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THIS IS THE COURSE WEBPAGE FOR FALL 2012.

This webpage contains the basic information for ph212 - detailed course information, class notes, homework and solutions and so forth will be kept on blackboard. Go to blackboard for course documents including scans of the daily notes and overheads, your grades, and the discussion forums. The homework assignments are on www.masteringphysics.com.

Professor: Dr. Dedra Demaree
Course Lecture Times: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in Wngr 151 from 10-10:50 and 11-11:50 am
Lab and Recitation times are throughout the week
Professor's Office: Weniger 373
Professor's Office Hours: Monday 1:45-3:45, Tuesday 2-3:30, Wednesday 8:30-9:30 and 1:30-2:30, other options are available by appointment, or any time my office door is open. Help via email and discussion boards is also available.
Teaching Assistants: Seongweon Park (head TA), Robert (Jake) Jacobs, Jessica McCartney, Kai Zhan. - their schedules and contact info will be in blackboard under "course information"
Recitation Teaching Assistant for the associated course PH 222: Jason Francis
Click to download the course Syllabus and class schedule

Here are the Problem Solving Steps and Rubric. A subset of your online homework problems will be required to be turned in in-class on paper using these steps and graded with these rubrics.

Mastering Physics: The PH212 course is listed under MPDEMAREE78059 (PLEASE NOTE THE CORRECTION HERE!), and and the course name in masteringphysics is Physics 212, Fall 2012, traditional sections. When you register for MasteringPhysics, be sure to use your OSU ID number when you register so I can upload your grades! You will need this code! There will always be two assignments posted - one is optional and is for extra practice (it includes tutorials) if you need more review on the topic. The other is the required assignment.

In-Class Voting: We will be using OSU's Concept Warehouse for voting this term. This system will enable you to vote through any wireless device (smart phone, tablet or laptop) or through the TurningPoint clickers offered at the university bookstore. To register and gain points for participating in in-class voting YOU MUST go to Concept Warehouse, Click: Student Login (top right), then click on new account where it asks for your email; this will open a PDF. Follow the instructions on the PDF; where you enter your email address YOU MUST USE YOUR ONID EMAIL ADDRESS OR YOUR VOTING WILL NOT COUNT TOWARD YOUR FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT POINTS! When you get to login page, put in onid email address and no password and click login. A link will be emailed to you for creating a password. You will now have login access to the concept warehouse. We will make sure everyone is in the system by the end of week one and start voting for points Monday of week two.

Check out the links on the right side of my homepage for useful physics pages, such as the PhET simulations that we will often use in class.

REQUIRED ITEMS: You will need access to the THIRD edition of Knight's textbook: physics for scientists and engineers - all readings and homework problems are from that text. Copies are available to read in the library. If you purchase the soft cover volumes, we use volume 2 for 212. We need some portions of chapters 4 and 8 from volume 1 but they are also provided to you as pdf scans on blackboard in case you do not have your volume 1 handy. You will need to purchase access to MasteringPhysics (the link is above) - most of your homework will be submitted directly online through that program. You may purchase online text access as an add-on through MasteringPhysics for less than the cost of a hard-bound text. The text has an optional workbook which you may find useful, but is not required for this course. No lab manual is required, but you must bring paper to each lab. Labs are online at: 3-hr PH 212 labs. NO HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT OR LAB SUBMISSION WILL BE ACCEPTED ON PAPER WITH 'FRINGES'. They must be removed, our purchase loose leaf or engineering paper to use instead.

Here is a link to terrific online video lectures for a course that covers similar content at MIT, the same webpage also has open source texts for physics: Open Source MIT Physics Videos

Here is a nice (and fun) story about different ways of thinking and problem solving: Physics Story.