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This webpage contains the basic information for ph213 - 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.

Instructor: Dr. Dedra Demaree
Course Lecture Times: MWF in Wngr 151 from 10-10:50 am
Lab and Recitation times are throughout the week
Instructor's Office: Weniger 373
Instructor's Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 2-3:30, and Friday 8:30-9:30
Teaching Assistants: TBA - their schedules and contact info will be in blackboard under "course information"
Recitation Teaching Assistant: TBA
Click to download the course Syllabus and class schedule

Here are the Problem Solving Steps and Rubric.

Here is the link to your labs and lab resources: Labs and lab resources.

Mastering Physics: The PH213 course is listed under MPDEMAREE25732, and and the course name in masteringphysics is Physics 213, Winter 2013, traditional sections. When you register for MasteringPhysics, be sure to use your OSU ID number (with no spaces or dashes) when you register so I can upload your grades! 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.

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 3rd 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. 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 but in its current form it is unfortunately not easy to navigate. You will need a Turning Technology voting device, which can be purchased at OSU. If you purchase the text at OSU, it comes bundeled with MasteringPhysics and with an optional workbook which you may find useful, but is not required (this bundle package is a discounted price). No lab manual is required, but you must bring paper to each lab. 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.

GRADE: Your grade will consist of labs, homeworks, formative assessments (including the use of quizdom in class and optional web problems), two midterms, and a final exam. The exact point breakdown and details are in the syllabus.

Formative Assessment Opportunity: 50 points of your total grade will come from two possible forms of formative assessment. Formative assessment is a self-reflective process that intends to promote student learning, and as such occurs during the learning process, before graded exams. Because this is meant to help you form your knowledge it is graded on a completion-only basis. In-lecture formative assessment will be delivered through Turning Technology clickers. You can get up to the full 50 points for in-class questions during in-class voting. There will be roughly 20 lecture days during the quarter that use for-point voting questions, each day you answer all of the given questions you can earn 3 points. Therefore, you can miss approximately 3 days we have for-point voting and still earn the maximum 50 points. (We are NOT using Concept Warehouse this term; you should register your clicker on blackboard.)

The alternative way to obtain formative assessment points is by solving provided interactive online tutorial questions. No more than 25 of the 50 formative assessment points may be obtained in this fashion. Each online tutorial is worth a maximum of 3 points. These problems can be turned in anytime throughout the term, but must be submitted directly to my office, clearly labeled as "FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS" and CAN NOT BE TURNED IN BEFORE WE COVER THE TOPIC FOR THE QUESTION YOU CHOOSE TO ANSWER (you can put them under my office door if I am not in). They will be accepted up until the morning of the final exam. Make sure you clearly write your name, AND your ID #, and clearly state which problem you are solving. Show all your work for each part of the online tutorial for full credit (you do NOT need to use the problem solving rubric.) TUTORIALS CAN BE FOUND HERE: Tutorials, any topic in that list EXCEPT the last three (AC Circuits and Electromagnetic Waves, Polarization Reflection and Refraction, and Mirrors and Lenses) will count towards formative assessment points in ph213.

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.