Models of Motion – 2014-15

• Winter Quarter Midterm Exams were handed back in Problem Session on Thu. Feb. 5. You can find blank versions of the exams at the Week 15 Calendar Page.
• Revisions are due at noon on Thu. Feb. 12 (at the beginning of Problem Session).
• Anyone may submit an Exam Revision.
• Students who scored 20 points or less (out of 40 points total) on the Calculus exam must submit an Exam Revision.
• Students who scored 45 points or less (out of 75 points total) on the Physics exam must submit an Exam Revision.
• As usual, you may use your original exam, your notes from the group exam reflection, textbooks, notes, solutions, consultation with classmates, and any other resources to complete your Exam Revision. However, any work submitted must be a reflection of your own current, personal understanding – do not submit work which does not properly convey your current understanding.
• The expectations for the Exam Revision are very high. We look for beautiful solutions that fully convey your conceptual understanding and/or problem-solving process.
• For revisions of multiple choice or fill in the blank type questions, it is entirely insufficient and unacceptable to simply circle or fill in the right answer. You must carefully explain your reasoning for multiple-choice/fill-in-the-blank/short answer type questions.
• We will look carefully at each revised question with the “3 C’s” in mind: Correctness, Completeness, and Clarity.

You can find the solutions to the week 15 problem sets in the assignments area of the Week 15 Calendar page.

You can find a preliminary version of the Week 16 Calendar page using the links above. Check back for calculus and physics problem set assignments.

There are a number of changes to this week’s schedule, both as a result of Monday’s exam and for unrelated reasons. They are all listed at the Week 15 Calendar page but also collected below for convenience.

• Mon. Feb. 2, 9 am – noon. Lecture Hall 2. Exam
• Mon. Feb. 2, 1 pm – 3 pm. CAL West. Exam Revision/Reflection
• Tue. Feb. 3, 9 am – 10:15 am. Sem 2 D2105. Strogatz Seminar
• Tue. Feb. 3, 10:45 am – noon. Lab 1 2046 Sem 2 D2105. Physics Lecture
• Tue. Feb. 3, 1 pm – 4 pm. CAL West. Physics Lab
• Wed. Feb. 4, 9 am – noon. Lab 1 2046. Lectures
• Thu. Feb. 5, 9 am – 11 am. Sem 2 D3105. Ascher Seminar
• Thu. Feb. 5, 1 pm – 2:30 pm. Sem 2 D3105. Problem Session

The Week 15 Calendar page is available. There are a number of differences in the week’s schedule, some due to the midterm exam (on Mon. Feb. 2) and the others due to unrelated circumstances. Please look it over carefully.

You can find the solutions to the week 14 problem sets in the assignments area of the Week 14 Calendar page.

As discussed in class,

• Mon. Feb. 2, 9 am – noon, Lecture Hall 2: Midterm Exam
• Mon. Feb. 2, 1 – 3 pm, CAL West: Exam Reflection (required session)
• Midterm Exam covers all materials from weeks 1 – 4 inclusive
• May bring 2 notecards that follow guidelines

The Monday midterm causes some minor changes to our week 15 schedule:

• The Reading Response will be due Monday evening instead of Sunday evening;
• Tuesday morning’s Problem Session will instead be a Physics Lecture;
• The rest of the week is as usual

Krishna’s office hours on Thursday 1/29 are canceled. His office hour this week is Fri. Jan. 30 from 3 – 4 pm.

Problems 23.59 and 23.69 have been canceled from this week’s physics problem set.

Seth has new tutoring hours on Tuesdays, which will replace his previous Friday hours. His new schedule is as follows:

• Tuesday 4-6 in Sem II D3105
• Wednesday 2-4 in Sem II D3105
• Thursday 4-6 in Sem II E2107