Grades, based on work done to date:
If your average score is
- Between 0 and 65%: Turn in any late lab reports IMMEDIATELY, and STUDY LIKE MAD.
- Between 65 and 85%: Focus on missed homework and lab problems.
- Greater than 85%:
You are doing well! Keep up the good work by studying efficiently.
The midterm examination will count for 15% of your final grade ...
- Review chapters 1-5, 8-11 of The Essential Cosmic Perspective,
and summarize the most important points.
- Work through lecture notes, and focus on the most important concepts.
- Go through the list of useful formulas,
and write them out explicitly (Kepler's Laws, ...).
- Reread your lab assignments and written reports.
- Write down the major conclusions of each lab experiment.
- Understand and be comfortable using the formulas introduced in the lab sessions.
- Rework any missed homework and quiz problems. Review those you understood.
- Discuss sample problems with a study group of fellow students.
- Questions? Come to office hours, and talk to us!