Message Archive  -  Ph 121, Summer 2009

   (1) Welcome to Physics 121!  Expect to work hard and to succeed!  (5/15/2009)
   (2) If you discover an error in any of the materials posted in the links on this webpage (except those items over which your instructor has no control)
        please be the first to inform your instructor by email (cgchristensen@byu.edu) and earn a bonus quiz/homework point.  Such points will be
        accumulated under Quiz #0.  (5/15/2009)
    (3) FYI:  The instructions I have given to the graders for scoring your work can be found by clicking here.  (5/15/2009)
    (4) Most of the web materials which have been prepared for Ph 121 are optimized for the Explorer browser.  Other browsers will generally work, but
        sometimes will yield awkwardly formated results.  (6/18/2009)
    (5) There is an error in the given data for homework problem 2-8.  The given acceleration should be a = 11 ft/s2, not 11 ft/s.  Thanks to Kris Williams for
        discovering this error.  (6/24/2009)
   (6) Pleases submit your homework, as directed in the syllabus, to the slots in the ESC.  The MARB submission slots are used during fall and winter
        semesters for sections which meet in the MARB.  Sorry for the ambiguity in the instructions.  If you have submitted homework in the MARB you will
        receive credit for your work, but the graded homework may be delayed in getting back to you.  (6/26/2009)
    (7) Please check the "Scores and Current Grade" function in the box above to see that it is working for you personally.  If your CID# or BYU ID# has
        leading zeroes, you must enter them.  (There are no data yet recorded, so you will get a report with little useful information, but your CID# should
        appear at its top.)  If you have problems, please let me know.  (6/26/2009)
   (8) When you go to the Testing Center to take the first exam, remember to take the "Exam Cover" found in your Class Supplement.  You may add to
        the cover any handwritten notes you choose.  However you may not add additional sheets to the cover.  Leave yourself room for notes you may
        want to add for the other two unit tests and for the final examination.  (7/6/09)
    (9) Homework assignments #2, 3 and 4 have not yet been returned to you.  Your grader, Ryan Cordes, has assured me they will be returned no later
        than Tuesday morning.  (7/6/09)
 (10) Click here to read a suggestion from the BYU internship office which I personally endorse as something you can do to increase your
        first-job-out-of-college starting salary.  (7/13/09)
 (11) You can earn 5 additional homework points by submitting a teacher evaluation.  I would be especially appreciative of your comments which
        specify what you have liked and what you have not liked about the course.  In order for me to know you did the evaluation you must release your
        name when you do so.  I will not be able to determine which responses are yours.  I will only know that you responded.  (8/7/2009)
 (12) Strategy for a better test performance.  (8/7/2009)
 (13) If you used the physics tutorial lab this term, you are invited to rate those tutors who assisted you.  To do so, please visit the rating form and tutor
       photos at Physics Tutors.  (8/7/2009)
 (14) Please click here to see a copy of the Final Examination Instructions.  Then there will be no surprises awaiting you at the Testing Center.  Since
       the exam will be machine graded, It is especially important that you understand how to code your answers.  If you have any questions regarding
       coding or any other instructions, please ask your instructor.  (8/7/2009)
(15) Extra-credit points for quizzes, for identifying errors in posted materials and for submitting a course evaluation have been added together and posted
       to your record as Homework #24.  Note that the "maximum possible score" for assignments #24 has been set to one.  At the same time the
       maximum possible score for assignment #1 was reduced by one point.  This insures that assignment #24 shows up when you visit the score site and
       also counts as extra credit.  (8/14/2009)
(16) The grades have now been calculated.  Get your grade and percentage score from the Score and Current Grade box above, then click here to see
       your class rank and how your overall score and grade compare with those of other class members.  If you ask me for a letter of recommendation
       for a job or graduate program application, this is part of the information I will pass on to your potential employer or graduate school.  (8/18/2009)