The third (out of four) interactive computer marked assignments (iCMA43) opened for business on Wednesday, so I accessed the online 'Moodle quiz' and printed the questions out. I worked on these straightaway as I wanted some light relief from S283. The cut-off date for this iCMA is 16th June, so there was absolutely no rush to get it done, but I did it anyway. As far as I could tell, I scored 100%, but it has to be confirmed by a human before the mark contributes towards the final module result, which is 1.6% of the total module mark. I also had a couple of routine tutorials on coordinate geometry and vectors, which was the last I will have on this topic before the start of calculus. Differentiation isn't too bad but I think I'll struggle with integration methods.
I had a tutorial on chapters 7 and 8 of S283 An Introduction to Astrobiology yesterday. These are the chapters on exoplanets and the likelihood of finding life on them. This was the last tutorial by this particular tutor and I can't say I'm too upset by that. Like a lot of tutorials, there's a tendency for the tutor to teach what they are personally interested in rather than what is actually in the module. On this occasion, the tutor did not attempt to hide the fact that they knew very little about the particular subject area and they were definitely struggling towards the end of the hour. I think some of the attendees were as well. I'm now seriously working towards the final TMA04 for planetary science. There's quite a lot on Europa, which seems to be the module team's favorite moon.
