Class Notes Online!

Any class notes we put on the interactive white board in class will show up HERE in this web album for chapters 4, 5, and 6 (Newton's Laws).

If everything works as planned, all I have to do is save the session we did in class.  Then...

1. The program saves each screen as a .jpeg (picture file) in a specific folder.  
2. Picasa automatically syncs that folder with the web album.
3. The link to the web album is in Its Learning under Forces --> Resources.
4. TADA!  You have access to the latest and greatest notes we took in class from one click of a button.  

There may be a way for you to subscribe to an album as well, but Picasa Web Albums is being upgraded and incorporated into Google+ so it remains to be seen.  Enjoy!

Resources for Test Prep!

Tomorrow's test will go on quarter 1 and provide 100 opportunities to demonstrate your understanding of momentum, impulse, and projectiles (in the form of points).  I just wanted to call your attention to some of the resources available on Its Learning as you prepare.

• Textbook Sections - since we bounced around two chapters, this page in Its Learning lists each section and each question we covered.  The short and sweet version: 
• Momentum & Impulse, sections 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3
• Projectile Motion, sections 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6
• Class Notes - any problems that I've put on the board using the projector (usually after school help sessions)
• Problem Solving
• Momentum & Impulse - Calculator Pad: Problems 1-11
  The rest deal with conservation of momentum which we will talk about next semester.
• Projectile Motion
• Calculator Pad: Problems 21-27 (don't do any part c)
• Think 'n' Solve Solution Videos
• Concept Questions
• Momentum & Impulse
• Review Session:  Questions 1-13.The rest talk about the conservation of momentum which we will cover next semester.
• Minds on Physics Quizzes:  For Practice Mode --> Mechanics --> Momentum & Collisions
• MC1: Momentum
• MC2: Impulse and Momentum Change
• MC3: Impulse-Momentum Change Variables
• MC4: Force, Impulse, and Momentum Change
• Projectile Motion
• Review Session: questions 5-9:  We have not done any vector, displacement, or resultant velocity problems yet.
• Minds on Physics quizzes:  For practice mode --> Mechanics --> Vectors & Projectiles
• VP7 - The Nature of a Projectile
• VP8 - The Acceleration and Velocity of a Projectile

Think about how you prepared for the last test and what you want to do differently for this one.  Practice how you're going to perform, so find ways to test yourself.  Don't forget to make a tool box!

PhysicsClassroom.com

The test for linear motion (chapter 2) is coming up next Wednesday.  We've covered all the material, and you have completed all the work we're going to do for it.  Now it is a matter of building confidence.

PhysicsClassroom.com has several features that will allow to continue to practice and become more confident in your ability.  Feel free to poke around the site.  The topic you want is 1-Dimensional Kinematics (just a fancier way of saying Linear Motion).  A few highlights:

• Tutorials
• The Calculator Pad: overview and practice problems with solutions 
• The Review Session:  multiple choice problems
• Want more of a challenge?  Try the Minds On Physics (MOP) mastery quizzes.  You'll need Adobe Shockwave.  It tests your understanding of the material.  Read the questions carefully;  you have to get 80% or better to pass.
• Select Mechanics
• Select either Kinematics Concepts or Graphing