Video: "Keck in Motion" excerpts

"Keck in Motion"
Andrew Cooper
vimeo.com/36442707

Excerpts for whole-class discussion (ask students: "what do you notice is going on?")

Physics quiz archive: electromagnetic waves, reflection/refraction

Physics 205B Quiz 1, spring semester 2016
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Sections 30882, 30883, version 1
Exam code: quiz01sN0w



Sections 30882, 30883 results

0- 6 :	*** [low = 6]
7-12 :	**
13-18 :	************
19-24 :	****************** [mean = 20.7 +/- 6.1]
25-30 :	******** [high = 30]

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

Astronomy 210 Quiz 1, spring semester 2016
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Section 30674, version 1
Exam code: quiz01n0iR


Section 30674

0- 8.0 :	* [low = 8]
8.5-16.0 :	*****
16.5-24.0 :	*****
24.5-32.0 :	*** [mean = 25.5 +/- 10.5]
32.5-40.0 :	******* [high = 40]

Section 30676, version 1
Exam code: quiz01sC4r


Section 30676

0- 8.0 :	** [low = 8]
8.5-16.0 :	*****
16.5-24.0 :	*********************
24.5-32.0 :	************* [mean = 24.9 +/- 7.8]
32.5-40.0 :	************ [high = 40]

Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting

Astronomy 210 In-class activity 6 v.16.01.12, spring semester 2016
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, February 4, 2016).




Previous posts:

• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  fall semester 2015 (September 3, 2015).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  spring semester 2015 (February 4, 2015).
• Astronomy in-class activity: planet-hunting
  fall semester 2014 (September 3, 2014).
• 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).

Physics quiz archive: temperature, thermal equilibrium, heat transfer

Physics 205A Quiz 7, fall semester 2015
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Sections 70854, 70855, 73320, version 1
Exam code: quiz07zSOL



Sections 70854, 70855, 73320 results

0- 6 :	* [low = 3]
7-12 :	*****
13-18 :	*****************
19-24 :	****************************** [mean = 21.2 +/- 5.6]
25-30 :	**************** [high = 30]

Astronomy quiz archive: Milky Way, cosmology

Astronomy 210 Quiz 7, fall semester 2015
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Section 70158, version 1
Exam code: quiz07srrH


Section 70158

0- 8.0 :	*** [low = 4.0]
8.5-16.0 :	**********
16.5-24.0 :	*********** [mean = 21.5 +/- 9.3]
24.5-32.0 :	*********
32.5-40.0 :	****** [high = 40.0]

Section 70160, version 1
Exam code: quiz07nM0r


Section 70160

0- 8.0 :	*** [low = 4.0]
8.5-16.0 :	******
16.5-24.0 :	******* [mean = 20.7 +/- 9.6]
24.5-32.0 :	*******
32.5-40.0 :	** [high = 40.0]

FCI pre-test comparison: Cuesta College versus UC-Davis (fall semester 2015)

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 2015	UC-Davis Physics 7B summer session II 2002
N	85 students*	76 students*
low	2	2
mean	10.0 +/- 5.5	9.1 +/- 4.3
high	24	27

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

Student's t-test of the null hypothesis results in p = 0.19 (t = 1.31, sdev = 4.93, degrees of freedom = 159), thus there is no significant difference between Cuesta College and UC-Davis FCI pre-test scores.

Later this semester (fall 2015), 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 2014 pre-tests and post-tests.
  
• 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.

Physics quiz archive: simple harmonic motion

Physics 205A Quiz 6, fall semester 2015
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Sections 70854, 70855, 73320, version 1
Exam code: quiz06m45S



Sections 70854, 70855, 73320 results

0- 6 :
7-12 :	** [low = 12]
13-18 :	**********
19-24 :	***************************** [mean = 24.2 +/- 4.7]
25-30 :	******************************** [high = 30]

Astronomy quiz archive: stellar evolution

Astronomy 210 Quiz 6, fall semester 2015
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Section 70158, version 1
Exam code: quiz06s7ll

Section 70158

0- 8.0 :
8.5-16.0 :	**** [low = 12.0]
16.5-24.0 :	************
24.5-32.0 :	************** [mean = 26.7 +/- 8.1]
32.5-40.0 :	********** [high = 40.0]

Section 70160, version 1
Exam code: quiz06nUm6

Section 70160

0- 8.0 :	* [low = 8.0]
8.5-16.0 :	*
16.5-24.0 :	********
24.5-32.0 :	************* [mean = 25.8 +/- 7.6]
32.5-40.0 :	***** [high = 40.0]

Physics quiz archive: rotations, torque, pressure, buoyancy, fluid flow

Physics 205A Quiz 5, fall semester 2015
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Sections 70854, 70855, 73320, version 1
Exam code: quiz05bL8D



Sections 70854, 70855, 73320 results

0- 6 :	** [low = 0]
7-12 :	****************
13-18 :	************************** [mean = 17.2 +/- 6.1]
19-24 :	**************
25-30 :	******** [high = 30]