Semester grades update

Sorry to not announce the updates before now. We were racing against the clock yesterday, to get your grades plus several hunderd other students' grades uploaded by 5 PM to a tricky, slow and reluctant computer system run by the registrar. After which I got some ZZ til this morning. WHEEWWWW!

Anyway, here are some updates which you might already have figured out:

1. Uploaded final exam scores.
2. Converted CPS work to the points (out of 30) that go into your semester grade. This is in the "CPS pointage" row of your grades page.
3. Computed the CPS bonus for getting more than 75% of CPS questions correct. Seventeen students got it. Nice work!
4. Got the homework points (out of 25) on your semester grade figured out. This data is in the "HW pointage" row in your grades page.
5. Depending on how well you did, I gave up to 1 bonus point on each of the mega reviews: i.e., the Chuck Norris SMA and the Webcourses Super-mega combo review homework.

You could have calculated all of these point values from the data in the gradebook before yesterday, but now you have these rows figured out for you. Good.

Now I will get some ZZZ.

Two more equation mania pages

There are two more equations PDFs in Webcourses. Take a look and use them to help get ready for tomorrow's final.

Equations Mania

I just slapped together a PDF of some interesting comments and questions on impulse and work equations. Look for the mysterious mailbox icon.

S.I. mega-review Thursday evening

Monsieur Avogadro (right) wants you to attend Ed Linsky's S.I. review session:

1. Pegasus Ballroom A, B and C
2. 5:00 - 7:00 PM
3. Thursday

Even if you can only make it for 15 minutes, it will be good and helpful to go.

CPS data uploaded

Big updates in the CPS area.

1. Pointage for lectures 37, 38 are up.
2. Chuck Norris SMA Mega-Review data are up, including your answers to #3 and #8, if you want to double check your work. Remember: the Chuck Norris SMA will be converted to a little bit of bonus points, as a way of making up for a missed lecture or so. So do not ask me now about individual sessions that are missing.
3. CPS sum for the semester is now fully up to date. Included are
   1. Lecture 6
   2. Lecture 7
   3. Lecture 8
   4. Lecture 9
   5. Lecture 10
   6. Lecture 11
   7. Lecture 12
   8. Lecture 14
   9. Lecture 19
   10. Lecture 20
   11. Lecture 21
   12. Lecture 24
   13. Lecture 25
   14. Lecture 26
   15. Lecture 27
   16. Lecture 29
   17. Lecture 30
   18. Lecture 32
   19. Lecture 35
   20. Lecture 37
   21. Lecture 38
   in the two "Total CPS" rows in your grades page. The total CPS baseline is 75 questions.

I still have a lot of grades work to get squared away, but for most of you, you can now figure out your CPS situation. If you have 63 CPS answered, you get all 20 CPS points.

Wednesday office hours

Here are my available office hours for Wednesday:

1. 8:00 - 11:00 AM, room 412 in MAP
2. 1:00-3:00 PM, room 412, in MAP

As always, during office hours, YOU bring the agenda for an office hours visit. I will be sorting out grades etc until you arrive.

Dr. B off the radar scope

I will be going into stealth mode for the next 24 hours or so, with my big astronomy final exam tomorrow. So I will not be answering many course mail messages. We will have plenty of office hours Wednesday, though.

More specs tomorrow night.

Exam scores are UP

Your exam 4 scores are up now, at last!!!

Also, I created the "Best three midterms" row, so you can look at that part of your semester grade.

Meg has updates SSG points for everybody on exams 3 and 4. We will update SSG for the final exam after the final exam.

There is still a ton of work to do with CPS pointage to upload and other things. But your semester grade should be coming into clearer focus now.

Keep preparing for the final exam on Friday!!!!

Chuck Norris Combo Basket is up in Linsky Files

The solution set for the big CPS SMA session is now in the Linsky Files. There is also a backup file with the various tables and diagrams for the several questions.

Super mega-combo review is ready in Webcourses.

The promised Super-mega combo review is now ready in Webcourses. There is a bunch of questions to tackle, so use them as a study tool for the final. Look in the homework folder on the course home page.

No news yet with exam 4 scores. :(

I hope we will get news by class time tomorrow.

Bonus CPS mega-review on Friday

Bring your CPS clicker on Friday, because we will have a nice big SMA review session, for bonus points. This will help you make up some ground if you've missed more than 2 or 3 lectures.

Also, there will be a super-mega combo review in Webcourses, to run Friday to Friday, from our last lecture until just before the final exam next Friday. This super-mega combo review will also be for bonus points, and maybe help out a bit for those of you who "overlooked" a few HW assignments over the semester.

Both review activities will contain Chuck Norris facts that will be new to you. Don't blow it!

Three new Linsky Files are UP

I just uploaded the most recent three Linsky files, mostly on electromagnetism. They are in Webcourses.

Exam 4 today

Make sure to be ready to take midterm exam 4 today, 3:30 PM. Be there or be square.

Bonus points question suggestion for exam 4

There is a new discussion area in Webcourses for posting your question, multiple choice or true/false, for possible bonus points on exam 4.

SSG signups ready NOW

You can go in and sign up for SSG now, everybody! Exam 4 is on Wednesday.