Quiz Tomorrow!!!

Tomorrow's quiz will take up THE WHOLE PERIOD!!! We will start as soon as we get in.

I will not be providing calculators!!!

Bring your own calculator!!!

You will need it!!!

There is homework on mixed equations:

Chapter Problems: 104-117

Practicing these will help you with your quiz tomorrow.

Watch this video before the test. It is great and explains things well:

If you need the transcript of what here is saying, you can find it here.

Kinematics Equation 3 Homework and Help

Today we covered the third kinematics equation:

There will be a quiz on this equation and the other equations this Thursday!!! Bring your own calculator!!!
The homework is as follows:
Chapter Problems 83-88.
Multiple Choice 26-37.

There will be only problems on Thursday's quiz. The problems will draw from all three kinematics equations:

Use Khan Academy if you cannot figure it out!

Here's another sample dealing with projectile height given time:

Homework and Announcements

I am adding a few new features to the blog. By popular request last Friday, I added a twitter account:

https://twitter.com/NECHSPhysics

I now have a Google Voice number for you to call or text:

(347) 76-NECHS or (347) 766-3247

I will be keeping a Google Calendar up for our test and quiz schedule for you to follow via both the embeded calendar above and a subscription link for iOS/Apple (iCal) and regular HTML.

I also have a new email special for our class: NECHSPhysics@gmail.com. Use it.

Tonight's homework is numbers 10-12 in the chapter problems.

We will briefly go over it and then move on to the third equation and mixed problems. There will be a full class quiz this week on Thursday involving kinematics equation three and mixed problems in preparation for Monday and Tuesday's test!!!

On both the quiz and the test, you will only be allowed calculators you have brought with you. If you do not have one, here are my suggestions:

TI-36x Pro
TI-34 Multiview
Or Any Scientific Calculator

They range between $10 and $25. There is no reason to not have one by the test.

New Resources and Weekend Homework

Here's your homework for over the weekend:

Just Kidding...

Here's the actual homework for over the weekend:

Multiple Choice Questions 1-25

Chapter Problems 1-9 AND 70-76

I will be checking the homework for completion on MONDAY!!!

DO NOT FORGET THAT THE LAB IS DUE ON MONDAY!!!

Here's a list of the resources we covered today:

Last Year's East Side Physics Blog
Wolfram Alpha
Khan Academy (You can use this for math too!!!)
Wikipedia
(Only use the reference part at the bottom of the articles. Wikipedia itself is not a legitimate source of information.)
PhET Physics Simulations

If you would like a taste of what college is like, MIT (The Massachusetts Institute of Technology) posted a series of physics lectures by famous physicist, professor, and author Walter Lewin. The lectures are long but entertaining. I would encourage you to watch at least one of them.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT NOMINATIONS
Think about this over the weekend. Your choice of President, Vice President, and Secretary will strongly affect your year. Be careful who you nominate.

As always, if you have questions or comments, email me!

There's another series of web videos (TED Talks) that I wanted to share with you, but I'll do that at a later date.In the meantime, here's a clip from the New York Times about the Endevour Shuttle arriving in LA.

Nerf Gun Lab

Students:

Today was our Nerf Gun lab. The goal is to figure out the muzzle velocity of a Nerf gun. You will be using only the Nerf gun and meter sticks.

Here is the pre-lab which was due today: Nerf Gun Pre-Lab

Here is the data table due this Thursday: Nerf Gun Table

The lab report should have:

An Introduction: This should include your predictions as per which Nerf gun is more powerful and why. How will you figure out muzzle velocity? Which equation will you use? What will your procedure be?

An Analysis: Use your data to figure out the muzzle velocity. Included in this is your data table and any figures or formulas you used to figure out what you needed to figure out.

A Conclusion: Did this lab work? If it did, great! If it didn't, what could be done to better the procedure for next time?

The lab report should be no less than 2 full typed pages and no more than 4 full typed pages. The font size should be no more than 12 point and the spacing should be no more than double. Anything less will be graded accordingly. This does not include the pre-lab questions or the data table, which is to be included in the report.

Include your data sheet and your pre-lab questions in the lab report.

Any questions? Email me!

If you hand it in Thursday or Friday, you will recieve an additional 5 points.

This is due: MONDAY!!!

And now some pictures for inspiration!!!

Enjoy and get me that lab report!!!

In case you need the video from class the other day:

If these videos are helpful, I'll upload more in addition to what we do in class in order to help explain things.

Here's a sample of the Khan Academy, a great resource to use if you are stuck.

UPDATE: As per special request, I am posting some links here to practice problems and other things to help you:

Kinematics Presentation (PDF)
Kinematics Chapter (PDF)
Kinematics Chapter Problems (Word)
Kinematics Multiple Choice (Word)
Solving Equations (PDF)
Solving Equations Problems (Word)
Motion Mountain (PDF)
(Pages 72-78 deal with our lab topic.)

More resources to come...

Kinematics Equation Trainers

Here's a link to the trainer:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6j0mxlGgqOIcklrSGVMX25fRkk