understanding first assignments

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I have submitted through Assignment 1, including all forms and SEND files except for the query assignment at the end of Assignment 1 because it has been ommitted from our semester assignments. My access page is up do date for everything I have submitted within the last two days.

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05-28-2006_____orientation_part_i

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05-28-2006_____orientation_part_iii

05-30-2006_____orientation_part_iv

05-30-2006_____orientation_part_v

06-02-2006_____orientation_part_iii_b

06-02-2006_____q_a_init_probs_

06-04-2006_____q_a_graphs_comm_rates

06-05-2006_____timer_program

06-05-2006_____pearl_pendulum

06-05-2006_____ball_down_ramp

06-05-2006_____angular_velocity_of_a_strap

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prelim assts completed, anything missing?

I have successfully completed and submitted the Preliminary Assignment. All of the preliminary work is posted on my Access Page.

any notes on documentation/self critique

I have received responses to mostly q_a assignments because I ask questions when I come across unfamiliar information that may not make perfect sense to me. My instructor has not told me to change anything I am doing. He has answered all of my questions in the responses that were posted to my Access Page.

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Week 01: Week of 05/30/06 - 06/04/06. Assignments 0, 1 and associated class notes

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Assignment 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 1.

links in asst 1

http://www.videoclipstream.com/akamai/h-l/honda/ or http://www.ebaumsworld.com/honda-ad.html

Honda commercial background.htm

Class Notes #01-#03

Introductory Problem Sets

description of content of each link

At the Honda link, there is a video of the Honda automotive parts all linked in a domino effect that is tied completely into physics.

At the Honda backgroud info link, there is a lengthy article that explains how the commercial was made and details on putting it together.

For Class Notes, I found a list of the Class Notes for this course which contain videos and useful information for doing the q_a and query assignments.

For the Introductory Problem sets, I found a long list of problem sets which are links to the actual questions, solutions, and explanations for each unit.

instructions for qa and/or query

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.

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).

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.

When you have completed the entire assignment run the Query program and submit the SEND file using the Submit Work Form for Assignment 1.

qa and query filenames for asst 1

q_a_ph1_assts_1_14_051018.exe

q_a_ph1_15_36.exe

q_a_pend_exp_121_version.exe

q_a_ph1_vid_exp_2_6.exe

q_a_ph121_velocity_accel_force_energy.exe

None of the q_a assignments for Assignment 1 had my course in the filename.

instr for text assts

For Assignment 1, I found no instructions for text assignments.

work text probs on paper; submit thru query after completing asst

I understand that I am expected to finish all other work before doing the Query for an assignment. I should also have my work on paper to refer to during the Query.

what must be and what may be submitted

Questions about homework can be submitted, but only through a word processor and the Submit Work Form. I must include a detailed description of my thinking process and what I do and don't understand. Handwritten homework and copies of handwritten work are not accepted.

include everything in one document

When completing Randomized Problems or quizzes I must include a copy of the question, details of my work, and the process I used to solve it in my submitted form.

use paper

Writing things down helps you keep your work and your thoughts in order. Writing forces you to process information, and therefore remember it. You can refer back to your written work when doing other assignments. If a problem is broken down, you may need to look at what you have written down because you cannot view the previous question.