Only two weeks left!?!? Where did the time go? I’m missing you already.

THIS WEEK IN PHYSICS we will do the compound circuits homework (homework 4) on Monday and do extra practice as well, extending through Tuesday. Our electric circuits unit test is Wednesday. (If you have an AP exam this week, please do NOT let this test take your attention away from preparing for your AP exam. See me, and we can arrange for you to take your physics test after your AP exams.) On Thursday we’re doing something important…um…what is it? OH! I REMEMBER! WE’RE GOING TO CEDAR POINT!!!!!! Prepare to have the way you experience Cedar Point changed forever! You’ll love being able to figure out how these rides work…seriously! 🙂 To prepare for the trip, please be sure to watch the three podcasts on Cedar Point physics.

THIS WEEK IN CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS we will learn about electric power, short circuits, safety features, and power grids. Be sure to watch podcast 8 and podcast 9 by Tuesday at the latest. We’ll do homework 4 in class and then do a review packet. You’ll take your electric circuits unit test on Thursday. On Friday we’ll begin exploring the magnetic world of magnetism!

FUN PHYSICS OF THE WEEK – Design your own roller coaster. Be careful! It may not work if you don’t obey the laws of physics!

Three weeks left? I know it’s sad, but not to worry. There’s still plenty of physics fun to be had!

This week in physics, we will watch the podcast 7 on compound circuits for Monday and then practice them over and over (and over!) We’ve postponed our quiz on parallel circuits (podcasts 5 & 6) to Tuesday in order to be humane to all of you who are taking the AP Psychology exam on Monday. You should watch podcast 8 on electric power and podcast 9 on safety features by Wednesday to prepare for our final homework of the unit, which we’ll do in class on Wednesday and Thursday. Depending on your AP exam loads, we’ll discuss whether we want to do the unit test on Friday or the following Monday.

This week in Conceptual Physics, we’ll do a lab on series circuits. Be sure to watch podcast 3 by Tuesday, when we’ll also have a quiz over electrical resistance and Ohm’s Law (podcast 2.) We’ll then do homework 3 in class on Tuesday and Wednesday (quiz on Thursday,) followed by another lab, this time on parallel circuits. You should watch podcast 5 by Friday.

FUN SCIENCE OF THE WEEK!
Are you as pumped as I am about The Avengers coming out this weekend? I’m sure if you watch it, you’ll ponder the physics involved in some of the things our heroes will do. Here’s a fun article about Hulk Physics. 

This week in physics we will continue to examine how electric circuits work. Refer to the Unit 8 page for resources. We will examine resistance and Ohm’s Law (podcast 2) and do homework 1 in class. Expect a quiz on this homework on Tuesday or Wednesday. Then we will do a lab to explore the properties of a type of circuit. You should take notes on podcast 3 and podcast 4 by Wednesday to prepare yourself for homework 2, which we will do in class on Wednesday and possibly Thursday. A quiz will follow. Then we will do a lab to explore a second type of circuit. Be sure to take notes on podcast 5 and podcast 6 by Friday. NOTE: Your lab report on the electric fields lab is due on TUESDAY of THIS WEEK.

This week in Conceptual Physics we will discuss what you learned in the electrostatics podcasts 6 and 7, which are due on Monday. We will do homework 4 and have our unit test on Wednesday. We will start the electric circuits unit on Thursday. Be sure to watch the first electric circuits podcast by Thursday. We will work on homework 1 on Friday or the following Monday.

SCIENCE FUN FOR THE WEEK: Check out The Scale of the Universe. It’s amazing!

This week in physics class…
We will finish unit 7. You should watch and take notes on podcasts 6 & 7 by the day we return from break (April 16.) We will do the final homework from this unit and take the unit test on Wednesday, April 18.  See Unit 7 – Electrostatics Main Page for documents and podcasts. Then the fun begins with electric circuits (Unit 8 – Electric Circuits Main Page). You should watch and take notes on podcasts 1 & 2 by Thursday. We will do homework 1 from this unit on Thursday and Friday.

This week in Conceptual Physics class…
We will finish our discussion of electric force, doing homework 2 and taking a quiz. Non-math portions of podcasts 1-3 are relevant for this week (See Unit 7 – Electrostatics Main Page.) Then we will explore electric fields and electric potential energy and do the final homework from the chapter. We will likely take a test on Friday or next Monday.

HEY EVERYONE! Guess what we get to play with this week!!!!
(hint…)

This week in physics class…
We will spend class time practicing drawing them and calculating and calculating electric fields and do a lab and homework 3. Depending on timing, we may or may not have a quiz on electric fields. See Unit 7 – Electrostatics Main Page for documents and podcasts.

This week in Conceptual Physics class…
We will continue to look at methods of charging and do a number of activities to charge conductors and insulators using a variety of methods. We will take a quiz over this topic and then begin to discuss electric force conceptually. Non-math portions of podcasts 1-3 are relevant for this week.

There is no school on Friday nor next week. Don’t worry, though! We’ll be back on April 16! 🙂

This week in physics class…
We will finish examining induction and polarization and take a quiz over homework one. We will discuss podcast 3 (due Monday) and work on Coulomb’s Law practice problems and homework 2 followed by a quiz. We will watch podcast 4 and 5 on electric fields and spend class time practicing drawing them and calculating them, culminating in homework 3, a quiz, and a lab. See Unit 7 – Electrostatics Main Page for documents and podcasts.

This week in Conceptual Physics class…
We will look at methods of charging and do a number of activities to charge conductors and insulators using a variety of methods. We will do homework 1 and a quiz.