Saturday, March 31, 2012

End of the Quarter

We are nearing the end of the 3rd Quarter!  Make sure that you look up your grades on Edbox and see if you are missing anything.  The deadline for Late Work and Extra Credit is Monday 4/9 by 3:30 pm.

Tues 4/3:  Go over 12+13 Review Problems (see answers in previous post).  Jeopardy Review.  Work on Instrument Project. 
Thurs 4/5:  Demonstrate Musical Instruments.  Turn in 12+13 Review.  Take 12+13 Test.  Turn in Musical Instrument Write-Up.
Mon 4/9:  Deadline for Late Work and Extra Credit is today by 3:30 pm.  Electromagnetic radiation and EM spectrum.  Reflection and mirrors. 
Wed 4/11:  Mirror Equation.  Lenses and lens lab.  Lens equations.
Friday 4/13:  Teacher Work Day.  No School.

Answers to 12+13 Review Sheet (for test on Thursday 4/5)

1.  0.0055 m
2.  4 nodes (we'll draw in class)
3.  1/9
4.  0.25 W
5.  180 Hz, 540 Hz, 900 Hz
6.  100
7.  5.01 W/m^2
8.  0.20 s
9.  285!
10.  3000 Hz (2 sig figs)
11.  4.0 Hz
12.  27.9 N
13.  4.07 s
14.  17.5 m/s^2
15.  105

Monday, March 12, 2012

March 7-March 23

  • Wed 3/7:  Introduce types of waves.  Start Ripple Tank Lab.
  • Fri 3/9:  Color-mark 2nd draft of Spring Lab.  Finish Ripple Tank Lab.
  • Tue 3/13:  Wave properties.  Sound properties.  Start problems.  Really finish the Ripple Tank Lab.   Final Draft of Spring Lab due Thursday.
  • Thur 3/15:  Turn in Final Draft of Spring Lab and Color-Marked version.  The Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms.  Resonance.  Tacoma Narrows Bridge.  More problems (7-13).
  • Mon 3/19:  Resonance.  Tacoma Narrows Bridge.  Harmonics.  Speed of Sound Lab.  Harmonics problems.
  • Wed 3/21:  Computer Sound Lab.  Musical Instrument Project.  Simple Harmonic Motion.  Spring and Pendulum problems.
  • Fri 3/23:  Check off problems.  12+13 Review.  Musical Instrument due on Tues 4/3 or Thurs 4/5.  12+13 Test on Thursday 4/5.