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Various (dated) Course Announcements for Fall 2007 are posted here, latest
at the top (including postings of HW solutions and links to the solutions
themselves). This is the best place on the website to check for recent course
developments. |
| 12/23/07B: I believe that Physics 117 Fall 2007 has now been completed. My best Happy Holiday wishes to you all. J.J. Griffin ********** |
12/23/07A: The solutions to our final exam and the correspondences of Version B with Version A are posted here. Click FnlExF07Solutions and/or VersionA<->B to view. |
12/22/07: a) Your course history is posted on Blackboard. Use your password to see it, and the information given below to understand how it leads to your letter grade. Also given is your Normalized Final Exam Score <NFnl/144.6> {where 144.6 here, and similar numerical denominators in other normalized quantitity headings, indicates the hypothetical maximum possible normalized score which one would have achieved who answered all 120 final exam questions correctly}, your Raw Final Exam Score <RawFinal/120> = 1x(No correct), and not 2x, as for our hourly exams..These are the main results of courrent interest. A Histogram of the Final Exam Raw Score Distribution has been posted. Click FinalExHISTOF07 to see it. Also provided to help you to follow through the process of generating your <Course Score> is your Normalized Test Score <NTS/143.1> {computed from your Adjusted Test Score, <AdjTS/530.85>, which in turn is obtained by dropping your lowest (normalized)one hour-share of test scores from your Total Test Score, the sum all three normalized test scores and Likewise, your Normalized HW score <NHS/81.6>, your adjusted HW score <AdjHW/100> (adjusted to 80% of the Max, 132, like the Lab scores mentioned above), your Raw HW score <RHW/132>, and your Normalized Participation Score, <NPS>, your Raw Participation Score, <FnlClckrTtl/30>,and your Adjusted Participation Score, <AdjPS> are included. The Participation Scores are handled as the Lab and HW scores were handled above, i.e. according to the "80% is Enough" principle. In addition, all of the records previously published on Exams I, II and III and the Early Warning Letter Grades (EWG) presented early in the semester remain available on Blackboard. Please call me at 301-405-6118 if you need help understanding your record, and leave your telephone number and a good time for me to call you back if I am not here when you call. And please email <griffin@physics.umd.edu> if you have any difficulty getting your Blackboard results. And have a GOOD WINTER HOLIDAY! |
12/20/07: Your individual Final Exam reports, attached to any other leftovers of yours which we have, are available for pick up in Physics 2108, due to the kind good offices of Mrs. Robinette (Tel.301-405-6115). You may wish to call ahead to make sure that you find Ms. Robinette in the office when you arrive. |
12/14/07: Click FnlEXSEATSF07 to see the list of asigned seats for Monday's Physics 117 Final Exam, 1:30PM to 3:30 PM, in our lecture hall, Physics 1410. Also, If delayed, its better to come late rather than not at all. |
| 12/11/07: Click TP12-07-07, TP12-10-07A and/or TP12-10-07B to see recent in-class clicker Q/A's. Also click PARTICIPATION to see the complete list of in-class clicker Q/A's. ********** |
| 12/10/07C: If some unfortunate circumstance prevents you from being at the FINAL EXAM on time, come late rather that not at all. It may be possible to salvage the situation. ********** |
| 12/10/07B: Click to see 3 Viewgraphs of 12/10/07 lecture: Path to Q.M., L.DeBroglie, and N.BohrAtom. ********** |
| 12/10/07A: Go to Blackboard to see your Final Clicker Total, out of a maximum of 30. Since the 80% rule applies, every student who scored 24 clicks or more will receive the maximum possible score for the 5% Participation component of the Final Course score. See Grading for more. ********** |
12/07/07B: Click BlackBody Radiation, Photo-Electric Effect, and or 3- AtomicSurprises->QuantumMechanics to see viewgraphs from lecture of Friday 12/5/07.. |
| 12/07/07A: Click FinalExCoverage to see details of double weighting for last 6.5 (post-ExamIII) lectures. ********** |
| 12/06/07: Click TP12/05/07 to see the in class Q/A of 12/05/07. ********** |
| 12/05/07B: Click TP12/03/07A and TP12/03/07B to see the in-class Q/A's of Monday 12/3. But note that neither of the two attempted clicks succeeded, due to my failure to properly select the participant list. Also click PARTICIPATION to see the complete list of in-class clicker Q/A's. ********** |
12/05/07A: Click ExIIIF07Solutions to see the solutions to our Exam III Version A. Version B has the same questions as version A but with the following interchanges: (#2->#4), (#6->#8), (#9>#11), (#13->#16), (#21->#24), (#36->#39), (#41->#45), (#49->#50), (#51->#52), and (#57->#59). (My apologies for the delay in posting this, I had thought I did so over the weekend of 12/1.JJG) |
| 12/04/07: Click ExIIIHisto to see the Histogram distribtuion of the class' ExamIII Raw scores. ********** |
| 12/3/07D: Individual Raw and Normalized ExIII scores are now available on Blackboard, together with the CumulativeClicker Score as of 12/4 out of a total of 27. (Sorry the columns are so wide - I'm trying to learn how to narrow them a bit.) ********** |
12/3/07C: I am sorry to announce that neither of the two in-class clicks of Mon 12/3/07 was properly recorded. Therefore both will be disregarded. Out most recent click was on Wed 11/28/07, just beforeExam III. The individual student tallies up to that point should be posted soon |
| 12/3/07B: The exam, OldFinalExamF06, it solutions, OldFinalExamF06Slns, and its KEY, OldFinalExamF06 KEY , have been posted her today. Click to view. (The OldFinal fromS07 was posted earlier; see 11/30/07 below.) (Sorry, technical difficulties prevent the loading of these F06 items until later today, Mon 12/3/07.) ********** |
| 12/3/07A: (Selected) coverage 'till end of semester: a) Waves Ch 15-16: Vibrations and Pendulum were covered earlier; we omit Resonances pp303-304 & 2D Interference and Diffraction, pp 314-317, but include
Periodic Waves and Standing Waves, pp 310-314, as well as Ch 16, Stringed Instruments, pp 330-332. Then on to b) Ch 23, the Early Atom, but noten that Ch 22, pp469-472, Electromagnetic Waves (especially Fig. 22.26) was discussed earlier. And
c) Ch 23, pp 509-511 only, DeBroglie matter waves. (The effect double weighting of post-ExamIII material in the Final Exam will soon be presented here in tabular form. ********** |
11/30/07C: The exam, OldFinalExamS07, it solutions, OldFinalExamS07Slns, and its KEY, OldFinalExamS07KEY have been posted her today. Click to view. The FO6 Final will be posted here soon. |
| 11/30/07B: HW#12 and HW#13 will not be collected: Self grade them from the posted solutions. ********** |
| 11/30/07A: Click MissedLabs-XI to see the list of students whom our records show to have missed one or more Labs Sessions, or not to have turned in one or more Lab Reports. In order to complete Physics 117, you must do every lab and turn in every lab report, regardless of the grade. Every student should check this list in self defense: if you are there by error, we need to hear from you or else you risk getting no grade. ********** |
| 11/29/07B: Click ExamIIISeats to see you assigned seat for Exam III on Friday 11/30. (Please disregard the title, left over from Exam II; these are the seats for Exam III.) ********** |
| 11/29/07A: Click Q/A11/26/07and Q/A11/28/07 to see in-class Q/A's of (Mon) 11/26 and (Wed) /28/07. Also, the (slightly) corrected and updated version of Second Law of Thermodynamics (pages 0-6) has replaced the former version. ********** |
| 11/26/07B: Click to see five viewgraph note pages on the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Carnot's proof of the Second Law via his maximally efficient gendanken heat engine, Entropy and the equivalence of the increase of entropy statement with Carnot's proof of the second law, etc. Click HOMEWORK to see the complete list on one page notes available so far. ********** |
| 11/26/07A: HW#10 (Ch 13, relevant to Exam III) dueWed 11/28/07, but will not be collected until Mon 12/3/07, after Exam III; HW#11 (Ch 14, not included in Exam III) due date is postponed 'til Wed 12/05/07. ********** |
| 11/23/07: Pre Exam III Q/A session: Thu 11/29/07, 6:00 PM->??, in Room 2113 Physics (2nd floor, South side). ********** |
| 11/21/07C: Click {Q/A11/21/07A-a and Q/A11/21/07A-b} and/or {Q/A11/21/07B-c and Q/A11/21/07B-d} to see in-class Q/A's of 11/21/07. Also click PARTICIPATION to see the complete list of in-class clicker Q/A's. ********** |
| 11/21/07B: Clicker totals through 11/22/07 have been posted to Blackboard. Use your password to see you total, out of a maximum, so far, of 25. ********** |
| 11/21/07A: The HW#8Solutions have been replaced in order to correct the disappearance of a few numbers on page 5 of 5 in the scanning and uploading process. Click to view. ********** |
| 11/20/07C: HW #10 (on Ch 13, relevant to Exam III) due date postponed 'till Wed 11/28/07. HW#11 (Ch 14, not included in Exam III) due 12/3/07, after Exam III. ********** |
11/20/07B: Exam III on Fri 11/30/07 will cover Ch 10, 11, 12 (Up to and including PRESSURE only: omit SINK or FLOAT and beyond) and 13. Chapter 14 and the Second Law of Thermodynamics will NOT be included in Exam III. |
| 11/20/07A: Click OldExamIIIF06Text, OldExamIIIF06Solutions, and OldExamIIIF06KEY to see these items, which may be of use in preparing for Exam III. (See also old Exam III's from S07 semester at entry 11/09/07D below.) ********** |
| 11/19/07: Click Q/A11/19/07A and/or Q/A11/19/07B to see in-class Q/A's of 11/19; Also click Recap of Ideal Gas Law to see a brief summary of its derivation and interpretation. Also click PARTICIPATION to see the complete list of in-class clicker Q/A's, and click HOMEWORK to see the complete list on one page notes available so far. ********** |
| 11/15/07: Note that our Ch 12 coverage is abbreviated: we discuss only the first part, up to and including PRESSURE, and omit the latter part, from SINK OR FLOAT to the end of the chapter. ********** |
| 11/14/07B: Click Q/A11/14/07 to view today's in-class clicker Q/A.Click PARTICIPATION to see the complete list of in-class clicker Q/A's. ********** |
| 11/14/07A: The HW#9 due date is postponed till Mon 11/19/07; HW #10, till Mon 11/26/07. ********** |
| 11/12/07: Q/A's of 11/07/07 and 11/09/07 were posted today. Click PARTICIPATION to see the complete list of in-class clicker Q/A's. ********** |
11/09/07D: Click OldExamIIIS07Text, OldExamIIIS07Solutions, and OldExamIIIS07KEY to see these items, which may be of use in preparing for Exam III. |
| 11/09/07C: Click to view in-class clicker Q/A's of Fri 10/26 (click uncounted due to technical glitch) and Mon 11/05, and PARTICIPATION to see the list of Q/A's to date. The Q/A's of Wed 11/7 and today 11/9 should appear early next week. ********** |
| 11/09/07B: Clicker totals (out of a maximum of 20) through Sat. 11/10/07 were posted to Blackboard today. Use your password to see you total there. ********** |
11/09/07A: Click to view one page notes (distributed in class today) on TimeDilation. Also, |
| 11/08/07B: HW #8 due date postponed till Wed. 11/14/07. ********** |
| 11/08/07A: Click ExamIIHistowcrrx to see the corrected Histogram referred to on yesterday's (11/07/07) announcement below. ********** |
11/07/07: The histogram distribution of Raw Scores for Exam II has an erroneous renormalization formula at the top. The correct formula is N = 70 +(R-61.6)*20/16.6. We will post a corrected copy soon. |
| 11/05/07: Click ExamIIHisto to see the histogram distribution of the class' Raw Scores for Exam II. ********** |
| 11/02/07C: HW#8 due date postponed till Mon 11/12/07. HW#7 collected Mon 11/5. ********** |
| 11/2/07B: Click ExIIF07Solutions to see the solutions to today's exam, and Convert ExII v.A->v.B to see how to identify the relevant questions from Exam version B among them. ********** |
11/2/0A:: The title of yesterday's posted Exam II seating chart is erroneous: The list is for Exam II, today, Fri 11/2/07, not for Exam I. |
| 11/1/07: Click to see Assigned Seating for Exam II tomorrow, Friday 11/2/07. *********** |
| 10/31/07: Today's class was cancelled due to the evacuation of the Physics building as a result of a fire. Exam II will occur on Friday, as scheduled, and the Pre-Exam II Q/A session, on Thu.(tomorrow), as scheduled. see notes of 10/26 and 10/30 below for details. ********** |
| 10/30/07B: Our Pre-Exam II Q/A session at 6:00 PM on THU 11/1/07 will be in Physics 2113 (2nd floor/South side). ********** |
10/30/07A: Click Q/A10/26/07 to see the clicker Q/A of Friday.But note that the recording of Friday's clicks failed due to an error, so that no clicks can be counted for that day. |
10/26/07D: Exam II on Fri. 11/2/07 will cover Chs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (pp143-144, C.Of Mass, ONLY!), and Ch 9. Exam II will not cover any of Ch10, Einstein's Relativity. Also Our Pre-Exam II Q/A session is scheduled for 6:00 PM on Thu 11/01/07 in Physics 2113, (Second floor, South side). |
| 10/26/07C: Current upcoming HW due dates: HW #7 will be collected on Mon. 11/5/07, after Exam I (Note that it is relevant to Exam I!) ; HW#8 (Einstein's Special Relativity, Ch10) is due Wed 11/7/07, so far. ********** |
| 10/26/07B: The in-class clicker totals through tomorrow, Sat. 10/27, have been posted to Blackboard today. Use your password to check that your clicker total is as expected. (See the note just below regarding the loss of the count for today, Fri 10/26/07.) ********** |
10/26/07A: Due to a keyboard error on my part, today's in-class clicker responses could not be identified with the individual student. Therefore today's clicker record had to be discarded in its entirety. My apologies, JJG. |
10/24/07: HW #7 due date is postponed till Wed. 10/31/07. Also, in-class Q/A's of Mon 10/22 and Wed10/24 are posted here. Click to view or click PARTICIPATION to see the list of all in-class Q/A's to date. The complete list of 1-page notes is available at HOMEWORK. |
| 10/23/07: Notes on Exponential Growth, Conservation of Mechanical Energy, and on Calculating from NII directly vs. using Conservation of ME can now be viewed by clicking on each title. ********** |
10/22/07B Notes on Exponential Growth, Conservation of Mechanical Energy, and on Calculating (the speed of a falling body) from NII directly vs. using Conservation of ME were distributed in class today, Monday 10/22. Ask for a copy on Wednesday if your missed them, or click Exponential Growth to see them here. The others will be posted soon, together with the in -class Q/A of Mon. 10/22. |
| 10/22/07A: The HW#7 due date is postponed 'till Mon 10/29/07, so far. ********** |
| 10/19/07C: The Clicker Totals (our of 15 Maximum) as of tomorrow 10/20/07 have been uploaded to Blackboard. Use your password to check your clicker total. ********** |
10/1907B: The figure for Ex.22 of Ch7, previously missing in HW#6Txt has been re-inserted. Click to verify that the image is visible. Also, the in-class Q/A's for Wed 10/17 and Fri. 10/19 have been posted, or click PARTICIPATION to see the list of all in-class Q/A's to date. |
| 10/19/07B: The figure image of HW#6,Ch 7, Ex.22 is faulty in HW#6Txt. Until it is repaired, click CQ&Ex Ch7 to find a better version. Click HOMEWORK to find the complete lists of HW texts and Conceptual Questions and Exercises chapter by chapter. ********** |
| 10/16/07B: HW#6 due date postponed 'till Mon 10/22; HW#7 still due Fri 10/26, so far. ********** |
10/16/07A: The in-class Q/A's of Fri. 10/12 and Mon 10/15 (two!) are now posted here. Click Fri10/12, Mon 10/15A and/or Mon10/15B to view, or click PARTICIPATION to see the list of all in-class Q/A's to date. |
| 10/14/07: Next week is Lab Makeup Week. Click MissedLabsI-VI to check missed labs (except Labs VI at 4PM Thu and 10AM Fri, for which absences are not yet available.) If you missed any lab, you must make it up to complete the course. ********** |
10/11/07: Clicker Q/A for Mon10/8 and Wed10/10A and Wed10/10B are posted here. |
10/10/07B: The clicker totals, 10/11ClckrSc/10, out of 10 maximum, as of tomorrow 10/11/07 have been uploaded to Blackboard today. You should be able to see there your totals as of 9/22 (Max: 2), 10/2 (Max: 6), and 10/11 (Max: 10) by using your password. Please check your total each time it is updated to make sure that your clicks are being recorded properly. |
10/10/07A: HW due dates for #5 (M:10/15/07, #6(F:10/19/07), #7(F:10/26/07), & #8(M:11/05/07) have been updated on HWAssignments page. Click to view. |
10/08/07B: Exam II is scheduled for Fri 11/2/07, with coverage to be announced as the date |
10/08/07A: The in-class Q/A 's of 10/1 and 10/5/07 have been posted. Click PARTICIPATION to see the list of all in-class Q/A's to date. |
| 10/0507C: HW#5 postponed 'til Mon 10/15. ********** |
!0/05/07B: The texts of the remaining HW problem sets, and their solutions, have been posted |
10/05/07A: One page notes on Kepler III and Geosynchronous Satellites were posted here. |
| 10/04/07: One page notes on the Pendulum were posted here today. Click HOMEWORK for the list of notes to date, or Pendulum for this latest addition. ********** |
| 10/3/07:One page Notes on calculating the acceleration of Moon were posted here today. Click HOMEWORK to see those and other notes posted earlier. The list for Fall 2007 includes so far 1DKinematics . Friction, Addition of Vectors , Circular Motion , Acceleration of Moon . ********** |
| 10/02/07C: HW#4 postponed 'til Mon 10/8, and HW#5 'til Fri 10/12. ********* |
10/02/07B: The following items have been updated and uploaded today to Blackboard/Elms, and should be available to you when you use your password: EWG: NExI; RExI; ExI#Crrct; 10-2ClckrSc/6; ClickerID; ClickerOK?(Date). They are explained as follows: |
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10/02/07A: Click to view the Histogram distribution of ExamIScores ( including the ranges for A, B, & C Early Warning Letter Grades), posted here today. Note that our early warning grades (required by the University for freshmen and sophomores) are based solely on our Exam I scores. These are the only letter gradees we will compute until the end of the semester. Later today you should find your own Early Warning Grade posted on Blackboard and, in a few days, on the Registrar's official grade site. |
| 10/01/07: Click Exam I F07 Solutions to see our exam of Friday' solutions, posted here today. ********** |
| 9/27/07B: Click to view Assigned Seats for Exam I on Fri. 9/28. ********** |
| 9/27/07A: The Q/A of 9/24, previously delayed, has become available.Click PARTICIPATION to see it and the others posted earlier. ********** |
| 9/26/07: In-class clicker Q/A's for Wed 9/26 are available now (but that of Mon 9/24 is delayed, - check back). Click PARTICIPATION. ********** |
| 9/22/07: The location for Pre-Exam I Q/A session at 6:00 PM Thu 9/27/07 is our usual lecture room, Physics 1410. Bring your questions and we will discuss them together. ********** |
| 9/21/07D: In-classClicker Q/A posted here. Click on PARTICIPATION. to find it and other in-class Q/A's. ********** |
9/21/07C: Exam I is on Friday 9/28/07 in class. It will cover Ch 1, 2, 3, 4, and pp 298-300(SHO) and pp143-144 (C.of Mass). Bring your student ID, a #2 pencil, a calculator. Also bring any books, notes and papers (i.e., whatever can fit under your seat and is self-powered) which you think might be useful..Do not bring into the Exam room any cell phones, blackberries, i-phones, or any other devices which can communicate with the outside world. |
| 9/21/07B: Clicker scores and status have been updated through today. Go to Blackboard to see your clicker score to date (out of 2 maximum). ********** |
9/21/07A: HW #3 postponed till Wed 9/26 (Ch 4 problems are relevant to Exam I), but will not be collected until Mon 10/01/07; Also HW#4 due date is postponed from Wed 9/26 until Wed. 10/03/07. |
| 9/19/07B: HW #3 is again postponed, till Mon 9/24. ********** |
9/19/07A: The in-class clicker questions and asnwers of Wed 9/12 and Fri. 9/14 have been posted and can be found by clicking on PARTICIPATION. |
9/18/07C: Exam I is scheduled for Fri 9/28, and will probably cover Ch 1, 2, 3 & 4 of our text. Pick up a copy of the TRIAL Half-EXAM (25 min) on Ch 1,2,3 in class on Wed. 9/19. and of the one-page notes on Vectors and Circular Motion (See below.) Also, Old Exams I from the SO7 and F06 semesters have been posted here today, with answer keys and solutions. Click Old ExIF06, OldExIF06KEY, OldExIF06Slns, OldExIS07, OldExIS07KEY, and OldExIS07Slns to view them. (Caution: indiscriminate previewing of old exams may jeopardize their use as a pre-exam reality check and lead you into excess optimism about your readiness.) |
| 9/18/07B: Notes on Addition of Vectors and on Uniform Circular Motion were posted here today. Click to view. ********** |
| 9/18/07A: HW#3 due date postponed until Fri. 9/21 ( and possibly further: check back!). ********** |
9/14/07: Two items have been posted today for each student on BlackBoard. Use your password to see your Blackboard file, which will accumulate relevant course data for you as the semester proceeds. |
9/12/07C: Thirty eight students' clickers successfully recorded answers to today's double trial. |
9/12/07A: The clicker test of Monday seems to have been successful. Today (Wednesday) we shall have one more test run. By Friday we expect to be ready to start recording your clicks to evaluate each student's PARTICIPATION score. Bring your clicker today to make sure that it is working properly before the clicks begin to count. |
| 9/10/07C: The HW#2Txt which omitted two lines from the last problem has been replaced. Click HW#2Txt to view. ********** |
| 9/10/07B: The last two lines of the last problem from HW#2Txt (Ch4-Ex6) is missing from our website posting: The end of the problem should read: ".....to the west at 12 m/s and escapes.What was the bunny's average acceleration (magnitude and direction) during this half-second interval?" (The full text can be found in the complete text of Conceptual Questions and Exercises from Chapter 4 of the Fifth Edition, accessible from the HOMEWORK page or directly by clicking CQ&ExCh4 and seeking page 3. We shall post a replacement HW#2 Text soon.) ********** |
| 9/10/07A: HW#2 due date postponed from Wed until Fri. 9/14/07. ********** |
9/07/07: Our clicker test today was a disappointment: only a few students' clicks were recorded and I do not yet understand why. On the other hand, a few students' clicks were in fact recorded, so that the system is functioning, at least some times for some. We shall try again, after we have (one hopes) a guess about what might be going wrong. Have a good weekend. |
9/4/07: The office locations and office hours, telephone numbers and email addresses of Ms. Dunstan and Mr. Wall have been posted here today. Click PROSPECTUS to see them. Please use the office hours to get whatever help you need as soon as possible: early remedy is better, and easier, than late repair. |
| 8/31/07B: Have a good holiday weekend! ********** |
8/31/07A: Your personal Clicker must be registered in BlackBoard for each course in which it will be used. At elms.umd.edu go to your Physics 117 course and click <Course Tools> under Tools in the left hand margin of the Home page. Then select <Turning Point Registration Tool> and supply your ID, Password, and Clicker number. |
| 8/30/07C: Click 1DKinematics to see (and download) a one page mathematical summary of the kinematics of one dimensional motion under constant (including zero) acceleration, a. ********** |
| 8/30/97B: The HW solutions for the first two HW sets have been posted here, and in the glass case (to the far right as you emerge from our lecture room). Click HWText&Solutions to see a list of posted HW solutions, as well the list of assigned HW problems' texts, and the Chapter-by-Chapter list of problems from the 5th Edition of our text, whence our assigned problems have been selected. ********** |
8/30/07A: The 117 Lab Manuals are temporarily in short supply at the local bookstores. The Maryland Book Exchange had 11 copies left on Thu. 8/30 at about 2 PM. More have been ordered and will (hopefully) arrive early next week. Meanwhile, the text of the lab manual relevant to starting up and to Experiment I have been posted here. Click Lab Intro and/or LabExpt to see it and to download it and print it for next week's lab if you are unable to get a Lab Manual by then
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8/15/07: This web site is partially up and partially running at <http://www.physics.umd.edu/courses/Phys117/Griffin/117F07/index.html>. To get a feeling for the way the course runs week by week, review the complete sequence of last semester's announcements by clicking to the Physics117-F06 website’s announcements: <Announcements-F06.html> ********** |