Grading software passwords

As of Feb. 26, the office at Grant does not have the passwords to access my students' grades. I will try to let you know when they do. I hope they get them soon.

Light Unit

Goals:
1. What is Light?
Be able to describe and give effective examples of the strengths and weaknesses of the two models of light.

2. How does light behave?
Reflection:
What is the law of reflection?
Be able to locate images and make ray diagrams.

Refraction:
What is refraction?
What is Snell’s Law?
How did we determine a law for refraction?
Be able to solve problems and draw ray diagrams.

Colors:
What are primary, secondary and complementary colors?
How are colors produced by dispersion, addition and subtraction of light?

Lenses:
Be able to draw ray diagrams for converging and diverging lenses.
Identify images as real or virtual.

Others:
Explain the production of rainbows and the color of the sky and sunset.
Summarize how diffraction and interference apply to light.

Assignments (tentative)

assignment (due date)
Reflection concept development sheets 29-1, 29-2 (2/28 )
Data tables and graphs for refraction lab (2/29 )
Refraction Lab report (negotiated)
Snell’s Law Worksheet (3/6 )
Color Concept Development Worksheet 28-1 ( 3/7 )
Testing a Particle Model of Light (3/13 )
Read Chapter 17 : Questions 31,33,41,42,54,57,58 (3/17 )
Lens Worksheets (3/20)
Review Handouts (4/3 )

Unit Test April 4

My New Grading Software

This semester I will be using the grading software that is a part of the software that the district uses for attendance and grade reporting. You will still be able to check grades on-line and may be able to view grades for several classes at the same site: such as Mr. William's grades. To access the grades and all of the attendance and demographics information on the site, you will need to get your username and password from the office at Grant. It will only be issued to the parent or guardian and, I assume, only with identification. More and more teachers at Grant are beginning to use this grading program and although it may be a nuisance to get the id codes, in the long run, it will make staying up to date with your child's grades much easier.
Here is a link to the web site http://parent.pps.k12.or.us/

Semester 2 Unit 1 Waves and Sound

Goals:

1. Explain what a wave is.
2. Differentiate between longitudinal and transverse waves.
3. Correctly use the vocabulary: medium, pulse, crest, trough, compression, and rarefaction.
4. Define and apply the following wave characteristics: period, frequency, velocity, wavelength, amplitude, energy
5. Apply the following: T=1/f and v =f*wavelength
6. Explain how standing waves are produced and correctly use the terms nodes and antinodes.
7. Explain the following wave behaviors, interference, beats, resonance, doppler effect and sonic booms.

Homework:
2/7 (due 2/8) read 14.1 answer questions on p.335, practice problems 2,3,5,6
2/8 (due 2/12)read 14.2 and 15.1 Answer the questions:
p. 345 Q 16,17,18, and p.346 Q 42
p. 369 Q 13,14, 16, 18, 19, 42
Wave Superposition Practice Sheet
(Mon, 2/11 will be a work day)
2/12 read sec. 15.2

2/14 (due 2/18)Speed of Sound Lab Questions
(Fri, 2/15 will also be a work day)
2/18 (In class) Wave Review work sheets

Test Fri, 2/22
On Thursday 2/21 we’ll do an activity for the next unit on light.

The great website http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/demos.html