Homework: 09/24/08 - 10/02/08

Note
Mr. G will be at on the 9th Grade Bryn Mawr Trip for Day 1

SC12: Physics
Day 1/2: Film - The Elegant Universe, Part 2
HW: Complete Part 2 worksheet
Day 3/4: Motion with Constant Acceleration
HW: P.53, Practice 2C: 1, 3, 5
Day 5/6: More with Acceleration; Freely Falling Motion
HW: P.64, Practice 2F: 1, 2, 3

SC12P: AP Physics C (Mechanics)
Day 1: Film - The Elegant Universe, Part 3
HW: Complete Part 3 worksheet
Day 3: Freely falling objects
HW: Pp. 49-50: 36, 44, 45
Day 5: Kinematic Equations derived from Calculus
HW: P. 50: 46, 47, 48
Day 6 Lab: Equipment shake-down trial: new motion detectors
HW: Come prepared with questions for review

Homework: 09/16/08 - 09/23/08

Note
Mr. G will be at on the 9th Grade Bryn Mawr Trip for Days 5 & 6

SC12: Physics
Day 1/2: Lab #1: Physics & Measurement
HW: Begin lab report
Day 3/4: Acceleration
HW: P.49, Practice 2B: 1, 3
Day 5/6: Film - The Elegant Universe, Part 1
HW: Complete Part 1 worksheet

SC12P: AP Physics C (Mechanics)
Day 1: Velocity & Acceleration
HW: Pp. 46-47: 5, 13, 15
Day 3: One-dimensional Motion with Constant Acceleration
HW: PPp. 47-49: 20, 23, 25, 26
Day 5: Film - The Elegant Universe, Part 1
HW: Complete Part 1 worksheet
Day 6: Film - The Elegant Universe, Part 2
HW: Complete Part 2 worksheet

Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Information

MSNBC has a great interactive tour of the LHC.

Check out the very cool LHC live webcams.

You can also click this link to see if the LHC has destroyed the world yet: Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet?

"End Day," produced a few years ago by the BBC, addresses possible end-of-the-world scenarios. One of those included a LHC-like collider creating a black hole. Here is the relevant clip, along with explanations as to why it can never actually happen.

Welcome Back!

A Quick Tour of the MPH Physics Webpage

Welcome to the MPH Physics webpage. Here you'll find several resources to help you with your classwork throughout the year.

This page is updated with a new assignment sheet before the start of every new cycle during the school year. The first assignment sheet is below. Additionally, announcements regarding local lectures or events that may be of interest will be posted as they come up.

Links can be found down the right-hand-side of the page. You can download additional copies of the syllabi and equation sheets for each course, as well as view java applets that illustrate key ideas. The Physics Links section contains several interesting and useful sites for anyone who wants to study a particular topic in more depth, or is just looking for some quick review. Finally, old posts are archived at the bottom of the page. Though the calendar changes somewhat from year to year, a clever student could gain a good idea of future assignments by studying the old posts.

If there is anything I can add to make the site more useful to you, or if you find a link that is dead, please let me know!

Sincerely,
Mr. G


Homework: 09/08/08 - 09/15/08

SC12: Physics
Day 1/2: Class Introduction, SI Base Units, Metric Prefixes
HW: Read 1.1 - 1.2
Day 3/4: Accuracy and Precision, Significant Figures, Experiment #1
HW: Read 1.3; P.14, Practice 1A: 1-5
Day 5/6: Displacement & Velocity
HW: Read Ch. 2.1; Work P.44, Practice 2A: 2, 4, 6

SC12P: AP Physics C (Mechanics)
Day 1: Class Introduction
HW: Read Chapter 1
Day 3: SI Base Units, Dimensional Analysis, Significant Figures
HW: Pp. 14-18: 4, 9, 33, 44, 60
Day 5: Position & Velocity
HW: Pp. 46: 1, 3
Day 6 Lab: Experiment 1 - Physics and Measurement
HW: Complete lab report