Blogging is a part of the physics class that many of you have had some challenges. This is just a reminder that it needs to be a regular part of your workflow. It will also become more common as we begin to move through the rest of the semester. Be mindful and be sure to complete your blogs.

Physics for the week of 8/22/11

We will be moving from the basics and identification of trends and data into the basics of physics. Here is a tentative agenda for the week:

Monday 8/22

• PA#0.9 Due at start of class
• Group Pendulum Lab Discussion
• Magnitude and orders of power
• Homework- 
• Post comments on at least 2 of your classmate's blogs. 
• Formal Lab Report on Pendulum Lab Due Wednesday 
• Read/Notes on Sections 1-6 - 1-8

Wednesday 8/24

• Formal Lab Report Due at Start of class
• Unit 2 - Kinematics - the study of motion

Friday 8/26

• Continue on Unit 2 - Kinematics
• Distance vs Time Graphs and Velocity vs. Time graphs

Blogpost topic - Unit 2 Kinematics - The study of motion

Welcome to Physics - Physics Blogging

You will be using this medium for a weekly assignment that will help you to be able to observe, document and report on physics that you see outside of the classroom. We will set you up in class and here are the guidelines for your first post : DUE SUNDAY 8/14 by 11:59pm

• Blogpost #1 - Introduction and who you are
• Letter & Picture of Introduction - The letter of introduction will be a minimum of 100 words, including: 
• information about yourself
• your progress in science courses thus far,
• what math course you are in
• what you hope to obtain as a result of completing this course.
• include a picture that represents who you are as an individual.
• Please explain the story behind your picture

You will be assessed on the thoroughness and how complete your answers are. Please be detailed in your explanations and descriptions. Contact me at chblake@ksbe.edu with any questions.

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Good luck!

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Hope that you are having a great spring break. Reminder that you should be posting your "bug list" to your blog. My suggestion that you should be updating it as you continue though your identifying your problem. Please just look at your problems, not try to fit your problems into an already identified solution.

Your group will also need to post one more time over the two week period. Have a great spring break.

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Tsunami 2011

If you haven't heard, school for Friday, 3/11 has been cancelled. Stay safe and god bless.

Featured Blogs

Here are another set of unique postings from the past two days:

Austin, Micah and Leilani - Period 4
Makana and Ian - Period 4
Kiha and Tylar - Period 6 - Dangerous for the videographer
Sam, Brenna and Kristen - Period 6

Keep up the great work and see you tomorrow in class with Launch day 3 with a 3 second minimum in the air with an attached parachute.

Posting reminders

Everyoneʻs posts are looking good. I do like the effort and like the adding of the multimedia, launch videos and other images. It is adding to the quality of the posting. I do also like the analysis and discussion of the launches and your ideas for adapting your designs to improve them.

A friendly reminder that you are supposed to be referencing and properly citing your images that you are getting from the internet. Without these citations these posts will be docked points based upon the rubric.

Keep up the good work. Reminder that Thursdayʻs launch will require you to launch a minimum of 3 seconds in the air and a parachute must be attached. Be sure to start data collection on the time in the air and to include in in your reporting on your blog. An idea may be a picture of your rocket design, and the time in the air. Then the adjustments with another picture and the time in the air. Try to use this to relay and convey your findings and the scientific approach and revision of your experience.