Short Week

No school tomorrow, so the week should just fly by!

Honors Physics - exam today on Chapter 4 should be graded by Wednesday, but (of course), we have to deal with the people who were absent and have to take a make-up test. Wednesday, we begin a study of work and energy, which will again tie into forces and the idea of net force.

Physics - make sure that you have completed the questions for your lab by tomorrow. We will discuss the lab in light of our lecture on friction. Thursday, general review of the chapter and Friday - EXAM!

Physical Science - it was interesting to read your essays on orbital motion. A number of your did a great job! A few helpful hints - when key words are given to include in your discussion, do not simply define the terms. Discuss how they act together to influence the topic. So, simply telling me what is inertia, gravity, free-fall, etc. is not sufficient. Tell me how they work together to produce orbital motion. Also, DO NOT copy your work from any source - that is plagarism. If I can find a website that has all or part of your essay or paper word for word, you are guilty of theft. Stealing someone's words is theft, just as if you stole their money and it is considered academic dishonesty. Read a variety of sources and synthesize the ideas, frame things in your own words, with your own analogies or examples. If you are used to simply copying and pasting material from the Internet into your papers, then you should be very aware that high-school teachers take this seriously and you do not want to be caught doing this when you submit something for a grade.