PHY 2049 - Physics 2 with Calculus - Fall 2014


Announcements
Dec. 8 Professor Avery office hours today: Prof. Avery is under the weather today, but Dr. Qiu will handle office hours from 3:00-4:00 today.

Nov. 26

 Room assignments for Final exam.The final exam takes place Dec. 13, Saturday, 12:30-2:30PM. Students are assigned to an exam room based on the first letter of your last name (family name). The room assignments are shown here. For security reasons, you must go to the correct room!

MCCA G186: A-B
CSE A101: C-G
FAB 105: H-J
Car 100: K-Z

Materials: You may bring two single formula sheets on 8½ x 11 inch paper (both sides) and you should bring a calculator (calculators may not be shared), #2 pencils, an eraser and your picture ID (preferably your UFID). Cell phones and all other wireless devices must be turned off and out of sight.
Nov. 12 Final exam information: The final exam will consist of 20 questions: 10 from the chapters covered on the first two exams and 10 on the new material. The first 10 questions will be modified versions of questions taken from the exams and the homework. The 10 questions on the new material will be from various sources that we do not disclose.
Oct. 27 Room assignments for Exam 2. Exam 2 takes place Nov. 4, Tuesday, 8:20PM-10:20PM. Students are assigned to an exam room based on the first letter of your last name (family name). The room assignments are shown here. For security reasons, you must go to the correct room!

TUR L007: A-D
NPB 1001: E-L
CAR 100: M-Z

Materials: You may bring a single formula sheet on 8½ x 11 inch paper (both sides) and you should bring a calculator (calculators may not be shared), #2 pencils, an eraser and your picture ID (preferably your UFID). Cell phones and all other wireless devices must be turned off and out of sight.
Oct. 24 Update to College Launchpad 2014 announcement: This is a followup to the post we made Sept. 27. Launchpad 2014 (launchpad2014.com) has been delayed to Jan. 17-18, 2015. Presumably, the organizers will update the website to reflect the new date.
Oct. 6 Exam 1 regraded: As we discussed in our email to the class today, problem 1 (involving the force between two spheres after touching another sphere) turned out not to have the correct answer listed, 5F/16. Accordingly, we regraded the exam this morning to allow any answer. This raises the average to 11.14 (including the two points we added). All exam scores were uploaded (including the two points) to Canvas and the exam histogram, exam key and solution were all modified.

If you already selected 5F/8 as the answer, your score will not change because that answer was considered correct previously. The change will affect about 1/3 of the class.
Oct. 1 Makeup exam today: Those of you for whom we agreed ahead of time to give a makeup should appear at Dr. Qiu's office (2039 Physics) several minutes before 5:00PM this afternoon. He is finding room with limited seating to have the exam.
Sep. 29 Room assignments for Exam 1. Exam 1 takes place Oct. 1, Wednesday, 8:20PM-10:20PM. Students are assigned to an exam room based on the first letter of your last name (family name). The room assignments are shown here. For security reasons, you must go to the correct room!

WEIL 270: A-B
BRY 130: C-F
FLI 50: G-K
PUGH 170: L-O
CSE A101: P-S
WM 100: T-Z

Materials: You may bring a single formula sheet on 8½ x 11 inch paper (both sides) and you should bring a calculator (calculators may not be shared), #2 pencils, an eraser and your picture ID (preferably your UFID). Cell phones and all other wireless devices must be turned off and out of sight.
Sep. 27 College Launchpad 2014 announcement: One of our phy2049 students is promoting College Launchpad 2014 (launchpad2014.com), particularly the event taking place over the weekend Nov. 8-9, 2014. It is described on the website as follows: "Launchpad is a hackathon about community --  the Southeast community to be exact. Hundreds of the regions talented developers, programmers, and designers will be pouring into Gainesville’s hallowed Stephen O’Connell Center for a weekend of creating and learning. Whether you’re a total Rockstar or complete noob, this event is a great place to meet inspiring people and hone your skills. Students work in teams of up to four for 24 hours to compete for a variety of prizes from our sponsors. "
Sep. 12 Students with disabilities: This information is also on the Overview page. Students requesting classroom accommodation for disabilities should print and fill out the Accommodated Test Request (ATR) Form (exam info already filled out), and return it to your instructors and the Disability Resource Center (DCR) at least one week before the first exam. The Accommodated Testing Service (ATS) at DCR will administer all exams.
Sep. 4 Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers: This is a followup to the announcement made the other day. Please see the following links.

Regular UF SASE website
Facebook page
Aug. 25 Welcome to PHY2049! Lectures begin Monday, Aug. 25, in NPB 1001 (period 6 or 7). It is important to attend the discussion section you are registered for, otherwise your quiz scores will not be counted.
  • HITT points and registration: Please register your remote on the registration page. Once you provide your UFID and transmitter ID (6 digts on the back of your transmitter), the software will link your name to the transmitter and the points you accumulate will be assigned to your name. Otherwise, the points accumulate but we have no way to assign them to you. You can only use your HITT transmitter in one class period. Points will start counting Wednesday Sep. 3.

  • (We allow the use of "SoftClick" to respond to in-class questions for optional extra credit. This allows you to enter responses on any web-enabled smart device with an internet connection rather than a remote. More information can be found on the registration page.)

  • Textbook: The WileyPlus code comes bundled with the textbook when bought at the UF bookstore. Different puchase options are available, as discussed on the Overview page.

  • Students with Disabilities: Please read the material on the Overview page, particularly the part about test accommodations.

  • The class schedule shows the lecture schedule, exam dates, and on-line homework due dates.

  • email should be sent only to phy2049 AT phys.ufl.edu so that both instructors see it.
  • Discussion sections start Wednesday August 27.

  • The first homework assignment is due Monday, Sept. 8, by 10pm. Please familiarize yourself with the homework system ahead of time.

  • Quizzes begin in the discussion sections in the week of September 8.