Physics 106P: Lecture 1 Notes

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Physics 123
Please pick up a clicker at the front of the
room. Turn it on (bottom button) and answer
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• How would you best describe your
• high school physics class?
• I liked it and I remember quite a bit
• I liked it but I dont remember much
• I didnt like it but I remember quite a bit
• I didnt like it and I dont remember much
• I didnt take one

You can answer as many times as you like - I will
only see your last one
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More about you

• How would you best describe your
• high school chemistry class?
• I liked it and I remember quite a bit
• I liked it but I dont remember much
• I didnt like it but I remember quite a bit
• I didnt like it and I dont remember much
• I didnt take one

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More about you

• How would you best describe your
• high school biology class?
• I liked it and I remember quite a bit
• I liked it but I dont remember much
• I didnt like it but I remember quite a bit
• I didnt like it and I dont remember much
• I didnt take one

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More about you

• How would you best describe your
• last high school math class?
• I liked it and I remember quite a bit
• I liked it but I dont remember much
• I didnt like it but I remember quite a bit
• I didnt like it and I dont remember much
• I didnt take one

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More about you

• What year you are in
• Freshman
• Sophomore
• Junior
• Senior
• Other

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More about you

• How would you best describe the focus
• of your studies here at the U of I?
• Education
• Humanities
• Arts
• Science
• Other

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About us
Mats Joel Rogan
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Key Question

• You are teaching a class of 3rd graders and one
  kid asks you a complicated science question in
  front of the whole class that you haven't the
  foggiest idea how to answer.
• You do what
• Talk about the question and try to figure out
  the answer in class even though you may not be
  able to finish.
• Change the subject and come back to the question
  the next day after you have figured out the
  answer.
• Discourage future questions that are too
  complicated for the kids to understand because
  you dont want them to feel stupid.

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About this class
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