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
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