Seriously ...

Cramming might best proceed in this order:

Example problems
Previous exam solutions
Review the cheat sheet

Remember that the final is 11:30-1pm, in the usual classroom.

Studying for the final

Here's what I just wrote one of you in an email. I thought it would be useful info for everyone to see.

PH102 and PH106 do cover basically the same material - the only real difference is that PH106 uses calculus, and PH106 does not. (Well, also PH102 covers modern physics, and PH106 does not).

I would say looking at PH102 homework problems and exams is probably just as good as looking at PH106 problems - the sorts of problems are exactly the same, the only difference from what I'll ask on the final is a bit higher level of math.

Narrowing it down, probably the Spring 2008 homework sets are the most valuable of all the PH102 stuff, followed by Spring 2008 exam 2 and the Spring 2008 final exam. A good approach would be to look at both the PH102 and PH106 homework sets for the problem part of the exam, and the quick quizzes in the text for the multiple choice part.

Exam review questions & solutions, grades

UPDATE:

Moodle grades are now current, and should reflect all homework sets, quizzes, labs, etc. Check them carefully to make sure I haven't missed anything ... you can regard these as your pre-final grades, if I haven't made any mistake.

Your total grade thusfar is 75% of your total grade, the final exam counts for the last 25%. This should be enough info to calculate what you need on the final exam to get a particular grade :-)

Keep in mind: I follow a 90/80/70/60 scale for A/B/C/D. Plus and minus grades come at 2.5 point increments. I always round up - so 89.001% rounds up to 90%, for an A-.
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Partial solutions to the exam review questions are here.

I'll be posting updated solutions, and probably some more example questions, some time tonight.

I will also be updating your grades on moodle tonight ... once that is done, it should include everything except the final. I'll post again when that is done, and how you can estimate what grade you need on the final ...

Final exam review

I have made up a list of problems that will be useful for you to review for the final exam, which you can find here. Some of the questions should be familiar, some should not, but they should all be ones that you can solve.

I will also post some example multiple choice questions soon. Other useful study aids are your homework sets, and the example problems and 'quick quizzes' in your textbook. Finally, some of my previous PH102 material will be helpful - there are a good number of solved problems included in the PH102 homework, exam, and quiz directories.

This problem set will not be graded, it is only for studying purposes. I will post solutions to all the problems over the break at some point as well.

Mathness

I made up some random math notes, regarding vectors and such.

You may also find my ph102 notes useful - same material, very little math. You want this file ... fair warning, it is a 26Mb PDF.

Join us.

There is a Facebook group for this section of ph106. We hope this will help you get to know the other students in this class, and provide a forum for asking questions.

Working together on homework sets is encouraged, this is one way you can enable that.