PHYSICS – What “moving” lessons yesterday and today! Get it? “Moving”? Okay, okay, I’ll stop.
You did a great job with your own “intro to motion” yesterday – great job and great beginning to kinematics today! I gave you the wrong word in class – did you notice!? I said them opposite! Kinematics, not dynamics is the study of motion without consideration of its cause.
Let’s crank it up on the problems tomorrow!
Physics 8-27-15 Motion and Displacement from Tammy Skinner on Vimeo.
PHYSICS: Just another day in the life of a physics student! Who knew water displacement could be so much fun! 🙂 Thanks Hannah!! Good job moppers, and fillers, and counters, and recorders! Now for the lab report. Remember to include that final question in your conclusion – “So why can or can’t some humans float?” And don’t forget – I’m very, very interested in your experimental design, i. e., how’d you gather your data, how are you presenting your data, sig figs, calculations, etc.
Speaking of labs – I’m looking forward to seeing how close you came to predicting the height of the bouncing ball! Can I trust the validity of your prediction?
Water, water, everywhere! I’ve posted some pics on flickr – click here or below for the link.
CHEMISTRY – Great review today of the scientific method. I know you’ve heard it for umpteen years, but it is super important that you can APPLY what you’ve learned about the scientific method.
Speaking of that, you’ll have a great chance to practice using the scientific method tomorrow with Ooblek! Make sure you print and read the Oobleck lab sheet and bring it to class tomorrow!
Speaking of homework – the work from the textbook can be done with the online textbook. Do it on notebook paper, and you can use the back. Just make sure you number going down and not across, and skip a line between each question. Be sure and turn it in at the beginning of class tomorrow.
So do animals use the scientific method? Hmmm…..
Chemistry 8-24-16 Using the Scientific Method from Tammy Skinner on Vimeo.
Flickr photo by UK Ministry of Defense, Photographer: Harland Quarrington
PHYSICS: Do you feel more comfortable now with order of magnitude problems and dimensional analysis? Here’s the help session from this morning.
Physics 8-23-17 Help Session- First Problems Review from Tammy Skinner on Vimeo.
CHEMISTRY: Great job with evaporating today, and great job in lab this week! Wow – you’ve learned a lot!! God bless you as you finish up studying for tomorrow’s test!
Did you read the review post earlier? Here’s the info again. In addition to the lab safety packets and the lab safety video, this is some VERY IMPORTANT information to study
HUGE HINT: Go back and view the earlier posts/slide shows on Lab Apparatus, Lab Tour, Lighting a Bunsen burner, Measuring Mass and Volume, etc. All of these are VERY helpful for the test!!
Also, don’t forget that the entire Exp A-1 Procedures & Techniques packet (including observations for ALL of the procedures you did as well as ALL of the questions on pages 13 – 18) is due TOMORROW.
God bless you as you study! It’s a ton of information, but you can do it!! I’ll be praying for you!!
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PHYSICS: Did you remember sig figs? All this SI and calculations stuff will come back to you before you know it. Holler if we need to practice. Don’t forget to show all your work!
So why can some humans float – or not? Looking forward to seeing what you do with the lab tomorrow! 🙂
Physics 8-18-16 Measuring & Analyzing in Physics, continued… from Tammy Skinner on Vimeo.
Happy Thursday! Are you having a difficult time understanding what a good web post comment is? In the future, you will probably be taking online classes where you will have to be part of online class discussion groups, and you’ll be graded on your comments and how you participate.
Here is a plan that will help you! Your goal is to have STAR Web Post Comments. Hokey title, but maybe it will stick! Click here on the STAR Web Post Comments Idea Sheet for ideas for good comments that will receive credit.
IMPORTANT: Make double dog sure you write your name in your web post the correct way. If your name/heading is not written correctly, you will not receive any credit for making the web post.
Still don’t know what to do?
Hope you have a great weekend!!
PHYSICS – Hey guys, here’s part 1 of the overview we did on the SI system. No sound on the vodcast from today, so I’m including the lecture from last year. 🙂
You remembered a lot! Were you surprised at yourself? The hardest part, I think, will be getting back in the habit of showing all your work, using conversion factors, units, dimensional analysis, sig figs, etc. We’ll finish reviewing sig figs on tomorrow. Happy, happy!
PHYSICS 8-17-15 Using Measurements in Physics, Pt. 1 from Tammy Skinner on Vimeo.
CHEMISTRY: So how do you separate salt and sand? Did you conquer filtering? Make double sure of two things before tomorrow: 1) read the lab before you come to class to do it, and 2) get a head start on the questions at the end of the experiment packet.
Your test is coming up VERY SOON! Have you started studying? In addition to the lab safety packets and the lab safety video, here is some VERY IMPORTANT information to study
HUGE HINT: Go back and view the earlier posts/slide shows on Lab Apparatus, Lab Tour, Lighting a Bunsen burner, Measuring Mass and Volume, etc. All of these are VERY helpful for the test!!
Also, don’t forget that the entire Exp A-1 Procedures & Techniques packet (including observations for ALL of the procedures you did as well as ALL of the questions on pages 13 – 18) is due FRIDAY.
God bless you as you study! It’s a ton of information, but you can do it!! I’ll be praying for you!!
PHYSICS: I love watching you apply the scientific method! Can’t wait to see what you design for your whirly gigs! Now what could you do to get the longest hang time? Hmmmmm…..
PHYSICS 8-15-16 Physics & the Scientific Method from Tammy Skinner on Vimeo.