Sunday, February 27, 2011

The Week of 2/28-3/4

Due to the Snow Day last Thursday, your Machines and Energy Test will now be on Block Day of this week!  We are having a guest speaker on Monday and Tuesday has shortened classes, so Block Day was the next available day for the test.  The final draft of your Pendulum Lab will still be due on Tuesday!  For information about writing the conclusion, go to the Lab Report Format in the documents section of this blog.

Monday 2/28:  We are lucky to have a Guest Speaker for "Engineers in the Schools" month.  Our speaker, Jim Brookhyser, will tell you about what engineers do and about his job specifically.  Then, he will lead you in a design task.  Final Draft of Pendulum Lab and color-marked version due tomorrow!
Tuesday 3/1:  Forecast Fair Schedule.  Classes are shorter by 5 minutes.  Turn in Final Draft of Pendulum Lab and Color-Marked 2nd draft.  Notes on the Absolute Temperature scale and work on temperature conversion problems.  Work and Energy Review and Temperature Worksheet due on Block Day.
Wednesday/Thursday 3/2-3/3:  Turn in Work and Energy Review.  Take Work and Energy Test.  Turn in Temperature Worksheet.  Notes on Specific Heat.  Start specific heat problems.  Worksheet due Monday 3/7.  Critical Reader due next Block Day.
Friday 3/4:  Heat of Fusion and Heat of Vaporization.  Heating Curve of a Substance.  Specific Heat problems due Monday.

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