11-8-11
Honors Lab Physics
- Today: Forces in 2 Dimensions
- Homework: Review for DNQ – Friction tomorrow
AP Physics
- Today: Discussion – Electric Fields
- Homework: 10.2 – Electric Fields
Lab Physics
- Today: Discussion - Friction
- Homework: Review for DNQ – Friction tomorrow
11-3-11
Honors Lab Physics
- Today: Discussion – Friction
- Homework: 3.2 – Balanced Forces & Friction
- Monday: DNQ – Friction Forces
AP Physics
- Today: Discussion – Introduction to Electrostatics, Coulomb’s Law
- Homework: 10.1 – Coulomb’s Law (1-4, 7-10) (Note: you will need to use values for the charge on protons & electrons for these problems)
Honors Lab Physics
- Today: Discussion - Friction
- Homework: 3.2 – Balanced Forces & Friction
- Monday: DNQ – Friction Forces
11-2-11
Honors Lab Physics
- Today: Lab Activity – Friction
- Tomorrow – Whiteboarding Session – Friction Lab
AP Physics
- Today: Exam – Thermodynamics (Free Response)
- Tomorrow: Introduction to Electrostatics
Lab Physics
- Today: Lab Activity – Friction
- Tomorrow – Whiteboarding Session – Friction Lab
October 17th, 2011
Honors Lab Physics
- Worksheet: Free Body Diagrams
- Tomorrow: DNQ – Free Body Diagrams
AP Physics
- Worksheet: First Law of Thermodynamics
- Tomorrow: DNQ – Ideal Gas Law & Kinetic Theory
Lab Physics
- Worksheet: Free Body Diagrams
- Tomorrow: DNQ – Free Body Diagrams
Honors Lab Physics
- P.1 Double Lab - Vector Treasure Hunt
- Discussion: Forces & Free Body Diagrams
- HW: Free Body Diagrams
- HW: Vector Treasure Hunt - Due Tuesday, 10/18
AP Physics
- Discussion: Ideal Gas Law – First Law of Thermodynamics
- HW: Q & W scenarios
- DNQ tomorrow – Ideal Gas Law & Kinetic Molecular Theory
Lab Physics
- Review Free Body Diagrams
- Discussion: Forces – Types of Forces
- HW: Free Body Diagrams revisited
October 12th, 2011
Honors Lab Physics
- Vector Treasure Hunt - Due Tuesday, 10/18
- HW: Work on Vector Treasure Hunt
AP Physics
- Discussion: Ideal Gas Law – Derivation of Equations, Mathematical Basis of Kinetic Molecular Theory
- HW: 9.4 – Kinetic Theory
- HW: Bernoulli write-up due tomorrow!
Lab Physics
- Discussion: Forces & Free Body Diagrams
- HW: Free Body Diagrams
October 11th, 2011
Honors Lab Physics
- Vector Treasure Hunt - Due Tuesday, 10/18
- HW: QuizStar – Lab Safety Quiz (This should work, I set all quizzes to expire tomorrow)
AP Physics
- Review Unit 8 Exam
- Discussion: Ideal Gas Law – Derivation of Equations
- HW: Bernoulli write-up due tomorrow!
Lab Physics
- Discussion: Vectors – Describing vectors, addition of vectors
- HW: Vector Analysis (A, B, C1 & 2, all of page 2 (tip-to-tail)
October 6th, 2011
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess, “for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae”. In short, they have, through scientific exploration, proven that the furthest edges of the universe are continually accelerating outwards. Neat stuff! You can read more about it here.
All Classess
- QuizStar – Lab Safety Quiz (Expires Monday 10/11)
Honors Lab Physics
- Discussion: Vectors – Components, Resultants, Trigonometry
- P.1 Double Lab – Vector Treasure Hunt
- HW: 1.1 – Trigonometry & Vector Components
- Tomorrow: DNQ – Kinematics, Freefall
AP Physics
- DNQ: Heat, Linear Expansion, Heat Transfer, Heat Current
- Discussion: Moles, Molar Mass, Molar Conversions
- HW: 9.3 – Ideal Gas Law
Lab Physics
- Physics TCA #1
- DNQ Friday – Kinematics, Freefall
- HW – Review for DNQ
October 5th, 2011
Honors Lab Physics
- Discussion: Vectors
- No P.6/7 Double Lab – HIB Assembly
- HW: Reprieve tonight!
AP Physics
- Discussion: Heat Current; Ideal Gases & Ideal Gas Law
- DNQ tomorrow: Heat, Linear Expansion, Heat Transfer, Heat Current
- HW: Review for DNQ!
Lab Physics
- Activity – Dropping Things Out The Window
- Review 2.6 – Freefall (1-3 only)
- DNQ Friday – Freefall, Kinematics
- Thursday: Physics TCA #1
- Extra Practice for TCA #1: Position vs. Time Graphs, Velocity vs. Time Graphs
