Physics quiz archive: energy conservation, momentum conservation

Physics 205A Quiz 4, fall semester 2014
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Sections 70854, 70855, 73320, version 1
Exam code: quiz04w3Rc



Sections 70854, 70855, 73320 results

0- 6 :	**** [low = 3]
7-12 :	********
13-18 :	******************
19-24 :	************************ [mean = 19.5 +/- 6.6]
25-30 :	*********** [high = 30]

Astronomy quiz archive: telescopes

Astronomy 210 Quiz 3, fall semester 2014
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Section 70158, version 1
Exam code: quiz03s8tE


Section 70158

0- 8.0 :	* [low = 4.0]
8.5-16.0 :	******
16.5-24.0 :	***********
24.5-32.0 :	************** [mean = 25.3 +/- 8.6]
32.5-40.0 :	********** [high = 40.0]

Section 70160, version 1
Exam code: quiz03n6n4


Section 70160

0- 8.0 :
8.5-16.0 :	**** [low = 8.5]
16.5-24.0 :	************
24.5-32.0 :	******** [mean = 26.0 +/- 7.8]
32.5-40.0 :	********** [high = 36.5]

Physics quiz archive: vectors, projectile motion, forces

Physics 205A Quiz 3, fall semester 2014
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Sections 70854, 70855, 73320, version 1
Exam code: quiz03fkfs



Sections 70854, 70855, 73320 results

0- 6 :	**** [low = 3]
7-12 :	*********
13-18 :	***************************** [mean = 18.4 +/- 6.1]
19-24 :	**********************
25-30 :	******** [high = 30]

Astronomy quiz archive: eclipses/history of astronomy

Astronomy 210 Quiz 2, fall semester 2014
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Section 71058, version 1
Exam code: quiz02n3w7


Section 71058

0- 8.0 :	** [low = 4.5]
8.5-16.0 :	******
16.5-24.0 :	************
24.5-32.0 :	********* [mean = 25.5 +/- 8.7]
32.5-40.0 :	************* [high = 40.0]

Section 71060, version 1
Exam code: quiz02k3pL


Section 71060

0- 8.0 :	** [low = 8.0]
8.5-16.0 :
16.5-24.0 :	***********
24.5-32.0 :	************ [mean = 26.5 +/- 7.8]
32.5-40.0 :	********* [high = 40.0]

Astronomy quiz archive: stars/sun/seasons/moon phases

Astronomy 210 Quiz 1, fall semester 2014
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Section 71058, version 1
Exam code: quiz01s7e8


Section 70158

0- 8.0 :	*** [low = 4.0]
8.5-16.0 :	********
16.5-24.0 :	************
24.5-32.0 :	************ [mean = 24.1 +/- 9.6]
32.5-40.0 :	********* [high = 40.0]

Section 70160, version 1
Exam code: quiz01na30


Section 70160

0- 8.0 :	* [low = 8.0]
8.5-16.0 :	***
16.5-24.0 :	*********
24.5-32.0 :	************* [mean = 27.6 +/- 7.8]
32.5-40.0 :	********** [high = 40.0]

Physics quiz archive: metric system, significant figures, unit conversions, dimensional analysis

Physics 205A Quiz 1, fall semester 2014
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Sections 70854, 70855, 73320, version 1
Exam code: quiz01w34K



Sections 70854, 70855, 73320 results

0- 6 :
7-12 :	***** [low = 9]
13-18 :	**********************
19-24 :	******************************* [mean = 21.8 +/- 5.4]
25-30 :	******************* [high = 30]

GIF animation: top precession

"Top-Precession.mov"
http://www.physics.fsu.edu/courses/spring99/ast1002h/videoclips/Top- Precession.mov
Source: Efstratios Manousakis, Florida State University

"Wobbly top" model of Earth's precession (while rotating).

GIF animation: teacup epicycle

"070526 Teacup Epicycle"
http://flic.kr/p/oJYjtb
Originally uploaded by Waifer X

Street carousel, K Street Mall, Sacramento, CA. Video by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting

Astronomy 210 In-class activity 6 v.14.08.27, fall semester 2014
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Students find their assigned groups of three to four students, and work cooperatively on an in-class activity worksheet to determine where in the sky each naked-eye planet will be observed on a given date (here, September 3, 2014).



Previous posts:

• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  spring semester 2014 (February 6, 2014).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  fall semester 2013 (September 5, 2013).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  spring semester 2013 (February 6, 2013).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  fall semester 2012 (September 6, 2012).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  spring semester 2012 (February 2, 2012).
Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
fall semester 2011 (September 1, 2011).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  spring semester 2011 (February 2, 2011).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  fall semester 2010 (September 2, 2010).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  spring semester 2010 (February 4, 2010).

FCI pre-test comparison: Cuesta College versus UC-Davis (fall semester 2014)

Students at both Cuesta College (San Luis Obispo, CA) and the University of California at Davis were administered the 30-question Force Concept Inventory (Doug Hestenes, et al.) during the first week of instruction.

	Cuesta College Physics 205A Fall semester 2014	UC-Davis Physics 7B Summer session II 2002
N	73 students*	76 students*
low	2	2
mean	10.1 +/- 5.4	9.1 +/- 4.3
high	29	27

*Excludes students with negative informed consent forms (*.pdf)

Student's t-test of the null hypothesis results in p = 0.18 (t = 1.33, sdev = 4.84, degrees of freedom = 147), thus there is no significant difference between Cuesta College and UC-Davis FCI pre-test scores.

Later this semester (fall 2014), a comparison will be made between Cuesta College and UC-Davis FCI post-tests, along with their pre- to post-test gains.

D. Hestenes, M. Wells, and G. Swackhamer, Arizona State University, "Force Concept Inventory," Phys. Teach. 30, 141-158 (1992).
Development of the FCI, a 30-question survey of basic Newtonian mechanics concepts.

Previous FCI results:

• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, fall semester 2013 pre-tests and post-tests.
  
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, fall semester 2012 pre-tests and post-tests.
  
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, fall semester 2011 pre-tests and post-tests.
  
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, fall semester 2009 pre-tests and post-tests.
  
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, spring semester 2009 pre-tests and post-tests.
  
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, fall semester 2008 pre-tests and post-tests.
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, spring semester 2008 pre-tests and post-tests.
• Cuesta College versus UC-Davis, fall semester 2007 pre-tests and post-tests.