4/15-4/26

3rd Quarter Grades Are Updated.  Check yours and see if you have any questions.  There is a SPARK lecture on Earthquakes on Monday 4/15.  Write ups for SPARK lectures are due by Friday of the week they are given and will now only be accepted through turnitin.com.  

• Mon 4/15:  Electromagnetic radiation.  Electromagnetic spectrum.  Reflection of light.  Start mirror equation.
• Tues/Wed 4/16-4/17:   Law of Reflection.  Curved mirrors.  Ray diagrams for determining locations of images.  Mirror equation.  Problems 1-4 on 14+15 problem set.
• Thurs/Fri 4/17-4/18:  Convex mirrors and the mirror equation.  Finish problems 5-8 on 14+15 problems.  Reflection and seeing colors.  Additive colors and subtractive colors.  Complementary colors.
• Mon 4/22: Check off problems 1-8 on 14+15 problems and go over.   Light and refraction.  Drawing the refraction of light through a translucent substance.
• Tues/Wed 4/23-4/24:  Snell's Law Lab.  Lab write-up due Tues/Wed 4/30-5/1.  Do problems 9-11 for Friday.
• Thurs/Fri 4/25-4/26:  Check off 9-11 and go over.  Critical angle (work time on problems 12-14 for Monday).  Lenses.  Drawing ray diagrams and using lens equation.  Problems 15-20 on 14+15 WS for Tues/Wed.    Remember that the Snell's Law Lab is due Tues/Wed 4/30-5/1.

Answers to 12+13 Review Sheet (Test on Wed/Thurs 4/10-4/11)

Sorry about getting them up here so late!

1.  0.0055m
2.  4 nodes
3.  1/9
4.  0.25 W
5.  180 Hz, 540 Hz, 900 Hz
6.  100 dB
7.  5.01 W/m^2
8.  0.20 s
9.  70.1 Hz, so 285 harmonics
10.  3.0 x 10^3 Hz
11.  0.25 s, 4.0 Hz
12.  27.9 N
13.  4.07 s
14.  17.5 m/s^2
15.  T = 2.84 s, so 105 complete oscillations

4/1-4/11

• Mon 4/1:  Check off problems 17-20 problems and go over.  Simple Harmonic Motion Problems.  Do 21-25 for Tues/Wed.
• Tues/Wed 4/2-4/3:  Check off problems 21-25 and go over.  Take data for Speed O' Sound Lab in shifts.  When not taking data, do Slinky Demonstrations in the hall.  Hand out 12+13 Review Sheet.
• Thurs/Fri 4/4-4/5:  Work Day!  Do write-up for Speed O' Sound Lab (neat data table, sample calculations, and conclusion).  Work on 12+13 Review.  Review concepts like speed of sound in different media, Doppler Effect, sonic boom, resonance, and sound graphs.  Next week you have your Musical Instrument Project and 12+13 Test on Wed/Thurs!!  Musical Instruments demonstrated on Mon/Tues get a bit of extra credit.
• Mon/Tues 4/8-4/9:  Quick Jeopardy Review for 12+13 Test.   Demonstrate instruments early for some extra credit.  Go over answers to 12+13 Review.  
• Wed/Thurs:  4/10-4/11:  Deadline for late work/extra credit for 3rd Quarter.  Demonstrate Musical Instruments.  Turn in instrument write-up.  Questions on 12+13 Review?  Turn in review and take test.  
• Friday 4/12:  Teacher Work Day.  No School!

Happy Spring Break!

Many of you have already turned in your Spring Inquiry Lab through a hard copy or e-mail and through turnitin.com.  Keep them coming in!  There are still many out there.   Also, remember that you can work on your Musical Instrument Project over break if you would like.  It will be due on Wed/Thurs, April 10-11, so if you don't come up with anything over break, you will still have 9-10 days to finish it when we get back.

Enjoy your time off!

Turnitin.com Information (updated, I had the wrong #!)

The class ID for this class is:  6240220 and the password is "newton".  If you don't have an account with turnitin.com, go to their site and click on "create account" and choose "Student".   If you already have an account, you just need to "Enroll in a Class" and give them the information for this class.

The lab is due before Spring Break.  Please turn in a hard copy with the color-marked version attached and a copy through turnitin.com.

3/18-3/22

There is a SPARK lecture on Monday 3/18 on Engineering.

• Mon 3/18:  Check off wave problems 1-5 and go over.  Go over string tension equation and sound intensity.  Problems 7-15 due Thurs/Fri.  Spring Inquiry Final Draft due Tues/Wed.  Include color-marked draft with your final draft.
• Tues/Wed 3/19-3/20:  Turn in Spring Inquiry final draft and color-marked draft.   Finish going over sound intensity.  Resonance and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.  Work on problems.
• Thurs/Fri 3/21-3/22:  Check off problems and go over.  Computer Sound Lab. Harmonics and harmonics equation.   Work on problems 17-20.  Hand-out Musical Instrument Project.   You may work on it over Spring Break if you have time, but it will not be due until the 2nd week after we come back (4/10-4/11).

3/11-3/15

Physics in Motion Project due this week!

• Mon 3/11:  Introduce waves.  What are you doing for the math problem in your Motion Project?  2nd Draft (preferably typed) of Spring Inquiry due Tues/Wed for peer review.
• Tues/Wed 3/12-3/13:  Exchange Spring inquiry labs and color-mark.  More on waves, including wave equation.  Do problems 1-6 for Thurs/Fri.  Time to assemble/work on Physics in Motion Project posters.
• Thurs/Fri 3/14-3/15:  10 minutes to get Physics in Motion Posters finished up.  Gallery walk to read and evaluate Physics in Motion posters.  Evaluate your own and 3 others.  Check off Problems 1-6 on wave worksheet and go over.  More on waves, including tension in a string.  Do problems 7-9 for Monday.  Final Draft of Spring Inquiry due Tues/Wed of next week.  Please submit your paper on turnitin.com as well as turning in a hard copy.  I will provide you with information on how to add this class in turnitin.com next week.