Friday, May 4, 2012

Minibook!

Here is a link to the Minibook assignment, in case you lost any of the pages!


Handle your business!

CST Review Day 9

Waves

Objective
What: SWBAT use vocabulary and the equation for wavelength to solve word problems.
How: Through excellent notes, students will use what they already know and what they learn in class to complete the last pages in their minibook!
Why: To be academic achievers, we must murdalize the CST and the physics final!

(definition of murdalize via Urbandictionary.com)



Murdalize:
To kill in a highly entertaining fashion


"Mouse was so mad he murdalized Ruwe by ripping out his lungs."
Agenda
1. Brainpop- Waves
2. Calculating wave velocity
3. Bill Nye Waves

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

CST Review Day 8

Electromagnetism



Objective:
What: SWBAT use principals of Electromagnetism to solve problems in their minibook.
How: Students will use Ohm's Law, and the equation for electrical power to solve problems on pages 34-41 in their minibook.
Why: To be academic achievers we need to annihilate the CST and physics final!

Agenda
1. Do Now
2. Brainpop Electricity
3. Ohm's Law
4. Power
5. Bill Nye - Electricity
6. HW: Electricity Reading

Monday, April 30, 2012

CST Review Day 7

Thermodynamics



Objective:
What: SWBAT use the Zereoth, First and Second laws of Thermodynamics to solve Physics problems.
How: Students will solve problems involving Heat Engines, and the Laws of Thermodynamics in their minibook
Why: To be academic achievers we need to demolish the CST and Physics Final!

Agenda
1. Do Now - Heat in a gas
2. Eureka - Temperature vs. Heat
3. Brainpop - Temperature
4. Thermodynamics Notes
5. Heat Engine problems practice
6. Bill Nye- Fluids
7. Questioning Entropy...?