11.23

Not As Easy As Pie Lab Day 2: Students are trying to determine the relationship between length of a pendulum and time (period).

11.20

Not As Easy As Pie Lab: Students are trying to determine the relationship between length of a pendulum and time (period).

11.19

Easy As Pie Whiteboard

What is the slope?

What is the meaning of the slope?

What is the meaning of the y-intercept?

What is the equation for the line?

11.17

Students continued measurements for Easy As Pie.  Then, students began to graph, find slope, write equation and answer analysis questions.

Below is a sample graph.

11.16

Easy As Pie

Students learned the rules of graphing, collected data about circumference and diameter and graphed the results to find the relationship.

11.12 and 11.13

Review and Test

Physics Review

Hello class,

I just added some significant figure questions to the review.  If you have any other questions, either post or e-mail.  Good luck!

Also, I will be available for questions during lunch.

Physics Skills Review

11.10

Students took a brief significant figure quiz.  Then, we completed Measurement Tasks with Sig Figs.  Students had to measure objects using the appropriate significant figures.  Also, students learned about the relationship between accuracy and significant figures.

MEASUREMENT TASKS

11.9

Papercut: Students had to determine the thickness of a single sheet of paper using significant figures.  See the assignment below.

PAPERCUT

Big Ideas

1.  Larger objects yield more significant figures when measuring.

2. Counting is different than measuring in terms of significant figures.

11.3

Papercut: Students are challenged to determine the thickness of a single piece of paper using significant figures.  Please see the assignment below.  We will finish this on Monday, November 9.

PAPERCUT

11.2

Today, students will take a quiz on dimensional analysis.  There will be no physics skills test tomorrow because I would like to complete significant figures first.  After the quiz today, students will try to determine the rules for significant figures.