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Physics 2010 Prof. Mik Sawicki |
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Breaking News:
Thursday, 07/0308. Final Exam results are in: Class average was 69.4% with a standard deviation of ± 12%. Congratulations to all of you who endured this very intense class. Enjoy the long weekend. I'm leaving town to do some hiking in Rockies and then in San Juan Mountains, so please don't be upset if I won't be answering your emails for next 10 days or so.
Saturday, 06/28/2008.
Heads-up on the Final Exam: it will feature about 80
questions, all either a multiple choice or True/False.
Recommendations: Study end-of chapter Questions (not
Problems). Also review all these Concept Quizzes shown in class. The
Concept Quizzes
and answers
are
here.
Tuesday, 06/24/2008. Exam
III results are in:
Class average was 63.5% with a standard deviation of ± 21%.
Only 35 people took the Exam. The highest score was 97%, the lowest was 30%.
Tuesday, 06/17/2008. Exam II results are in: Class average was 65% with a standard deviation of ± 23%. The highest scores were 100%, the lowest was 27%.
Friday, 06/13/2008. To celebrate the end of the second week of our class I hiked the Niwot Rodge.after Friday's lecture. I took 7+ hours, 11 miles R/T, 3000 ft elevation gain. Long slog through endless snows in a strong wind all the way to the knoll at elevation of 12,284 ft, just above the highest continuously operating weather station in North America, with incredible panorama of Indian Peaks. You could see the knoll and some of the sights using this remote cam, located at the Tundra Lab on the saddle of the Niwot Ridge.
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| Lots of snow to cross... | Indian Peaks | Still frozen Lake Isabelle |
Tuesday, 06/1/2008. Exam I results are in: Class average was 68% with a standard deviation of ± 22%. The highest scores were 100%, the lowest was 26%.
Saturday, 05/12/2008. No breaking news yet, just a piece of advice: This is a standard physics class that during a Fall (or Spring) semester meets for 15 weeks, but during the Summer Session it is squeezed into 4 ½ weeks yet still covers same amount of material! Pace will be extremely fast, new concepts will be introduced daily and you’ll be expected to master them by the next morning and prove your mastery by completing your homework assignment and then taking a quiz. Every day will be a challenge, and you'll find yourself working nights and weekends to stay current. All of this is doable if you are willing to commit 4 ½ weeks of you life exclusively to physics, but please think long and hard if you really want to take this class during the Summer - it is sooo much easier to take it in the Fall...
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Feeling dizzy and short of
breath on campus at 5400 ft? |
Lecturer: Mik
Sawicki
(Prof. Sawicki's home
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