Fall week 5 assignments

      Physical Systems 1998-99
      with E.J. Zita
    Check these daily. Assignments may change later in the week. For example, Thursday's assignment may depend on what happens in Tuesday's class meetings.

    Reading this week:

    • read Kuhn's "Structure of Scientific Revolutions" through Section VIII, p.91
    • Stellar Interiors, Ch.1
    • Grossman on Series, Ch. 12.1-2, 12.10-12

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    Notes:  Last week we discussed changes to the schedule, especially on Tuesdays.  (Highlights of "Model B":  Seminar in afternoon instead of morning, longer lunch break, and weekly Jigsaw team meetings with Zita.)

    Homework Solutions:  I'm terribly sorry, but it seems I've lost  your Mechanics Ch.2 homework.  So I have made a copy of my solutions for everyone in the class.  Please get solutions from the LRC or from the bin on the wall outside my office (turn your back to my door, and it is in the top plastic bin in a folder labeled "Mechanics Solutions").  This does not, of course, make up for losing your original work, with your insights and notes to yourself.  To avoid losing homework in the future, I will try to give it to Christopher immediately.  Some of you already make copies of your homework before turning it in, so you can look it over or keep working on it... it's probably a good idea for everyone to do this, I'm afraid.  Please accept my deepest apologies. ;{  Zita
     

    Since the midquarter exam is this week (5), and next week (6) is Midquarter Eval Conferences and Faculty Retreat meetings, the new schedule will take effect in week 7.

    Monday      Tuesday      Wednesday      Thursday      Friday
     
    Monday: Get your take-home exam. (Finish your seminar and Grossman reading and note-taking over the weekend so you can concentrate on the exam on Monday!) This is designed as a two-hour exam for in class;  you have all afternoon to do it.
     
    • Get it outside the secretary's office (Carolyn Walker, Lab I Rm 1018) anytime after NOON Monday.
    • Work on it wherever you like.
    • Open textbooks, open notes
    • Work alone.
    • Do all integrals and graphs by hand.  There are no tricky integrals.
    • NO CALCULUS TABLES OR GRAPHING TOOLS (calculator, MathCad, etc.)
    • Spend no more than 4-5 hours on your exam - even if you doublecheck everything twice.
    • Don't stay up late!  we have a full day tomorrow.
    • Due tomorrow morning at 9:00 in class.
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    Tuesday morning: Overview: Grossman on Series, to back up our recent use of Taylor Series expansions and the binomial theorem, since it seems many folks did not get this in M&M?
      Prepare: Read Grossman Ch. 12.1-2, 12.10-12

      Do: contribute thoughtfully to seminar, including specific page numbers for your textual references.

      Due: your exam, in class at 9:00 am (not later)

    Tuesday early afternoon: Overview: Second seminar on Kuhn
      Prepare: work through study guides individually and then as a group, over the weekend and maybe on Monday.

      Do: contribute thoughtfully to seminar, including specific page numbers for your textual references.

      Due: Post a thoughtful paragraph about today's reading on WebX after Seminar.  Read others' postings.
       

    Tuesday late afternoon: Overview: Jigsaw team meetings with Zita
      Prepare: work through study guides in detail on  the weekend.  Discuss questions with your team members, and agree on key questions you want Zita to address in your 25 minute meeting.

      Do: Pose concrete and clear questions in your team meeting.  Bring your working copies of study guide.

     

    Wednesday: Overview: Mathematica and Bibliography workshops

      Prepare: bring a solid working bibliography for each research team.  Concentrate on real journals, not web sources.
     
       
    Thursday: Overview: Jigsaw presentations on Stellar Interiors Ch.1:  Stellar structure
     
      Prepare: Send Zita the problems your jigsaw team recommends for this week

      Do: Jigsaw sessions on Stellar Interiors Ch.;  practice problems;  overview lecture.

      Due: Mechanics HW

      • Ch.8# 3, 9, 15, 16  (practice problems in class not due:  2, 8)
      • Ch.9# 7 (be sure to explain each step with words to make your method and terms clear!)
       
    Friday: Work with your research teams
      Do:  Meet your research partners. Post your weekly progress reports.
      Get your study guide for Stellar Interiors Ch.2 and work through details over the weekend.

      Due: Post progress reports for each research team on WebX.  Read other teams' reports.
      BIBLIOGRAPHY is DUE at 3:00

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