January

Monday- Midterm Review- You can study by logging on to Quia and taking any of the quizzes from this semester, or you can review various notes from this marking period below.



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Tuesday- Below is the link to your midterm. You may choose either version, the 25 question or the 50 question. You may not use your computer for any other assignment during class today. When you are finished, close your computer and **silently** work on something else. You may also want to use the attached Equation Sheet.=====

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 * Physics Midterm 25?s**

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 * Physics Midterm 50?s**



Wednesday- Jan. 27th-

Midterm Curve- You have the opportunity to earn up to 5 points back on your Midterm grade. You will need to log on to Quia, and find the page that lists your grades for all of your Physics quizzes. From there, find the Physics Midterm 25? (or 50?) Quiz, and click on the View option on the left side. You should now be able to view your Quia Midterm, and see which questions you got right, and which ones you got wrong. You may correct up to FIVE problems to earn 5 points back (1 pt per question). Take a screenshot of the question, and then write two explanations: 1. EXPLAIN why your answer was wrong 2. List and EXPLAIN the correct answer. By doing this, you may earn up to 5 points back on your midterm.

Thursday- CAR COLLISIONS!!!! Next in class we are going to start studying car collisions, and important ways to stay safe while in a car. Visit this website for a fun game- http://mrmont.com/games/carcollision.html



January 19th- 22nd


Wednesday & Thursday & Friday- Circus Time! Launch a clown and hope you catch him! You can find the lab in the Teacher's folder.

Monday- Today we will be looking at Projectile paths. Open the following document to see how to shoot your basketball.

Tuesday- Today, we are going to use the computer program called, Logger Pro, and we will find out the path your projectile made when you shot your catapult last friday. You will need to use your video from last week, as well as the Logger Pro Program on your computer.

Wednesday and Thursday- Today we will be working on our Catapult project. The instructions you'll need to follow are posted here-

__**FRIDAY-**__ When you finish with your catapult assignment, you can use the rest of the period to make up work that you may be missing, or have not yet completed. The assignments for this marking period are as follows...

Space Vectors Tug of War Analysis Bungee Jumping Forces Force Lab Projectile Components Flight Path
 * On The Teacher Folder-**

Tennis Ball Lab Rocket Forces Comic Life Quiz Hit the Can Catapult Equations
 * On this Website-**

ALL 3 Science Essays
 * On Ning-**

All Quizzes can be found on the Quiz link on the Wikispace
 * On Quia-**



**January 4th- 8th**


Monday- Tennis Ball Video! We will also be working on reviewing Two Dimensional Motion. Please complete the Projectile Component activity located on the Teacher folder. When you finish this activity you may want to spend time completing your Hit-the-Can Lab.

Tuesday and Wednesday- Today we will be figuring out which variables have an effect on the flight path of a projectile. You will need to go to this website- http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Projectile_Motion as well as the Teacher Folder to open the Instruction Sheet and your answer sheet.

QUIZ DAY THURSDAY- []
 * Projectile Motion Quiz 1**

Friday- Building Catapults! Your task for today is to build a catapult. Then you can test to see how far and how high you can get launch a small piece of clay. You will need to take a video of your catapult using your computer. Make sure you video is of an exact side angle of the projectile, so you can see it launch- like this --->