Friday Fun

Physical Science did a good job with the N2 worksheets - Congrats! I also appreciate your assistance with beta-testing Mrs. Allbach's new eInstruction system. I'll try and steal it from her from time to time so that we can use it for some spot checks for understanding. Starting Monday, we bring gravity into the picture. We will examine it as a force and practice using the formula Newton devised to calculate the gravitational force between any two objects. Gravity also adds a component to motion of objects on Earth. Launch something horizontally and it also starts moving downward. We will take some time to talk about this type of motion - projectile motion with this unit. Yes, darts is an example of projectile motion...



Physics completed their lab activities for Newton's laws of motion. We will discuss these labs on Monday and use them to enhance our discussion of the basic concepts and illustrate problem-solving techniques. Graphs looked good - the only thing I noticed was that some of the N2 graph slopes were not as close to the object's actual mass as they should have been. Probably some drag from the cables. The N3 graphs were especially nice!

Honors Physics - most groups completed their data collection, but a few need to tidy up some loose ends. The completion will take place on Monday, when groups will also have time to brainstorm the Analysis questions. C block had a bit of funny data for the coefficient of friction piece of the lab. Remind me to take a closer look at that information on Monday.