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I'm getting ready to start the asignments and i have read through and seems alot to do for 10 hours I'm going to make a good attempt at this and if it takes for ever then I don't think I'm cut out for this class in this fashion. I just feel weird at this point. Going to a class seems alot simpler and more effictive. Dave now that I have vented back to work
On the average this is as effective with going to class for those who can keep at it, but it's harder to keep at it. Class is more fun.
Like anything else things go more smoothly after you get used to the system. Also if you're a little rusty the course can also take more than 10 hours per week at the beginning, but students who keep at it generally find that the time required comes down. I'll be able to tell within a few assignments how well you're getting it. Keep me posted on how much time things are taking you.
Send me your work as you complete it so I can give you prompt feedback.
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prelim assts completed, anything missing?
I still have one of the q_a probleems I think it is rate I down loaded a bunch of the programs but some are not in my folder I also at one time I was in a page that had all the programs and a chart that showed what I needed to do but I can't find it again I'm having that problem alot going from one page and not knowing where the other page is
That chart was in the Announcements in the Supervised Study ... ; also in an email.
It gets simpler as you get into it, but as I say keep me posted and keep the feedback coming. The better I can see it through your eyes, the better I can help you (and also get ideas for future revisions).
any notes on documentation/self critique
I have recieved a few notes Most of them were about not paying attention to the problem and lemsome different ways to look at the prob
copy of due dates or details of process
Weeks 1-4, Through Major Quiz
Week 01: Week of 09/04/06 - 09/09/06. Assignments 0, 1 and associated class notes
Week 02: Week of 09/11/06 - 09/17/06. Assignments 2, 3, 4 and associated class notes
Week 03: Week of 09/18/06 - 09/24/06. Assignments 5, 6, 7 and associated class notes
Week 04: Week of 09/25/06 - 10/01/06. Assignments 8, 9, 10 and associated class notes
Weeks 5-8, Through Test #1
Week 05: Week of 10/02/06 - 10/07/06. Assignments 11, 12, 13 and associated class notes
Week 06: Week of 10/08/06 - 10/14/06. Assignments 14, 15, 16 and associated class notes
Week 07: Week of 10/15/06 - 10/21/06. Assignments 17, 18, 19 and associated class notes
Week 8: Week of 10/22/06 - 10/28/06. Assignments 20, 21, 22 and associated class notes
Weeks 9-12, Through Test #2
Week 9: Week of 10/29/06 - 11/04/06. Assignments 23, 24, 25 and associated class notes
Week 10: Week of 11/05/06 - 11/11/06. Assignments 26, 27, 28 and associated class notes
Week 11: Week of 11/12/06 - 11/18/06. Assignments 29, 30, 31 and associated class notes
Week 12: Week of 11/19/06 - 11/25/06. Assignments 32, 33, 34 and associated class notes
Weeks 13-14, Through Final Exam
Week 13: Week of 11/26/06 - 12/02/06. Assignments 35, 36, 37 and associated class notes
Week 14: Week of 12/03/06 - 12/10/06. Assignments 38, 39, 40 and associated class notes
I though I had to do all assignments 0-4 by tomorrow I may live I need to look at things closer
>copy of asst 1
Watch the video of the Honda add at http://www.videoclipstream.com/akamai/h-l/honda/ or http://www.ebaumsworld.com/honda-ad.html. The animations are fairly small and not particularly clear in some of the details but either one shows almost everything. If you have RealPlayer there are other links with larger and clearer pictures. You can also search the Web under Honda Cog Commercial for better or alternative links. Everything that happens there is physics and as this course progresses you will develop an understanding of the principles and laws that govern this system. Preferably read the background first (link below), which takes a few minutes but is worth it. If you want to read about the process (this stuff all really happened and it took a team of engineers over 600 takes until it all worked) click on Honda commercial background.htm .
See Class Notes #01-#03. Class notes start on CD #2 and are run by running the disk_2 html file in the root folder of the CD. Then run the program q_a_class_notes..., which will ask you the questions posed in the Class Notes Questions and give you feedback on your answers. Send the resulting SEND file in the usual manner.
Distance Students: Complete q_a_area_volumes_misc.exe asst 1 on Areas and submit SEND files at the end the day. This program should have been downloaded from Supervised Study Current Semester > Course Documents > Downloads (the program is directly under Downloads; don't click on Physics I).
View Physics Video Clips 01-03 on the Gen1 CD (note that the root folder of that CD is pretty cluttered; the file you are looking for is entitled disk_1.htm, which might simply show up as disk_1; when the file appears in your browser click on the Physics Video Clips link). Then run the program q_a_video_clips ..., which will ask you the questions posed on the disk_1 file and give you feedback on your answers. Send the resulting SEND file in the usual manner.
Introductory Problem Sets, Set 1, #'s 1-7
Solve each problem in this set before you look at the solution. Keep practicing until you can completely solve the problems, which change every 5 minutes, without consulting the solution. Be sure you understand every solution, including all the reasoning and not just the shortest way to get a right answer. Reasoning is essential because everything in this course builds on things you have learned before, and because it is much easier to proceed by reasoning from a few principles than by trying to remember large number of unconnected and complicated details.
Distance Students: View and take notes on related material for Introductory Problem Sets 1 and 2, found on CD #0 under the heading Uniformly Accelerated Motion, and also on Introduction to Rates, Graphs, Linearization on the same CD. Physics 121 students need not master the material on linearization.
When you have completed the entire assignment run the Query program and submit the SEND file using the Submit Work Form for Assignment
links in asst 1
http://www.videoclipstream.com/akamai/h-l/honda/ or http://www.ebaumsworld.com/honda-ad.html
description of content of each link
The first link shows a number of physics problems all linked to gether. I really liked the three tires rolling up the incline and how that got each force just right. THe second looked the same as the first just in a different browser
instructions for qa and/or query
See Class Notes #01-#03. Class notes start on CD #2 and are run by running the disk_2 html file in the root folder of the CD. Then run the program q_a_class_notes..., which will ask you the questions posed in the Class Notes Questions and give you feedback on your answers. Send the resulting SEND file in the usual manner.
Distance Students: Complete q_a_area_volumes_misc.exe asst 1 on Areas and submit SEND files at the end the day. This program should have been downloaded from Supervised Study Current Semester > Course Documents > Downloads (the program is directly under Downloads; don't click on Physics I).
View Physics Video Clips 01-03 on the Gen1 CD (note that the root folder of that CD is pretty cluttered; the file you are looking for is entitled disk_1.htm, which might simply show up as disk_1; when the file appears in your browser click on the Physics Video Clips link). Then run the program q_a_video_clips ..., which will ask you the questions posed on the disk_1 file and give you feedback on your answers. Send the resulting SEND file in the usual manner.
qa and query filenames for asst 1
I would like to know where the chart that has it listed is
instr for text assts
General College Physics Students and University Physics Students: Read Chapter 1 of your Text
General and University Physics students who wish to get started on the text may get a head start by working on the Chapter 1 problems from Assignments #02 - #07. This is purely optional at this time.
work text probs on paper; submit thru query after completing asst
I don't understand what a query is I guess I'm not reading close enough again Need help or tell we where to get the info on the query
what must be and what may be submitted
if you want to submitt the problems you must use a work procecced formatlike Word and no hand written work submitted
include everything in one document
use paper
This keeps you on track and the infor you write down may be needed in the next problem
Looks good. Let me know if you have questions or comments. If you need to know something right away (like where that chart is), submit it through the Submit Work form but also use a quick email; if you use both I can respond as quickly as possible.