Course Announcements
« PHYS272 Fall 2010
An Old Final Posted as Practice
Tue 14Dec2010 12:51AMNote:
1) The review questions discussed in the lab session last week are selected from these old exam problems.
2) Answers Keys are also posted under Exams folder.
3) The practice questions are meant as examples and not meant to cover all the grounds and the practice exam may have a different scope/emphasis with the actual exam. Do not assume a concept would not be in the final just because it was not reviewed in the review session (practice exam problems) and vice versa. You should still review all the content covered in this course, with particular emphasis on the highlights listed at the end of each chapter.
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Important Notice about Final Exam
Mon 13Dec2010 6:56PM1) Reminder: Final Exam will be held on 12/16 (THURSDAY) from 10:30am-12:20pm in STEW 183
2) Equation Sheet is the same as the one posted for Exam 2, and is on course website/Exam. A practice/review session had been held in the last week during the lab session.
3) Students requiring special accomodations (approved by University with Official Letter submitted): your exam will be in PHYS 08 on the same day (12/16) but starting at 8:30am
4) Students with other exam conflicts (at the same time as PHYS 272 regular final) should have contacted the instructor about such conflict no later than 12/15, and can come to PHYS 08 to start the exam earlier (as early as 8:30am) to avoid the conflict
5) Any disputes/issues regarding grading components of PHYS 272 should be brought up by 12/14 to TAs (regarding lab and recitations) and 12/16 to Professors (regarding lectures, exams) or Dr. Saxena (regarding WebAssign) in order to be resolved/considered before grading assignment.
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Exam 2 Answer Keys
Mon 13Dec2010 6:35PMSeveral of you asked about the answer keys for Exam 2.
They are available under CHIP -- click on "Link for the Exams" then "Exam 2", then you can retrieve the answer keys by attempting to answer each question.
Note: the question involving the alpha particle and proton (problem 1 on the CHIP version of exam 2) has a mistake thus every answer was counted as correct for that problem.
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Clarification on Clicker Points
Fri 10Dec2010 3:18PMFirst 4 lectures have no points (practice);
Not all subsequent lectures have actual points ---- only those where we actually gave clicker questions (see posted lecture notes) would have points. For example,Lec 22 and Lec 27 have no clicker questions, thus no points.
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Schedule for Week of Nov. 22
Sat 20Nov2010 11:57AMThere is lecture on Monday, but no lecture on Wednesday and no
lab/recitations next week.
See course schedule posted under Syllabus.
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Exam 2
Mon 01Nov2010 10:29AMExam 2 will be held on Nov. 3 (Wednesday) 8:00-9:30pm in PHYS 112 and PHYS 114.
The exam will cover Chap 17-20 (Lec. 7-18).
Exam 2 will only contain (20) multiple choice questions similar in the format to the homework problems, no separate practice problems will be given or needed.
The few students who require special accomodations (as approved by Office of Dean of Students) and who have submitted an official letter from ODS will take the exam in PHYS 72 starting 7:30am as in exam1.
An equation sheet will be provided and a copy is placed online (under Exams folder).
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Final Exam Schedule: 12/16, 10:20am-12:20pm @ STEW 183 Fri 24Sep2010 6:34PM Final Exam is scheduled on 12/16 (Thurs) 10:20am-12:20pm in STEW 183
Factor of 2 typo in practice exam 1-P9 Wed 22Sep2010 9:45AM A factor of 2 typo in the Practice exam 1, Problem 9 (hand-graded part) has been corrected. See updated keys. Thanks to those of class who pointed this out.
Revised Course Schedule Posted
Wed 15Sep2010 11:22AMUpdates:
1) Recitation for Tuesday Nov. 23 is canceled (there is only one lecture on Monday 11/22 that week)
2) Exam 1 and Exam 2 location and time are specified at the end of document
Exam 1
Wed 15Sep2010 10:11AMExam 1 will be held on Sept. 22 (Wednesday) 8:00-9:30pm in PHYS 112 and PHYS 114.
The exam will cover Chap 14-16 (Lec. 1-7).
A practice exam can be found in Exam folder of course website.
The few students who require special accomodations (as approved by Office of Dean of Students) and who have submitted an official letter from ODS will receive an email from Prof. Chen with instructions regarding the special arrangements.
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iClicker issues - see Saxena
Wed 01Sep2010 11:02AMIf you have problems/issues with your iClicker, please see VK Saxena:
V.K. Saxena (Office: PHYS 176; Phone: 4-9575; Email: saxena@purdue.edu)
He is also the person you should see if you have questions on WebAssign or CHIP.
Help Center Schedule Posted
Tue 24Aug2010 11:12PMSee the schedule under Syllabus folder. The schedule may be subject to change.
No BEMA Test This Week
Tue 24Aug2010 11:11PMWe were just notified that BEMA Assessment Test are no longer offered for PHYS 272. This week's lab will focus on VPython. See updated course schedule in the Syllabus Folder.