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Review Problems Solution Set 2010

Checking Grades

Here is a link to the Parent Assist website.

Many Grant teachers will use this district provided program to maintain and post their grades. You will also be able to monitor attendance and check personal information. I will update grades after every major test and lab, but I might not get every late assignment or retake in the gradebook promptly.
To use this website you will need to get a personal code from the Grant High School office. If you have a code from last year or for any other child it should still be active.

Installing Logger Pro on your Home Computer

As a Grant High School student, you have access rights to our site license for Logger Pro. When you graduate, you should uninstall this program.

To download it to your home computer requires several steps:

1. Go to the PPS Virtual Office Webpage, which allows you to access your student X drive remotely.
https://files.pps.k12.or.us/vo/servlet/portal?render=on

Use your PPS log in: initials and student ID.
(This link is also on the Grant Web Page, a handy feature for transferring files to school.)

2. Download the Logger Pro installer.

To get to the installer first choose the NETSTORAGE icon on the right. Then Choose DriveX@Dept, followed by Student Files, and finally Logger Pro 3. It's a big file. You might not want to try this if you're still using dial-up.

3. "Unzip" the installer. The file is large and compressed. Your computer may do this automatically, or you may need to download a program to do this. Here is a link to a free utility to do this. http://www.7-zip.org/

Once the folder is open, you want the SETUP application - not the setup bitmap, or document, etc.

Good Luck with this let me know if it doesn't work.

Sample Lab Report

Sample Lab Report 2010

Making an Online Homework Account

Please go to this link and start an online homework account. Click on "get started" and then choose "I need a UT EID". In the next window choose "get a UT EID". After you submit your information it will send your ID code to your email account. With this code you will will sign in to my class and start the first assignment. You may proceed to sign in now or bring your EID code and password on Wednesday. On next Monday we will log in as a class, I will start accepting your enrollment and we will start the first assignment.

This is how to sign in:
Return to the link above and log in.
You will then need to select a class based on a unique number. For Physics the unique number depends on your period. For per 4: 2234, for per 5: 2235, for period 6: 2236. . Enter the number 223... and then select look up course info. Scroll down by clicking the arrow on the window that appears through the many other classes designated with that unique number until you find Physics (Grant High school 2010 Fall). It will probably be one of the last ones. Select it and then select request enrollment.

I will have to admit you into the class. The next time you log in, after I admit you, you will be able to use the "select course" and "select assignent" windows to start the Kinematics homework.

Unit one goals and schedule

Unit 1: Kinematics in 1 Dimension

Goals:
1. Know and apply the definition for average velocity.
2. Know and apply the definition for average acceleration.
3. Differentiate instantaneous and average velocity.
4. Interpret graphs of position, velocity and acceleration, including through the use of slopes and the area under the graph.
5. Draw position, velocity and acceleration graphs for described motion.
6. Know the acceleration due to gravity.
7. Solve problems by using 5 basic mechanics equations.
8. Properly use sign conventions for positive and negative acceleration and velocity.
9. Describe sources of error as either random or systematic and suggest basic ways of reducing error such as controlling variables, doing multiple trials, collecting data over a wide range and using big sample sizes.

Homework: Due Date

Letter to Teacher & Safety Contract Wed, 9/9

Lab 1 data presentation Tues, 9/14

Lab 1 report Mon, 9/20

First Quest hmwk assignment Tues. 9/28

Solving Problems in Phys(wksht) &

Review packet (not graded) Thurs. 9/30

Unit Test : Fri. 10/1

General Physics Class Information

The 2010-2011 school year has started. Welcome to Physics.

Here is some general information about how the class runs.

Grades:
Approximately 50% Tests, 30% Labs, 20% homework

Tests: About twice a quarter, with semester finals also. Retakes are available, but only half the missed points are recoverable.

Labs: Although we’ll have weekly hands-on lab assignments, I’ll only have you write up formal lab reports about twice a quarter. (The first one will be due Sept. 21.) Late labs are penalized at 10% a week.

Homework: Most homework will be submitted online through the web site https://quest.cns.utexas.edu/ It will be graded for accuracy, but on a generous scale because I recognize that homework is practice and created to find mistakes. Students who have difficulty getting internet access should talk with me. Accommodations will be found. No late homework accepted except for excused absences.

Grading Scale: 100-90 A, 90-80 B, 80-70 C, 70-60 D, <60 F.

Supplies:
Textbook
Notebook, or section of a notebook
Calculator
Protractor
Graph Paper