Welcome to the 2011-2012 School Year!

Every week or two, I will be writing a post on this blog that details the current activities and homework.  Sometimes we will not get to all that was planned or there will be slight changes, but for the most part, this is a very good place to look to see what we did in class.  In addition, you will find that most class documents will be available on the side using Google Docs.  Occasionally the formatting for documents suffers in the translation to Googledocs.  If you have questions (students or parents), feel free to e-mail me at mkenny@pps.net

• Tues 9/6:  Short classes.  Take Roll.  Students fill out information sheets.  Demonstrate Early Work.  Hand out Classroom Expectations.  Read them and bring questions this week or next.
• Thurs 9/8:  First Early Work.  Go over classroom rules and routines.  Small group brainstorm:  what goes into taking good scientific data?  Notes on Uncertainty.  Start Measurement Lab in groups.
• Mon 9/12:  Calculating with uncertainty.   Finish Measurement Lab, due Wednesday 9/14.  You can turn in the worksheet, but your work should be clear, neat, and thorough.  If you need to, rewrite on a separate sheet.  Introduction to significant figures.  Do 1st side of Chapter 1 Worksheet.  Hand out Safety and Academic Honesty contracts.  Bring back signed by Friday 9/16.
• Wed 9/14:   Turn in Measurement Lab.  Metric System and conversions.  Scientific notation.  Complete 2nd side of Chapter 1 Worksheet, due Friday.
• Fri 9/16:  Turn in signed Safety and Academic Honesty contracts.  Check off Chapter 1 Worksheet and go over.  Review for short test on Tuesday 9/20.   Start Chapter 2:  Motion Lab.

Be prepared for Short Chapter 1 Test on Tuesday.  Your chapter 1 worksheet is the best review.

The Week of 6/6-6/10 NEW SCHEDULE!!

Lincoln has a unique opportunity to have a special speaker this week, and as a result, the schedule has been switched around.  Block Days will be Tuesday and Thursday of this week and Wednesday will be a Special Assembly Schedule.  The Deadline for Late Work and Extra Credit is still Tuesday by the end of lunch.  Finals begin on Friday with 2, 4, and 6.

• Monday 6/6:  Start going over review packet and work on your notecard.  Hand out Crossword Review.
• Tuesday 6/7:  Even Blocks.  I don't see you.
• Wednesday 6/8:  Short classes.  Go over problems in review packet.
• Thursday 6/9:  Final grades and how to calculate what you need to get on your final exam to get your desired grade.  Jeopardy review.

Monday 6/13:  Your final exam from 8:15-10:15 am.

The Week of 5/30-6/3

Remember that Block Days this week are on Tuesday and Wednesday due to Senior Finals!!  My FLEXes will be Tuesday first FLEX and Wednesday at lunch.

• Monday 5/30:  Memorial Day.  No School.
• Tuesday 5/31:  AM FLEX.
• Wednesday 6/1:  Final Day with Seniors!  A few Seniors will be taking the final.  The rest of us will hear 2 more presentations, check off old HW, do a Series and Parallel lab, and go over the Electricity Review.
• Thursday 6/2:  Short classes due to Senior Assembly.  Go over Electrcity Review.  Hand out Final Review Packet.
• Friday 6/3:  Turn in Electricity Review.  Take Electricity Test.

Next week:  Late Work and Extra Credit Deadline is Tuesday 6/7 by the end of lunch.  Your final exam will by Monday 6/13 in the morning.

The Week of 5/23-5/27

• Monday 5/23:  Check off HW p. 710 1-2 and go over.  Electric Circuits.  Drawing schematic diagrams.   Series and Parallel Circuits with Lightbulbs.
• Tuesday 5/24:  Calculating Equivalent Resistance for Series and Parallel Circuits.  HW p. 739 1,3,5 and p. 744 2+3. 
• Thursday 5/26:  Projects Due!  Presentations of Projects all day.
• Friday 5/27:  Finish Project Presentations if necessary.  Electrics Review.

We will take a short Electrics Test next Wednesday  Friday.  Remember that next week is Senior Finals, so Tuesday and Wednesday will be Block Days.

The Week of 5/16-5/20

• Monday 5/16:  Go over drawing equipotential lines and electric fields.  Equipotential Lab due Friday.  Go to Computer Lab to work on lab or Physics on the Edge Project.  Check off p. 647 HW.
• Tuesday 5/17:  Drawing electric field lines and calculating potential difference.  HW p. 673 1-3.
• Thursday 5/19:  Check off p. 673 HW and go over.  Electric current, types of current, drift velocity and resistance.  HW p. 695 1-3 and p. 703 1, 2, and 4.  Lab:  playing with lightbulbs.
• Friday 5/20:  Turn in Equipotential Lab if not already.  Check off p. 695 and 703 HW and go over.  Types of electric circuits.  Try each type with lightbulbs.  Electric Power.  HW p. 710 1-2.

Remember that your Physics on the Edge Project is due next Thursday, 5/26.

The Week of 5/9-5/13

• Monday 5/9:  Finish Static Electricity Lab and turn in.  Introduce Coulomb's Law.  HW p. 636 1-4.
• Tuesday 5/10:  Check off p. 536 HW and go over.  Superposition and Electric Fields.  HW p. 639 #1 (2 is extra credit)
• Thursday 5/12:  Equipotential Lines Lab.  Van de Graaff generator demos.
• Friday 5/13:  Finish up unfinished business from Thursday.  Drawing Electric Field Lines. 

Answers to 14+15 Review Problems

1.  0.00000071 m (I can't figure out how to write sci. not. on this blog)
2.  M = - .48, so image is smaller, real, inverted
3.  p = 11.3 cm
4.  M = -20.0, so real and inverted
5.  23 degrees
6.  q = 170 cm, image height = 22 cm
7.  f = 200. cm, image is larger, virtual, upright
8.  refracted by 72 degrees

We will go over 9-14 in class