Daily Archives: November 20, 2015

Physics 11-20-15 Simple Machines

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PHYSICS: Wow! Do you realize what we just did? We finished the chapter! Well, we’ll add this small lecture on simple machines from chapter 7 to the chapter 5 test – but we’re done!

UPDATE: Test the Tuesday or Wednesday when we get back from Thanksgiving break.

Did you remember this stuff on simple machines from your physical science days? I don’t think you’ll have any trouble with efficiency and mechanical advantage problems. Give them a whirl and let me know!

How do you think the efficiencies of machines compare? Could you design a method to test that? You don’t need no stinkin’ lab sheets! Do you?
🙂

Physics 11-20-15 Simple Machines from Tammy Skinner on Vimeo.

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Hon Chemistry 11-20-15 Artificial Transmutations & Half Life Practice

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HON CHEMISTRY: Wow! We made artificial elements! Well, on paper at least 😉

Are you clear on the Half Life Simulation lab? Be sure and post your data in the special web post for the lab by the correct due date! Check the syllabus for data and lab report due dates.

So you can take something that’s not radioactive and make it radioactive? Here’s the lecture from Friday. Don’t judge me because I don’t know my super heroes! 🙂

Hon Chemistry 11-20-15 Artificial Transmutations & Half Life Practice from Tammy Skinner on Vimeo.

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Hon Chemistry Half-Life Simulation Lab

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HON CHEMISTRY: Hey guys – this is where honors chemistry will post results for the Half-Life Simulation lab. You’ll just list your data from the first data table as a comment – just like you comment every week, except this time you are just listing the data from the first data table.

Remember, you don’t have to use candies; you may use coins or anything else that has two sides. Please note that you are to post the number of “radioactive” nuclides remaining after each toss.

Just to clarify, everything on the lab sheets will go in your lab report on that you will submit as a PDF to Google Drive and TurnItIn.com – Title, Objective, Procedure, Observations (with data table), Conclusion, and Questions. Don’t forget that your graph needs to be either a full page graph that you do on Excel or a similar program, or you can draw a full page graph on graph paper, scan a very clean, sharp copy and copy it into your lab report. And don’t forget that the analysis questions, calculations, graph, etc., go after your conclusion.

Happy counting – and wait until AFTER the lab to snack!! 🙂

M&M's
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