Entering the LONG Weekend

Finally, a day without interruptions. That it falls on the day of the schedule rotation that actually has all the periods in proper order likely has some far-reaching mystical significance. Regardless, the day was a productive one and next week should find everyone back in the scholastic groove.

Physical Science B completed their discussion of the scientific method and dangled their toes in the concept of making and evaluating measurements. We will spend Tuesday detailing and practicing dimensional analysis and use it to convert not only metric units, but any quantity with units that have a numerical relationship. Have calculators ready for this, as we will spend the period doing math. E Block conducted the Making Cents of Math lab to familiarize themselves with the Vernier system and the nature of linear relationships. Every group had its own share of problems, as was expected, and finally came up with great results (again, as expected). We will discuss the lab on Tuesday and, additionally, you will get the scientific method discussion on Tuesday and move into the dimensional analysis piece on Wednesday.

Honors Physics suffered through a review of the metric system, scientific notation, significant figures and dimensional analysis. We will use those skills over and over, though, so it is suffering for a good cause. Have the chapter review questions ready for Tuesday so we can wrap up this chapter. Wednesday, we hit one-dimensional motion. If you had physical science, you probably remember some of those basic ideas, though we will put some meat on the bones. If you didn’t have physical science, it is a good chapter for getting the feel of physics and how to approach physics problem-solving.

Physics started their introduction to the nature of physics and the process by which we conduct physics investigations and report data. We will continue on with our discussion on Tuesday and complete going over the 1.2 section review. The ability to use dimensional analysis and scientific notation will be important this year, so make sure that you are very confident in your abilities and seek help if you have the need.

Homework

Honors Physics: Chapter Review #’s 7, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 23, 27
Physical Science B: 1.2 SR and Practice Problems on page 17
Physical Science E: Complete lab writeup
Physics: None