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Physics 112 Astronomy and the Universe at the University of Illinois at Chicago Fall Semester 2009 Midterm 2 scores available in blackboard Mean is 30.5; grade cuts A >39, B>33, C>22, D>18 Midterm 2 Answers Some active iClickers have still not been registered, so I can’t link them to owners. If your clicker number appears below, please send me your UIC email ID and clicker number. Unregistered clickers 01D37CAE,0975ADD1,099571ED,16F37E9B,1831634A,18A9BA0B 190DE8FC,1C914DC0,1C9AFB7D,1E10DAD4,1F04706B Stick Lab part 2 due Tues. Nov. 17th Final Exam Wed. Dec. 9^th at 3:30-5:30PM in LC E1 Midterm 1 scores available in blackboard Mean is 29; grade cuts A >35, B>30, C>21, D>17 MasteringAstronomy Course ID is ASTRONOMYFALL09 This is the informational site for 2009 fall semester sections of Physics 112: Astronomy and the Universe.  If you are currently enrolled in this class, you've come to the right place --- if not, feel free to look around anyway. Professor:  Mark Adams Office:  2274 SES  Phone:  (312) 996-3403 email:  adams@uic.edu Office hours:  Tues. 12-1 PM, Thurs. 1-2PM and by appointment. Meeting Times: The lecture section of this class meets twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:00pm to 3:15pm in the E1 Lecture Center.  There is no discussion section. There are five separate laboratory sections each week:  All labs are held in 2280 SEL.  There are no prerequisites for this course, however, familiarity with high school algebra is assumed.  To be properly enrolled, you must sign up for the lecture section and one concurrent laboratory section.  All labs offered during the semester must be completed in order to obtain course credit! Staff: on the web here (in HTML) .  Syllabus: on the web here (in HTML) .  Course Information: Course information, including grading structure is available on the web here (in HTML) .  This index page is available at http://physicsweb.phy.uic.edu/112/index.htm. Other Course Material:  Examination Schedule Homeworks are available online via MasteringAstronomy In addition, this page will have several useful/interesting links relating to the class (see the sidebar at the left). Please don't hesitate to email me at the above address if you have any questions regarding the class or its web page.