3 - 7 June
Seriously? It's over, move on :)
27 - 31 May
"Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson."
-Vern Law
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DAY
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TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
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Monday, 27th
(no notes)
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NO SCHOOL!
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| Tuesday, 28th |
-work on Final Project
-retake part of Final Exam
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| Wednesday, 29th |
-Seniors Last Day! Congrats!
-LN2 Ice Cream day
-Final Project presentations
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- impress my classmates with Physics!
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DUE: Final Project |
| Thursday, 30th |
... |
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| Friday, 31st |
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Graduation @ Mpls Convention Center: 8:00 pm
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20 - 24 May
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother."
-Albert Einstein
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 20th |
-get Final Project idea approved
-work on Final Project
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| Tuesday, 21st |
-work on Final Project |
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| Wednesday, 22nd |
-work on Final Project |
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Thursday, 23rd
(no notes)
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-Valleyfair Physics Day
-work on Final Project
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| Friday, 24th |
-work on Final Project |
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13 - 17 May
"Washington is the only place where sound travels faster than light."
-C.V.R. Thompson
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
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Monday, 13th
(no notes: sub)
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-review for final |
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| Tuesday, 14th |
-FINAL EXAM: Paper 1 |
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| Wednesday, 15th |
-FINAL EXAM: Paper 2 or 3 |
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| Thursday, 16th |
-return textbooks
-write advice for next year's HL2 students
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| Friday, 17th |
-Final Project |
- impress my classmates with Physics!
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Final project (due Tuesday, 28 May) |
6 - 10 May
“Twinkle, twinkle little star
I don’t wonder what you are
For by the spectroscopic ken
I know you are hydrogen.”
-Lewis Fry Richardson
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DAY
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TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
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Monday, 6th
(no notes)
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NO SCHOOL!!
IB Physics SL/HL Papers 1 & 2
8:30 AM at Shir Tikvah
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| Tuesday, 7th |
-work on options packet
IB Physics SL/HL Paper 3
12:30 PM at Shir Tikvah
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| Wednesday, 8th |
-"review for final" |
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| Thursday, 9th |
-"review for final" |
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Friday, 10th
(no notes)
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-"review for final" |
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29 April - 3 May
"About light I am in the dark."
-Benjamin Franklin
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 29th |
-SL: work on options
-HL: Eq'n review & MC practice Topics 9-11
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| Tuesday, 30th |
-SL: work on options
-HL: Eq'n review & MC practice Topics 12-13
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Wednesday, 1st
14.1 PPT
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-SL: work on options
-HL: Eq'n review & MC practice Topic 14
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| Thursday, 2nd |
FINAL EXAM: Paper 1
-SL/HL: work on practice papers
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Friday, 3rd
14.2 PPT
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FINAL EXAM: Paper 2 (partial)
-SL: work on options
-HL: Eq'n review & MC practice Topic 14
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22 - 26 April
"The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself."
-Bertrand Russell
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 22nd |
-SL/HL: MC practice Topics 1-4
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get a 7/7 on the IB Physics Exam! |
MC Questions
MC Answers
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| Tuesday, 23rd |
-SL/HL: Eq'n review & MC practice Topics 5
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| Wednesday, 24th |
-SL/HL: Eq'n review & MC practice Topics 6
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| Thursday, 25th |
-SL/HL: Eq'n review & MC practice Topics 7&8
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| Friday, 26th |
-SL/HL: practice Paper 1
-SL/HL: practice Paper 2 passed out
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SL/HL: Paper 1 (due at end of class)
SL/HL: Paper 2 (due Monday)
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15 - 19 April
"I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons."
-Douglas Adams
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
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Monday, 15th
(no notes)
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Work
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Tuesday, 16th
(no notes)
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SL: going over Practice Test #2
HL: peer grading of Practice Test #1
CLASS IN 119A
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Practice Test (due Monday) |
| Wednesday, 17th |
finish peer grading of Practice Tests
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| Thursday, 18th |
L&D: Going over the Data Booklet
CLASS IN 119A
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| Friday, 19th |
continue to work on Practice Tests
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8 - 12 April
"A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms."
-George Wald
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 8th |
IB Exam Review |
get a 7 on the IB Exam! |
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| Tuesday, 9th |
IB Exam Review |
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| Wednesday, 10th |
IB Exam Review |
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| Thursday, 11th |
IB Exam Review
CLASS IN ROOM 119A
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| Friday, 12th |
IB Exam Review |
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1 - 5 April
SPRNG BREAK! WOO-HOO!!
25 - 29 March
"We do not see the lens through which we look."
-Ruth Benedict
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 25th |
L&D: Galaxies and the Expanding Universe
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E.6.1 Describe the distribution of galaxies in the universe.
E.6.2 Explain the red-shift of light from distant galaxies.
E.6.3 Solve problems involving red-shift and the recession speed of galaxies.
E.6.4 State Hubble’s law.
E.6.5 Discuss the limitations of Hubble’s law.
E.6.6 Explain how the Hubble constant may be determined.
E.6.7 Explain how the Hubble constant may be used to estimate the age of the universe.
E.6.8 Solve problems involving Hubble’s law.
E.6.9 Explain how the expansion of the universe made possible the formation
of light nuclei and atoms.
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| Tuesday, 26th |
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class time for HW |
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Wednesday, 27th
2nd Astro ppt
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class time for HW |
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| Thursday, 28th |
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class time for HW |
DUE: E5&E6 HW packet |
| Friday, 29th |
NO SCHOOL! |
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Forget about physics for a week (due Monday, 8 April) |
18 - 22 March
"A little Madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King."
-Emily Dickinson
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 18th |
-Review for Test |
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DUE: E4 HW packet
E4 HW Key
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| Tuesday, 19th (no notes) |
NO CLASS |
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| Wednesday, 20th (no notes) |
Dr. Skillman presenting on Comets |
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| Thusday, 21st |
TEST (Astrophysics: E1-E4)
-3" x 5" card and IB data booklet
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| Friday, 22nd |
L&D: Stellar Processes and Stellar Evolution
(video lesson)
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E.5.1 Describe the conditions that initiate fusion in a star.
E.5.2 State the effect of a star’s mass on the end product of nuclear fusion.
E.5.3 Outline the changes that take place in nucleosynthesis when a star leaves the main sequence and becomes a red giant.
E.5.4 Apply the mass–luminosity relation.
E.5.5 Explain how the Chandrasekhar and Oppenheimer–Volkoff limits are used to predict the fate of stars of different masses.
E.5.6 Compare the fate of a red giant and a red supergiant.
E.5.7 Draw evolutionary paths of stars on an HR diagram.
E.5.8 Outline the characteristics of pulsars.
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E5&E6 HW packet (due Wed, 27 March) |
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11 - 15 March
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
-Oscar Wilde
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 11th |
-class time for HW
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| Tuesday, 12th |
-Qs on HW?
-HW Quiz
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DUE: E2/E3 HW packet |
| Wednesday, 13th |
L&D: "Billions and billions..." |
E.4.1 Describe Newton’s model of the universe.
E.4.2 Explain Olbers’ paradox.
E.4.3 Suggest that the red-shift of light from galaxies indicates that the universe is expanding.
E.4.4 Describe both space and time as originating with the Big Bang.
E.4.5 Describe the discovery of cosmic microwave background (CMB)
radiation by Penzias and Wilson.
E.4.6 Explain how cosmic radiation in the microwave region is consistent with the Big Bang model.
E.4.7 Suggest how the Big Bang model provides a resolution to Olbers’
paradox.
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Read pp 381-382
and this
E4 HW packet (due Monday, 18 March)
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| Thursday, 14th |
L&D: "The Undiscovered Country" |
E.4.8 Distinguish between the terms open, flat and closed when used to describe the development of the universe.
E.4.9 Define the term critical density by reference to a flat model of the
development of the universe.
E.4.10 Discuss how the density of the universe determines the development
of the universe.
E.4.11 Discuss problems associated with determining the density of the
universe.
E.4.12 State that current scientific evidence suggests that the universe is open.
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| Friday, 15th |
class time for HW |
E.4.13 Discuss an example of the international nature of recent astrophysics research.
E.4.14 Evaluate arguments related to investing significant resources
into researching the nature of the universe.
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4 - 8 March
"Magnetism is one of the Six Fundamental Forces of the Universe, with the other five being Gravity, Duct Tape, Whining, Remote Control, and the Force That Pulls Dogs To The Groins Of Strangers."
-Dave Barry
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 4th |
-L&D: "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are"
-class time for packet
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E.2.1 State that fusion is the main energy source of stars
E.2.2 Explain that, in a stable star (for example, our Sun), there is an equilibrium between radiation pressure and gravitational pressure.
E.2.3 Define the luminosity of a star.
E.2.4 Define apparent brightness and state how it is measured
E.2.5 Apply the Stefan–Boltzmann law to compare the luminosities of different stars.
E.2.6 State Wien’s (displacement) law and apply it to explain the connection between the colour and temperature of stars.
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DUE: HW packet, Rotating Sky Lab, Star Spectra Gizmo
Read 373-376
HW packet (due Tuesday, 11 Mar)
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| Tuesday, 5th |
GIZMO: H-R Diagram |
E.2.9 Describe the different types of star (single and binary stars, Cepheids, red giants, red supergiants and white dwarfs)
E.2.10 Identify the general regions of star types on a Hertzsprung–Russell (HR) diagram.
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Gizmo sheet (due at end of class) |
| Wednesday, 6th |
-L&D: "Up above the world so high"
-class time for packet
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E.3.1 Define the parsec.
E.3.2 Describe the stellar parallax method of determining the distance to a star.
E.3.3 Explain why the method of stellar parallax is limited to measuring stellar distances less than several hundred parsecs.
E.3.4 Solve problems involving stellar parallax.
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| Thursday, 7th |
-L&D: "Then you show your little light"
-class time for packet
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E.3.5 Describe the apparent magnitude scale
E.3.6 Define absolute magnitude.
E.3.7 Solve problems involving apparent magnitude, absolute magnitude and distance.
E.3.8 Solve problems involving apparent brightness and apparent magnitude.
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| Friday, 8th |
-L&D: "By your spectroscopic ken"
-class time for packet
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E.3.9 State that the luminosity of a star may be estimated from its spectrum.
E.3.10 Explain how stellar distance may be determined using apparent brightness and luminosity.
E.3.11 State that the method of spectroscopic parallax is limited to measuring stellar distances less than about 10 Mpc.
E.3.12 Solve problems involving stellar distances, apparent brightness and luminosity.
E.3.13 Outline the nature of a Cepheid variable.
E.3.14 State the relationship between period and absolute magnitude for Cepheid variables.
E.3.15 Explain how Cepheid variables may be used as “standard candles”.
E.3.16 Determine the distance to a Cepheid variable using the luminosity–period relationship.
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25 February - 1 March
"Nnoooo...not the magnet!"
-Bender
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 25th |
-L&D: Intro to the Universe, nbd
(Universe Scale)
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E.1.1 Outline the general structure of the solar system.
E.1.2 Distinguish between a stellar cluster and a constellation.
E.1.3 Define the light year.
E.1.4 Compare the relative distances between stars within a galaxy and between galaxies, in terms of order of magnitude.
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-Read 371-373 (Intro to the Universe)
-HW packet (due Monday)
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| Tuesday, 26th |
-L&D: Retro is the new black
-LAB: The Rotating Sky
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E.1.5 Describe the apparent motion of the stars/constellations over a period of a night and over a period of a year, and explain these observations in terms of the rotation and revolution of the Earth.
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-Rotating Sky lab packet (due Wednesday at end of class) |
| Wednesday, 27th |
LAB cont'd |
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DUE: Rotating Sky lab packet |
| Thursday, 28th |
GIZMO: Star Spectra
Parent-Teacher Conferences: 4:00 - 8:00 pm
(in small gyms, no appt needed)
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E.2.7 Explain how atomic spectra may be used to deduce chemical and physical data for stars.
E.2.8 Describe the overall classification system of spectral classes (OBAFGKM).
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-lab sheet (due at end of hour) |
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Friday, 1st
(no notes)
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NO SCHOOL!
Parent-Teacher Conferences 8:00 - Noon
(in teacher's room, no appt needed)
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18 - 22 February
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool."
-Richard Feynman
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 18th |
NO SCHOOL! |
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| Tuesday, 19th |
continue work on IAs |
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Wednesday, 20th
(no notes)
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continue work on IAs |
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| Thursday, 21st |
continue work on IAs |
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| Friday, 22nd |
continue work on IAs |
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DUE: both final drafts of IAs
(by 4:00 pm, no extensions)
extended to 8:30 am Monday
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11 - 15 February
"Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times."
-Napoleon Hill
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
-Thomas Alva Edison
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 11th |
-continue work on IAs |
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two IB IA final drafts (due Friday, 22 Feb) |
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Tuesday, 12th
(no notes)
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-field trip to Leonardo's basement #1
-get ideas, commit, start building device
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Wednesday, 13th
(no notes)
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-continue work on IAs |
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Thursday, 14th
(no notes)
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-field trip to Leonardo's basement #2
-finishing building device
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| Friday, 15th |
-continue work on IAs |
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4 - 8 February
"There are three kinds of men. The one who learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence by themselves."
-Will Rogers
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
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Monday, 4th
(no notes)
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continue work on final draft of IA #1 |
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Tuesday, 5th
(no notes)
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continue work on final draft of IA #1 |
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| Wednesday, 6th |
video: "Newton's Dark Secrets" |
- give examples of how people are more complicated than the historical caricatures presented in textbooks
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Thursday, 7th
(no notes)
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continue work on final draft of IA #1
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| Friday, 8th |
continue work on final draft of IA #1 |
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DUE : IA #1 final draft |
28 Jan - 1 February
"If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron."
-Lee Trevino
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 28th |
-begin data collection |
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| Tuesday, 29th |
-finish data collection
-begin data processing |
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| Wednesday, 30th |
-finish data processing
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| Thursday, 31st |
-begin writing IA |
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Friday, 1st
(sub: no notes)
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-finish writing IA
-turn in first draft of IA
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DUE: IA #1 rough draft (not accepted late) |
21 - 25 January
"Well begun is half done."
-Aristotle
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 21st |
NO SCHOOL! |
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| Tuesday, 22nd |
-review IA rubric
-mark sample IB physics IA
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- mark sample IB Physics internal assessments with results close to official marks
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Wednesday, 23rd
(no notes)
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-mark sample IB physic IA |
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Thursday, 24th
(no notes)
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start real IA #1 |
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IA #1
(due Friday, 1 Feb)
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| Friday, 25th |
continue real IA #1 |
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14 - 18 January
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
-Albert Einstein
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
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Monday, 14th
(no notes)
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class time for MP/GRQs |
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| Tuesday, 15th |
-Qs on HW?
-"HW Quiz" (I'll pick one of the GRQs and change the given numbers)
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DUE: MP and GRQs |
| Wednesday, 16th |
Test on all of Relativity (open notes/book, no retake, 2 hour block) |
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| Thursday, 17th |
NO CLASS! |
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| Friday, 18th |
NO SCHOOL! |
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7 - 11 January
"All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child."
-Marie Curie
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
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Monday, 7th
(no notes)
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class time for MP |
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| Tuesday, 8th |
-Qs on MP?
-HW Quiz
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DUE: MP 29-4 to 29-6 |
| Wednesday, 9th (no notes) |
video: Einstein's Big Idea |
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Read 29-7 to 29-8
MP 29-7 to 29-8 (due Tuesday)
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| Thursday, 10th |
L&D: General Relativity |
- describe & discuss Einstein's Principle of Equivalence and its consequences
- define and calculate the Schwarzschild radius
- outline experiments that support General Relativity
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-Read this
-additional HW Qs
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| Friday, 11th |
L&D cont'd
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31 December - 4 January
"Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better [person]."
-Benjamin Franklin
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 31st |
NO SCHOOL! |
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| Tuesday, 1st |
NO SCHOOL! |
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| Wednesday, 2nd |
L&D: Consequences of Special Relativity
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- solve 1D problems involving relativistic addition of velocities
- define rest mass
- solve problems involving relativistic momentum
- solve problems involving relativistic energy
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Read 29-4 to 29-6
MP (due Tuesday, 8 Jan)
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| Thursday, 3rd |
-L&D: finished up
-class time for MP
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| Friday, 4th |
class time for MP |
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17 - 21 December
"I can calculate the motion of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people."
-Isaac Newton (Solar System)
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 17th |
Review for Test tomorrow |
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Tuesday, 18th
(sub: no notes)
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class time to study (rework old MPs for practice and practice MC) |
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Wednesday, 19th
(sub: no notes)
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class time to study (rework old MPs for practice and practice MC)
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Thursday, 20th
(no notes)
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TEST: Chaps 18 and 29a
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| Friday, 21st |
video: "Special Relativity" from Mechanical Universe |
- describe and explain relativistic effects on simultaneity
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SR Qs (due at end of class) |
10 - 14 December
"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity."
-Albert Einstein
3 - 7 December
"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."
-Douglas Adams
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 3rd |
video: "The Information Paradox" |
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| Tuesday, 4th |
choosing 2 HL options |
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| Wednesday, 5th (no notes) |
class time for MP |
- describe what is meant by an inertial frame of reference
- solve problems involving time dilation
- solve problems length contraction
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Read 29-1 to 29- 3
MP (due Thurs, 13 Dec)
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| Thursday, 6th (no notes) |
class time for MP |
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| Friday, 7th |
L&D: "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" |
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26 - 30 November
"You don't use science to show that you're right, you use science to become right."
-Randall Munroe
19 - 23 November
"The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction, when it could be turned into momentum."
-Frances Willard
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 19th (sub: no notes) |
class time for MP |
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| Tuesday, 20th |
class time for MP |
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| Wednesday, 21st |
Qs on MP?
HW QUIZ
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DUE: MP 18-1 to 18-3 |
| Thursday, 22nd (no notes) |
NO SCHOOL! |
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| Friday, 23rd (no notes) |
NO SCHOOL!! |
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12 - 16 November
"I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours."
-Jerome K. Jerome
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 12th |
continue work on practice IA |
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| Tuesday, 13th |
finish practice IA
brief presentation
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DUE: Practice IA |
| Wednesday, 14th |
L&D: More Thermo
online lesson: Laws of Thermodynamics
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- analyze processes using 1st Thermo Law
- draw and interpret P-V diagrams
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Read 18-1 to 18-3
MP 18-1 to 18-3
(due Wednesday,21 Nov)
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| Thursday, 15th |
class time for MP
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| Friday, 16th (no notes) |
class time for MP |
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5 - 9 November
"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber."
-popular misquote of Plato
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DAY
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ACTIVITIES |
TOPIC/TARGET
(I can...)
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ASSIGNMENTS |
| Monday, 5th |
design and begin experiment |
- design an experiment (D)
- collect and process data (DCP)
- evaluate design and draw conclusions from data (CE)
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IB practice Internal Assessment, a.k.a Lab Report, (due Friday) |
| Tuesday, 6th |
continue experiment |
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| Wednesday, 7th |
begin data analysis and lab report |
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Thursday, 8th
(sub: no notes)
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continue data analysis and lab report |
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| Friday, 9th |
finish and submit lab report |
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DUE: IB practice IA |
start of 2nd Quarter
end of 1st Quarter
FIRST QUARTER NOTES
29 October - 2 November
"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted"
-Albert Einstein
Monday, 29th
-CW: Review for Test on Wednesday, and some time for Climate model (DUE tomorrow)
Tuesday, 30th
-video: "Not Evil, Just Wrong"
-copy Excel climate model into Hand In folder (3rd Hour subfolder)
Wednesday, 31st
-CW: TEST on Energy & Climate (open book)
Thursday, 1st
-CW: Retake or finish video NEJW
Friday, 2nd
-NO SCHOOL!
22 - 26 October
"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing."
-Wernher von Braun
Monday, 22nd
-class time for HW (bring your IB textbooks)
Tuesday, 23rd
-Qs on HW? HW Quiz
Wednesday, 24th
-video: "Not Evil, Just Wrong"
Thursday, 25th
-CW: begin Climate Modeling project (due Wednesday, 31 Oct)
Friday, 26th
-CW: continue project
15 - 19 October
"The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life."
-Ernest Renan
Monday, 15th
-L&D: Greenhouse effect
-HW: Read Chapter 19, p.300 Q#1-5 & Q#1-3, p.301 Q#1-3, p.304 Q#1-5, HW Quiz Tuesday 23
Tuesday, 16th
-Parent-Teacher conferences: 4:00 - 8:00 pm in small gyms
-LAB: Greenhouse effect simulation
Wednesday, 17th
-Parent-Teacher conferences: 8:00 am - noon in teacher's rooms
-NO SCHOOL!
Thursday, 18th
-NO SCHOOL!
Friday, 19th
-NO SCHOOL!
8 - 12 October
"I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates."
-Steve Jobs
Monday, 8th
-L&D: brief review of test, and intro to Topic 8: "Energy, Power and Climate Change"
-HW: Read Chapter 18*, Qs #1-5 (HW Quiz Friday)
* in "Physics Course Companion, the purplish-blue softcover textbook
Tuesday, 9th
-VIDEO: Harnessing Energy
Wednesday, 10th
-CW: Favorite country's energy history
Thursday, 11th
-CW: Fossil fuels
Friday, 12th
-CW: HW Quiz
1 - 5 October
"But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special."
-Stephen Hawking
Monday, 1st
-CW: example problems and classtime for MP (online lesson: Specific and Latent Heat)
Tuesday, 2nd
-LAB: Latent Heat of Fusion for Water
-OPEN HOUSE: 6:00 - 7:30 (Families will go through their student's schedule, 10 min per class)
Wednesday, 3rd
-CW: Qs on MP? HW Quiz
Thursday, 4th
-CW: Review for TEST tomorrow (Chaps 16 & 17)
Friday, 5th
-CW: TEST (Chaps 16 & 17 , 3" x 5"card, IB Data Booklet, your own calc.)
24 - 28 September
"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."
-Aristotle
Monday, 24th
-L&D: Ideal Gases and Kinetic Theory
-HW: Read 17-1 to 17-2, MP (HW Quiz Thursday)
Tuesday, 25th
-finish L&D and classtime for MP
Wednesday, 26th
-CW: classtime for MP
Thursday, 27th
-CW: Qs on MP? HW Quiz
Friday, 28th
-L&D: Latent Heat and Phase Changes
-HW: Read 17-5 to 17-6, MP (HW Quiz Wednesday)
17 - 21 September
"Not only is the Universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine."
-Sir Arthur Eddington
Monday, 17th
-LAB: Specific Heat (virtual)
Tuesday, 18th
-CW: Qs on MP
Wednesday, 19th
-CW: class time for...monkey gun (no internet)
Thursday, 20th
-CW: video "The Conquest of Cold" in room 137
Friday, 21st
-CW: class time for MP, then HW Quiz
10 - 14 September
"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."
-Mario Andretti
Monday, 10th
-CW: Qs on MP? HW Quiz
Tuesday, 11th
-LAB: Extrapolating to Absolute Zero
Wednesday, 12th
-L&D: Specific Heat Capacity (online lesson: Specific and Latent Heat, just section 1)
-HW: Read 16-5, MP (HW Quiz Wed)
Thursday, 13th
-CW: class time for MP
Friday, 14th
-LAB: Identifying metals by their specific heat capacity
3 - 7 September
"Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand."
-Neil Armstrong
Monday, 3rd
-NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday, 4th
-L&D: Temperature and Heat (online lesson: Temperature and Heat)
-HW: Read 16-1, 16-2, 16-4, MP (HW Quiz Monday)
Wednesday, 5th
-CW: Video: "The Conquest of Cold: the Search for Absolute Zero"
Thursday, 6th
-L&D: Relationships between Pressure & Temperature, and Heat & Work
Friday, 7th
-CW: classtime for MP
27 - 31 August
"In Science, there is only Physics, all the rest is stamp collecting."
-Ernest Rutherford (btw, he won the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
Monday, 27th
-Lecture&Discussion (L&D): Intro to Physics, syllabus and safety
-Classwork (CW): student survey (due today), check out physical textbook (bring your student ID),
-Homework (HW): get safety contract signed, get a scientific calculator w/ your name on it (due Friday)
Tuesday, 28th
-L&D: What is Science? Science as a way of knowing
-CW: Mechanics pre-test (due today)
Wednesday, 29th
-CW: evaluating scientific arguments, video "Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?" (sheet due Friday)
Thursday, 30th
-CW: evaluating scientific arguments continued, video "Mythbusters: Moon Myths" (sheet due Friday)
Friday, 31st
-CW: make a MasteringPhysics (MP) account: click here to begin
-DUE: both video sheets, scientific calculator w/ your name on it, signed safety contract
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