VISUAL SCHEDULE
how was life like? let me tell you...better yet...let me show you!
9:55AM
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10AM- 12/12:30PM
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*Tutorial Questions.... are six to seven questions that are released Monday night and Wednesday after class (or at night sometimes cuz things happen yo).
The way I saw tutorial questions
1. some questions will be more calculation based ( "Just do the maths" as the Glaswegians would say). It wasn't hard calculation stuff but there was just . This is very much the first half of the program. There are also some just plug and chug (know the equation and what the things are what in the equations and you're set).
2. Most questions were hard and even if I read the readings there was always a trick that threw me off, and I'd just leave it for tomorrow when our whole group would go through the questions .
It's totally OK to not get the questions...as long as you attempt them and can follow/contribute as you figure it out with your group. If so, then you are GOLDEN.
3. fewer questions are theoretical...but it comes into play like the last week of school when you get to Special Relativity. :0 GASP special what..?! Don't worry, tbh there really wasn't much on this. And when say I mean there wasn't much...I mean it. You're fine.
about 12/12:30 to 1 PM
"Lecture" MON/WED
if it's TUES or THURS it's from 12:45-1pm
and it's just an announcement in the lecture hall (housekeeping stuff) or we don't have this meeting at all.
LECTURE: It's clicker questions with your phone as the clicker!
- Basically Dr. Yao (or pedro) introduces you to the new topic and then facilitates some practice MCQ questions with the class on power points;if you did your reading and practice questions from the book then you might get these questions, otherwise you'll be guessing the whole time and feeling really crappy about the new topic :(.
- Go through questions one by one and any questions you have about the question!
1- 2pm HAPPIEST TIME OF DAY - GOING TO LunchWhere should you go to lunch? We walked home sometimes and took a power nap after eating a sandwich. Sometimes we had the luxury of a lunch buffet. Once I got overpriced soup from the school cafeteria. It was on the first day...and it was also the last day I did that.
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2pm-5pm Drop-In MON/WED
What's a "Drop In"
like working in groups? Going over things you don't understand with a group. It could be questions on the online reading assignment (that was due last night or any could be a question from whenever) or anything you didn't get when you were reading the book Work better alone? You could just sit in the computer area where some tutors are and go through the practice multiple choice questions taht you started in the lecture with clickers. If you want to read more in depth and do practice questions from that huge book ...fire away. If you have questions you can still grab a floating tutor and ask them. They are always kinda sitting around in the computer lab ready for you to wave them over if they are not doing stuff with they are group. |
WARNING
towards the end of our time there, like the last couple of weeks they integrated a mandatory graded assignment/quiz that we get to do in randomly selected groups of three. It has a max of 4o minutes and takes up 40 min of the 3 hours of drop in time. This may be integrated into the program for the following years...so just a heads up! It's cool in that you get to meet and work with others that aren't in your group.
towards the end of our time there, like the last couple of weeks they integrated a mandatory graded assignment/quiz that we get to do in randomly selected groups of three. It has a max of 4o minutes and takes up 40 min of the 3 hours of drop in time. This may be integrated into the program for the following years...so just a heads up! It's cool in that you get to meet and work with others that aren't in your group.
2-5PM LABS TUES/THURS
Labs are in this large room one floor above the usual discussion rooms. We do various labs that are related to what we are learning. For the optics lab we did stuff with lasers and shooting it through different lenses (convex, concave... sorry tmi)...measuring angles of refraction and such. You'll see. For resonance and harmonics we did stuff with tuning forks and tubes of water.
These labs are much better than chem ones in my opinion... no gloves, lab coats, and chemical cleaning. But be warned, it can be quite a lengthy experiment you are working with. It can take up the 3 whole hours or you can get out early if you and your team are all Hermione Grangers. There's lots of Excel and some calculating/theoretical questions you have to do while doing your experiment.
Note: we started off program with all groups doing same stuff at same time (aka discussion first and then labs) but it got too crowded so half groups did lab and then half did discussion in morning and then we flipped at lunch...anyway be prepared for any type of flippity-flopped schedule.
Labs are in this large room one floor above the usual discussion rooms. We do various labs that are related to what we are learning. For the optics lab we did stuff with lasers and shooting it through different lenses (convex, concave... sorry tmi)...measuring angles of refraction and such. You'll see. For resonance and harmonics we did stuff with tuning forks and tubes of water.
These labs are much better than chem ones in my opinion... no gloves, lab coats, and chemical cleaning. But be warned, it can be quite a lengthy experiment you are working with. It can take up the 3 whole hours or you can get out early if you and your team are all Hermione Grangers. There's lots of Excel and some calculating/theoretical questions you have to do while doing your experiment.
Note: we started off program with all groups doing same stuff at same time (aka discussion first and then labs) but it got too crowded so half groups did lab and then half did discussion in morning and then we flipped at lunch...anyway be prepared for any type of flippity-flopped schedule.
Informal but adequate outline of topics...
Week 1
Vectors and linear motion
Newtons laws
Week 2
Motion and Force
Newton's laws but harder questions?
Doing position time stuff with centripetal stuff added
Week 3
Momentum
Kinetic Energy
Conservation of Energy
Week 4
More momentum but with collisions!
Angular momentum (disclaimer: watching
ICE PRINCESS is related but will not teach you anything...it will however,
contribute to topic-related-thus-less-guilty procrastination...this has been tested)
Rotations and Torque stuff
Week 5
Optics and Images
Week 6
Waves - mechanical and sound
Week 7
Loops and Circuits
More electromagnetism
Week 8
Special Relativity
on the test they asked .."Define special relativity."
i think most of us said.."it's relativity but special..."
Vectors and linear motion
Newtons laws
Week 2
Motion and Force
Newton's laws but harder questions?
Doing position time stuff with centripetal stuff added
Week 3
Momentum
Kinetic Energy
Conservation of Energy
Week 4
More momentum but with collisions!
Angular momentum (disclaimer: watching
ICE PRINCESS is related but will not teach you anything...it will however,
contribute to topic-related-thus-less-guilty procrastination...this has been tested)
Rotations and Torque stuff
Week 5
Optics and Images
Week 6
Waves - mechanical and sound
Week 7
Loops and Circuits
More electromagnetism
Week 8
Special Relativity
on the test they asked .."Define special relativity."
i think most of us said.."it's relativity but special..."
NOTE #2: for those of you who have not ever taken physics before...the first week or two will be hard maybe...and that's about half of the first half of the program so maybe just look over newtons laws and motion and force. It's honestly not hard, but at the speed which you have to suddenly learn it all (which is a very short period of time) it might be hard. And many people around you will have remembered some of this stuff so, relatively, it will seem harder than it is,,, since everyones like "oh i remember this already." It might make you worried to be behind, even just a little. It's just a bit more work in the beginning is all. After that, no one really remembers any of this stuff and we're all pretty much learning as we go together.