Drills & Reading Quizzes
General policy
- Drills are released around noon on Thursdays, and must be completed (along with the brief survey/reflection) before your problem session on Friday. They are worth 4 points, and you get full credit for completing the drill and survey/reflection.
- Reading Quizzes typically become available over the weekend, and must be completed by 8:00 AM on the Tuesday they are due. (Do them Monday evening before going to bed!) They are worth up to 4 points each, and your score depends on how many out of 5 you get correct: 4 points for a 5/5 or 4/5 (i.e., you can get full points even if you get one wrong), 3 points for 3/5, 2 points for 2/5, 1 point for 1/5 and 0 points for 0/5.
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Current Reading Quiz or Drill
- Due Friday 6 December (do it Thursday night!!) before: Drill #11: Gravity
Previous Reading Quizzes and Drills
Unit 1: Classical Mechanics
- DEMO Drill set and survey
- Friday 30 August - Drill #1: Kinematics and Vectors.
- Tuesday, 3 September - Reading Quiz #1: Newton's Laws
- Friday 6 September - Drill #2: Newton's Laws
- Tuesday September 10 - Reading Quiz #2: Work and Kinetic Energy
- Friday, 13 September - Drill #3: Work and Energy
Unit 2: Momentum, Relativity, and Rotations
- Tuesday, 24 September - Reading Quiz #3: Momentum and Collisions
- Friday, 27 September - Drill #4: Relativistic Motion and Time
- Tuesday, 1 October - Reading Quiz #4: Relativistic Spacetime
- Friday, 4 October - Drill #5: Relativistic Energy and Momentum
- Tuesday 8 October - Reading Quiz #5: Relativistic Collisions
- Friday 11 October - Drill #6: Rotations
- Friday 18 October -- Drill #7: 3-D Rotations and Angular Momentum
Unit 3: Oscillations and Thermodynamics
- Tuesday, October 29 - Reading Quiz #6: Oscillations
- Friday 1 November -- Drill #8: Oscillations and Thermal Energy
- Tuesday, 5 November -- Reading Quiz #7: Liquids & Gasses
- Friday, 8 November -- Drill #9: P-V Diagrams and the First Law
- Tuesday, 12 November -- Reading Quiz #8: Second Law and Entropy
- Friday, 15 November -- Drill #10: The Second Law and Engines
Unit 4: Gravitation and General Relativity
- Tuesday, 3 December - Reading Quiz #9: Kepler's Laws and Gravity