The Week of 10/1-10/5

Remember that if you scored less than a 34.5 on the 1st test, you can do test corrections, but they must be completed this week!  Come in during FLEX or arrange for a different time.

• Mon 10/1:  Turn in your Motion Detector Lab if not already.  Please bring in your completed data table from the Cart Lab, including uncertainty.  Go to Computer Lab to make 3 graphs for the Cart Lab.  If time, write up the conclusion as well.  Lab due by 10/4-10/5, but will certainly be accepted earlier!
• Tues/Wed 10/2-10/3:  Equations with constant acceleration.  Do problems 12-15 (16 ec)  on Chapter 2 Problems.  Start Free-Fall.  Demonstration with basketball. 
• Thurs/Fri 10/4-10/5:  Turn in Cart Lab if not already.  Check off HW problems and go over.  Free-fall problem tips.  Do problems 17-21 (22 ec)  for Monday.  Coffee Filter Terminal Velocity Lab. 

SPARK Lecture on Monday! (extra credit available)

Dr. Linda Lester

Endocrinologist and Nutritionist.

Iodine deficiency, a world-wide health problem.

Monday, October 1st in 169 from 3:30-4:15. To get extra credit, fill out the speaker evaluation and submit to Meg Kilmer and write a summary of the presentation and your response to it. Please do not just hand in your notes.

The Week of 9/24-9/28

• Mon 9/24:  Check off homework problems 1-6 and go over.  Acceleration.  Do problems 8-11 for Tues/Wed.
• Tues/Wed 9/25-9/26:  Check off Acceleration HW and go over.  Take data for Cart Lab and then process data.
• Thurs/Fri 9/27-9/28:  More on Cart Lab:  Write-Up due next Tues/Wed.  Motion Detector Lab.  Go over equations for constant acceleration.

Answers to Practice Worksheet:

The best way to prepare for the test on Thurs/Fri is to go over the problems on this worksheet.  There will be several examples of each type on the test as well as a descriptive question about uncertainty.

1st Side:  1)  3    2)   3   3)  4      4)  3    5)   1    6)  4    7)  4    8)   8    9)  4    10)  10   11)  2.00   12)  15.6   13)  41100   14)  110   15)  794.2     16) 0.8    17)  710   18)  11.5 +- 0.8 s   19)  3.033 +- 0.149 g   20)  51.8 +- 5.5 cm  21)  190.0 +- 0.9 cm    22)  7.50 +- .10 kg   23)  6.75 +- 0.30 cm^2  24)  900 +- 160 m^3  25)  2.51 +- 0.07 g/mL   

2nd Side:   26)  1590000   27)  0.00470    28)  600,000,000    29)   0.00084312020  30)  9.890 x 10^-4  31)  8.76 x 10^5    32)  7.89 x 10^-1    33)  3.4 x 10^6  34)  6.1 x 10^7  35)  1.9 x 10^33  36)  3.7 x 10^0   37)  3.0 x 10^-3   38)  1800  39)  0.45    40)  47000   41)  13,500,000  42)  1.50 x 10^-8    43)  0.0210  44)  1.50 x 10^3   45)  4.5 x 10^8   46)  22.5  km  47)  11.3  L   48)  53 oz. 49)  24.1 cm

First 2.5 Weeks of School

Sorry about the delay in getting this posted.  In the future I will try to post before the weeks start.  This is what we have done and what we have yet to do in the first 2.5 weeks of school.

• Wed 9/5:  Meet and Greet.  Demonstrate Early Work.
• Thurs/Fri 9/6-9/7:  Hand out Classroom Expectations and go over.  Hand out Safety and Academic Honesty Contracts, get signed by next week 9/13-9/14.  Measurement Lab.  Take careful measurements of the 6 quantities and write a paragraph for each describing sources of uncertainty and how the uncertainty can be reduced.
• Mon 9/10:  Finish Measurement Lab, which is due Tues/Wed.  Calculate average and uncertainty on graphing data table.
• Tues/Wed 9/11-9/12:  Turn in Measurement Lab.  Go over parts of a good graph.  Go to library to make 2 graphs using LoggerPro.  Turn in today or next period.  Counting signficant figures.  Do 1st 9 problems of Chapter 1 Worksheet.
• Thurs/Fri 9/13-9/14:  Signed Safety and Academic Honesty Contracts due by today.  Turn in LoggerPro graphs if not already.  Go over computing with correct rounding, calculating uncertainty when calculating, and scientific notation.  Complete Chapter 1 Worksheet through scientific notation.
• Mon 9/17:  Computing with scientific notation.  The metric system and conversions.  Finish Chapter 1 Worksheet before next class.
• Tues/Wed 9/18-9/19:  Questions on conversions?  Check of Chapter 1 Worksheet and go over the answers.  Start motion (displacement, velocity, acceleration).  Short Chapter 1 Test on Thurs/Fri.
• Thurs/Fri 9/20-9/21:  Short Chapter 1 Test.  Take velocity data and process. Go over problem-solving method and do problems 1-6 from Chapter 2 problems.  Problem #7 is extra credit.  Do the problems using the 5-step method and you can do them in your notebook.  I will check them off on Monday; you don't have to turn them in.

Welcome to the 2012-2013 School Year!

This is where you will come to get important information about the class.  I regularly update this blog, so you can rely on it to be accurate MOST of the time.  You can get class worksheets, find useful links, determine due dates, and accomplish many of your classroom needs.  Feel free to e-mail me (mkenny@pps.net) if you have any questions.  I usually respond the same day, although for you night owls who have questions at 11:30 pm...maybe not.  I'm looking forward to having you in my class this year and to getting the year and this website into full swing!