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.