Announcements ASTR26300 Fall 2009
Examples: Coriolis Effect
Please visit the following URLs to learn about Coriolis effect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_36MiCUS1ro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcPs_OdQOYU&feature=related
Enjoy!
Prof. Jay
10/21/2009
Policy Change: Attendance for Lectures
In order to give some incentive to those students who regularly attend the lectures of this course, beginning from Lecture 17 (Monday, Nov. 2), all students who attend the lectures will receive 3 extra credit points each lecture.
There will be 10 more lectures, so a student can earn up to 30 bonus points which can move your letter grade one level up (e.g., B– to B) for most of you. Recall that the maximum possible total score for this course is 750 points.
There will be no make-up for this extra credit for any reason, because students will not be penalized by absences.
Prof. Jay
09/19/2009
Passwords for Lectures and CHIP
Remember that the password needed to access the lecture notes has nothing to do with your password for the CHIP system.
Lectures (lecture notes)
login id: your Purdue career account login user id
password: your Purdue career account password (which you use when your check your Purdue emails)
CHIP Homework & Gradebook
login id: your Purdue career account login user id
password: 263pass + the 6th & 7th digits of your PUID, or the new one which you changed into
08/31/2009
Due Date for the 1st CHIP Homework
Be sure that the first CHIP homework assignment is due by the end of Friday, September 4.
08/21/2009
Transferring a Previous Lab Score
If you have taken either Astr 263 or 264 previously and wish to transfer your lab score you must take care of this at the beginning of the semester. You have two options:
1) Sign the sheet of paper Prof. Jay will have at the end of lecture on Monday Aug. 24.
2) Attend Lab the first week of class on the night appearing in your schedule and speak with the Head TA.
Please see the Lab Syllabus for more details.
08/20/2009
Lab the First Week of Class
Be aware that labs (as well as lectures) start the first week of the semester.
Log in to myPurdue (https://mypurdue.purdue.edu) to know your first lab time and location.