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Various Course Announcements, dated, are posted here, latest
at the top (including posting dates of HW solutions and links to the
solutions themselves): |
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5/26/06: Detailed solutions to the S06 Final Exam were posted here
today. Click FnlS06Slns
to view. The individual student |
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| 5/23/06: The histograms of the Final
Exam Raw Score Distribution and of the overall Course
Score Distribution have been posted here today, together with the
final Exam answer KEY, FnlExS06KEY.
Click to view. Detailed solutions to the Final Exam will be posted soon. ********** |
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5/22/06: Individual Course records have been posted on WebCT. Use your
password to review your own record. The record includes your Course
letter grade (LG), your final rank in class (Rnk/40), your overall Course
Score (CsSc) (computed as described under GRADING), your Normalized
Final Exam Score (NFnl/146.4) {where 146.4 indicates the maximum possible
score which one would The answer KEY and Solutions to the Final Exam, and the histogram of final exam scores will be posted soon on this site. BEST WISHES FOR A GOOD SUMMER! |
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5/18/06:Seating for the Final Exam will be the same as it was for Exam
III. Click ExamIII/Final
ExamSeats.to view, or |
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| 5/11/06: {This announcement about the Q/A session
of 5/11/06 was lost in error on 5/18/06.} ********** |
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05/05/06: Regarding scores re-normalized to an average of 70 and a
standard deviation of +-20: 50 % of the scores are expected to |
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5/03/06: Old Final Exams from the S05 and F05 semesters, and their
answer KEYs have been posted. Click OldFinalS05,
OldFinalS05KEY,
OldFinalS05CrrxSolns,
OldFinalF05
and OldFinalF05p23
(page 23 was omitted from the text of the exam in error) and OldFinalF05KEY
to view. (Regrettably, apart from three problems which required correction
in the S05 exam, no detailed solutions were prepared for either of these
exams.) |
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5/02/06(C): The final exam (THU May 18: 8:00AM) will cover all of the
material of Exams I, II, and III, as well as the post-Exam III material,
doubly weighted. Since there will have been seven lectures after the
cut off (at Ch13) for Exam III, the material of Ch 14, 15, 16 (pp330-332
only), 22 (pp469-472 only), 23, and 24 (pp508-511 only) will constitute
about 14/47 =30% of the final exam. |
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| 5/02/06(B): HW#12, most recently announced as due
on MON 5/8/06, will instead be converted to a self-grade HW, not to be
handed in, because of the fact that no opportunity will remain after the
collection and grading of this HW to return the graded results to you. ********** . |
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| 5/02/06(A): Students' individual raw and normalized
scores for Exam III have been posted on WebCT. Use your password at <https://www.courses.umd.edu/>
to see your own scores. ********** |
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| 5/1/06D: The distribution of Raw Scores for ExIII
has been posted. Click ExIIIHistogram
to view. ********** |
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| 5/1/06C: The HW#12 due date is postponed from FRI
5/5 until MON 5/8/06. ********** |
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5/1/05B: The five viewgraphs from class on MON 5/1/06 about entropy,
the 2nd Law of thermodynamics and the entropy form of the 2nd law and
its equivalence with the heat engine form. Click 2ndLawVGs
to see these viewgraphs. |
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5/1/05A: LAB MAK-UP DAY THU 5/4/06. Physics 117 is a laboratory Core
course. To complete the course each student must |
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| 4/28/05: The ExamIIIKey
and Exam IIISolutions
for today's exam have been posted. Since problems recur in these exams,
you may wish to review them for the final. There is no use making the
same error again and again. ********** |
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| 4/27/06B: HW #12 due date has been reset to FRI
5/5/06. ********** |
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| 4/27/06A: For your information, Exam III will consist
of sixty questions: a matching table of ten questions, and 50 multiple
choice questions of which the last six may require more than average computation.
For Exam Seating and Coverage see 4/21 & 4/26 below. ********** |
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| 4/26/06: For Seating Assignments for ExamIII on
Friday, click ExamIIISeats.
For Exam III coverage see 4/21/06A announcement below. ********** |
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| 4/21/06B:HW#10(Ch13) is due MON 4/24; and HW#11(Ch14)
is postponed until MON 5/1. ********** |
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4/21/06A: ExamIII on this FRI., 4/28/06, will cover Ch 10, 11, 12(abbreviated,
pp 234-241 only), and 13. Ch 14 (Available Energy) will NOT be included,
but will be covered in the final exam, doubly weighted like the rest
of the material in the course from here forward. Note that our posted
old exams may have questions from Ch 14, or not, depending on the coverage
that semester. |
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4/17/06B: One page of notes on obtaining the Perfect or Ideal Gas law
from elementary condsiderations has been posted today. Click IdealGasLaw
to view, and pick up a copy in class on Wednesday. |
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| 4/17/06A: OldExamIIIF05pp2-8,
OldExamIIIF05pp9-15,
ExamIIIF05KEY, SolutionsExamIIIF05pp2-8,
and SolutionsExamIIIF05pp9-15 have been posted today. Also, the OldExamIIIS05, the ExamIIIS05KEY, and detailed solutions to problems #58 and #59, ExIIIS05Slns58-59. Click to view. ********** |
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| 4/14/06: Hw#9 due date is postponed from MON 4/17
till Wed 4/19, and HW#10 due date from FRI 4/21 till MON 4/24. ********** |
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4/10/06: The text of HW problems sets, HW#11,
HW#12
and HW#13 have
been posted. Their solutions were posted on 3/7/06. |
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| 4/7/06: The text of the problems of HW#9
and HW#10 have
been posted. (The solutions were posted earlier.) Click to view. ********** |
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| 4/5/06: The Histogram of ExamII-RawScores
has been posted. Click to view. ********** |
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| 4/4/06: All students' individual Exam II scores
(labelled <CRExII/120> and <NExII/114>) have been uploaded
to WebCT. Use your password at <https://www.courses.umd.edu/> to
see your own scores. ( Note that the "C" in the label <CRExII/120>
indicates that the grading error in problem #41 as been corrected in the
Raw Score presented, and the "120", that 120 was the maximum
possible value of this score. Also NExII/114 indicates that the maximum
raw score of 120 would have provided the maximum Normalized score of 114.
Our Normalized scores always are set to have an average of 70 and a Standard
Deviation of plus/minus 20.) ********** |
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4/3/06: The Exam II Answer Key had an erroneous entry for Problem #41.
The correct answer is A(0), not F(5). If you answered F, |
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| 3/31/06B: The due date for HW#8 is postponed from
FRI 4/7 till MON 4/10. ********** |
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3/31/06A: The ExamIIAnswerKey
and detailed ExamIISolutions
have been posted, as well as the text of the HW#8
Problems. Click to view. |
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3/29/06B: i)Seating
Assignments for Exam II have been posted. Click to view. ii)HW#8
due date is postponed from WED 4/5 until FRI 4/7. iii) In response to
a student inquiry, you may wish to know that Exam II will NOT
have a table of matching questions like that in Exam I. |
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3/29/06A: The due date for HW #7, relevant to Exam II on Friday is
postponed till MON 4/3/06, to allow you to use this HW in your |
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| 3/17/06D: The corrected text (see below) for the
HW#6Problems
has been posted, and also the text of the HW#7Problems.
Click to view. ********** |
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| 3/17/06C: The previously posted text of the problems
of the HW#6 set presented an erroneous combination of problems from HW#6
and HW#7. This text has therefore been taken down, and will soon be replaced
with the correct text for the problems of the HW#6 set. Meanwhile, use
the text book to get the text of the problems for the HW#6 set, and later
sets. ********** |
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| 3/17/06B: Exam II on Friday 3/31/06 will cover Ch
5, 6, 7, (Skip Ch 8 Exc.C. of Mass, pp 143-144) & Ch 9. ********** |
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| 3/17/06A: HW#7 due date is postponed (again) from
MON 3/27 until WED 3/29. These problems are relevant to Ch 9, Classical
Relativity, which is included in Exam II coverage. HW#8 is also postponed
from MON 4/3 to WED4/5/06. ********** |
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3/11/06B: The list of students missing one or more of Labs I through
VI has been posted. Click MissedLabsI-VI
to view.You must do every lab and submit every lab report to complete
the course. If you missed a lab make it up on THU 3/16/06. If our list
is erroneous, let us know. |
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3/11/06A: OldExIIS05
and OldExIIF05,
and their answer keys, OldExIIS05KEY
and OldExIIF05KEY, have been
posted today. |
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| 3/10/06: Upcoming HW due dates: HW#6, WED3/15; HW#7 MON 3/27(Relevant to ExII); HW#8, MON 4/3; HW#9, FRI 4/7. Also recall that Ex II is scheduled for FRI 3/31, the week after Spring Break Week. | |||||||||
| 3/7/06C: The Answer key, ExIS06KEY,
and detailed solutions, ExIS06Solutions
have been posted. Click to view. ********** |
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3/7/06B: A reminder about STUDENT ACADEMIC INTEGRITY |
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3/7/06A: The solutions to HW#7,
HW#8, HW#9,
HW#10, HW#11,
HW#12, and
HW#13 have been
posted here today. Click to view. The texts of these problems will be
posted progressively , starting soon. |
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| 3/6/06: HW#6 due date is posptoned until WED. March
15; HW#5 is due WED. 3/8/06, as announced on 2/27/06, below. ********** |
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| 2/27/06C: The Histogram of the Exam I Raw Scores
has been posted. Click HistoExI
to view. ********** |
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2/27/06B: Exam I Raw Scores, <RExI/120>(Max = 120), Normalized
Scores, <NExI/114>(Max =114), Early Warning Class Ranks, EWRank/41,(out
of 41), and Early Warning Letter Grades, EWLG, have been posted on WebCT
today. Sign in with your password at <https://www.courses.umd.edu/>
to see your own scores. The Early Warning Letter Grades were based solely
upon |
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| 2/27/06A: HW#4 due date has been postponed until WED 3/1/06,
but early HW's are always accepted. Also, the due date for HW#5, previously
due FRI. 3/3/06, has been postponed until WED. 3/8/06, and for HW#6 from
WED 3/8/06 until MON 3/13/06, so far. Individual ExamI results will be
available WED 3/1/06, and Exam I answer key and Solutions will be posted
soon. ********** |
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| 02/22/06B: Assigned Seats for Exam I have been posted here.
Click SeatsExI to
view. Also printed copieswill be available on Friday before Exam I. ********** |
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02/22/06A: HW #4 is due on Monday 2/27, not on 3/27, as was mis-typed
into HW Assignments schedule. Thank you for noticing website errors
and emailing me about them so that they can be corrected. |
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2/17/06C: Old ExamI
of F05 has been posted, with its answer key ExamI-F05-KEY,
as well as a version of the exam with more complete solutions for some
problems written on the exam itself, SolutionsOldExIF05.
Click to view. (Other exams from earlier |
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2/17/06B: HW#4 due date is postponed from WED 2/22/06 to MON 2/27;
HW#5 is postponed from WED 3/1/06 to FRI 3/3/06; |
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2/17/06A:Exam I on Friday 2/24/06 will cover Ch 1, 2, 3, 4, pp 143-144
of Ch 8 (Center of Mass), pp298-300 of Ch 15 (Simple Vibrations)and
Labs I, II, and III. No material from Ch 5 (Gravity) will be included
in the exam. The pre-ExI Q/A session will |
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1/17/06: This website is now up to date. Please email any perceived
errors to <griffin@physics.umd.edu>. |
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1/13/06: For example, the complete sequence of last
semester's announcements can be seen by clicking to the F05 website: <http://www.physics.umd.edu/academics/courses/Physics117/Fall2005/Dr.
Griffin>. |
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