Thursday, March 19, 2009 - Block 3

Discussed write-up of Heat Capacity Lab

Handed back RA 14.2 - answered any questions

Talked about thermal linear expansion, area expansion, and volume expansion. Did several examples.

Finished with discussion on thermal conductivity.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - Block 3

Students worked on their heat capacity labs.

Write-ups are due on Friday if possible.

Fixed the quia quiz so that it appears in IB Physics 2

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - Block 3

Reviewed heat capacity.
Answered questions on RA 14.2 and went over some of the questions.

Did a problem of mixtures that involved a container that could also gain heat.

Introduced idea of latent heat.

Worked out problem of speed of bullet that vaporizes on contact assuming all the KE goes into heating the bullet.

Collected RA 14.2

Tomorrow we will do the Heat Capacity Lab.
It will be a lab for the IB portfolio requiring design, data collection, and results.

Monday, March 16, 2009 - Block 3

Went over RA 14.1

Talked about heat capacity and worked some problems.

Handed our RA 14.2 due Tuesday

Thursday, March 12, 2009 - Block 3

Went over waves test.

Began new unit on heat and temperature.

Talked about the difference between heat and temperature.
Discussed the idea of internal energy on a microscopic scale.
Introduced temperature scales.
Handed out RA 14.1 due on Monday

Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - Block 3

Students took the waves test.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - Block 3

Went over practice problems in preparation for tomorrow's test.

Test tomorrow.