Physics 170 News
Fall 2005
News will be posted on this page in reverse chronological order

11/10/2005
Here are the solutions for the second exam.

Exam2 Solution

11/03/2005
Here are scanned solutions for the practice exams in class on Wed.

Part I

Part II

10/31/2005
The following practice exam questions are possible exam questions for Friday

Force problems (EXAM 1)

Fall 2005: 1-3, 13-14, 19-22
Spring 2005 : 1-9, 11-16
Fall 2004: 1-2,11-14, 17-18
Spring 2004: 1-4, 10-12, 15-16, 21-22
Fall 2003: 3-8, 9-14, 22-24
Spring 2003: 11-15, 17-22
Fall 2002: 3-8, 11-12
Spring 2002: 14-16, 19-25
Fall 2001: 12-24
Spring 2001: 15-17, 19-25
Fall 2000: 12-15, 18-22, 24
Spring 2000: 9-17, 21-25
Fall 1999: 13-23
Spring 1999: 8-11, 15-23

WORK, ENERGY, MOMENTUM Problems (EXAM 2)

Fall 2004: 3-8,10-12, 17-18, 20-26
Fall 2005: 1-4, 8-9, 14-15, 18-26
Spring 2005: 1-15, 20-21, 24-25,28
Spring 2004: 7-26
Fall 2003: 1-3, 11-15, 19-23
Spring 2003: 1-14, 17-21, 24-25
Fall 2002: 9-25

09/29/2005
EXTRA CREDIT: You can recieve 5 class points of extra credit for attending this Friday's Physics Colloquium (Upham 140, 4-5pm) on Nanotechnology by David Grierson (UW-W undergraduate). A half-page summary of what you learned by Monday will earn you the 5 points. Those of you who can't come can earn extra credit by writing a page on two commercial uses of nanotechnology.

09/29/2004
Note: For the exam, I will let you bring in one 8.5x11 sheet of paper with any formulae, notes, examples, etc. that you want to write on it. (On Friday, I will give you a "recommended" list of formulae, as well as a review lecture.) To study, you should look over the preflight questions and in-class questions given as part of the lecture. You should also review the homework problems. But the best advice I can give you is to practice solving actual exam problems using the on-line practice exams from the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign.

Practice Exams for Exam 1
Going through these problems will help you get practice on solving problems faster AND test the study sheet that you made. Here are a list of the question on these practice exams that are fair game. If you're having trouble with these, get help in your studying from a classmate, SPS, or me...
Spring 2005 Exam: Questions 3-5,21-25
Fall 2004 Exam: Questions 15-16, 19-25
Spring 2004 Exam: Questions 5,6,13-14,17-20
Fall 2003 Exam: Questions 1,2,15-18,26
Spring 2003 Exam: Questions 1-10
Fall 2002 Exam: Questions 1,2,9-10,16,19-23,26
Spring 2002 Exam: Questions 1-9,12,13
Fall 2001 Exam: Questions 1-9
Spring 2001 Exam: Questions 1-8
Fall 2000 Exam: Questions 1-11
Spring 2000 Exam: Questions 1-8,23
Fall 1999 Exam: Questions 1-12
Spring 1999 Exam: Questions 1-7,12-14

9/14/2005

PICK UP CLICKERS: The clickers are now available at Textbook Rental. After you pick them up, you MUST register them with your name/ID number on line at the following website: http://clickers.uww.edu . Your Net ID and password are the University ID/password, and not necessarily the one for this course. The six digit ID for the clicker that you will need to enter (which may have both letters and numbers) is found on the back of your clicker unit, just below the bar code. Detailed instructions are in this PDF document .

9/14/2005

CLASS SURVEY DUE: Note that a class survey is due by Monday 8 AM; this is a combination of demographic quesitons as well as some pre-class knowledge questions. Allow at least an hour to answer all of the questions.

9/14/2005

COURSE WEBSITE UP:: The course website is FINALLY up and running; try poking around and finding things. The lectures are available on-line, in addition to the preflights and homework for September.

To log onto the class system you will need a NetID and password. Your UWW e-mail name, without the "@uww.edu" part, is your NetID, and your 7 digit University ID number is your password. Try logging in as soon as possible, and e-mail me if you are having trouble.

Please fill out the class survey and pick up the course clickers by Monday morning. Instructions on how to activate the clickers are here.

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