http://aragonphysics.org Physics is cool Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:29:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Below are copies of the final review documents: http://aragonphysics.org/docs/semester1_review.doc http://aragonphysics.org/docs/Heat_Practice_Exam.doc http://aragonphysics.org/archives/430 We took the district common assessment exam today.  Tomorrow we will have a party and celebrate the end of the semester before finals begin. http://aragonphysics.org/archives/428 1.  We went over the rest of the practice exam today. homework: study for final.  we will take the common assessment exam on monday http://aragonphysics.org/archives/425 1.  We spent the entire period going over the first half of the practice exam. 2.  Mr. Kleiner was disappointed that about 70% of the students had not even completed the practice exam on their own.  Students only put effort into learning if they get a reward for it such as ... http://aragonphysics.org/archives/423 We spent the entire period going over the heat practice exam homework: complete the practice exam.  We will go over the answers tomorrow http://aragonphysics.org/archives/421 We spent the period going over the review packet answers and going over student questions.  Students that did not want to participate in the review were able to read magazines in the back of the room. homework: finish the heat practice exam http://aragonphysics.org/archives/418 1.  We had a discussion about what we learned from the Rube Goldberg project.  Popular lessons learned from all classes were that engineering projects require lots of time and planning.  Also, students learned that it is not easy to give an entertaining and engaging presentation to a group of people.  ... http://aragonphysics.org/archives/416 1.  We saw a video of an ideal black body radiation emitter.  A black carbon block was heated up to a temperature of 2000 degrees celsius and the carbon was so hot that it gave off light and glowed. 2.  We discussed how the common incandescent light bulb works the same ... http://aragonphysics.org/archives/412 1.  We had a class discussion in which we discussed how to build a thermos.  We learned that insulation is required (vacuum) and silvering is required (to stop radiation) 2.  We discussed how the space shuttle must rely on radiation to get rid of its excess heat. 3.  We watched some videos ... http://aragonphysics.org/archives/410 1.  We did a lab today.  The purpose of the lab was to determine the specific heat of an unknown metal. homework: the lab is due on Friday http://aragonphysics.org/archives/408