You should now find on MasteringPhysics an assignment called Week 2 Reading. This is the Reading Response due at 8 PM Sunday in your weekly workflow. The reading assignment itself is quite long and involves challenging concepts. If you find yourself overwhelmed focus on Chapter 2 and let me know this in your Reading Response.

If you are not yet registered for MasteringPhysics you should still send me a Reading Response. To do this simply email me at caraherj@evergreen.edu addressing one or more of the following questions:

• What section of your assigned reading did you find the most confusing?
• What concepts would you like the instructor to explain in lecture?
• What material was most interesting?

If you have registered for MasteringPhysics you should have completed the Introduction to MasteringPhysics assignment. If you have not done so yet, you should attempt it soon in order to practice using the system well in advance of the Monday 6 PM due date for the Week 1 HW: Ch 1 assignment.

Finally, I’ve added a Physics Primer assignment that has a due date in the distant future. This assignment covers a grab bag of math skills you might wish to practice. It is completely optional; it’s just one more chance to work on any skills you may be struggling with. The topics are

• Scientific Notation
• Calculator Use
• Unit Conversions
• Working with Fractions
• Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
• Solving Two Equations and Two Unknowns
• Interpreting Graphs-Lines
• Right Triangles
• Inverse Trigonometric Functions

On Tuesday, October 3, we will be learning how to use Excel. To facilitate this we will be meeting in the Academic Computing Center (Library, 2nd floor), classroom 2617.

The following problems should be attempted/completed in your Math Problem Set Notebook (Math PSN). All 30 of the problems are assigned as part of this Problem Set. However, 10 of these problems will be chosen for you to submit via WebAssign by 6pm on Fri. Sep. 29 (since this is the first week, the actual due date will be 6pm Sat. Sep. 30); those problems are indicated by bold underline.

• 1.1: 2, 7, 8, 12, 47, 61
• 1.2: 4, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20
• 1.3: 3, 4, 7, 53, 55
• 1.5: 3, 4, 21, 23, 29
• 1.6: 3, 5, 13, 18, 25, 31, 52, 59

• **Read over all problems before Thursday Math/Physics Workshop. Complete as many as you can before Workshop.**
  • There is NO EXPECTATION  that you can complete all these problems on your own before Workshop – that’s the point of collaborative learning in Workshop.
  • Some of the problems you will be able to complete on your own. Your time in Workshop (and study groups) will be most productive if you are able to identify the problems that are giving (or would give) you difficulty before Workshop.
• Include solutions to ALL PROBLEMS in your Math PSN. Begin each solution in your PSN with a statement of the problem.
• Submit bold underlined problems via WebAssign by 6pm Fri. Sep. 29 (since this is the first week, the actual due date will be 6pm Sat. Sep. 30).
• Solutions to all assigned problems will be posted after the on-line submission due date.
  • Compare the posted 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.

• Instructions for registering for MasteringChemistry, MasteringPhysics, WebAssign

There is no need to print out these documents; we will provide paper copies during our First Class Meeting.

• Syllabus
• Learning Community Responsibilities

As you can see from our Weekly Workflow, we typically expect students to have completed the entire week’s reading in time for Monday lectures. However, we don’t expect students to have completed reading for the first day of class but there is reading for the second class day. We also know that it can be difficult for students to get their books before the first day of class. So, we’ll make the first week’s readings available temporarily (the links below will be disabled by the start of the second week).

The first week reading assignments are provided as links for those of you who don’t have your books yet. These files are big. Do not print them out using campus printers; read them on the screen as best you can. Please get your books as soon as possible.

• Chemistry
  • For Tuesday – Chapter 0: Chemical Tools: Experimentation and Measurement
  • For Thursday – Chapter 1: The Stability and Structure of Atoms (1.1-1.8)
• Math
  • For Tuesday – Preview of Calculus; and Chapter 1: Functions and Models, sections 1.1-1.3
  • For Wednesday – Chapter 1 sections 1.5-1.6.
• Physics
  • For Wednesday – Chapter 1: Doing Physics

You can find our regular class meeting schedule here.

There are several additions/changes, listed below, to accommodate field trips, seminars, and special events. Please note them in your personal calendars, and where necessary, make any needed arrangements, or contact us by Fri. Sep. 29 (the end of the first week) to let us know if you can’t re-arrange.

• Monday September 25, Week 1. (mandatory). First class meeting day; all students available all day from 9am – 3pm.
• Thursday September 28, Week 1. (mandatory). Math/Physics Workshop begins at 11:30 (break will be from 10:30 – 11:30). Regular class meeting today so students can attend Clam Bake from 11:30 – 12:00 on Red Square.
• Monday October 16, Week 4. (mandatory). Joint Program Mixer noon – 1:30pm (lunch provided) with students from upper-level program Mathematical Systems.
• Tuesday October 17, Week 4. (mandatory). Field Trip. Chem Lab, 8 – 10am (all students taking chemistry). Field Trip 10:30am – 5pm (all students in program).
• Thursday October 26, Week 5. (mandatory). Seminar 9 – 11am.
• Friday November 3, Week 6. (optional). Program potluck and Alumni Panel, joint event with upper-level program Atoms, Molecules, and Reactions (part of that program’s Career Week) 11:30 – 1 (potluck), 1 – 3:30 (panel).
• Thursday November 30, Week 9. (mandatory). Seminar 9 – 11am.

• You can find a (tentative) day-by-day description of out-of-class work by clicking here. While there may be minor changes, this gives you a good sense of what is due when and how you might distribute your work across the week. The version that will show up in the Program Syllabus will be definitive, and we will update this page to reflect that final version.
• While looking at the workflow page, you should also look at the Class Meeting Schedule.

Welcome to Matter and Motion 2017-18, an interdisciplinary integration of calculus, chemistry, and physics!

Recent and upcoming info (click on bolded text in color to read linked material):

• Syllabus and Learning Community Agreements
• Welcome Letter
• Student Survey
• Textbooks
• Class Meeting Schedule
• Math Resources
• First Class Meeting
• Week 1 Reading
• Weekly Workflow
• Special Fall Quarter dates
• Learning How to Learn
• (check back for more)

Our mandatory first class meeting begins promptly at 9:00 am Monday September 25 in Purce Hall Classroom 5 (Purce Hall is also called the Lecture Hall). Registered students who are not present at that time and have not contacted us in advance will be dropped to make room for wait-listed students who are present.

As it is our first class meeting of the year, we will have a somewhat non-standard day. We ask that all students be available all day (from 9 – 3; we will definitely make time for a lunch break).

(If you have a laptop that you would normally bring to school, please make sure to do so for this first class meeting day. A laptop is not required for this program, so please don’t panic if you don’t have one.)

Tentative Schedule (added Sun. Sep. 24):

• 9:00 – 11:30 (Purce Hall Classroom 5): Welcome and Introductions; Community Agreements Workshop I; A Look to the Future; Lab Safety Lecture
• 11:30 – 12:30: Lunch Break. Look over Syllabus and Learning Community Responsibilities. Faculty will be available and eager to meet with individual students.
• 12:30 – 3:00 (Computer Applications Lab in Lab 2, first floor): Orientation to CAL & computing resources; Register for MasteringChemistry, MasteringPhysics, WebAssign and Introductory Assignments; Hands-on Activity; Syllabus-to-Schedule Workshop; Q&A.