Back in the Saddle

There should be a law against getting a cold in June…anyway, students carried on yesterday without me as well as they do with me (which is depressing).

Today, Honors Physics and Physics continued building and testing their circuits. Physical Science

B discussed the concept of half-life and how it can be used to determine the age of materials. Tomorrow, students will conduct a lab experiment that investigates the effects of distance and shielding on radiation intensity.

Physical Science E reviewed their labs and then launched into a discussion of the nature and types of radiation. We contrasted alpha, beta and neutron radiation and will tackle gamma tomorrow, before taking up the topic of radioactive half-life.

Homework

Physical Science B: Read lab protocol packet
Physical Science E, Physics F, Honors Physics: None