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Honors Physics discussed capacitors and their function in class and saw a demo of a capacitor in action. Tomorrow, you will see another demonstration of capacitors that will also highlight the concept of potential difference. We briefly turned attention to circuits and will go further with that concept in class tomorrow. Note, for #4 of the 18.3 Section Review, I’d take a look at page 671 for a helpful formula.

Physical Science B completed (mostly) their series and parallel circuit construction. Students had opportunities to see how series and parallel wiring affects not only resistors, but also batteries. Other circuit components can be part of series and parallel arrangements and you will look at some of these in coming projects. Tomorrow, we’ll go over this section of the lab unit and then move onto more specialized circuits.

Physical Science E conducted their series and parallel circuit lab investigation, which let them work with both the conceptual and mathematical aspects of circuit analysis. We will discuss this lab and the associated questions tomorrow and then move onto more complex circuits and specialized circuit components.

Physics F went over their Ohm’s Law lab investigation and then worked on test corrections for the light, reflection and refraction exam. Physics G started in directly on their test corrections. We’ll jump back into electricity tomorrow with a review of Ohm’s Law and the addition of another electricity-related property of materials: capacitance.

Homework

Honors Physics A: Practice 18C and 18.3 Section Review
Physical Science B and E: Complete lab questions
Physics F and G: Complete test corrections