Lab groups for chemistry experiments will be assigned this quarter. See groups below.

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The pre-lab for part 2 of the Analysis of Colas lab (1/16) asks you to create a detailed scheme for creating a very precise calibration curve. In order to create the best calibration curve you can, please:

1. Graph your calibration curve from week 1, do a linear fit and get an R squared value. Remember that a perfect line has R squared = 1. If your value is below 0.9 (or even if it’s above), consider how to improve it…
2. Talk to people from at least two other groups about how they created their calibration curves and what their R squared value was. Think about whether incorporating some of their methods might improve the precision of your own.

I am still working on edits to the Winter Quarter Lab Manual. Until I get it posted later this week, you can use this Experiment 7 protocol to plan for Tuesday morning’s chemistry lab. 

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• Complete All Problems in your Math Problem Set Notebook. Bold underline problems also due via WebAssign by 9pm on Fri. Jan. 12, 2018.
• Please find problem set assignment at the Math page, also linked in the main navigation bar.

Welcome to Winter Quarter! We are excited to see you again, continue our work together, and support you in meeting your goals.

Please look over recent posts to the program web-site. Highlights are linked below:

• First winter class meeting
• Week 11 Reading Assignment
• Energy Bill Assignment

Here are the handouts from the first winter class meeting. We will provide paper copies so please don’t print out your own.

• Learning Goals
• Expectations
• Tentative Reading Assignments
• Weekly Workflow
• Energy Project Assignment

Our first class meeting of winter quarter begins promptly at 9am on Monday January 8, 2018 in Purce Lecture Hall Classroom 5 (our regular classroom). We look forward to seeing you there!

Please note that there is a reading assignment for this day and this week, along with reading responses for math and physics due Sunday January 7, 2018.

The Math Resources page (also available via the About link in the navigation bar) has been updated to describe some more Calculus Drill Resources added to WebAssign, this time related to the special techniques for integration material we will cover in week 11, right upon our return from winter break: integration using substitution and integration by parts.

Scroll down to the bottom of the Math Resources page (maybe reminding yourself of some of the other resources on that page) to find them.

Many of you expressed excitement and curiosity about the winter quarter interdisciplinary project on energy.

• You can find the Energy Project Assignment at the Energy Project page (also linked using the main navigation menu). The Energy Project page collects together all the pieces of the project. (slightly updated 1/7/18).
• We will provide a paper copy of the assignment on the first day of class, so no need to print out.
• Please read it over and start to brainstorm ideas you are interested in.
• Comments for this post are turned on, so you can ask clarifying questions at the bottom of the post and we’ll do our best to answer them.

Wherever you are this winter break that you identify as “home”, please obtain a copy of an energy bill that you can bring with you back to campus (an original, a copy, a scan, or a photo are fine, as long as they are clear, all relevant information can be seen, and you can bring a physical copy or printout to class; feel free to obscure personal information like name, street address, account number, etc.).

• If possible, obtain several months worth.
• If you have trouble obtaining an energy bill, please contact the faculty as soon as possible.

• Chemistry: McMurray & Fay 7.5 – 7.11, 11.3
• Math: Stewart 5.5, 5.7 (skip Partial Fractions), 5.6
  • Math Reading Responses due via WebAssign 6pm Sun. Jan 7
• Physics: Wolfson 13.1 – 13.5
  • Physics Reading Response due via MasteringPhysics 8pm Sun. Jan. 7