Announcements:

I will post occasional announcements here, along with links to interesting or timely sites. You may also wish to refer to Student Suggestions (5/20) and Requests for Clarification (5/26) regularly too.

Organizational Notes:

• July 20: Student Course Evaluation -- Written Comments
• June 1: Final grades have been submitted. E-mail me for details if you wish...
• May 28: Results of the Supplemental Course Evaluation are available. Questions 1-8; 9-18; 19-28.
• May 26: Our review session for the final exam is from 6-9pm on Wednesday, May 27, in our usual classroom.
• Apr. 22: BFGoodrich Collegiate Inventors Program
• Apr. 20: Another learning opportunity, Keirsey Temperament Sorter, with bonus points! Please submit by Friday, May 1!
• Apr. 14: Check here for last-minute income tax help.
• Apr. 3: Daylight Savings Time begins on Monday!
• Apr. 3: To switch between CD-Physics and other programs using Windows95, just hit <CTRL-ESC> or the special Win95 key and select the next program from the TaskBar.
• Apr. 2: The dc motor animation is finally ready!
• Apr. 1: A surprise in class using the remote mouse and some sleight of hand...
• Mar. 24: The final exam has been scheduled for the last day of exams, Friday, May 29, 10:30am-12:30pm. Please plan accordingly!
• Mar. 11: Because of conflicting evening class schedules, I am expanding the exam preparation session so that it begins at 6pm. Three hours for three midterm exams -- sounds about right...
• Mar. 10: There will be an exam preparation session on Wednesday evening March 18, 7-9pm, in Sharp Lab 131 (our usual meeting place).
• Mar. 8: Your solution to the takehome quiz is due at your recitation session. Make sure that you check the solution to the in-class component! The lowest quiz score of the semester will be dropped; this voluntary takehome quiz will be used to replace the next lowest in-class quiz score of the semester...
• Feb. 20: Whenever the UD domain name server is not working properly, you may still access the course materials by using the following URL: http://128.175.112.139/wwwusers/watson/phys208/.
• Feb. 17: The Quiz Page has a link to the Fall'97 quizzes and solutions page that you may find helpful in preparing for each Friday's quiz.
• Feb. 16: CD-Physics Exchange is "open for business."
• Feb. 8: Friday quizzes start on Feb. 20.
• Feb. 8: There is an online suggestion box and a follow-up area.
• Feb. 8: Laboratory and Discussion sections will begin meeting the week of Feb. 16.
• Feb. 8: Initial Survey to be completed by all PHYS208 students.

Related Online Resources:

• Dec. 18, 2000: Tesla: Master of Lightning, from PBS
  
• Oct. 1, 1999: Two Teams, Two Measures Equaled One Lost Spacecraft, from the NYTimes
  Never underestimate the importance of units!
• July 1, 1999: Searching for Buried Treasures, from the NYTimes
• Nov. 3: Power Line Makes Use of a Miracle of Physics, from the NYTimes
• Apr. 16: Toward a Metric America from NIST
• Feb. 17: Next Electronics Breakthrough: Power-Packed Carbon Atoms, from the NYTimes
• Feb. 10: Looking for a new web browser experience? Evaluate Opera -- see article in NYTimes.
• Feb. 10: The Big Question: Does the Universe Follow Mathematical Law?, from the The New York Times -- First time users of the online NYTimes must register first -- FREE and highly recommended!

Fall'97 announcements