Hall Lecture Hall 2: Evergreen Science Alumni Panel Presentations and Discussions. Optional, but recommended.

Tying up some loose ends from last week – the algebra for completing the solution to  the last problem in lecture Wednesday (using the three FBDs, one for each block) and answers to the two problems handed out in workshop Thursday.

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Below is a “clean” copy of Quiz 3. I’ve decided the problem for revision will be the last question, #4

“A thrown rock has an initial velocity of 35 m/s directed at an angle 25 degrees above horizontal. What is its velocity 2.0 seconds later? Neglect air drag and note that the rock experiences a constant acceleration of 9.8 m/s² downward. (You may express this either in components or as a magnitude and direction.)”

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Ordinarily I collect the revisions and corrections with the next quiz, but because this is going up late and because the next physics quiz is Tuesday, revisions will be due on Thursday this week.

• Information about Math Exam #1

• Math Problem Set #4 Solutions
  • Compare these solutions to what is in your Math PSN.
  • Make notes, corrections, or complete problems using a different color ink directly in your PSN.
  • This (along with looking over lecture notes) will serve as excellent preparation for the Math Quiz.

• Reminder: Math Problem Set Notebook spot checks will occur week 5 Wed. Oct. 25 in class during the Math Midterm Exam – please bring your Math Problem Set Notebook with you to class on that day. Feedback will be given on evidence of:
  1. engagement;
  2. attempts to complete;
  3. using solutions to correct.

• For your convenience, here are all the Math Problem Set solutions to this point:
  1. Math Problem Set #1 Solutions
  2. Math Problem Set #2 Solutions
  3. Math Problem Set #3 Solutions
  4. Math Problem Set #4 Solutions

• Chemistry: McMurray & Fay 4.9 – 4.10, 5.1 – 5.4
• Math: No new reading due to Math Midterm Exam
  • No Math Reading Response this week. Instead, start working on Pre-Writing Assignment for Academic Statement & Planning Workshop I
• Physics: Wolfson 5.1 – 5.5; 6.1-6.3
  • Physics Reading Response due via MasteringPhysics 8pm Sun. Oct. 22
• Seminar Reading for Thu. Oct. 26

Due to the Math Midterm on Wed. Oct. 25 and the Week 5 Seminar on Thu. Oct. 26, we have a somewhat non-standard schedule in week 5. All class meetings are in the regularly scheduled rooms.

• Sunday October 22: Physics Reading Response due via MasteringPhysics by 8pm
• Monday October 23:
  • 9 – 10:30am Math Quiz 4 on week 4 material, followed by a review session
  • 10:45 – 11:45am Physics Lecture
  • 11:45 – 12:15 All-Program check-in & announcements
  • 12:15 – 1:30 Lunch Break (optional: special topics & mini-lectures from 12:30 – 1:30)
  • 1:30 – 3:00 Chemistry Lecture
  • Physics Problem Set due via MasteringPhysics by 6pm
• Tuesday October 24: (reminder: meet in regular lab rooms at regular times)
  • Chemistry Lab Notebook check
  • Chemistry Lab Write-up due
  • 9 – 9:30am 8-8:30 am: Chemistry Quiz (all students in regular scheduled room in Lab 2 1241 or Lab 2 2238)
  • 8:30 am-noon: Chemistry lecture/workshop OR Physics lab/lecture/workshop
  • noon – 1:00 Lunch Break
  • 1:00 – 1:30: Physics Quiz (all students in regular scheduled room in Lab 2 1241 or Lab 2 2238)
  • 1:30 – 5:00: Chemistry lecture/workshop OR Physics lab/lecture/workshop
  • Chemistry Problem Set due via MasteringChemistry by 6pm
• Wednesday October 25:
  • Math Problem Set Notebook check during midterm exam
  • Physics Quiz Revisions due 9am
  • 9:00 – 11:00am Math Midterm, will be collected at 11:30am
  • noon – 1:00 Physics Lecture
• Thursday October 26:
  • Chemistry Quiz Revisions due 9am
  • Physics Quiz Revisions due 9am
  • 9:00 – 11:00am Week 5 Seminar & Pre-Seminar Writing Assignment
  • 11:00 – noon Lunch Break
  • noon – 1:00 Physics Workshop
  • 1:00 – 2:00 Special Math Session Exam Revision Workshop
  • No Math Lab due today, instead work on Pre-Writing Assignment for Academic Statement & Planning Workshop I
• Friday October 27: No Math Problem Set due today, instead work on Pre-Writing Assignment for Academic Statement and Planning Workshop I

Next week will be our second seminar from 9 – 11am on Thursday, Oct. 26. Schedule changes due to this and the Math Midterm are described here.

The readings for the seminar are on two topics, “Impostor Syndrome” and the ideas of fixed vs. growth mindsets.

• “No, You’re Not an Impostor”
• “Feel Like a Fraud?”
• “Mindsets” and “Inside the Mindsets”, excerpts from Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

We will hand out paper copies of these articles and book chapters in class Monday so that you can mark those with your annotations and questions, and have them available during Seminar (without people using electronic devices during the discussion).

Pre-Seminar Writing Assignment. Beyond reading the three pieces, we would like for you to respond in writing to the following prompts. Please type up your responses and bring them with you, along with the three reading handouts, to Seminar. Faculty will check these for completion and they will serve as your Seminar Entrance Ticket.

1. (not for class discussion) Which stories or experiences on the topic of a) impostor syndrome and b) fixed mindset vs. growth mindset are similar to your own? (This response is private; we will not require you to share this writing with anyone else.)
2. (for discussion) What was one specific element (or elements) of the readings on a) impostor syndrome and b) mindset theory that you found particularly striking or surprising? Why? This should be a story, experience, piece of data or research finding. Your typed response should quote, paraphrase, or summarize the element(s), indicate article and page, and describe why you chose it.
3. (for discussion) What have you heard or observed from classmates, friends, family, coworkers etc. that may indicate the impact of a) impostor syndrome and b) a fixed mindset in a way that is dis-empowering?
4. (for discussion) What could a) you (as students) and b) faculty do in response to such indications of a dis-empowering presence of either impostor syndrome or a fixed mindset, based on the theories presented in these readings?

A few students will be making up Quiz 3 Friday morning, so I will not be posting the “clean” copy of the quiz until tomorrow. I do want to make some remarks about the quiz itself as well as notecards and quiz preparation.

First, I think the first question was harder than I intended it to be, which is my fault. I suspect that this may have affected most students’ ability to do well on the remaining questions. Even so, my overall reaction is that I did not provide you as a class with sufficient preparation to succeed on this particular quiz. I shall try to do better; I’ve thought quite a bit about where I may have gone wrong and have some concrete ideas in mind for improvement on my part.

Second, I think many of you are having trouble working out in general how to prepare, particularly with regard to your notecards. I’d like to call your attention to two specific things that may help:

1. Chapter summaries. You should be able to identify in the chapter summaries the material we covered. I will generally assume you have and know how to work with equations and formulas listed in these summaries.
2. Physics is cumulative. Even if the quiz is on Chapter 3, the material in that chapter builds on Chapter 2. So for instance, the kinematic equations listed in Chapter 2 for motion with constant acceleration come into play again in Chapter 4 (and 5, and 6…). So you might also want to flip back a chapter or two for further pieces of information to add to your notecards. (Hopefully over time much of that will become second nature, particularly math skills like working with trigonometry to find vector components.)

Thank you all for your hard work on this challenging material. It’s a privilege to work with you!

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