This is the course homepage and calendar. If this is your first time here, please check out the Syllabus drop down first. Click on the Getting Started link and it will lead you through everything you need to know before class starts! Once you are familiar with the class structure, this is the only place you need to go to find study materials and links to assignments.

 

Syllabus and Course Info

Syllabus and Getting Started (Click Here First!)

If this is your first time here, please click on the Getting Started link below.

There are several differences between the summer PH20x sequence and the Fall/Winter/Spring sequence. These differences are catalogued here: Summer Differences

 

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Lectures

There will be a 110 minute lecture section on each of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Participation points will be given for answering Learning Catalytics (LC) questions during each session. You will get points whether you answer correctly or not! Lectures will be held in person in Weniger 212.

Learning Catalytics | Click here for a link to LC!

Async  |  If you are unable to attend the live lecture you can gain equivalent points doing the alternative* Async (asynchronous) assignment. These assignments are the same questions worked through in class, with video solutions from class. At the end of the term we will add the points from the questions answered live with those answered via Async**. We will then take the total number of questions we delivered live in class and set full credit at 85% of that number. In practice, this is only 8 - 12 questions per lecture, meaning you only need to get 8 - 12 points on each async assignment for full credit. There are many more available points on each assignment, so don't panic when you see an Async assignemnt out of 25 points. You only need a small fraction for your grade. We think the lecture questions are the most important set of carefully crafted questions for you to learn physics. If you ever feel like you need more lecture points you can always go answer questions on the Async questions that we didn't work on in class. Async assignments are due each week on Friday at midnight.

  * Due to the time constraint, during live lectures, any answer will be accepted. This is not true for the async assignments.

** We will not give double credit for completing an Async assignment if you participate in the corresponding live session. You will receive full credit for attending a live session and answering the questions!

We strongly encourage you to attend the live lecture sessions where we will be working on problem solving. Our research has shown that students who attend the live sessions have on average almost an entire letter grade higher in the class. Participation in these events will result in full credit for the lecture portion of your grade.

Note: After the first lecture we will be spending "lecture"-time working on problem solving. We created the Asynchronous lectures, which have video solutions (from a live lecture) to nearly all of the same problems worked in class. Recordings would be redundant to those videos, so we will not post recordings of this term's lectures. At the end of each week we also post links to all the problem solutions from class.

Labs and Recitations

Lab Information:

Labs will meet in Weniger on the 2nd floor.

You will have very short pre-lab activities to be completed before each lab. You will complete labs via OneNote and there will be no need to turn in any physical copy as your TAs will have access to your group's lab work. You will need to sign out of each lab period as a record that you were present and completed the lab. It is your responsibility to sign out so that you can receive credit for completing the lab! You cannot pass PH201 unless you complete all of the labs, so this is quite important!

If you need to miss a lab or attend a different section for one week, please contact your lab TA (ahead of time if possible). You may be able to attend a different lab section later in the week or day if you have a conflict. Contact information for lab TAs is listed below.

Your lab notebook can be found at Onenote.com. Once there, sign in with your OSU email. Onenote/Microsoft will recognize this as an OSU email and send you to the standard OSU interface. Once signed in, please click on "Class Notebooks". Your Lab Notebook should appear there! If you cannot find this, it is either early in the term and you will be added soon, or you should contact your lab TA during lab or via email.

Day Time Room TA
Tues / Wed/ Thurs 11:00 am - 12:50 pm Weniger 2XX (Rotates) Brett Clark clarbret@oregonstate.edu
1:00 pm - 2:50 pm Weniger 2XX (Rotates) Brett Clark clarbret@oregonstate.edu

* See note above about lab room dependence on day of the week.

 

Recitation Information:

Contact information is listed below.

Day Time Classroom TA
Tues / Wed / Thurs 11:00 am - 11:50 am Weniger 304 Luke Nearhood nearhool@oregonstate.edu
1:00 pm - 1:50 pm Weniger 304 Luke Nearhood nearhool@oregonstate.edu

Where (and When!) to Get Help

 

LAHHH

Day Hours Physical Location Remote Location
Monday - Friday 11 am - 3 pm Weniger 334 (Wormhole) (no remote LAHHH during summer)

  

Instructor Office Hours

Instructor Days Hours Location
Grant Sherer Monday - Friday   Weniger 334 (Wormhole)
Grant Sherer Monday - Friday Anytime Email shererg@oregonstate.edu for appointment in person (WNGR403) or zoom

You can also send an email or a private message to an instructor if you have a question about a personal matter.

 

 

 

Assignments (Ignore days of week, they might not be accurate for summer term!)

  Once per "lecture"   Once per week    
What is Due?
  • Post-lectures
  • Pre-lectures for Monda
  • Written Challenge Homework Question

 

 

 

  • Asynchronous lectures (only if you missed a live lecture)

This is quick reference to the assignments in this class, where they are turned in, and their due dates.

Pre-lecture Homework

  • Canvas Assignment
  • Due before each class

Lecture

  • Live in-person lectures in Weniger 212
  • If miss a live lecture: asynchronous Canvas Assignment
  • Done in class, or async assignment is due at 11:59 pm on Fridays

Post-lecture Homework

  • Canvas Assignment

Challenge Homework

  • Handwritten, Gradescope Assignment

Lab

  • Complete in-person in Weniger

Quiz

  • One per "Topic", 8 total
  • Opportunity for 2 makeups during the "Final"
  • All 8 quizzes count for your grade

 

Homepage Legend

The video below introduces you to the features on the homepage.

https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/1_ehqh7mak

 

We have a naming/coding scheme for our curriculum and it's important you understand how to interpret it.

Lectures: We strongly encourage you to attend the live session if you can.

   Live = Real-time group learning guided by the instructor (full credit for participation)

   Async = Asynchronous Canvas quiz if you can't make live session (credit based on correctness)

Learning Cycle Numbers: 1 = Pre-lecture Familiarization, 2 = Foundational Lecture, 3 = Practice Post-lecture, 4 = Mastery Challenge Homework.

Code Legend: [Topic Code].[Lecture Number].[Stage in the Learning Cycle]

   For Example: GR.L1.1 stands for General Review, lecture 1, pre-lecture homework.

 

Class OneNote | Question Templates

All pre-lecture, lecture, and post-lecture questions where developed using OneNote. If possible, download the OneNote .one files and run them off your computer with the OneNote app, rather than using the browser version. That will allow you to use a tablet and write on the OneNote. For Mac users this is not so straightforward. The browser version is read only.

You can also import the PDFs to your favorite notes app. We apologize for the weird page breaks in the PDFs.  

 

Downloadable OneNote and PDFs    |    View Only Browser OneNote

 

 

  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 Due before class:
- SW.L2.1
- WO.L1.1

Due after class:
- None

Start working on:
- SW.L2.3
- WO.L1.3
- WO.CHW

Due before class:
- WO.L2.1

Due after class:
- None

Start working on:
- WO.L2.3

 

 

Lab and Recitation 1

Due before class:
- WO.L3.1
- RO.L1.1

Due after class:
- None

Start working on:
- WO.L3.3
- RO.L1.3
- RO.CHW

 

Lab and Recitation 2

Due before class:
- RO.L2.1
- RO.L3.1

Due after class:
- SW.L2.3
- WO.L1.3
- WO.L2.3
- WO.L3.3
- WO.CHW

Start working on:
- RO.L2.3
- RO.L3.3

Lab and Recitation 3

Due before class:
- CF.L1.1

Due after class:
- RO.L1.3
- RO.L2.3
- RO.L3.3
- RO.CHW

Start working on:
- CF.L1.3
- CF.CHW

2

IN CLASS QUIZ: WO

In Class Quiz: RO

Due before class:
- CF.L2.1
- EF.L1.1

Due after class:
- None

Start working on:
- CF.L2.3
- EF.L1.3- EF.CHW

Due before class:
- EF.L2.1
- EF.L3.1

Due after class:
- CF.L1.3
- CF.L2.3
- CF.CHW

Start working on:
- EF.L2.3
- EF.L3.3

 

Lab and Recitation 4

IN CLASS QUIZ: CF
Due before class:
- EP.L1.1

Due after class:
- None

Start working on:
- EP.L1.3
- EP.CHW

 

 

Lab and Recitation 5

Due before class:
- EP.L2.1

Due after class:
- EF.L1.3
- EF.L2.3
- EF.L3.3
- EF.CHW

Start working on:
- EP.L2.3

 

Lab and Recitation 6

IN CLASS QUIZ: EF
Due before class:
- EP.L3.1
- RC.L1.1

Due after class:
- EP.L1.3
- EP.L2.3
- EP.L3.3
- EP.CHW

Start working on:
- RC.L1.3
- RC.CHW

3 NO CLASS
Labor Day
Federal Holiday

IN CLASS QUIZ: EP
Due before class:
- RC.L2.1
- RC.L3.1

Due after class:
- None

Start working on:
- RC.L2.3
- RC.L3.3

Lab and Recitation 7

Due before class:
- MF.L1.1
- MF.L2.1

Due after class:
- RC.L1.3
- RC.L2.3
- RC.L3.3
- RC.CHW

Start working on:
- MF.L1.3
- MF.L2.3
- MF.CHW

 

Lab and Recitation 8

IN CLASS QUIZ: RC
Due before class:
- MI.L1.1
- MI.L2.1

Due after class:
- ALL WORK INCLUDING LATE WORK
Start working on:
- SW.L2.3
- WO.L1.3

 

 

Makeup Labs, No Recitation

IN CLASS QUIZ: MF

IN CLASS QUIZ: MI

2 Mastery Quizzes to replace low scores
Due before class:
- ALL LATE WORK
Due after class:
- Go have fun!

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