Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Today students designed and tested 3 model paper airplanes. We discussed technological problem solving and the design process. We also discussed the measurement tools used and the importance of accuracy and precision when making measurements. Students answered the questions on the lab sheets. We will be getting into the calculation portion of the unit tomorrow.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Today we began the new Physic's unit on Motion. An application project was introduced. The sketch of your advertisement is due next Friday, Dec. 12th. The completed project is due no later than Friday, Dec. 19th. We then went over the main expectations of the unit, the key terms of the unit, and began filling out a summary table on the quantities of motion. We filled in the distance, time, and speed row. This handout is on the blog under physics notes. At the end of the class we began to work on an investigation into designing the perfect paper airplane. This will continue tomorrow.
On Monday, students wrote the chemistry unit test. Absent students will write the test on their first day back in class, either Tuesday or Wednesday.