Students will submit their lab reports to me via google docs.
Please make a google account, and make a single google doc and share it with me. All of your labs will go one this single document. Please give me the ability to edit it so that I can add comments and insert my scoring rubrics.
Please use the naming format - lastname.firstname.physicsperiod____
Use my normal email to share it.
emedley@pps.net
Here is the link to the questions for the first lab.
Galileo's Dilemma
It will probably be easiest if you copy the text from this document into your new lab file and then answer the questions in a different font or color.
Let me know if you have questions. The lab is due by class time on Wed. Sept. 9, or Thurs. Sept. 10.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Installing Logger Pro
Installing LoggerPro on your home computer:
As a Grant High School student you have the right to install Logger Pro on your home computer. The following installation links will require a password to decompress. You will need to get that password from me.
Logger Pro 3.9 with sample movies (Windows)
Link: http://www.vernier.com/d/gvnsz
Password:
Logger Pro 3.9 with sample movies (Mac OS X)
Link: http://www.vernier.com/d/lps7w
Password:
Ask me for the password.
As a Grant High School student you have the right to install Logger Pro on your home computer. The following installation links will require a password to decompress. You will need to get that password from me.
Logger Pro 3.9 with sample movies (Windows)
Link: http://www.vernier.com/d/gvnsz
Password:
Logger Pro 3.9 with sample movies (Mac OS X)
Link: http://www.vernier.com/d/lps7w
Password:
Ask me for the password.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Making an on line homework account
Please go to this link and start an online homework account. First Follow the link Log In to Quest. Then choose "I need a UT EID" below the red button. In the next windows and pages answer the questions to get an ID number from the University of Texas. 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 Friday/Monday. In class we will log in, 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 is 2232015. Enter the number 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 2015 Fall). It will probably be the only one. 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 assignment" windows to start the Kinematics homework.
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 is 2232015. Enter the number 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 2015 Fall). It will probably be the only one. 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 assignment" windows to start the Kinematics homework.
Unit 1: Kinematics
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.
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 Mon/Tues 9/1-2
Lab 1 report Wed/Thurs, 9/9-10
First Quest hmwk assignment Thurs. 9/10
Second Quest hmwk assig Mon. 9/16
Second Quest hmwk assig Mon. 9/16
Unit Test Thurs/Fri 9/17-18
Welcome to Physics
The 2015-2016 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. 9/10.) 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, 0-60 F.
Supplies:
Textbook
Notebook, or section of a notebook
Calculator
Protractor
I hope you find the class challenging and fun.
Ethan Medley
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. 9/10.) 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, 0-60 F.
Supplies:
Textbook
Notebook, or section of a notebook
Calculator
Protractor
I hope you find the class challenging and fun.
Ethan Medley
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