{"id":248,"date":"2017-09-28T10:02:30","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T17:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mnm1718\/?p=248"},"modified":"2017-09-28T11:21:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T18:21:09","slug":"masteringphysics-and-week-2-reading-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mnm1718\/masteringphysics-and-week-2-reading-response\/","title":{"rendered":"MasteringPhysics and Week 2 Reading Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You should now find on <em><strong>MasteringPhysics <\/strong><\/em>an assignment called <em>Week 2 Reading.<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n<p>If you are not yet registered for <em><strong>MasteringPhysics<\/strong><\/em> you should still send me a Reading Response. To do this simply email me at <a href=\"mailto:caraherj@evergreen.edu\">caraherj@evergreen.edu<\/a> addressing one or more of the following questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What section of your assigned reading did you find the most confusing? <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What concepts would you like the instructor to explain in lecture? <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What material was most interesting?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have registered for <em><strong>MasteringPhysics<\/strong><\/em> you should have completed the <em>Introduction to MasteringPhysics<\/em> 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 <em>Week 1 HW: Ch 1<\/em> assignment.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I&#8217;ve added a <em>Physics Primer<\/em> 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&#8217;s just one more chance to work on any skills you may be struggling with. The topics are<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scientific Notation<\/li>\n<li>Calculator Use<\/li>\n<li>Unit Conversions<\/li>\n<li>Working with Fractions<\/li>\n<li>Simplifying Algebraic Expressions<\/li>\n<li>Solving Two Equations and Two Unknowns<\/li>\n<li>Interpreting Graphs-Lines<\/li>\n<li>Right Triangles<\/li>\n<li>Inverse Trigonometric Functions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mnm1718\/masteringphysics-and-week-2-reading-response\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4651,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mnm1718\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mnm1718\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mnm1718\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mnm1718\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mnm1718\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mnm1718\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mnm1718\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mnm1718\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mnm1718\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}