Thursday, March 17, 2011

March 28, 2011 (week 27)

AP Physics 12 - We will go over the answers to the chapter 18/19 worksheets from before Spring Break. This week we will study chapter 20 DC Circuits.

Physics 12 - This week we will review material from chapter 18/19 in preparation for the chapter 18/19 test on April 4.

Physics 11 - We will go over the lab on Efficience of Various Heating Devices and we'll do a brief review and quiz in preparation for the chapter 12 test on April 5. This week we will begin our studies of Albert Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. Particularly relevant because it was Einstein who first proposed that mass could be converted to energy and in the context of Japan's nuclear disaster.

Science 10 - This week we begin chapter 8 Motion. Students should be completing the workbook at their own pace.


Friday, March 11, 2011

March 14, 2011 (week 26)

AP Physics 12 - This week we will finish chapter 19 on Electric Potential. Students should be working on the textbook problems and sample testbank questions. We will have a chapter 18 quiz before Spring Break.

Physics 12 - This week we will study chapter 19 Electric Potential. Students are reminded of the chapter 18 quiz that needs to be completed before Spring Break.

Physics 11 - This week we will complete chapter 12 Thermal Energy. Students should be completing the practice problems and end of chapter review problems in preparation for the chapter 12 Test after Spring Break.

Science 10 - Students must complete workbook chapter 7 in preparation for the chapter 7 Radioactivity test on March 17.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

March 7, 2011 (week 25)

AP Physics 12 - Reminder of chapter 9 torque test on March 7. This week we will continue to learn about electric fields and electric potential in chapters 18/19.

Physics 12 - This week we will complete chapter 18 on electrostatics and get started with chapter 19 Electric Potential. Reminder of the term two exam on March 7.

Physics 11 - Reminder of the Chapter 10/11 test on March 7 and also the Term 2 Exam on March 9 which covers the entire year's work thus far - main topics are found in chapters 3,4,5 and 9,10,11.

Science 10 - This week we will learn about half-life and nuclear fission and fusion. Students should be completing workbook chapter 7 in preparation for the chapter 7 test on March 16.