As noted in the Project Timeline: “Due Week 4 Monday April 18 by 5pm: Group Project Proposal posted to program website. Follows Guidelines for your group research project blog post as much as possible given early stage of project.”

Fill in the following sections as best you can. For sections that you can’t complete, anticipate as best you can what you will include (e.g. in the Results section, include what you might plan to video, what kinds of graphs you might produce, etc.). Review the Project Guidelines for details.

1. The names of all group members
2. A project title
   
3. A short summary of your project
4. Introduction/Project Background
5. Methods
6. Results
7. References

Please update your syllabus to include the following readings from Life of a Leaf (LoaL). These readings should be considered as part of the physics reading for the week, and should be completed by that week’s physics lecture.

• Week 3: Chapter 1 (for Friday Wrap)
• Week 4: Chapter 2
• Week 5: Chapters 3 – 6
• Week 6: Chapters 11-12
• Week 7: —
• Week 8: TBD
• Week 9: TBD

Here’s a copy of the Video Analysis Workshop. No need to print out your own copy; I will provide you with one during workshop.

Here are slides from the Week 3 Physics Lectures.

• You can download a printable version of Physics Problem Set 3 (due Mon. April 18 at 6 pm via WebAssign) here. You can also see the Problem Set on WebAssign directly.
• Prepare for Physics Workshop on Fri. Apr. 15 by attempting as many of the problems as you can before workshop time.
• This material should be familiar to most physics tutors. There are experienced tutors available on Wednesday afternoon from 1 – 6, and many of the physics students in the QuaSR on Wednesday afternoon should also be familiar (though perhaps rusty) with this material. Most people are likely to use algebraic methods to solve the problems – please remember that graphical methods are just as useful.

• You can find solutions to Physics Problem Set 2 here.
• A number of students contacted me because they struggled with the assignment. There were several challenging problems on this problem set, so it’s ok that there were difficulties. I will be available over the lunch break on Tue. April 12 to go over questions with students who are interested.

An on-campus book launch that might be of interest to many of you.

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An on-campus lecture that might be of interest to many of you.

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This amazing set of resources was assembled by our reference librarian, Sara Huntington. Please look over and take advantage of this Research Guide.

For Week 3, please read:

• Biology of Plants: Ch. 12, Ch. 16
• College Physics: Ch. 2
• Life of a Leaf: Preface, Ch. 1
• Please have the physics reading prepared by Tuesday; because of all the various project related workshops in week 3, we’ll squeeze in physics material when we have time.
• Please continue to read all of Life of a Leaf.

Week 3 Schedule:

• due by 6 pm, Mon. April 11 via WebAssign: Physics Problem Set 2.
• due by 9 am, Tue. April 12  in class: Field Trip Waiver
• 9 am, Tue. April 12. Sem 2 B1105: Botany Quiz; Botany Lecture. (If time, we’ll start physics at the end of this session).
• 1 pm, Tue. April 12. Computer Applications Lab (CAL West), Lab 2 1st floor: WordPress Tutorial. (If time, we’ll continue physics at the end of this session).
• 9 am, Wed. April 13. Computer Applications Lab (CAL West), Lab 2 1st floor: Physics Quiz. Video Analysis Workshop. Library Research Workshop.
• 9 am, Thu. April 14. Field Trip to W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory in Tacoma: meet vans in parking lot C at 8:45 am; bring lunch.
• 9 am, Fri. April 15. Sem 2 B1107: Physics Workshop (attempt all of Physics Problem Set 3 problems in your Problem Set Notebook before workshop); Weekly Wrap (bring Life of a Leaf and come prepared for a Plant Walk).