Physics For Future Presidents

All information related to WI 2022 Physics 10 course will be posted here. 

Be sure to check this page often, specially close to Exam time !

19 Mar: The Final Grades(out of 100.31%) have been released with appropriate weights on different sections on canvas. Furthermore, the letter grade scales in the handout section have been updated. If you find any error in your total score calculation,  please email us ASAP to get it corrected.

16 Mar: The final exam on Thursday 17th during 3:00pm-5:59pm, like Midterms, will be Clicker based and will feature 20 questions, 3 minutes/Q.   To take it,  pl. join the TA Zoom room as you did for the Midterms. You will need to use a calculator for some questions. Make sure your devices are charged up to last the duration. Be sure to connect via wireless or landline for reliable connectivity.  You have been wonderful students.  GOOD LUCK and as it says in the Hitchhiker's guide to galaxy: DON'T PANIC !

7 Mar: The final exam will be based on the entire course. The questions on material you have already been tested on will be more challenging than in the mid-terms and may require mild computation.

6 Mar: The cheat sheet under the handout section has been updated. It should be the only cheat sheet you can use for the final exam which will be iclicker based.

27 Feb: The second midterm is on Tue 1st March. It will feature 20 Clicker questions and  THREE minutes to respond to each question. Good Luck !

11th Feb: All grades are synced to Canvas, please double check make sure your grades are correct. For those who received an email needing update on iclicker profiles, please do so or you won't get a grade on canvas.

7th Feb: As planned, we are now porting all grades for various activities (DI, LE, Exams) to the Canvas page for this course, When done you will see an announcement here to check your scores. Contact TA if you have issues.

Several students should have received email  today from Clicker to UPDATE THEIR CLICKER PROFILE. The mail tells you how to fix it. Read it and act ASAP. Otherwise no grades will be computed in Canvas for that student :-(

1st Feb: Both the midterm and its solution have been posted under the exam section.

22nd Jan: Since angular momentum was not covered this week, questions 8, 9, 10, 14 of hw 3 have been moved to next week (4)

21 Jan : As posted on 2nd Jan below, the Iclicker app is going to be central to testing your learning in this course. It will be used during lectures and for the mid-terms and final exam which are all remote. It is your responsibility to make sure your Iclicker functions correctly. Go to TA’s office hour, he will help you test it. If it does not then contact Iclicker support desk. No makeup tests will be offered for lack of due diligence on your part.

It is your responsibility to make sure that your internet bandwidth  is sufficient to view the Zoom sessions and interact with Iclicker app.

If you are having issues viewing the Canvas for this course, contact Canvas@ucsd.edu help line immediately and have it fixed !! I have checked that it works as expected.

Finally, if you find yourself struggling in this course, pl. go to TA or Prof. office hour and get help immediately.  Else you will have a rude awakening at the Midterm on Feb 1st. 

11th Jan:  Due to Covid-19, all Lectures, Discussion  sessions, Midterms and Final exam will be online only  but synchronous. Wear a high quality mask and stay healthy !

6th Jan:   UCSD mandatory remote instruction period  to continue until the end of January. In-person instruction is scheduled to begin on Monday, January 31.

4th Jan 2022:  Assignment 1 has been posted on this website. Just a reminder the homework will not be graded, and the solution will be made available every Monday after 8pm.

4th Jan 2022:  We will be updating the weekly material to cover and corresponding reading assignment frequently. So each Tue be sure to check the Course At A Glance page.  Reading ahead is an excellent idea ! 

3rd Jan 2022:  Helpful video on how to create a iClicker account and connect to a course.

2nd Jan 2022:  Welcome to Phys 10 aka Physics For Future Presidents. The course plan (syllabus) and a bunch of other useful handouts have been posted. The first lecture is on Tue 4th Jan. All lectures wil be online via Zoom. You must use your UCSD SSO to connect. All lectures will be synchronous and will contain in-lecture quizzes that you will need to take using Iclicker app  https://www.iclicker.com/students/ .