Learning Module for Week 2 is now UP.

I have just activated a "learning module" for the second week of the semester. Look for the coffee cup icon on the course home page in Webcourses. Click in there and take a look:

1. The heart of each learning module is the concept guide. Everything starts with the concept guide!
2. The concept guide is filled with study tips, like vocabulary to be familiar with, exercises to work on, diagrams, comments on the reading and even which pages to read. The concept guide for chapter 2 contains a mini-assignment from chapter 1 for those of you who are rusty with the metric system. Everything else is from chapter 2.
3. In addition to the concept guide, you will also find a mini-quiz on chapter 2 concepts. It will help you gauge your understanding, and some students print it out and use it as a study tool for reading. In fact, it is designed to highlight the reading. You can take the mini-quiz as many times as you like, up until September 21, when Exam 1 goes active. All mini-quizzes go off the air that morning before the midterm exam.
4. There is a link to the "Questions concerning motion, from chapters 2-4" discussion area, for posting questions and helping your classmates with tips. My TAs and I will also be participating in the discussion threads. Many students benefit from these discussion interactions and see their grades improve.
5. I will add extra enrichment activities and tools to the learning module occasionally, so always keep an eye open during the week.

Note: whenever I add an enrichment tool to the learning module or any other change or modification, I will announce it here first. Sometimes I make several announcements in a single day. So always keep this Blogspot in your list of things to eyeball a couple times per day. Good.