Daily+Assignments

= Daily Assignments =

==Wed, March 30: We finished up all of our material for the Ch 8/9 Test that will be on Friday. Here is the last section of notes. [|Section 8-4.]==

==Tue, March 29: Today we talked about the Seismic Waves that cause earthquakes and took a look at the Tilghman Seismometer Station. And your notes....[|Section 8-2]==

==Mon, March 28: We began our discussion of Earthquakes with section 8-1. Also assigned a Workbook assignment (pages 55-58 + 61-61) that is due tomorrow. We are going to have our Ch 8 and 9 Test this Friday. We will NOT be covering any new material on Thursday, so those of you who miss school on Thursday WILL BE EXPECTED to take the test on Friday. The notes from today.... [|Section 8-1 notes]==

==﻿Fri, March 25: took up the HW from yesterday and then finished up all the Ch 9 notes. Next week we'll jam through earthquakes and volcanoes and then do our big test next Thursday. Here are the notes (you're welcome, Quinn) [|Section 9-4.]==

==Thurs, March 24: We got a surprise bonus day with the computers, so I'm counting on these presentations to be really good. Homework tonight is pages 275-6, do # 1-10, 12, 14-18, 27 and 29. This will be due tomorrow at the beginning of class.==

[|Plate Tectonics Rubric]
==Tue, March 22: Took our quiz (grades are on Inf Campus) and then we started a 2-day project researching famous Earthquakes and Volcanoes. Files are due before leaving on spring break, in-class oral presentations will be after CATS testing is done. 30 points possible.==

==Monday March 21: We are having a quiz tomorrow, mainly over 9-1 and 9-2, but there will be a couple of questions from 9-3, which we talked about today in class. And your notes are right here....[|Section 9-3]==

==Fri, March 19: We did a bellringer (p 260, # 1,2,3,5,6) for 5 points and then took notes over the lecture of section 9-2 (Seafloor spreading). Here are the slides....[|9-2 Slides]==

==﻿Wed, Feb 23: Turned in the lab reports and did notes on sections 35-1 through 35-3. Those are also right here in case you missed class. [|35-1 through 35-3.]==

==Mon, Feb 14: We did a short quiz over 34-1 through 34-5 and then worked on a set of Concept Development sheets for Ch 34, which are due tomorrow. Here are the notes we've covered for Ch 34 up to this point...==

[|34-1 through 34-5]

==Mon, Jan 24: We did our second full-length, timed ACT Science Reasoning test today. Hopefully, you're starting to get a feel for your strengths and weaknesses with the three different ACT passage styles. Then we experimented around with the Van de Graaff generator at the end of class.==

==Tue, Jan 18: We spent the first 40 min of class on the Ch 32 worksheet set. Then we took a look at how we did on the Waves-Sound-Light tests from last Friday. Overall, they were pretty strong scores. Tomorrow you will have 15 minutes to finish the worksheet set and then they will be turned in. If you need to work on that some tonight, please do so.==

==Thurs, Jan 6: Continued with Ch 25 discussion. We are now into section 25-8. We also discussed ACT strategies and will do a full 35-min ACT Science Reasoning test tomorrow. There will be a quiz Monday over everything in Ch 25 covered up to this point. And the video below is a pretty good review of what we've done so far. Homework for tonight is to complete # 1-8 on the Concept Development worksheet I gave you at the end of class today.==

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==Mon, Jan 3: Returned the Ch 9 quizzes and Semester Exams from December. We discussed the general plan for the 2nd semester and then worked on a Ch 25 worksheet set. All 4 pages due tomorrow. Hope everybody had a nice break and WELCOME BACK!==

==Tue, Dec 14: We passed back and went over the solutions for Friday's bell ringer. Also discussed solutions to the back page of the Ch 9 Test worksheet and the last 3 scenarios of the Concept Devt 9-2 WS, which you were supposed to do for homework. The quiz tomorrow will be over everything we talked about from section 9-1 through 9-7. And here are the [|Ch 9 slides.]==

==﻿Fri, Dec 10: Today's Bell Ringer was to do page 168, # 35, 36, 38, 40 and 42 from the text. Did notes on Section 9-6 (Work-Energy Theorem). Homework assignment is to finish the remaining 3 scenarios on the Concept Dev. 9-2 WS and to do the backside of the Ch 9 Test WS (that's # 10-16). Your Ch 9 quiz next Tuesday will cover sections 9-1 through 9-7.==

==Wed, Dec 8: Bell Ringer was to continue on the Ch 9 WS packet, completing 12-20. We also continued Ch 9 notes on Work and Power, returned Monday and Tue Bell Ringers and yesterday's lab as well. Announced a Ch 9 Assessment for next Tue, Dec 14 -- it will be something like a cross between a quiz and a full test, maybe 60 points or so. You should also now have your Exam Review, don't wait til the last minute. And finally, I assigned a worksheet for homework tonight. It has 6 scenarios, you need to complete 3 of them. Do the jump from the flagpole, getting the ball up the ramp/stairs and the pendulum swing.==

==Tue, Nov 30: Test is Thursday, you should be studying a little bit each night instead of waiting until the last minute. We only have 4 or 5 slides left to discuss from this chapter. If you want to preview them, see the link from yesterday down below.==

==Mon, Nov 29: Hope you had a good break! We got back into Ch 8 with a bellringer, page 142, # 55-57. These are good sample problems that you should be able to do on the Ch 8 Test (which is THIS THURSDAY!). We also continued on with our notes. Please remember, we will NOT be covering section 8-6, so the test on Thursday will only be over the first 5 sections. Also, here is a file with the notes.....[|Ch 8 Notes]==

==Fri, Nov 19: We watched a video lecture of Paul Hewitt (the author of your textbook) teaching Momentum and Impulses from Ch 8. You also got your mid-terms today. If you like where you're at, keep up the good work. If you don't, there's still time to improve your grade. Stay focused until the end!==

==Thurs, Nov 18: We went over yesterday's test. Those test scores WILL be on your mid-term grades that you receive in AA tomorrow. This took pretty much the entire period, but that's okay, hopefully you got something out of it and learned from the questions you missed. I liked the discussions.==

==Tue, Nov 16: Got everything wrapped up for the test tomorrow. Come prepared with a pencil (it's a scantron test) and a calculator you feel comfortable with. You should probably focus on Ch 6 because Ch 7 is pretty straight-forward and is a smaller percentage of test questions. ==

==Mon, Nov 15: We turned in the Balloon Rocket questions, did a Bell Ringer just for practice and then did notes on 7-2 and 7-3. Tomorrow we finish 7-4 and Wed we will take the test. This test will be on your mid-term grade on Friday.==

==Tue, Oct 19: Went over the solutions to yesterday's quiz on the board. Then we did a Quiz Do-Over, very similar problems as yesterday's. I'll take a look tonight and hopefully you did a little better as a group. Remember, the Test over all of this Projectile Motion business is on Thursday, Oct 21.==

==Mon, Oct 18: We took a quiz over Ch 5, Projectile Motion. Eleven students got a perfect 20 out of 20, which is GREAT! But overall, the results were fairly grim. If you did worse than a 15 out of 20, then you really need to study this material between now and Thursday's test. It's not gonna learn itself, you have to do the work.==

==Fri, Oct 15: More word problems, you should be getting more comfortable with multi-step projectile motion questions now. The quiz on Monday will include 1 vector graphing problem and 1 projectile motion problem. I expect a test next Friday, Oct 22. Here are some solutions for problems we worked on in class and assigned for homework....==

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==Wed, Oct 13: Did a projectile motion demonstration, watched a car fall into the Chicago River, did a Glog "show and tell", took some notes from Ch 5 and received 2 vector problems for homework. Busy day!==

==Tue, Oct 12: Took up your work from yesterday, did ACT-7 practice set and then started in on the Ch 5 lecture on Projectile Motion. Reminder to bring your workbooks and calculators on Thurs and Friday.==

Mon, Oct 11: I was out today, but the sub had you read all of Ch 5 and then answer # 1-17 on pages 81-82 in class.
==Tue, Sep 28: Went over the quiz from yesterday, went over the HW solutions, finished all notes. In case you missed any of them, here are the [|Notes for Sections 4-8 and 4-9.]==

==Mon, Sep 27: Finished the 4-7 notes on Motion Graphs and took a 20 pt quiz. Homework was to answer # 32, 34, 36, 37, 40 and 57 from pages 65-66 of your textbook. Also, here are the [|Section 4-6 and 4-7 Slides].==

==Thurs, Sep 23: Worked on our Glogs. I'm seeing a lot of you spending time on the design elements of the glog, which is fine - they LOOK nice. But don't forget the whole point which is to share some SCIENCE INFORMATION about your topic. Due in one week, worth 40 pts, follow the [|Rubric].==

==Wed, Sep 22: We started with a bellringer where you were asked to use the acceleration formula to find TIME. We also continued with Chapter 4 notes and announced the next TEST will be Thurs Sep 30. Plan ahead, you will probably have a lot of tests those last two days before Fall Break. And tonight is a Harvest Moon as well as the Autmnal Equinox, it's been 20 years since they were on the same night. Look toward the river early in the evening, it's supposed to be a clear night so it should be spectacular!==

==Tue, Sep 21: Went over the quiz, began talking about Free Fall, Section 4-6. How many of you are reading ahead and reviewing your notes each night? I'm getting the impression that a few are and many are not. And here are the [|Section 4-4 and 4-5 Slides.pdf]==

==Mon, Sep 20: We took our quiz, worked # 7-8 from the workbook on the board and discussed ACT-6 from Friday. Continue working on the Glogs. Check over the rubric and make sure you have done everything you need to get the grade you want.==

==Fri, Sep 17: Did ACT Prep 6, students put WB solutions on the board (good job) and then we finished with a few notes from section 4-4. We will have a quiz on Monday and it will have some velocity and acceleration problems on it so make sure you know the formulas and can use them in word problems.==

==Thurs, Sep 16: Worked on Glogster projects. Details are here. By the way here are the [|Slides for sections 4-1 through 4-3.pdf]==

==Wed, Sep 8: Took about 5 slides worth of notes and the rest of the time was spent reviewing for tomorrow's Chapter 3 test (100 pts). Here are the Notes for all of Chapter 3. [|Chapter 3 Notes.pdf] Study, study!==

Mon, Sep 6: Holiday!
==﻿Fri, Sep 3: ACT-4 practice set. Then a book assignment. Page 41-43, # 9-18, 21-27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 38. These were done in class by 2nd, 3rd and 5th. Sorry 6th period, but with the pep rally we'll have to do this as homework. Huge week for PT! Volleyball beat Marshall, girls soccer put it on Heath! Congratulations ladies, let's keep it going tonight by thumping Mayfield!==

==Thurs, Sep 2: Checked homework from yesterday, went over answers as a class. I did a demonstration of how to embed a video on a wiki page. Finally, we continued our Ch 3 discussion, nearly finished with Section 3-5.==

Wed, Sept 1: Completed lecture notes up through section 3-3 and assigned homework # 1-8 on page 41.
==Tue, Aug 31: Inertia Lab Experiments. Most of you turned in your 6 Analysis Questions today in class, but if not those are due tomorrow. I also passed back the tests so you could see how you did. You all looked very fashionable in your 80's clothes, it was fun!==

==Wed, Aug 25: Discussed the questions from p 24-25 that you did Monday night. Announced a Ch 2 test (about 100 pts) for this Friday. We put the solutions to problems 2 and 4 from your vector packet up on the board. We also did gave out 3 more vector practice problems, please attempt those tonight. Here's a general plan for finding the resultant of 2 vectors - Alyssa and I came up with this together after school today:==

5. Measure the resultant and use your scale to convert to magnitude. Use the protractor to find the angle.
==Remember -- We are all agreeing that the positive y axis is 000 degrees and that we will go clockwise from there. If you'll keep the main headings of 000 degrees, 090 degrees, 180 degrees and 270 degrees in mind, you should be able to find the correct angles with your protractor.==

Finally, I would recommend that all of you who are struggling with vectors watch this 10 min video from Patrick, which covers all the basics.
media type="custom" key="6769711" ==Tue, Aug 24: We took a 5 pt grade for the HW from last night on pages 24-25. Then we started in on Vectors. Remember, the key to finding the "resultant" when you add vectors is to go from "BASE TO TIP". Try # 2 and 4 tonight at home and we'll go over them tomorrow.==

Fri, Aug 20: Did an ACT Science practice set, worked Exercise 5 from p 5 of the WB together and then wrapped up with a few notes on dynamic equilibrium. Quiz on Monday over Ch 2 topics.
==Thurs, Aug 19: We continued working problems in class that deal with Tension and Angles. We've done at least 3 or 4 of those now so you should be getting comfortable with them. Might even see one on next Monday's quiz.==

==Wed, Aug 18: We did a bellringer for converting weight in pounds to weight in newtons. Also continued with Ch 2 discussion, dusting off some of the sine, cosine and tangent functions you learned in Geometry. Second, third and fourth periods were asked to complete Exercise 2 on p 4 of the workbook for tomorrow. Sixth period got a little bit ahead and needs to try Exercise 3.==

==Tue, Aug 17: Overall, the quiz scores from yesterday were really good. Today we began working on Ch 2, including some notes and some math exercises. Fifth and sixth period got their workbooks, second and third will get them tomorrow. Also, I extended the deadline for the wiki login until midnight tonight. C'mon, get that done if you haven't yet!==

==Mon, Aug 16: Took the quiz, discussed ACT Practice 1. All classes except 2nd period got to watch the Lab Safety video. We'll catch 2nd hour up on that later. No new HW tonight, still need to have some of you sign into YOUR CLASS WIKI and leave a discussion message. Bring calculators tomorrow.==

==Thurs, Aug 12: Turned in signature sheets (still have til Monday for those), took a grade for number 1-7 on page 9, showed you how to sign in to the wiki and began discussion of Chapter 1. Homework due tomorrow is # 11-14 from page 9. We also announced a quiz over Ch 1 for Monday Aug 16.==

== Wed, Aug 11 : Introductory session, we issued textbooks and paperwork. You and your parent/guardian should sign the [|Safety Contract] as well as page 5 of the [|Physics 113 Syllabus].These are due Friday Aug 13 and this is the easiest 10 points of the year. For tomorrow, read pages 1-9 of the Hewitt text and answer # 1-7 on page 9.==

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