To enjoy physics and have fun doing it. Students are given the list of problems due for the whole semester. Students first read the chapter. I explain the tougher parts and answer questions. There is a 45-60 minute test on each chapter.
Chapters take one week, occasionally two.
The pace is very rapid and the atmosphere is informal. Most of the year, each team of two students will have access to a laptop, which has Microsoft Word, Excel, the new Pasco Data Studio software as well as Mechanics and Electronics simulation software. After each lab we do an analysis of our data appropriate to the complexity of the experiment. In each case, there are specific objectives each student should achieve. Lab questions and problems are included in quizzes and tests.