Week of October 10th

This week was a bit unusual during my office hours. I actually had no students show up to my Tuesday office hours, which is strange because Dr. Nero sets the weekly homework due on Wednesday. My Thursday office hours were much different. Students came in with two main issues, they needed help with a problem on the homework involving a roller coaster, and help with conceptually understanding work. Conveniently, helping the students understand work and how conservative forces interact in a system seemed to really help them solve the roller coaster problem that everyone had so much trouble with. Once the students understood that when only conservative forces act on a system the total energy doesn't change, they were able to do the roller coaster problem with relative ease.