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Physical Science B Homepage
Semester 2 2011-2012

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Classwork and Homework
Progress Reports
Late Work Policy
Extra Credit
Outside Links
Physical Science B Syllabus
Graph Paper - any kind that you want, just choose, enter the dimensions, and get a .pdf
PowerSchool - I can send your your login info if needed
https://www3.gowcs.net/netstorage/ access your H: drive files from home (Tested on Oct. 11, 2011 from home)

Classwork and Homework:

QIA - Question in Answer - make a new statement that includes both the question and answer.
This is how all homework questions should be answered
(this is not an assignment - just a guideline)

May 18
Notes from today are here

May 17
Notes from today are here

May 16
Notes are here
Water marbles can be purchased here

May 15
Notes are here
No homework

May 14
Notes from today are here
Homework for today is to complete questions 1-23 and 37-39 of the Light Unit Review which can be found here. It was given out in class over a week ago.

May 11
Notes are here

May 10
Notes are here

May 8
We watched "The Secret Life of Machines" on the Electric Light which can also be viewed here.
The whole series can be seen here.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/SLOM/

May 7
Notes from today are here

May 4
Notes from today are here, we studied Infrared Light and Thermograms.

May 3
Notes from today are here.

May 2
Notes from today are here
We also went over the test that got handed back.

May 1
We watched an actual film. This was a 16mm film on light. We learned how the projector worked as well as the basics of a movie camera.
No homework

April 30
Notes from today are here
Free Fireworks Glasses can be found here

Test Friday April 27

April 26
Notes from the review day are here

April 25
Homework is to finish the review packet

April 24
Resonance Demonstrations
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse
Wine Glass
Singing Aluminum Rod
Resonance Tube with sound
REsonance Tube using a burner
The Ruben's Tube a.k.a. "The Flaming Tube of Death" (named by past students)
Ruben's Tube Dubstep on Youtube

April 23
Notes are here
Musical road can be found here

April 20
No notes today. We did a number of demos and activities relating frequency and pitch.
Talkie Tapes can be found here. (Notice the $2 special)
CardTalk record player can be found here

April 19
I had a sub today and students watched a video about the supersonic transport.

April 18
Notes from today are here

April 17
The review sheet for our test on Waves and Sound is here

April 16
Notes from today are here.

April 12
Notes are here
No homework

Recipes
Double Chocolate Dream Cookies
PopSicles

April 11
Notes from today are here
Homework:
Pg. 594 #1-4
Pg. 597 #1-4
Pg. 599 #1-4

April 10
Notes from today are here

April 9
Notes from today are here

Spring Break !

March 30
For the end of our electricity unit, all students participated in a lab where they learned to solder.

March 29
We did activities with levitating magnets, and some other electrical demonstrations. We also looked at rubber magnets but did not get to finish all of that part of the lesson.

March 28
We went over the test and started with a few demonstrations using Neodymium magnets (Super Magnets)
No notes today or homework.

March 22
Review for the test tomorrow is here

March 21
Today we did a variety of electrical activities - no notes.

March 20
Today we went over the correct answers to the electrical study guide. No notes.

March 19
Notes are here
Upcoming test on Chapters 19, 20, and 21 Friday

March 16
Notes are here
Homework is to finish the Electricity Study Guide found here

March 15
Notes from today are here
No homework

March 14
Notes from today are here
No homework.

March 13
Notes from today are here.
No homework

March 12
Notes from today are here
No homework

March 2
Notes are here.
Homework is to do Pg. 500 #1-4 and Pg. 512 Multiple choice #1-6

March 1
No notes for today, we worked more with our circuits.

Feb. 28
Notes from today are here
No homework

Feb. 27
Notes from today are here
No homework

Feb. 22
We watched a presentation on Electrostatics from Paul Hewitt and did some activities with the Van de Graaf generator.

Feb. 21
We continued work on our electrical unit.

Feb. 17-20 Presidents' Day break

Feb. 16
No notes today.

Feb. 15
Notes from today are here

Feb. 14
Test today

Feb. 13
Notes from today are here
The answer guide to the study sheet is here

Test Tuesday over Chap 11

Feb. 10
No notes today. We went over parts of the study guide.
Test on Tuesday over Chapter 11

Feb. 9
Notes from today are here.
Nuclear Reactor Simulation Game is here
Homework is to finish the packet, all of it.

Feb. 8
No notes
Classwork was to finish the chapter 11.3 reading guide found here
Homework is to complete as much of the chapter quiz as possible. With the reading today, students should just about be able to do all of the packet.

Feb. 7
No notes or homework. We completed a survey for NSTA and then learned how to use our classroom response system (clickers).

Feb. 6
"Review and Reinforcement" worksheet was collected.
Notes are here
Students should be able to complete major parts of the study guide/quiz at this point. I told them to finish as much of it as possible for tonight's homework.
Illudium Phosdex, the shaving creme atom

Feb. 2
Notes from today are here
For homework, students are to do the reaction problems on the back of the "Review and Reinforcement" worksheet.

Jan 31
Chapter 11 Study Guide given in class is here
Worksheet is here - but do not start yet.
Notes from today are here

Jan 30
Notes are here
Homework is here

Jan 27
Notes are here
The Radium Ladies site is here

Jan 26
Notes are here
No homework

Jan 25
Notes are here
No homework other than to get the email returned.

Jan. 24
Homework due Thursday, Jan. 26

Email from Parent/guardian - Parents, please send me an email with your child's name as the subject. and your contact numbers, best times, etc. You are welcome to send any praise, suggestions on what works well with your child, allergies, and anything else you feel might be helpful to me. Please send it from the email address that is best to use when contacting you.

My address is keithd@gowcs.net

Alternate assignment is to just have your child bring a written version of this.

While this assignment will not count against your child’s grade, it is an important step in establishing good communications between home and school for science.

Note: If you do not have the PowerSchool login information please let the office know so that we can get a copy of that to you. It is important that your child's grades be checked at home at least weekly since PowerSchool has taken the place of progress reports.

Textbook - your child will have a purple Physical Science book which should be left at home. We have a class set of extra books for use in class. This way, your child has a book wherever it is needed without having to carry around an extra book. It saves wear and tear on the books as well.

Progress Reports - Parents and Students should look for updates on grades in PowerSchool.
I will usually post grades in the classroom every week or two, by student number rather than name for privacy.
PowerSchool - log in here

Late Work Policy

I will be giving all students two Tiger Passes which will allow students to turn in an assignment late without penalty for up to five days. If the passes are not used then they can be turned in for extra credit at the end of the trimester.
Details are below:

Assignment Due Date Policy

1. Assignments are due the next day--unless stated otherwise.

2. Late work is accepted only for the following reasons:

Excused absence on the day of the assignment or on the due-date extends the due-date by one day.
Tiger Passes that are filled out and turned in with the late assignment extend the due-date up to one calendar week for 100% of the earned grade.
Unused Tiger Passes are worth 2 points each at the end of the trimester.
Tiger Passes may be used in combination with an excused absence.

Extra Credit - 5 or 10 points added to the total number of points in a grading period. It is like adding 5 or 10 points to a test that has normal weighting. For example, if you made 15 points on a 28 point test you could bring it up to 25 points. Extra credit is designed to help students who have all of their work turned in and is usually pretty demanding and time consuming. Consider how few points you will get when you commit to doing extra credit.

All extra credit must be approved by me before starting the work. I will tell you up front what the likely number of points will be. The intention is that the student will learn more about some aspect of Physics while helping other students to understand as well. Extra credit work will almost always be something that gets constructed for classroom use or display.

There is now a form required that has a section that has to have a description and diagram of the work to be done and that needs to be signed by me before starting. When turned in, the form requires the student to submit a scientific explanation to go along with the verbal explanation. The written report will not be "read aloud" but will be turned in before the demonstration.

Below are sites where you can find some ideas. They are not affiliated with me or my course and most of what you find on them will not be valid for extra credit but there are worthy ideas among the ones that are not useful.

I have many ideas for projects that would get immediate approval. Limit of two extra credit projects per year and only one for any semester.

Toys made from junk (in India)

Huge Site with lots of links where you can build cool stuff for science

http://www.sciencetoymaker.org/

Links (external):

Virtual TI-83Plus Calculator to keep on your computer (nice!) Note: you will need to have the ROM code from your own TI-83Plus calculator to enable this program. Press 2nd, Mem, 1 to get it.

http://www.sonicspot.com/wavetools/wavetools.html

Talking Tapes

Electronics Tutorials at www.electronics-tutorials.ws

Science Toys you can make

Inventor's Handbook

The Secret Life of Machines Homepage

Invisible Inks

Bad Movie Physics

How everyday things are made

Earth Science Links

Edible Science

http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/index.html