Second Semester Notebook Organization

Your Physics Notebook should have the following order for second semester.  You should also have all of your work from 1st semester.  Please bring your notebook to class on the day of the final.  You will NOT get your notebook back unless you give leave me a note in the notebook indicating that you would like it back.  If you do want the ENTIRE notebook and its contents, you may pick it up AFTER you graduate, whenever that may be.

I will not be checking your materials (i.e. pencil pouch, etc.) If you would like to donate it to next year's students, you may leave it in your notebook and I will remove it.


Energy
Unit VI Homework Packet
Spring Lab
Powerhouse Lab

Heat

Momentum
Momentum Homework Packet
Tailgated by a a Dart

Universal Gravitation
Universal Gravitation Homework Packet

Waves
Waves Homework Packet
Standing Wave Lab
Casio Lab

Electricity
Electricity and Magnetism Homework Packet

Magnetism

Optics
Light Homework Packet
Reflection Lab
Refraction Lab
Seeing the Light Lab
Shadow Lab

Field Trip and Physics Project
Project Proposal
Great America Assignment

Optics and Great America Homework Packet

Great America Review Sheet (Pink- Stamp)
Using an Astrolabe for Triangulation (Grey- Stamp)
Properties of Light Notes (Pink- Stamp?)
Pinhole Lab (Grey- Stamp only if you were here on Senior Ditch Day)
Reflection Worksheet (Pink- Stamp)
True Colors/Refraction Worksheet (Blue- no Stamp)
Rainbow Lab (white- No Stamp)
Chapter 27 Review Questions (Stamp)

Colors and Rainbows

If you did not get a stamp on Friday's classwork but finished it, I stamped it.  Please correct it here.  You will have a quiz on the Law of Reflection on Friday.

I also debriefed the refraction lab and we did a quick activity to see how light refracts and disperses into all of the colors of a rainbow through a prism.  I set up a demonstration showing how you can add light to produce "white" light as well.

The culmination of the day, and the light unit was the Rainbow Lab.  If you know where to look to find a rainbow, you will see a lot more of them!

HW:  Quiz on reflection, Physics project due Monday.

Reflection and Plane Mirrors

I taught how to draw ray diagrams and we did the reflection and plane mirror worksheet in class.

HW:  Work on physics project

Refraction Lab

I passed back work and we debriefed the shadow lab.  We took a quiz on the properties of light.  Most of the period was spent doing the refraction lab.

Plane Mirror Lab

I checked the Pinhole Worksheet, but didn't discuss it since so many people still need to complete it.  Most of the period was spent completing the Plane Mirror Lab.  We also watched part of the Modern Marvels episode "Captured Light."

HW:  Study for quiz on properties of light; work on physics project

Great America Alternate Assignment

Read the article Physics for the Adventurous by Don Rathjen and write a 2 page typed summary.  Be sure to include information about each major section (i.e. Front and Back Cars on Coasters, Horizontal Curves and Banking, etc.) as well as the boxed section on g forces and accelerometers.

Your write up will be due to your teacher at your next class meeting (Monday for Mrs. Peters, Tuesday for Mr. Hammack, Mr. Nazari or Mr. Minyard) or you may email an electronic version to your teacher before then.  If you choose not to read and write during this period you must choose another QUIET activity.