Listed website for Phet simpulations:
phet.colorado.edu
Asked students to check out the blackbody and greenhouse simulations and three others from physics 2.
Students are to rank the simulations on a scale of 1 (log) - 5 (high) on both "how good" and on "how useful for learning".
Data Base Websites:
www.bp.com
Statistical review of world energy 2008
Compare two forms of energy, one renewable and one non-renewable, and write something interesting about them.
www.earthtrends.wri.org
go to climate
www.scienceinschool.org
check out how the model is made for the temperature of the Earth
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Told students I need hardcopies of Calorimetry Lab.
Reviewed Heat and Temperature.
Went over Kinetic Theory of Gases Worksheet.
Watched first half of Hewitt video on Change of State.
Reviewed Heat and Temperature.
Went over Kinetic Theory of Gases Worksheet.
Watched first half of Hewitt video on Change of State.
Friday March 20, 2009 - Block 3
Newton's Law of Cooling
Students ran lab and fit exponential curves to the data.
Contrasted Newton's Law of Cooling to thermal conductivity.
Showed several demos:
Linear expansion - strips and ball and ring
Convection - hot and cold water volcanoes
Thermal Conductivity - melting the wax
Crushed a can with air pressure.
Students ran lab and fit exponential curves to the data.
Contrasted Newton's Law of Cooling to thermal conductivity.
Showed several demos:
Linear expansion - strips and ball and ring
Convection - hot and cold water volcanoes
Thermal Conductivity - melting the wax
Crushed a can with air pressure.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
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.
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
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
Write-ups are due on Friday if possible.
Fixed the quia quiz so that it appears in IB Physics 2
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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.
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
Talked about heat capacity and worked some problems.
Handed our RA 14.2 due Tuesday
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