The Week of 2/8-2/12

• Monday 2/8: Turn in KE/PE worksheet and 5 things you learned from the article. Individual research for energy debate- bring your notes and bibliography to class tomorrow.
  
• Tuesday 2/9: Disclosure day- work with your group to form your arguments for the debate. Turn in one sheet per group at the end of the period (including bibliography indicating which group member found the source). Also turn in individual notes from Monday. Ms. Anheier will post each group's notes online for you to review.
• Wednesday 2/10: Energy debate! Everyone votes at the end of class to decide who won. Turn in notes you took during the debate.
  
• Friday 2/12: Ball rolling lab- due Wednesday 2/17.

The Week of 2/1-2/5

• Monday 2/1: No school
• Tuesday 2/2: Start of the semester. Ms. Anheier will begin the energy unit with an intro to energy and short notes. Start reading chapter 15 in your textbook.
  
• Wednesday 2/3: Group work and notes on forms of energy, notes on kinetic and potential energy formulas. Hand out worksheet to be due Monday 2/8.
• Friday 2/5: Renewable and non-renewable sources of energy. Preview energy debate for next week, groups are assigned. Homework is to review the expectations for your research and the debate.

Finals Week!!! (1/25-1/29)

I have just put answers to the Review Packet over in the document section. Check them out and then ask questions in class this week.



Monday 1/25: Go over Finals Review. Late work/extra credit deadline today by the end of lunch.

Tuesday 1/26: Go over final grades and how to calculate what you need on the final to keep or change your grade. Last-minute questions?? Lunch time FLEX in my room.

Wednesday 1/27: Final Exams 2, 4, 6.  2nd is 8:15-10:15, 4th is 10:25-12:25

Thursday 1/28: Finals 1 and 5

Friday 1/29: Finals 3 and 7


Instructions for Finals!



1) You may use a 5" x 7" notecard hand-written on both sides. No typed or word-processed cards allowed. The card will be collected when you turn in your test.


2) Bring a scientific calculator that you know how to use.




3) Bring #2 pencils and a few sheets of notebook paper.





4) Bring something to do QUIETLY when you are done. It is essential that we preserve a non-distracting testing environment for all students. 





5) I will provide a clean Periodic Table, a clean Naming sheet, and basic equations on the test. Anything else that you want needs to go on your notecard.

Newton's 3rd Law Video

Symara in Period 2 found this cool video!

The Week of 1/18-1/22

• Monday 1/18:  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  No School.
• Tuesday 1/19:  Preassessment for Energy Unit.  Newton's Laws Labs.  Turn in observations, explanation of law most clearly shown, and explanation of other laws involved.
• Wednesday 1/20:  Review motion and Newton's Laws.  Take Chapter 11+12 Test.  Review for Final Exam, starting with significant figures and going through matter.   2-Hour Late Opening with FLEX from 9:00-10:00.
• Thursday 1/21:  Lunch FLEX.
• Friday 1/22:   11+12 Test Corrections.  Multiple Choice Question Writing.

Absolute Deadline for Late work and Extra Credit is Monday 1/25 by the end of lunch!!!!!

Next week we will review for the final on Monday and Tuesday and go over Final Grades.

Final Exams for this class will occur on Wednesday 1/27!!

The Week of 1/11-1/15

Make use of FLEX this week!!  The semester will be over soon!

• Monday 1/11:  Questions on Acceleration and Momentum Probs, which are due tomorrow?  Go over Skateboard Lab Conclusion.  Skateboard Lab due tomorrow (include worksheet with 2 hypotheses, background information, completed data table, 2 graphs, and conclusion written on a separate sheet of paper).  Introduce forces, including types of forces, free-body diagrams, and balanced versus unbalanced forces.
• Tuesday 1/12:  Turn in Skateboard Lab.  Check off Acc and Momentum problems and go over.  Notes on Newton's first 2 laws.  Start Newton's 2nd Law worksheet, due Friday.
• Wednesday 1/13:  Motion Detector Lab.  Half of the class will do the lab while the other half works on Newton's 2nd Law problems, then we will switch.   Mid-day FLEX today!
• Thursday 1/14:  FLEX during lunch in my classroom.
• Friday 1/15:  Turn in Motion Detector Lab and Newton's 2nd Law worksheet.  Newton's 3rd Law and examples.  Newton's Laws mini-labs.  Hand out Semester Review packet.

Next week we will be taking a test on Chapters 11+12, doing a Notebook Check, and starting to review for the Final Exam.  Absolute Deadline for late work and extra credit will be Monday 1/25, but I would plan on completing your work sooner rather than later!!

The Week of 1/4/10-1/8/10

The new year has snuck up on us!!  May it be your best one yet!

• Monday 1/4/10:  Questions on Velocity Probs?  Due tomorrow.  Get in groups and do Wheelchair Races activity (sorry, you don't actually get to ride in them). 
• Tuesday 1/5/10:  Check off velocity problems.  Finish Wheelchair Races posters and learn about acceleration.  Hand out acceleration and momentum problems, due Monday due Tuesday.
• Wednesday 1/6/10:  Introduce Skateboard Lab and make predictions.  Go out in hall to take skateboard data.  Back in the classroom, process the data.   Do graphs for Friday.  Mid-day FLEX between 2nd and 4th periods.
• Thursday 1/7/10:  Lunch time FLEX in my classroom.
• Friday 1/8/10:  3 Question Quiz.  Questions on acceleration/momentum problems?   Write conclusion for Skateboard Lab.  Skateboard Lab due Tuesday.

If you are interested in getting ahead and studying for the final exam (to take place the last week of January), check out the Semester 1 Review in the documents section.