Week 10 Blog, Due Sunday, November 3rd by 11:00 pm

This week we finally used our mousetrap cars in our lab practicum.  The purpose of the lab practicum was to prove whether or not your mousetrap car had uniform acceleration.  Some of you discovered that your cars did not travel in a straight line and that made data collection more difficult.  Some of you had cars that barely went 1 meter.  For this weeks blog, I want you to reflect on the construction of your car, the ability to collect good data for the analysis, and the actual motion of your car (uniform acceleration and non-uniform acceleration).  How successful was your car and experiment?  What difficulties did you encounter?  What would you do differently if you had a chance to do it over?  Or any other aspect you want to discuss.  Remember, keep it friendly and avoid texting language.  In order to receive full credit you must post an original comment plus reply to one other person's comment.  If you have trouble posting to the blog, you can always email your comment and reply to physicswithego@gmail.com, reply on edmodo.com, or email me through the aldine website.  Happy Blogging!

Week 9 Blog, Due Sunday, October 27th, 2013 by 11:00 pm

We have been working with translating graphs from a description of motion to qualitative p-t graphs, v-t graphs, a-t graphs and motion maps.  What has been the greatest difficulty for you?  Are you still struggling with any of them?  If so, which ones?  Next week we will be moving into the quantitative graphs (numbers and calculations), so if you are having a lot of trouble without numbers, you need to stay for tutorials.  Remember, each unit builds on the previous unit so it is very important for you to have mastered the concepts we have covered so far.  I am here to help you, but you need to put in the effort for real learning to occur.  Remember, if you have trouble posting on this site, you can post your comment and reply on edmodo.com or email me your comment and reply to physicswithego@gmail.com, or use twitter, or text me.  In order to receive Full Credit on the blog, you need to post an original Comment PLUS a Reply to someone else's comment.  Happy Blogging!

Week 8 Blog, Due Sunday, October 20th by 11:00 pm

We are almost finished with the first 9 weeks!  Time is flying by!  This week I want you to reflect on the notes and labs you have done and put in your interactive notebook.  If you were me and you were going to grade your own notebook, what grade do you think it deserves?  How useful are the notes you have put into it so far?  Do your notes help you with the homework assignments, studying for tests, completing warm ups, etc?  If your notebook has not been a useful tool for you to use in or out of the classroom, what needs to change to make it useful?  Remember, I will be looking at your notebook on either Tuesday or Wednesday so don't tell me its the best notebook ever and then have nothing in it.  Blog Reminders: You must post and original comment PLUS comment on someone else's notebook in order to receive full credit for the blog.  If you have questions, you must contact be BEFORE Sunday evening.  If you have trouble posting to blogger, post your comment and replies on edmodo.com or send it to me in an email at physicswithego@gmail.com.  Happy Blogging!

Week 7 Blog, Due Sunday, October 13th, by 11:00 pm

This week we started Unit 3: Uniform acceleration.  We are still graphing position vs. time(p-t) and velocity vs. time (v-t).  I want you to compare and contrast the p-t and v-t graphs from the constant velocity unit (unit 2) with p-t and v-t graphs from the uniform acceleration unit (unit 3).  Discuss the differences and explain why you think the graphs look differently (specifically, what is going on with the object's motion to cause the change in the graphs.)  Since I am posting this blog late, I am going to give you a few extra days to get it done.  Your comments and replies need to be posted by Wednesday night.  If you have questions, please let me know.  Remember, if you have trouble posting, you can post your comments and replies on edmodo.com under the link to the blog.  You can also email your response to me through the district website or gmail, respond on twitter, or text your responses.  In order to receive full credit, you must post an ORIGINAL comment PLUS a REPLY to another person's report.  Keep it friendly and clean and most of all, no texting language.  Happy Blogging!

Week 6 Blog, Due October 6th by 11:00 pm

Now that we have taken our first test, it is time for you to reflect on your grade.  If you did not do very well, why do you think you didn't do well.  If you did well, what is it you did to be successful?  Going forward, what are you going to do to either get a higher grade on the next test or maintain the high grade you have already. What is your goal for this class?  What are you still having trouble with?  What is your plan for future success?  Remember, you must post an original comment AND reply to someone else's comment to receive full credit.  If you have any questions or problems, remember, you can contact me by email or on edmodo.  Happy Blogging!