The final exam is graded and your scores have been e-mailed to your CU
e-mail address. The information sent to you includes: your letter
grade for the semester, followed by your scores (all expresed as percentages)
for lab, recitation, the three midterms, CAPA, the final exam, and finally
your total score for the semester. The average on the final exam was
65% and the approximate grade breaks on the exam were
D < 47% < C < 65% < B < 83% < A
Your total score for the semester was calculated with the following
formula:
0.125(T1+T2+T3) + 0.275 Final + 0.15 Lab + 0.04 Rec + 0.16 Capa
A total score listed as AF denotes a failure resulting from failure to
complete at least 5 experiments.
IMPORTANT WARNING: To pass the course you must have done at least
5 experiments. If you have missed any experiments, you should be making
them up, and if you have missed 2 or more, you MUST make them up (to at least
5) to avoid an automatic failure. To make up an experiment you must
get the permission of your instructor and then arrange with Jerry Leigh (the
lab coordinator in G2B78A, just beyond the Help Room) to get the equipment.
DEADLINE TO COMPLETE ANY MISSED EXPERIMENTS IS FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER AT
5 PM.
You need to be registered for one of the lecture sections (100 or 200) and for a corresponding lab section. (The first digit of your lab section should be the same as that of your lecture.)
Lectures and labs begin on Monday 26 August. The lectures will be in Duane G1B30, Section 100 at 10am and Section 200 at 12 noon. The first lab on Monday will be Section 240 at 10 am, then Section 120 at 12 noon, and so on. All labs meet in Duane G2B90.
The first homework assignment is due on Friday 30 August, but this particular assignment is mainly to give you practice at using the CAPA homework system and will not count toward your final grade.
CAPA set 3 will be available on Friday 6 September. Detailed solution of Problem 5 please.
Week 3: Sep 9 - 13: Mondays sections will do Experiment
#1. All other sections have recitation. Quiz for
recitation sections is Giancoli, page 71, Problem 8 (probably modified
a bit). Students in Monday sections may attend any other recitation
if they wish.
First Exam is on Tuesday 17 September at 7:30 - 9:00 pm. PLEASE CHECK YOUR ROOM AND SEAT ASSIGNMENT. YOU MUST BRING YOUR STUDENT ID TO THE EXAM. You may bring a 3 x 5 card covered (both sides) with useful information, but this must be handwritten by you yourself.
CAPA set 4 is available in the usual place and is due on
Friday 20 September. Detailed solution of Problem
9 please.
CAPA set 5 is available in the usual place and is due on
Friday 27 September. Detailed solution of Problem 5, please.
Scores on the first test have been e-mailed once again (on
Monday afternoon) to your CU e-mail addresses. The average
score was 34/50. The VERY APPROXIMATE grade boundaries
are
A > 43 > B > 34 > C
> 25 > D
CAPA set 6 is available in the usual place and is due on
Friday 4 October. Detailed solutions of Problems 2,3, and
4, please.
Week 6: Sep 30 - Oct 4: Recitation. Quiz = Giancoli,
page 142, problem 42 (or a variant of it).
CAPA set 7 will be available on Friday 4 Oct and is due
on Friday 11 October. No detailed solution for CAPA 7, in honor of
the fall break.
CAPA set 8 is available and is due on MONDAY 21 OCTOBER
at 10 am. (Note the extended deadline in response to the Fall Break.)
Detailed solution for Problem 3, please, due at the usual time on
Friday 18 October.
CAPA set 9 is available and DUE ON MONDAY 28 Oct at 10 am.
Detailed solution of Problem 8, please, due on Friday 25 October.
Week 9: 21-25 October. Recitation. Quiz:
Giancoli, page 206, problem 48 or a variant thereof. (Hints: You
need to relate the masses of the cubes. If the first cube has
mass m1, then you should be able to show that the second one has mass
8 m1, and so on. Then you need to find the positions x1, x2, x3
of the CM's of the three cubes along the x axis. Finally, use a formula
similar to (7-9a) to find the position of the overall CM. The answer
is 3.83 lo from the left edge of the smallest cube.)
The second test is now graded and your scores have been
e-mailed to you. The e-mail lists three scores: the first test, the
second test and the cumulative score (T1 + T2) ALL GIVEN AS PERCENTAGES.
The average on the second test was 67%. The very rough grade breaks,
based on your cumulative score are
D < 52% < C <
67% < B < 82% < A
You will be getting your written exams back next week (week
9, Oct 21-25) in recitation. The deadline for appeals is Monday
28 Oct at 2 pm.
CAPA set 10 is available and is DUE ON MONDAY 4 Nov at 10
AM. Detailed solution of Problem 4, please, due on Friday 1 Nov
at your usual time.
Week 11: 4 - 8 November. Recitation. Quiz = Giancoli page 273, problem 73, or a variant thereof. CAPA set 11 is due on Monday 11 November at 10 AM, but the detailed solution (Problem 3) is due on Friday 8 Nov at your usual time.
The third test is on Tuesday 12 November. Same time,
format, and seats as for the previous two tests. I have posted
a specimen test and urge you to take a look at it. You make make a
third crib card and bring all three along to the test. The test covers Section
7-8 through 11-4, or, equivalently, CAPAs 8 through 11.
The third test is now graded and your scores have been e-mailed
to you. The e-mail lists four scores: the first test, the second
test, the third test, and the cumulative score (T1 + T2 + T3) ALL GIVEN
AS PERCENTAGES. The average on the third test was 52%. The
very rough grade breaks, based on your CUMULATIVE SCORE (the last entry)
are
D < 49% < C <
63% < B <77% < A
You will be getting your written exams back next week (week
13, Nov 18-22) in recitation. The deadline for appeals is Monday
25 November at 2 pm. (For the record, the curve for the third test by
itself was D<35%<C<52%<B<69%<A.)
Week 13: 18 - 22 November. Recitation. Quiz = Giancoli page 346, problem 76, or a variant thereof. CAPA set 13 is due on Monday 25 November at 10 AM, but the detailed solution (Problem 1) is due on Friday 22 Nov at your usual time.
Week 14 (25 - 27 November, the week of Thanksgiving): Monday's
labs meet on Monday; Tuesday and Wednesday labs don't meet at all; Thursday
and Friday labs meet on Tuesday and Wednesday. Those labs that meet
will do Experiment #6. Tuesday and Wednesday labs will do that experiment
next week. CAPA 13 is due on Monday 25 Nov at 10 am.
The final exam is on Tuesday 17 December at 4:30 - 7:00
pm in the Coors events center. You may bring along 4 crib cards
(the usual 3 x 5 variety). There are two
specimen exams posted on the website. Please look these over.
Seating
assignments for the final exam are now posted. Please be sure to
find your aassigned seat in the Coors Events Center. People needing
special arrangements of the final (for example, an early exam) should by now
have made arrangements with me, but they MUST CONFIRM with me by Wednesday
11 December at 2 pm.
Week 15 (2 - 6 Dec): Recitation for Mon, Thur, and Fri labs.
Tues and Wed labs do Experiment 6. No official quiz. CAPA 14
will be due on Wednesday 4 Dec at 10 am (and the detailed solution of Problem
8 on the same day at your usual time).
Week 16 (9 - 12 Dec): Recitations (optional and open to
all --- no quiz). CAPA 15 (the final CAPA!) will be available
on line on Friday 29 Nov and will be due on Wednesday 11 Dec (no detailed
solution required).