q_a_ exercises for Day 2:
· Get into Internet Explorer
· Type bb.vccs.edu into the Address Box.
· Login as vhstudent with password college
· Select the course Supervised Study Current Semester
· Click on Course Documents.
· Run q_a_prelim; quit as soon as the Quit button shows.
· Click on Downloads. Run the program q_a_rates. Click on Next Question/Answer and do as instructed.
· Exit the browser and let the other person do the same thing.
If done with q_a_rates go to q_a_init_probs and do typewriter notation and describing graphs exercises.
When you leave the computer copy the SEND file in your c:\vhmthphy folder to the folder
As long as you haven't rebooted you can copy the SEND file repeatedly to this folder; no information will be lost. If you computer has been rebooted as for instructions.
When you finish a program do the following:
164.106.222.236
OR
http://www.vhcc.edu/pc1fall9/gov03/
Get the floppy disk from the front of the room.
Open Windows Explorer and find the c:/vhmthphy folder. Locate your SEND file(s).
Right-click on the SEND file(s) and choose Copy.
Insert the floppy in the appropriate slot.
Click on A: folder.
Right-click in A: folder and choose Paste.
Make sure your file is there, then bring the floppy back to the front of the room.
( If done with first three qa exercises work on one of the remaining four exercises in the q_a_init_probs--your choice.)
Turn in with your name:
Which problems from the initial problem sheet did you get done?
Which problems did you try but couldn’t get?
Turn in on a slip of paper with no name:
Results of each trial of the Brain Quiz (left, right, auditory, visual)
Why were the results of the groups on the pendulum experiment so inconsistent? One reason is that some people were counting half-cycles, which is easily corrected. What are the other reasons?
Model based on data:
Period = .238 * length^.45
Accurate model of pendulum:
Period = .2 * length^.5