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   Instructor:

Lynn Knutson
Office:  1516 Sterling Hall
Phone:  262-3096
email:  knutson@silphium.physics.wisc.edu

Office Hours:  (in 1516 Sterling)
 

Monday -- 2:00 pm
Tuesday -- 8:50 am
Wednesday -- 9:55 am

   Sectionsemail
Min Wu             301 307    mwu4@wisc.edu
Vaishnav Gorur     303 305    vgorur@wisc.edu
Amanda Gault       304 306    acgault@wisc.edu

Final Exam:

Consultation Room Hours -- 1:20-4:20 Thursday and Friday

TIME -- Friday November 19, 7:25 pm

PLACE -- 1300 Sterling Hall

REVIEW NOTES

PRACTICE EXAM

PRACTICE EXAM SOLUTIONS

FORMULA SHEET

 
Exam Regrades:

• We are willing to regrade exam problems if you believe that we didn't understand your work.  If you want to request a regrade, please read carefully and observe the following rules and procedures.
• Your exam problem will be regraded.  This means that there is a chance (small but not zero) that you will end up with fewer points than you had originally.
• Do not argue about the amount of partial credit given for a problem.  We decide how much partial credit to give before the exams are graded, and we try to apply the grading rules uniformly.  Since we want to treat everyone equally, it is not possible to change the partial credit allocations after the exams heve been returned.  Additional points are given only when it is clear that we didn't understand what was written on your exam paper.
• All regrade requests must be in writing.  Tell us which problem you want regraded and explain why you think you should have gotten more points. Hand your explanation and your exam in to Prof Knutson (not your TA).  If you have made any extra notes on your exam paper since you got the exam back be sure to mark these notes clearly (for example circle them in pen and mark them "notes added later") so there will be no confusion about what was on your original exam paper.
• The DEADLINE for regrade requests for Exam 3 is 1:00 pm, Thursday Dec 4.

EXAM 1 SOLUTIONS

EXAM 2 SOLUTIONS

EXAM 3 SOLUTIONS
 

Curve for Exam 1:   Average score -- 66.0

86-100 -- A  -- 17

76-85  -- AB -- 16

65-75  -- B  -- 33

57-64  -- BC -- 30

48-56  -- C  -- 19

38-47  -- D  --  6

 0-37  -- F  --  6

Curve for Exam 2:   Average score -- 62.7

86-100 -- A  -- 25

74-85  -- AB -- 15

61-73  -- B  -- 26

50-60  -- BC -- 20

40-49  -- C  -- 19

30-39  -- D  -- 14

 0-29  -- F  --  5

Curve for Exam 3:   Average score -- 74.9

89-100 -- A  -- 20

80-88  -- AB -- 29

71-79  -- B  -- 31

62-70  -- BC -- 21

50-61  -- C  -- 13

40-49  -- D  --  7

 0-39  -- F  --  0

            Homework Solutions
 

Lab Schedule

 Consultation Room -- 2315 Sterling Hall
 

	Monday	Tuesday
8:50		Min
9:55		Vaishnav
11:00		Amanda
12:05
1:20	Min
2:25	Amanda
3:30
4:35	Vaishnav

   Course Information:

GENERAL INFO:  Physics 208 is the second semester of a calculus-based introductory physics sequence designed for students in math and science.  The second semester course covers electricity, magnetism, light and optics plus topics in "modern physics".

LECTURES:  General lectures are held at 12:05 on Tuesday and Thursday of each week.  The Friday lecture period is used for special "Honors Lectures" and also for midterm exams.  Attendance at the Friday lectures is required for everyone taking the course for honors credit, and attendance is recommended for all students.  Attendance will be taken at the Friday lectures.  The schedule of Friday lecture topics is given below.

DISCUSSIONS:  Discussion sections meet twice each week, on Monday and Wednesday.  The discussions will focus mainly on problem solving, but also provide the opportunity for questions and discussion.   A short 10 min QUIZ will often be given during the Wednesday discussion period.  The quiz problems will be similar to homework handed in the previous day.

LABS:  Labs sections will meet every week except for the first week of the semester, and for occasional makeup weeks.  Students are required to complete all of the 11 scheduled labs.  Anyone who fails to complete any of the labs will have his/her course grade lowered by 1/4 grade point for each missed lab.  If you need to miss a lab, it is your responsibility to contact your TA to arrange for a makeup time.

HOMEWORK:  Homework assignments for each week will be given in the syllabus below.  Homework problems from lectures of the previous week will normally be collected on Tuesdays at lecture time. Homework is due by 1:00pm.  Homework will be checked and returned to you by your TA. The solutions will be posted on the web after the papers have been collected.

Students are permitted and encouraged to work together on homework assignments with the goal of learning from each other.  However, the homework paper you hand in must represent your own work.  Copying someone else's solution to submit as your own work is plagiarism.

   Required Materials:

TEXT:  Principles of Physics, Volume 2, by Ray Serway and John Jewett -- 3rd Edition

LAB MANUAL:  Physics 202/208 Lab Manual  (Available from Book Store or Online)

LAB NOTEBOOK:  Some kind of bound or spiral notebook, preferably with quad ruled paper.

CALCULATOR:  Required for homework, lab and exams.

   Web Links:

Online Lab Manual

L Knutson Homepage

   Grading:

Final course grades will be determined as follows:

Three midterm exams  --- 100 points each

Final exam     --------- 150 points

Homework    ------------  75 points

Discussion Quizzes   ---  75 points

Lab        ------------- 100 points

LAB GRADING:  We consider the labs to be an important part of the course, and expect students to use the lab periods as a means to learn firsthand about physics.  As long as you do the labs and work conscientionsly, you will get a good grade.  Furthermore, since most of you will do the work as expected, the spread in the lab grades will not be very large.  With all of this in mind, we adopted the following grading policy.  Your TA will give you a numerical grade, on the scale 0 to 10, for each lab.  Most students will be given a score of 8, with 9 or 7 possible for students who distinguish themselves in either a positive or negative way.  Scores lower than 7 are possible for people who do only part of the lab work.  In assigning the grades the TA's will consider a number of factors including questions you ask, understanding and insight you demonstrate, the accuracy of your results, the completeness and clarity of your lab notebook, and probably more.  The TA's will review your notebooks, but the subjective factors will also carry significant weight.