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Monday March 14 -

Began with a lesson on Significant figure, and did a quick review on scientific notation.



Tuesday March 15 -

Chemistry test

Wednesday March 16 -

Lesson on performing operations using significant figures. Prefixes and units (m, g, L, Kelvin).

Thursday March 17 -

Took notes on yellow handout of definitions.

Friday March 18-

Took notes on Uniform motion and rates of change.

Tuesday March 22-

Took notes on position-time graphs. Had time to complete assignments for last 40 minutes of class.

Wednesday March 23 -

Reviewed how to answer questions from a position-time graph. Last slides on previous notes.

Thursday March 24 -

Began acceleration in the notes.Students were advised to make themselves a formula sheet (they are allowed them on tests and the like) and would benefit greatly from creating one that they can use with greater ease than the one provided for them.

Friday March 25 -

Did a review of acceleration-time graphs and how to determine displacement from the graph (calculate the area between the line and the x-axis).

SPRING BREAK
Monday April 4: Reviewed acceleration time graphs and the acceleration formula. Students were given a work period to complete their assingments for the report cards.

Tuesday April 5: No classes in the PM

Wednesday April 6: Students reviewed finding acceleration from a velocity-time graph for an instant of time (find the slope at that moment - may require a tangent line). Discussed historical figures in the development of law of physics, most notably, Newton. Newton's first and second laws were reviewed. ,

Thursday April 7: Newton's third law and momentum were investigated. Discussed what students should review for the quiz.

Friday April 8: Students wrote their quizzes on Graphs (position-time and velocity-time graphs). The students were then given the Egg Drop experiment sheets and reviewed the requirements for the project. NO PEANUT BUTTER OR HELIUM BALLONS ALLOWED. Students were informed that if the proposal was not in within a week of the drop, they will not be permitted to participate in the activity. The remainder of the class was a work period.

Monday April 11: Students took notes on Impulse. We reviewed the velocity-time graphs and noted that students struggled most with these because they neglected to determine the displacement of the runner through determining the area between the line and the x-axis. This also caused them difficulties when they treated the graph like a position-time graph and assumed "going down" meant a change in direction (in this case, only a slowing down of the runner). Students will be writing a similar quiz on Thursday April 14.

Tuesday April 12: Finished physics notes, and discussed scheduling for the next two weeks (Test will be next THURSDAY). Work time at the end.

Wednesday April 13: Students did a lab today (Ticker taps) in which they dropped two different weights.

Thursday April 14: Students wrote another graphs quiz, with a greater emphasis on velocity-time graphs. They have been encouraged to develop their own formula sheets, but most have not taken advantage of the opportunity. The students had the remainder of the class to work on remaining work.

Friday April 15: Students were given a work period to complete their assingments due today. They were also given a physics review for their test Thursday.

Monday April 18; Students were given a work period to complete late work and to prepare for the Egg Drop tomorrow.

Tuesday April 19: Students particiapted in the Egg Drop. Students must complete their report for the lab.

Wednesday April 20: Today is the final work period students have to complete the physics unit work.

Thursday April 21: Students will write their tests and hand in any remaining work.