Yee Hah!

You know the day is going to go well when the early release is called even before school starts…

Honors Physics reviewed their homework for simple harmonic motion and then moved into a deeper discussion of basic wave characteristics. We will tread over this ground again and again over the coming chapters on sound and light, so make sure you have a firm grasp on the ideas now to make life easier then. Tomorrow, we will describe the relationship between energy and the amplitude of a wave and then move into wave interactions. The concentration will be on interference and reflection, since an understanding of these is required to study standing waves. In later chapters we’ll cover these in far more detail and add refraction and diffraction to the list.

Physical Science B completed their examination of sound with a discussion of ultrasound and sonar. The review material for sound that you were given today should be complete for homework, as we will go over them first thing in class tomorrow. After the review, an open-book quiz for sound and then on to light on Friday.

Physical Science E, and Physics F and G did not meet today due to the early release. Physical Science E – you will still have your lab block tomorrow. You’ll just have to pay more attention to the instructions since you did not get the protocol sheet today. We’ll go over the lab, the sound review material and have the open-book sound quiz on Friday. Physics F – sorry about losing your lab block. Tomorrow is short block again and the opportunity for the experiment has passed. There will still be plenty of labs this year, so don’t look so sad…Physics G will work on completing the graphing portion of yesterday’s lab in class tomorrow and will take time to discuss the lab in detail.

Homework:

Honors Physics A, Physics F and G: None
Physical Science B: Complete sound review sheet
Physical Science F: Have sound review sheet completed by Friday