STUDENTS: Please read before Feb 26. Here are some things to help you study for the exam on Feb 27:
1) Copies of the solutions to Homework 5, Homework 6-1, and Homework 6-2.
NOTE - The exam will be easier, but try to understand the difficult parts in these homework problems as much as you can.
https://sites.google.com/site/yhbscience/Homework.5.JPG?attredirects=0&d=1
https://sites.google.com/site/yhbscience/Homewk.6-1.JPG?attredirects=0&d=1
https://sites.google.com/site/yhbscience/Homewk.6-2.JPG?attredirects=0&d=1
2) UPDATE MONDAY 3:07 PM:- The final Study Guide (7B) and Equations (7C) handouts are now on the blog for Class 7. For specificity, they are both dated 2/18 (B was at 8:39 PM and C at 8:45 PM)
Check them both out and if the date and time at the top of the handout are later than the one you have, please print them out and take them to the exam in your binder. Any changes are minor, but you should take the final versions, anyway
Best wishes for the exam -- it's easier than the homework. Don't forget to bring scientific calculator, reference binder (with notes, if you want them), 2 pencils and eraser! There will be no sharing of calculators, binders, notes or anything during the exam.
-Mr. Frank
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Class 7- please read before Feb 20
STUDENTS: Keep up the great work, everyone!! I hope you like the new homework style!
We are starting something new in class. There will be a five-minute POP QUIZ at the beginning of the next class. The purpose of these short quizzes is to encourage students to be in the classroom on time, to make sure you are reading the entire blog, and to encourage you to learn the material in the course.
The quizzes will be started at 2:00 and collected at 2:05, so please be in your seat at 2:00. Thanks!
For Pop Quizzes no reference materials are to be used. Future Pop Quizzes will not be given every class and they will not be announced ahead of time. They will count towards your course grade. If you remember what the blog says and follow the instructions, you should have no problem because the questions will be pretty easy.
Also, please watch the 3-minute YouTube video indicated below. The video shows you how to to use the Microsoft Office program EXCEL to plot a graph of data.
Make sure you remember the basic steps of how to use Excel to plot the graph. The best way to do that is actually to use EXCEL if you have access to it* and do the steps shown in the video. It's a lot of fun!
After you start EXCEL, type in your practice data and then drag a box around it. On my computer (Windows 7) you have to click on the INSERT tab and then click on SCATTER. Your graph with the data points should pop right up!
* If you don't have EXCEL, just follow along and pretend you are typing and clicking everything. I highly recommend this program, otherwise you'll have to download another plotting program, buy one, or make all your plots by hand.
STUDENTS: Your first EXAM (test) will be on February 27. It will cover the first 6 classes-- everything up to and including acceleration. Every student should bring a scientific calculator, their up-to-date Reference Binder, 2 pencils, and an eraser. I'm being so specific because I want everyone to do as well as possible on the exam.
There is NO HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT on this (Class 7) blog that would be due on Class 8, because Class 8 is your first exam, and I want you to have extra time to study for the test.
Here is a Study Guide for the exam. Everything on the exam will be mentioned here.
https://sites.google.com/site/yhbscience/Class7.Handout7B--Review.Guide.for.First.Exam.rev3.docx?attredirects=0&d=1
All equations needed for the exam are on this sheet.
https://sites.google.com/site/yhbscience/Class7.Handout7C.Equations.Exam1.rev2.docx?attredirects=0&d=1
Please do not miss the exam next week, and don't forget that Homework 6 is due this Thursday.
Thank you!
-Mr. Frank
We are starting something new in class. There will be a five-minute POP QUIZ at the beginning of the next class. The purpose of these short quizzes is to encourage students to be in the classroom on time, to make sure you are reading the entire blog, and to encourage you to learn the material in the course.
The quizzes will be started at 2:00 and collected at 2:05, so please be in your seat at 2:00. Thanks!
For Pop Quizzes no reference materials are to be used. Future Pop Quizzes will not be given every class and they will not be announced ahead of time. They will count towards your course grade. If you remember what the blog says and follow the instructions, you should have no problem because the questions will be pretty easy.
Also, please watch the 3-minute YouTube video indicated below. The video shows you how to to use the Microsoft Office program EXCEL to plot a graph of data.
Make sure you remember the basic steps of how to use Excel to plot the graph. The best way to do that is actually to use EXCEL if you have access to it* and do the steps shown in the video. It's a lot of fun!
After you start EXCEL, type in your practice data and then drag a box around it. On my computer (Windows 7) you have to click on the INSERT tab and then click on SCATTER. Your graph with the data points should pop right up!
* If you don't have EXCEL, just follow along and pretend you are typing and clicking everything. I highly recommend this program, otherwise you'll have to download another plotting program, buy one, or make all your plots by hand.
STUDENTS: Your first EXAM (test) will be on February 27. It will cover the first 6 classes-- everything up to and including acceleration. Every student should bring a scientific calculator, their up-to-date Reference Binder, 2 pencils, and an eraser. I'm being so specific because I want everyone to do as well as possible on the exam.
There is NO HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT on this (Class 7) blog that would be due on Class 8, because Class 8 is your first exam, and I want you to have extra time to study for the test.
Here is a Study Guide for the exam. Everything on the exam will be mentioned here.
https://sites.google.com/site/yhbscience/Class7.Handout7B--Review.Guide.for.First.Exam.rev3.docx?attredirects=0&d=1
All equations needed for the exam are on this sheet.
https://sites.google.com/site/yhbscience/Class7.Handout7C.Equations.Exam1.rev2.docx?attredirects=0&d=1
Please do not miss the exam next week, and don't forget that Homework 6 is due this Thursday.
Thank you!
-Mr. Frank
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Class 6
PARENTS: Please check email for solutions to HW 4. Thank you!
PARENTS: Students taking Physical Science will each need a personal scientific pocket calculator (or an APP on smart phones; one per child) during tests that are capable of doing the functions we are using. Experience has shown that it would be too disruptive for students to be passing calculators back and forth during a test.
An example of a powerful scientific calculator is the Texas Instruments TI-36X Pro. The best price I could find on Amazon.com was $19.81 (for Prime members only). But yesterday, I bought one ON SALE at WALMARTS (on Winchester near Sam's Club) for $9 !! They had four more on the wall (HOME/OFFICE).
(If you can't find this model, there are others available for under $9 -- just make sure they have
x2, square-root, sin, cos, tan
and inverse trig functions (invsin or sin-1, and same for cos and
tan)
For families for whom this would be a significant financial burden, please contact me, and Kay and I will try to help.
Thank you for your help and cooperation!
STUDENTS:
Each student must bring his/her reference binder to class this Thursday. See the Class 5 blog for detailed instructions.
Also, please don't forget to go back to Class 5 and get the download with the 4 triangles that lets you prove the Pythagorean Theorem with no math! You're going to love it when you figure this out (or after I show you, if nobody gets it). I'll bet somebody figures it out -- we have a very smart class!! :)
Homework 6:
https://sites.google.com/site/yhbscience/Class6.Homework6A--Simplified.positional.information.docx?attredirects=0&d=1
- Mr. Frank
PARENTS: Students taking Physical Science will each need a personal scientific pocket calculator (or an APP on smart phones; one per child) during tests that are capable of doing the functions we are using. Experience has shown that it would be too disruptive for students to be passing calculators back and forth during a test.
An example of a powerful scientific calculator is the Texas Instruments TI-36X Pro. The best price I could find on Amazon.com was $19.81 (for Prime members only). But yesterday, I bought one ON SALE at WALMARTS (on Winchester near Sam's Club) for $9 !! They had four more on the wall (HOME/OFFICE).
(If you can't find this model, there are others available for under $9 -- just make sure they have
For families for whom this would be a significant financial burden, please contact me, and Kay and I will try to help.
STUDENTS:
Each student must bring his/her reference binder to class this Thursday. See the Class 5 blog for detailed instructions.
Also, please don't forget to go back to Class 5 and get the download with the 4 triangles that lets you prove the Pythagorean Theorem with no math! You're going to love it when you figure this out (or after I show you, if nobody gets it). I'll bet somebody figures it out -- we have a very smart class!! :)
Homework 6:
https://sites.google.com/site/yhbscience/Class6.Homework6A--Simplified.positional.information.docx?attredirects=0&d=1
- Mr. Frank
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Class 5
Homework --
https://sites.google.com/site/yhbscience/Class5.Homework5A--Units%26positional.information.docx?attredirects=0&d=1
Binder Instructions --
https://sites.google.com/site/yhbscience/Class5.Handout5B--Instructions.for.your.binder.docx?attredirects=0&d=1
Fun Challenge --
Can you prove that C2 = A2 + B2 in a right triangle without using any math? Here are the materials you need to do it! I read that this was discovered by a high school student in Indiana in the 1930s!! Happy Trails to you until we meet again!
https://sites.google.com/site/yhbscience/Prove.Pythagorean.Theorem.with.NO.MATH.docx?attredirects=0&d=1
-- Mr. Frank
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