Labs Ahoy!

Between running two labs and having to listen to freshmen class officer speeches, I am very ready for the weekend…

Honors Physics completed their Atwood’s Machine lab and got their Chapter 3 exams returned. Like I said in class, if your score was abysmal, you are in good company. This test always seems to hit students hard, and that is why I am allowing you to correct your tests for one-half the points you missed returned to your score. You must show all work and /or offer an explanation for why the correct answer is actually the correct one if you want to receive your credit. You can work together and use any resources that are available. Email me with any questions , also, but have those corrected papers back to me by the end of the day Monday. Don’t worry about your lab write-up right now, I won’t look at collecting that until Tuesday at the earliest.

Physical Science B had an abbreviated period due to the class officer speeches, but we had time to go over yesterday’s exam and for students to complete gathering the information for their labs. Have those ready to go for Monday, when we begin our study of forces. Physical Science E also went over their exams and took time preview the forces material that we will begin next week.

Physics F received their exam papers and worked on test corrections. Physics G embarked on two lab investigations that centered on forces. The first lab explored static and kinetic friction and the second targeted Newton’s 3rd law of Motion. We will cover these topics in depth starting next week when we begin Chapter 4. We will complete the lab on Monday and groups should have time to start on the data analysis in class. From what I saw of the friction data, people did a good job. It was clear that static friction was greater than kinetic friction and that objects moved with constant acceleration/velocity, as appropriate.

Homework

Honors Physics: Correct Chapter 3 exams (optional)
Physical Science B: Complete lab write up
Physical Science E: None
Physics F: Complete test corrections
Physics G: None