> Aug. 31 – Tuesday, Day 2
Notes on Physics and the Scientific method Due Tomorrow: Blog introduction
> Sept. 1 – Wednesday, Day 3
Notes on the Scientific Method, Laws and Theories,and Science and Technology Petals around the rose activity Handed out assignment: Discovering the Physics of Everyday Things Due Tuesday (September 7): Discovering the Physics of Everyday Things assignment
> Sept. 2 – Thursday, Day 4
Remember!! :: Get your homeroom forms into me!! We watched the youtube video of the Rube Goldberg Machine from OK GO :: This Too Shall Pass Here’s another cool Rube Goldberg machine: RG Machine Discussed the weekend Discovery assignment and the Rube Goldberg Egg-cracking experiment We looked at some illusions that play with your mind Read about SI Units and Dimensional Analysis Due Tomorrow: Textbook Questions: pg. 7, #5-8
> Sept. 3 – Friday, Day 5
Homework-checked the textbook questions Handed out Rube Goldberg Egg-cracking experiment Rubric, and the Video criteria Groups were given a “Team Plan” handout to be handed in for Wednesday at the beginning of class, I need only one plan from every group and I can photocopy it and get it back to you DUE Tuesday! :: Hand in your Discovering the Physics of Everyday Things Write Up/report and come prepared to give your presentation by BRINGING your item to class, then describing what some of its parts do and explaining some of the principles of physics that are involved
> Sept. 7 – Tuesday, Day 6
Students handed in their reports and presented on their Discovering the Physics of Everyday Things item The rest of class was given to work on the Team Plan for the Rube Goldberg Egg-cracking experiment
> Sept. 8 – Wednesday, Day 1
Remember homeroom forms Teams handed in their Rube Goldberg Team Plans Measured classroom from back to front desk without formal measuring equipment Wrote down people’s units (ex. 6.4 Haydens long) THM: It is important for us to have international standards of measurement Notes: Systems of Measurement, the Imperial System, the Metric System, the SI system, Units of Measurement: a) Base units, and b) Derived units Handed out prefixes Handed out Assignment on scientific notation etc. Homework: side 1: 1a, 1b, 2 #1-20, and side 2: 1, 2, 5, and 6
> Sept. 9 – Thursday, Day 2
If you have homeroom forms left to return, please start handing them in to Mrs. Dirven Reviewed assigned questions Gameplan for next week: the link to your Youtube video of your Rube Goldberg Egg-cracking experiment needs to be in to me by 8:00am Monday morning so that we’re all set to show the videos (just Contact Me via a blog to give me your weblink), Wednesday morning we’ll meet at 8:00am for breakfast and for a Rube Goldberg competition among the teams, then Friday we’ll have our first Unit exam, with time Thursday to review for it! Notes on Errors in measurement, accuracy and precision and percentage error (we just got started on significant digits) Handed out new question sheet called Physics 20/30 Math Review Homework: Do the odd letters (a, c, e, etc.) of questions 1-5 on the Physics 20/30 Math Review
> Sept. 10 – Friday, Day 3
Reviewed assigned questions Notes on Significant Figures/Digits, and notes on Orders of Magnitude Homework: Complete all remaining questions from handouts 1 and 2, ie:
- Everyday Physics handout -
- side 1: #3, 4, and 5
- side 2: #3, 4, and 7
- Physics 20/30 Math Review & Physics 20/30 Sig Fig Assignment handout -
- side 1: even letters (b, d, f, etc.) of questions 1-5
- side 2: # 1-5 (ie. all Sig Fig questions)
- REMEMBER :: the link to your Youtube video of your Rube Goldberg Egg-cracking experiment needs to be in to me by 8:00am Monday morning so that we’re all set to show the videos (just Contact Me via a blog to give me your weblink), Wednesday morning we’ll meet at 8:00am for breakfast and for a Rube Goldberg competition among the teams, then Friday we’ll have our first Unit exam, with time Thursday to review for it!
> Sept. 13 – Monday, Day 4
Each group showed their Rube Goldberg videos:
- The Beakers – Adam, Michael & Sawyer: VIDEO
- Ready to Rumble – Eric, Brittany & Catlin: VIDEO
- Jurassic Attack – Kaden & Hayden: VIDEO
- 306 – Brittany, Taylor, Stephen & Braeden: VIDEO
Afterward we reviewed the homework questions I handed back the Discovering Physics presentations/reports You will be given a quiz tomorrow based on the calculations you’ve done so far, so good luck studying!
> Sept. 14 – Tuesday, Day 5
Physics Quiz We went outside with stop-watches and collected drive data as I drove by you Note: your unit exam will be next Monday not Friday Tomorrow’s plan: Meet at 9:00am normal time to begin the Rube Goldberg competition, we scrapped the earlier meeting time and the breakfast
> Sept. 15 – Wednesday, Day 6
In-class Rube Goldberg competition No homework
> Sept. 16 – Thursday, Day 1
Handed back marks for Rube Goldberg videos Announced winners: Kaden & Hayden Handed back and reviewed the Physics Quiz Handed out Physics 20/30 Math Toolkit Review and will post answers to questions online for you to double check (check in the Physics 20 folder in the downloads box for the document entitled Answers) to study for tomorrow: I assigned questions #1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 Tomorrow at the beginning of class you will be given another Physics Quiz, I will take your highest mark as your grade (between it and the first quiz) Handed out Rapid Estimation – Orders of Magnitude Handed out MR. G’s Drive By graph data Started notes on Graphing Data Homework:
- determine which graph from MR. G’s Drive By graph data did not match how I actually drove
- ALSO, it is highly recommended that you study for tomorrow’s quiz by reviewing your questions and checking the answers to the questions on the Physics 20/30 Math Toolkit Review
> Sept. 17 – Friday, Day 2
Physics Quiz 2 Notes on Graphing Data We graphed Trial 1 of MR. G’s Drive By graph data and followed the graphing steps #1-9 outlined in the text on Pg. 16 Started calculating slope NOTE: the Unit 1 Exam will be on Tuesday Homework:
- Finish calculating the slope from your graph of Trial 1
- Read Linear Relationships section of the text, Pg. 16-17
For Michael and Adam - The exam has been pushed until Tuesday. For Monday, I’ll homework check the questions that I assigned you while you were gone. Please download and review the answers to the questions on the Physics 20/30 Math Toolkit Review and try the questions on a separate sheet and then check if you can get the answers — this will help you review for Tuesday’s exam.
> Sept. 20 – Monday, Day 3
Homework checked Adam & Michael’s work and the slopes of the Trial 1 graph Handed out and discussed review for tomorrow’s Unit 1 exam Finished up graphing questions, discussed linear, quadratic, and inverse relationships, wrote out the equation from the graph, discussed predicting values, calculating values from graph or via slope, and interpolating and extrapolating data I recommend doing question #24 from Pg. 18 of the text, I gave you the answer key for it, graphing this will help you prep for the graphing question on tomorrow’s exam Handed back Physics Quiz 2 and Answer Key Handed out Physics Quiz 3 (one last chance to improve your grade) for you to return tomorrow at the beginning of class Good luck studying!
> Sept. 21 – Tuesday, Day 4
Unit 1 Exam – Everyday Physics Time allowed afterward to find portfolio articles from Popular Science magazines at back
> Sept. 22 – Wednesday, Day 5
Handed back and reviewed the Unit 1 exam Began new unit – Unit 2: Waves !!! Notes on the characteristics of a wave
> Sept. 23 – Thursday, Day 6
Notes on vibrations Activity: making a transverse wave Notes on Period & Frequency with example questions Handout of how to do questions via GRASP Handout of example questions Homework: Example questions 1-4 (use GRASP)
> Sept. 24 – Friday, Day 1
Reviewed example questions (using GRASP format) Conducted the Analyzing the Motion of the Pendulum Lab Went over expectations for lab write-up, make sure to follow your lab write-up document that I gave you at the beginning of the year, a white paper Homework for Monday: the Analyzing the Motion of the Pendulum Lab (you can email me your write-up, just make sure it is typed and not handwritten, otherwise hand in your paper copy on Monday)
> Sept. 27 – Monday, Day 2
Handed in Pendulum labs Notes on Phases, used pendulums for examples as well as our own made diagram of our transverse wave Sample problem on Frequency and Period Pop-quiz Notes about the Universal Wave Equation 1 Example question Handout: Wave Calculation Questions Homework: Questions #2-5 of Wave Calculation Questions, use GRASP and try to determine the answer that is provided on the question sheet
> Sept. 28 – Oct 4 – Tuesday to Monday, Day 3 – Day 1
I don’t have enough time to update this time-frame unfortunately Mrs. Johnson covered for me during much of this period of time Mr. G 2 Mr. G note: For details see Lesson Plans given to Mrs. Johnson
> Oct 5 – Tuesday, Day 2
Next exam will be next Wednesday, October 13 as you will miss Tuesday’s class Hand in your slinky labs (late) Reviewed assigned questions: Wave Problems 1-3, Superposition Assignment 1, Standing Wave Problems 1-4 Watched video on the properties of waves Handed out Wave Calculations #2 Homework: Question 1 from Wave Calculations #2
> Oct 6 – Wednesday, Day 3
Hand in slinky labs! Reviewed Question 1 from Wave Calculations #2 Notes on Waves in Two Dimensions Handout entitled Sample Problem with 2 practice questions at the bottom of the page Homework: Practice problems 1 & 2 from Sample Problem handout
> Oct 7 – Thursday, Day 4
Hand in slinky labs! Reviewed assigned questions Notes on Wave Refraction and the Law of Refraction Practice problems 1-3 of Refraction Practice Problems (handout #1) Homework: Questions 4 & 5 from Refraction Practice Problems AND questions 2-5 form Wave Calculations #2 handout
> Oct 8 – Friday, Day 5
Finished notes on Diffraction and Interference of Waves Reviewed assigned questions (ex. refraction questions) Handed back pendulum labs Remember to pick up your Slinky Labs on Tuesday If you have any problems with any questions, then contact me via the blog Your Wave Unit Exam # 2 will be on Wednesday
> Oct 12 – Monday, Day 6
Handed back slinky labs Good luck studying for tomorrow’s waves exam! Email me if you have questions
> Oct 13 – Wednesday, Day 1
Unit Exam 2 – Waves
> Oct 14 – Thursday, Day 2
New Unit #3 = Sound Bill Nye The Science guy video on sound Video handout and review Notes on sound No homework
> Oct 15 – Friday, Day 3
Demonstration with tuning fork and strobe light, then in beaker of water Continued notes on sound Handed out human ear diagram and notes Short notes on Speed of Sound Homework: pg 405 questions #1-5 (see table 15-1)
> Oct 18 – Monday, Day 4
Handed back and reviewed Wave Unit Exam Reviewed Homework questions Measuring the Speed of Sound activity No homework
> Oct 19 – Tuesday, Day 5
Speed of sound notes Mach numbers Reviewed yesterday’s Speed of Sound activity and completed its questions, #1-4 Handout: Sound Review Calculations Homework: Questions 1-6 from Sound Review Calculations handout
> Oct 20 – Wednesday, Day 6
Homework check Did Mach questions #31 & 32 from Sound Review Calculations handout Notes on Intensity, Pitch and Tone Handout on Intensities of Sound Homework:
- Questions 7 & 8 from Sound Review Calculations handout
- Question #13 from textbook Page 410
> Oct 21 – Thursday, Day 1
Finished notes and discussion on Tone Youtube videos for understanding with some notes to accompany (and swinging around of note-player/metronome to demonstrate Doppler Effect):
- Overtones on a piano, showing that a single note being played is not simply a single frequency: LINK
- Overtone singing: LINK
- Doppler Effect – Sound part, just watched 1st half: LINK
- Doppler Effect – Sound & Light: LINK
Notes on Doppler Effect Homework: Try Questions 6 & 7 from Pg 409 of text
> Oct 22 – Friday, Day 2
Reviewed Doppler Effect questions 6, 8 and 10 (Pg 409) Notes on Noise or Music, Noise Pollution and the human voice Handout on the human voice Homework:
- Question #9 from Page 409
- Page 424, Questions #30, 31, 36, 39, and 40
> Oct 25 – Monday, Day 3
Reviewed assigned questions Notes on Properties of Sound: reflection, refraction, and diffraction Homework: Pg 424-425 #42, 43, 44, 58, 61 and 63
> Oct 26 – Tuesday, Day 4
Reviewed assigned questions Tuning fork demos (the ones on wooden boxes) with various observations: 1. sounding on its own (sound is amplified and projected out of hole, 2. the pitch of tuning fork 1 vs tuning fork 2 (same pitch), 3. striking 1 tuning fork makes the other one resonate because they have the same natural frequencies, and 4. pulsating beats of loud and soft when one tuning fork is clamped and both are struck Then we played with the tuning forks via the tuning fork handout Homework: Complete questions 1-7 of Tuning Fork handout as well as the conclusion section
> Oct 27 – Wednesday, Day 5
Handed in Tuning Fork handout of questions Gave time to work on your portfolios because only 5 of you were here because of the nasty weather Those who weren’t here can finish the Tuning fork handout for tomorrow because it’s still due
> Oct 28 – Thursday, Day 6
Finished notes on interference Video of Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapsing: LINK No homework
> Oct 29 – Friday, Day 1
Read sections on Dissonance and Consonance with some notes (Pg 418) Example of calculating a major chord Short note about Beats and example questions of beat frequency Laws of String notes with nearly 2 examples Homework:
- Finish rest of tension question of notes (answer: a tension of 100 N)
- #10-13 from Calculation handout
- #1 & 2 from Laws of Strings
- #52-55 (text Pg 425)
> Nov 1 – Monday, Day 2
Reviewed assigned questions Did question #3 of Laws of Strings (to introduce our guitar activity) Guitar activity (guitars borrowed from Mr. Blair’s room) – Measuring the length of various frets on a guitar Homework:
- For those who did not complete the remainder of last day’s homework, remember to finish it!
- Complete table and discussion questions on Guitar activity
- Complete#4 & #5 from Laws of Strings question sheet
> Nov 2 – Tuesday, Day 3
Reviewed assigned questions Handed in guitar string activity Handed back tuning fork activity and used it to lead into demo of closed air columns, adding highest C tuning fork (frequency: 1024 Hz, wavelength: 0.34m) data and using water in 1L graduated cylinder to demo closed air columns and the lengths of various resonances Handed out notes package Did example closed air column calculations #20 & #21 from Sound Review Calculations handout Homework:
- Finish questions #21 & #22 Sound Review Calculations handout
- Do questions #1-3 on backside of notes package (these are also closed air column questions)
> Nov 3 – Wednesday, Day 4
Handed back guitar activities Demo of open column Did questions #4-6 of open air column questions Then worked on assigned questions: Homework: Questions #14-16 and #26-30 of Sound Review Calculations handout
> Nov 4 – Thursday, Day 5
Reviewed assigned questions Activity – determining speed using closed air columns No homework
> Nov 5 – Friday, Day 6
Handed out and worked on review Sound exam will be on Monday
> Nov 8 – Monday, Day 1
Sound unit exam
> Nov 9 – Tuesday, Day 2 – New Unit: Light
Demo: laser light reflecting inside the water medium that’s squirting out of a bottle — LINK (try it out on hand next time) Pre-test on light Video: Bill Nye the Science Guy on light Began video: Elements of physics: optics and electricity No homework
> Nov 10 – Wednesday, Day 3
Corrected pre-test on light Finished video: Elements of physics: optics and electricity Corrected multiple choice questions from video Assigned #1-9 of post-test Handout: Hand In Light Assignment Handout: Light Up Your Lives Homework: Finish #1-9 of post-test, Light Up Your Lives assignment, and Hand In Light Assignment assignment
> Nov 15 – Monday, Day 4
Handed in: Hand In Light Assignment
Handed in: Light Up Your Lives Homework check on #1-9 of post-test Notes: The behaviour of light: 1. Sources of Light, 2. Transmission and Absorption of Light, 3. Reflection No Homework but please bring a coffee can with a clear lid for tomorrow if you have one!
> Nov 16 – Tuesday, Day 5
Handed back internet assignment Handed back hand-in assignment (provide answer key for #5) Handed back Sound Exams & reviewed Handed out pinhole camera labs (for a complete lab-write up due for Thursday) Drew diagram like backside of lab with lightbulb and tin can, emphasized hi/ho = di/do formula Demonstrated lab procedure Handed out pinhole camera questions Homework: Pinhole camera questions #2-4 (providing answers for 3&4)
> Nov 17 – Wednesday, Day 6
Reviewed assigned questions and completed Pinhole camera questions Debriefed pinhole camera lab write-up for tomorrow
- Next time: Explain how they can make two tables to organize their data, one table for the large hole calculations, and one table for the small hole calculations
Homework: Pinhole camera lab due (I will not accept lates on the lab this time)
> Nov 18 – Thursday, Day 1
Handed in pinhole camera labs Notes: How Light Travels Shadow handout with accompanying shadow lab Worked on shadow activity Homework: Shadow activity questions and drawing
> Nov 19 – Friday, Day 2
Handed in shadow activity questions Notes & Demo of Polarization of light (demo using a string and a slit in cardboard) Notes & Demo of Refraction of light (demo using a ruler in water) Notes: Mirages and drawing from Pg. 490 (Fig. 18-5b) Notes: Dispersion of light + ROYGBIV spectrum diagram demonstrating colours of visible light No homework
> Nov 22 – Monday, Day 22
Handed back and reviewed pinhole camera labs Handed back and reviewed shadow activity (with the visual diagram of light source, opaque object, and screen to demonstrate the 4 factors) Finished rainbow related notes on dispersion (which is a kind of refraction…) Notes: Scattering (a type of reflection) Homework:
- Textbook page 492 #7, 9 ,11, 13 & 14
> Nov 23 – Tuesday, Day 4
Reviewed assigned homework Demo #1: the scattering light from flashlight passing through milky water –>we saw only reddish light from the flash light because red has the lowest frequency of the visible spectrum of light so it scattered the least Demo #2: Polarization of light from 3D glasses x2 against whit page on computer screen –> demonstrated different wavelengths as we turned one pair of glasses AND demonstrated polarization of lenses once two pairs of glasses were doubled up and set perpendicularly Demo #3: The diffraction grating along the reflective coating of a CD/DVD because of its parallel slits (called “pits”) causing the bending of white light into its full spectrum of ROYGBIV colours Notes: Diffraction of light Notes: Light-detecting devices Notes: Invisible light Notes: Photometry (we just began this section…) Handed out Light: Part 1 Calculations sheet Homework:
- questions #1-3 from Light: Part 1 Calculations handout (ie. just the pinhole camera questions)
> Nov 24 – Wednesday, Day 5: Short class because of SADD meeting
Reviewed assigned questions Notes: Luminous intensity, Luminous Flux, and Illuminance New equation: E = I/d^2 Example question 1 & nearly finished example 2 Handed out Illumination Calculations – Physics 20 Homework:
- Calculation questions #1, 2, 3, 8 and 9 from Illumination Calculations
> Nov 25 – Thursday, Day 6
No class due to career day
> Nov 26 – Friday
No class due to Professional Development
> Nov 29 – Monday, Day 1
Eyeshine – short notes and video: LINK (coyote (pseudo)eyeshine) Reviewed assigned questions Example questions in class:
- Would light in a vacuum (ie. 3.00×10^8 m/s) travel faster if it moved into diamond or water?
- Calculate the distance that light would travel in a year.
Homework:
- Graphing questions #1-5 from Illumination Calculations
- Calculation questions #4, 7, and 10 from Illumination Calculations
- In-class questions 1 & 2 see above the homework section
> Nov 30 – Tuesday, Day 2
Reviewed assigned questions Read history of the speed of light Tried marshmallow activity to deduce the speed of light (FAIL!!!): LINK
- What occurred? Our marshmallows just kept expanding and did not show differential melting at all. We used the lab microwave which only had a medium and a high setting, so we used the medium setting. Perhaps this setting was still too high, as the activity instructions said to put it on low. Well, it was worth a try!
Homework:
- Speed of Light Calculations 2, 4, 6, and 8 on backside of History – Measuring the Speed of Light handout
> Dec 1 – Wednesday, Day 3
Reviewed assigned questions Handed out Reviews and gave whole-class to work on it Exam on Light: Part 1 will be tomorrow!
> Dec 2 – Thursday, Day 4
Light: Part 1 Exam
> Dec 3 – Friday, Day 5
Spectroscopy demos with tubed gases: hydrogen, oxygen, helium, argon, neon and mercury Mirror activities Homework:
- In-class question
- Finish assigned mirror questions online: LINK
> Dec 6 – Monday, Day 6
Discussed portfolio assignment Handed back and reviewed Light Part 1 test Homework checked mirror assignment and checked for errors, you must complete this on your own and show it to me if it was incomplete today, I’m not planning on going over the assignment in class Notes: Laws of Reflection Notes: Characteristics of an Image Notes: Characteristics of an Image formed by a plane mirror No homework
> Dec 7 – Tuesday, Day 1
Applications of plane mirrors Kaleidoscope lab Homework:
- Complete both graphs of kaleidoscope lab for tomorrow
- Find out how see-through mirrors work
> Dec 8 – Wednesday, Day 2
Demo: Laser pointer – regular (mirror) vs diffuse (piece of paper) reflection Notes: See-through mirrors Reviewed yesterday’s graphs & lab Handed out online assignment and left rest of class to work on it in the computer lab Homework:
- Kaleidoscope lab due for tomorrow
> Dec 9 – Thursday, Day 3
Handed in Kaleidoscope labs Handed out 2nd mirror assignment Homework:
- Finish the online assignment
> Dec 10 – Friday, Day 4
Reviewed assignment I showed how to make ray diagrams using the converging mirror diagrams (to correct next class) Homework:
- Converging Mirror Ray Assignment: complete Ray Diagrams 1 & 2
- Converging Mirror Ray Assignment: complete questions 1 & 2 from Converging Mirror Problems
> Dec 13 – Monday, Day 5
Reviewed assigned homework (it took some time reviewing the ray diagrams) Questions #3-5 of Converging Mirror Problems (independent work) Handed out Converging Mirror Quickie Quiz Homework:
- #3-5 of converging mirror problems
- Converging Mirror Quickie Quiz
> Dec 14 – Tuesday, Day 6
Reviewed assigned questions Method for diverging mirror ray diagrams (from package) Online manipulative for diverging mirrors: LINK Practical: handed out converging/diverging mirrors and determined focal point using rulers (using concave reflecting surface) Notes: Terms: Axial point, point of convergence, aberration (spherical aberration) Diagram: Converging vs Diverging mirrors – each diagram showing light entering toward Converging (with concave reflecting surface – note: concave – you can enter the cave) OR Diverging (with convex reflecting surface – note: the bulge) mirror Began diverging mirror problems Handed out Curved Mirror Package (named Henry) Homework:
- Finish diverging mirror problems (#1-4)
- Complete Part A of Curved Mirror Package (Henry)
> Dec 15 – Wednesday, Day 1
Reviewed assigned questions (this took super long because I wasn’t with it today…) Handed out Curved Mirror Applications – Online assignment, due for Friday Homework:
- Complete rest of Curved Mirror Package (Henry) – ie. Parts B & C
> Dec 16 – Thursday, Day 2
Reviewed assigned questions Notes & diagram: Refraction of light Handed out Refraction – Online assignment Remainder of class given to work on assignment in lab Homework:
- Curved Mirror Applications – Online assignment
- Refraction – Online assignment
> Dec 17 – Friday, Day 3
Homework check Reviewed total internal reflection diagram from online assignment Notes: Total Internal Reflection (notes: from curriculum guide) Handed out Refraction Problems package
- completed back page (Critical Angle/Refraction Problems) and showed new calculation (n1)(sini) = (n2)(sinR), and total internal reflection calculations
- completed first page (Refraction Problems)
- Showed how to do diagrams on the inside pages (Refraction Diagrams)
Homework:
- Complete Refraction Diagrams
- Complete the online assignments from previous days if you didn’t do them
- Work on your physics portfolios!!!
> Dec 20 – Monday, Day 4
Homework check & review Total internal reflection demo/video again: LINK Handed back Kaleidoscopes Lab (multiple reflections lab): Key equation –> # of images = 360/angle – 1 Handed out review and left remaining time in class to work on it Homework:
- Hand in your test reviews for a homework check
- Work on your portfolios (Due at the beginning of Wednesday’s class!)
> Dec 21 – Tuesday, Day 5
Handed in test reviews for a homework check Light: Part 2 Exam Homework:
- Work on your portfolios!! (Due tomorrow at the beginning of class!)
- ps: bring laser pointers tomorrow if you have any
> Dec 22 – Wednesday, Day 6
Handed in portfolios Sung physics Xmas carols: Deck the Physics Lab, Oh Physics Problem Set of Mine, & Speedy the Visible Light Ray from LINK to get ready for the Christmas physics competition… Christmas physics competition: two teams, one laser, 10 hot singers… each team did these separately (while one group was in the classroom, the other was preparing their physics song):
- Team Pic = Each group was given a camera and took a team shot (next time: make up a team name)
- Laser-target = Hitting the in-class target with a taped laser (better if laser is taped at the ON position, ie. laser button is taped down so it’s always on) at the front of the room by each person holding a mirror (and/or taping mirrors etc.) to hit the target on the ceiling – most creative solution wins (Thanks to Kaden for his help figuring out how to work the laser competition)
- Physics 20 Christmas Carol = Groups prepared 1 or 2 Christmas carols about physics (including in-class examples if possible)
Teams were rated for each category and winner announced… I’ll have to give this one to Catlin, Brittany M., Brittany H., Taylor, Stephen & Adam’s team — I’d say both groups tied (other: Moose, Sawyer, Hayden & Kaden) on the song but I deemed your team pic and laser-target solution as more creative Therefore 1,000,000 bonus marks for you guys… but will you ever read this? Muahahahaha, only time will tell… No homework
> Jan 5 – Wednesday, Day 1
Pop can crushing demo (lab coat & goggles) –> Why did this happen? (Discuss later, leave hanging) New Unit: Heat – the transfer of energy Notes (next time, try to cover more sections…):
- The Kinetic Molecular Theory of Heat
- States of Matter
- Phase transitions – the change of matter from one state to another
- Thermal energy
Enjoyed some coke together and crushed some more cans (discussion still is hanging…) No homework
> Jan 6 – Thursday, Day 2
Demo: hand-boiler Handout 1: Graph of Temperature vs. Heat Absorbed for Water… Handout 2: Temperature Scales… Notes: Heat, Temperature, Heat vs. Temperature, Thermometers Demo: Making your own thermometer Video of making your own thermometer: LINK Homework:
- Questions 1 & 2 from Temperature Conversions
- Questions 1 a-f, 2 a-b from text Pg. 317
> Jan 7 – Friday, Day 3
Handed back and partly reviewed Light Part 2 exams Watched episode 1 of Dual Survival (called Shipwrecked) No homework
> Jan 10 – Monday, Day 4
Finished watching Dual Survival: LINK Notes: Popcan Crushing Experiment Handout: Heat Transfer, reviewed 3 forms Conduction, Convection, Radiation Demos: Gas Convection Apparatus, Flying Tea Bag, Radiometer Notes: Thermal Expansion Handout: Expansion Questions No homework
> Jan 11 – Tuesday, Day 5
Handed out and read Solar Homes handout Video on Thermal Expansion: LINK Notes: Linear Expansion Notes: Area & Volume Expansion Example for notes of Linear Expansion calculation (given data from an experiment) Did Expansion Questions #4 and ~5 Homework:
- Questions #5-9 from Expansion Questions handout
> Jan 12 – Wednesday, Day 6
Reviewed assigned questions Notes: Specific Heat Capacity Example questions 1 & 2 Handout: Heat Calculation Questions In-class working on questions 1-4 of Heat Calculation Questions Homework:
- Finish questions 1-5 of Heat Calculation Questions
- Do questions 10 & 11 from Expansion Questions handout
> Jan 13 – Thursday, Day 1
Reviewed assigned questions for those needing help Others did online assignment: Calorimeters & Specific and Latent Heat Homework:
- Finish up to step 2 in the online assignment, Calorimeters & Specific and Latent Heat
> Jan 14 – Friday, Day 2
Reviewed assigned questions for those needing help Others did online assignment: Calorimeters & Specific and Latent Heat Homework:
- Complete the remainder of the online assignment, Calorimeters & Specific and Latent Heat
> Jan 17 – Monday, Day 3
Reviewed Calorimeters & Specific and Latent Heat online assignment
Handed out Thermodynamics & Thermal Resistance online assignment Homework:
- Complete points 1-4 of online assignment
> Jan 18 – Tuesday, Day 4
Reviewed assigned material Notes: Principle of Heat Exchange Remainder of class given to complete Thermal Resistance Problems (point #5) from Thermodynamics & Thermal Resistance online assignment Homework:
- Finish Thermal Resistance Problems from Thermodynamics & Thermal Resistance online assignment
> Jan 19 – Wednesday, Day 5
Handed out Specific Heat Capacity of Metals & conducted activity (do this earlier next time and review it…) Homework:
- Complete the table (Table 11-4 – Determining the Specific Heat Capacity of a Metal)
> Jan 20 – Thursday, Day 6
Unit 5 Exam: Heat
> Jan 21 – Friday, Day 1 – Last day of physics before exams
Handed back and reviewed Heat exams Handed out class marks and collected all unit tests & stapled them together Decided on a time do to rewrites
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