October 29, 2007 (week 9)

AP Physics 12 - We are currently working in chapter 5 Circular Motion, Centripetal Force and Centripetal Acceleration. Expect to do a hands-on activity this week related to tension and centripetal force. Concurrently, we will be studying chapter 15 Thermodynamics. Students must complete a minimum of 25 problems from each chapter in preparation for the chapter tests.

Physics 12 - We are currently working in chapter 5 Circular Motion, Centripetal Force and Centripetal Acceleration. Expect to do a lab this week. Students must complete a minimum of 25 problems in preparation for the chapter test.

Physics 11 - We are studying chapter 5 Dynamics (the study of forces). Majority of our work will involve solving problems using Newton's 2nd Law of motion F=ma. Expect a few hands-on lab activities and continue to work on the chapter practice problems and/or end of chapter review problems. Students must complete a minimum of 25 problems in preparation for the chapter test.

Science 8 - Reminder of the chapter 11 test on Oct 29. We will begin chapter 12 Oceans. Students should be working in their workbook for chapter 12. This week I expect every student to commit to a type of science project (science fair, blog, wiki, webpage, infomercial, slideshow/powerpoint, other). Students must also decide who their partner(s) will be.

October 22, 2007 (week 8)

AP Physics 12 - Reminder of chapter 4 test on October 25. We will begin chapter 5 this week (Circular Motion, centripetal force and centripetal acceleration). Concurrently, we will begin working on ch.15 Thermodynamics. Students must complete a minimum of 25 problems from each chapter in preparation for the chapter tests.

Physics 12 - Reminder of chapter 4 test on October 25. We will begin chapter 5 this week (Circular Motion, centripetal force and centripetal acceleration). Students must complete a minimum of 25 problems in preparation for the chapter test.

Physics 11 - Reminder of chapter 4 test on October 22. We will begin chapter 5 this week - Dynamnics is the study of forces that produce or change motion. Students must complete a minimum of 25 practice problems and/or review problems in preparation for the chapter test.

Science 8 - Students must decide which type of science project they are going to complete. Choices so far include (1) Science Fair, (2) Blog, (3) Wiki, (4) United Streaming, (5) Slideshow, (6) Infomercial, (7) Website creation, or (8) other? Project will count 15% of term mark and so it is important to pick a project and topic that truly interests you. Also, choose your partner(s) wisely as you want to share the workload and need dependable partners to contribute their fair share. Reminder of chapter 11 test on October 29. We will begin chapter 12 this week (How Changes in Water Quantity and Quality Can Affect Living Things). Students should begin to read chapter 12 and complete their workbooks at their own pace.

October 15, 2007 (week 7)

AP Physics 12 - We are finishing up chapter 4 (dynamics) this week and students must complete a minimum of 25 problems in preparation for the ch 4 test on October 25th. In addition, students must complete at least 25 problems for chapter 14 (gas laws) in preparation for the chapter 14 test (date to be announced soon).

Physics 12 - We are finishing up chapter 4 (dynamics) this week and students muste complete a minimum of 25 problems in preparation for the Ch 4 test on October 25.

Physics 11 - We are finished with chapter 4 (acceleration) and students must complete a minimum of 25 homework problems in preparation for the ch 4 test on Monday, October 22.

Science 8 - We are finishing up chapter 11 (Oceans) hopefully this week. Students should have read all of chapter 11 and must complete the workbook chapter 11 in preparation for the ch.11 test on October 25.

October 8, 2007 (week 6)

AP Physics 12 - We are currently working on chapter 4 Dynamics, as well as chapter 14 Gas Laws. Students must complete a minimum of 25 problems from each chapter.

Physics 12 - We will continue working on chapter 4 Dynamics. Students must complete a minimum of 25 problems for their chapter assignment.

Physics 11 - We will be working on chapter 4 Accelerated Motion. Plenty of new equations in this chapter and of course more graphs to analyze.

Science 8 - We have begun chapter 11 Oceans. Students should be reading their text and completing the workbook. I also encourage them to create a foldable or their own notes as they read through the chapter.

October 1, 2007 (week 5)

AP Physics 12 - We have begun chapter 4 Dynamics, the study of forces. Recall Newton's 3 laws of motion that we studied back in physics 11. We will also continue to work concurrently with chapter 14 Gas Laws. Students should be working on the textbook review problems at the end of each chapter, minimum of 25 problems to be completed in each chapter. Reminder of the chapter 3 test on October 5.

Physics 12 - We have begun chapter 4 Dynamics, the study of forces. Much of this should look familiar from Physics 11 (Newton's 3 laws of motion). Reminder of the chapter 3 test on October 5. Students must complete a minimum of 25 problems by the test date.

Physics 11 - We have begun chapter 4 on accelerated motion. Students should work on the practice problems in chapter 4 and also try the Review problems at end of chapter. Minimum of 25 problems are due as the chapter assignment.

Science 8 - Reminder of the chapter 10 test on October 1. Students must have all of their workbook completed (chapter 10) and it is due the start of class on October 1. We have begun to explore possible topics for Science Fair and students should have chosen a topic and partner by middle of October. We will also begin to read and study chapter 11 on the worlds Oceans.

September 24, 2007 (week 4)

AP Physics 12 - This week we will complete chapter 3 projectile motion. Ch.3 test on October 5th. We will also start studying chapter 14 Gas Laws (Ideal Gas Law). This topic is outside of the regular physics 12 curriculum but you will find it interesting and straightforward, particularly if you have studied senior chemistry.

Physics 12 - We will complete ch.3 projectile motion this week and the ch.3 test will be on October 5th.

Physics 11 -Reminder of ch.3 test (uniform motion) on Sept 26 and a minimum of 25 problems are due at the start of class on that day. We will also begin to work on chapter 4 which deals with motion that involves acceleration.

Science 8 - Reminder of the fieldtrip to Seymour watershed on Monday, Sept 24th. If you are attending please meet in front of the Terry Fox Theatre at 8am and the bus departs at 8:15 so don't be late. We will complete chapter 10 this week and the chapter 10 test will be on Monday Octobert 1. You must turn in your workbook with all of chapter 10 completed on the day of the test at the start of class.

September 17, 2007 (week 3)

AP Physics 12 - Working on chapter 3 projectile motion problems. This week we will try to videotape some projectile motion and use LoggerPro software to perform video analysis of the motion to depict the motion graphically. Reminder of the chapter 2 kinematics test on Sept.18 (minimum of 25 homework problems must be completed by this due date).

Physics 12 - Same as the AP physics 12 posting above.

Physics 11 - Students should be working on the practice problems and review problems for chapter 3. This week we will learn about relative velocity and addition of velocity vectors. Chapter 3 test on September 26 (minimum of 25 homework problems must be completed by this due date).

Science 8 - We will continue to read chapter 10.3 and 10.4 and students should complete these section in their workbook. Reminder of the fieldtrip to Seymour Water Reservoir on Monday, Sept 24th. Meet out front of the building at 8 am, bus departs at 8:15 am sharp.