Final Exam Guidelines

4th Period's Final will be Tuesday, January 31st from 10:30-12:25 and 6th Period's Final will be Thursday, February 2nd from 10:30-12:25.

What You Need for the Final in This Class:
1) Pencils
2) Notebook Paper
3) A Scientific Calculator (I cannot provide these)
4) 4" x 6" note card hand-written by you (must be turned in at the end of the test)
5) Something to do quietly when you are done with the test

Other Rules:
1) You must finish the test in the time allotted, although I do allow students to stay a short time into the break if they have been working steadily. Students with 504 plans or IEP's can get more time if their plan allows.
2) No trips to the restroom before you have turned in the test. Afterwards, one student at a time may go.
3) Absolutely no cell phones out.
4) Remember that any form of cheating, whether you are looking at another person's test or assisting another student, will result in a 0% on the test. Don't let that happen to you! It just isn't worth it.

Finally, remember to be well-rested, eat a good breakfast, and try to relax. If you run into a question that is stressing you out, move on, and come back to it later. Check your test over before you turn it in to look for careless mistakes or questions you may have forgotten to answer.  Also, remember that all numerical answers should have units and should be within 1 digit of correct significant figures.

Anwers to Semester Review

1)  18000m, 0.0000000034, 0.0000042
2)  4.0 x 10^13
3)  3, 2, 6, 3
4)  500, 18, 45.92
5)  33 m/s, 144 m
6)  9.90 m/s, 1.01 s

Chapters 3+4
1)  8.1 km at 30. degrees S of E
2)  34.6 m, 20.0 m
3)  116 m at 56.0 degrees S of E
4)  1.58 s, 45.8 m
5)  478 N
6)  0.231

Chapters 5+6
1)  22.2 m/s
2)  12 J
3)  10. m/s

Chapter 7
1)  2.75 rads
2)  15.8 rads/s
3)  6.28 m/s

5+6 Review Answers for the Test on Monday 1/23

1. 35 J
2. 4820 J
3. a)  18.4 J    b)  -10.2 J   c)  8.2 J    d)  1.81 m/s
4. 3700 J
5. -54 m/s
6. 560 W
7. 36 m/s west
8. 2.6 kg m/s
9. -390 N, 0.13 m
10. -0.60 m/s
11. 10. m/s
12. 8.0 kg, 4.5 m/s

January 17-February 3

We are now heading into the last 2 weeks before final exams. Make sure that you check your grade and look for missing assignments. The deadline for late work and extra credit is Friday, January 27th by 3:30 pm.

• Tues 1/17:  Finish Ballistic Pendulum Lab.  Start Chapter 7:  radians.  Reminder about Physics in Motion Project guidelines.  Project due this Thursday!
• Thurs 1/19:   Set up Physics in Motion Projects in the back of the room and do a gallery evaluation of 4 posters, including your own.  Go over 5+6 Review.  Chapter 5+6 Test on Monday 1/23.
• Mon 1/23:  Turn in 5+6 Review.  Take 5+6 Test.  Simple rotational motion equations.  Hand out Semester Review Packet.
• Wed 1/25:  Check off radian problems and go over.  Go over Chapters 1-3 of Review Packet.  Guidelines for Semester Final Exam.
• Fri 1/27:  Late work and extra credit deadline is today by 3:30 pm!!  Finish going over Review Packet.  Jeopardy Review. 
• Mon 1/30:  We see all classes today for short class periods.  Last minute questions.  Go over end of semester calculations.
• Tues 1/31:  Finals in Periods 1, 4, and 7.
• Wed 2/1:  Finals in Periods 2, 5, and 8.
• Thurs 2/2:  Finals in Periods 3 and 6.
• Fri 2/3:  Teacher Work Day.  No School.

Egg Drop Time!!

On Friday, January 6, we will be doing an Egg Drop Contest.  The only exception will be if there is some serious rainy/windy weather going on.  You may work in groups of 1-3.  We will drop the contraptions from the back of the Lincoln stadium, which is a fairly big fall.

There will be 2 categories that you can compete in:

Open:  anything goes, but don't use food, explosives, or anything that will make a mess.  You will be responsible for any mess made.

Limited Materials:  you may use up to 20 straws, 1 meter of clear or masking tape, and string (amount not specified).  This may not sound like much, but you can do some very good designs with a handful of straws.  See what you can come up with!

As a class, we will vote on the winner in each category.

The Write-Up: (only 1 needed per group):
1)  A well-labeled diagram including measurements (do this before you drop it as it may be destroyed!)
2)  Description of 3 physics principles involved (at least 2 sentences explanation for each)
3)  What you would do differently next time
*Note, you will not be graded on whether or not your egg survives.  I want you to have fun, challenge the laws of physics, and make the most efficient/interesting design you can come up with.

Preferably turn in by the end of class Friday, but if time is limited, I will accept on Tuesday of next week.

January 4-January 13, 2012.

Welcome to the New Year!  I hope that you had a relaxing Winter Break.  I know that I sure did.  We will be busy this January as we wrap up the first semester!  Remember that your Physics in Motion Project is due Thursday, January 19th.

• Wed 1/4:  Check off Power Problems.  Impulse-Momentum Theorem and all of its applications.  Introduce Egg-Drop Contest.  Make up rules and start planning.
• Fri 1/6:  Build Egg-Drop contraptions and do drop.  Egg-Drop write-up due by the end of the period (should include well-labeled diagram, description of 3 concepts involved, and what you would change).  If time, more on momentum.  Problems 1-8 on Chapter 6 Problems (#8 is extra credit)
• Tues 1/10:  Check off Problems and go over.  Conservation of Momentum.  Problems 9-17 of worksheet (17 is extra). 
• Thurs 1/12:  Ballistic-Pendulum Lab.  Each group takes data and then each individual completes calculations.  Check off problems 9-17 and go over.

Physics in Motion Project due Next Thursday!
No School on Monday 1/16 due to Martin Luther King Day.