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2020
January 23

1/23-24 PotU Sound waves: The Doppler effect and harmonics/harmony

Thursday: The Doppler effect Warm up Copy and complete the following sentence by entering one word: Water waves travel in the shape of a ______, sound and light waves travel in the shape of a _______. Some notes you should have Sound is a longitudinal (also called compression or pressure)…Read More

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January 22

1/22 AP Phys: Energy in springs: Hooke’s Law and Spring constants

Goals Analyze the relationship between how far a spring is stretched (Δx) and the force required to hold it at that distance. Develop a model for energy in a spring based on (ΣE) + W = (ΣE) If the spring has no initial energy, then the work done on the…Read More

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January 21

1/21-22: PotU Modeling waves with online simulation

Resources for today and tomorrow PhET Waves Intro simulation (also visible at the bottom of this page). Waves activity packet (all in PDF format) Part 1: Water Part 2: Sound Part 3: Light Tuesday, Jan 21 Complete Part 1 of the packet and turn in before you leave. Wednesday, Jan…Read More

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January 17

01/17 PotU: Sound, energy, and music

Today's lesson include two videos to better understand the energy of sound, and how sound moves energy from one place to another.

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January 16

01/16 PotU: Sound energy

Notes from today Metronome: A device that keeps the rhythm; aka the “beat” The shorter something is, the faster it vibrates. We had a demonstration of the vibrating bar from the fall final; the shorter the bar was, the faster it vibrated. Both string and wind instruments depend on lengthening…Read More

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January 15

01/15 Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday

Dr. ML King Jr. mugshot from 1963 Birmingham arrest

On January 15, 1929, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born. In 1955, at age 26, he was a leader in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. 1956-1963, Dr King was secretly investigated by the FBI. In 1963, at age 34, he gave his famous “I have a dream” speech in front…Read More

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January 14

1/15 AP Phys: Conservation of energy with springs & ramps

Learning objectives The student is able to describe and make qualitative and/or quantitative predictions about everyday examples of systems with internal potential energy. (Science Practices 2.2, 6.4, and 7.2) Introduction Observe the demonstration and take notes on your observations and questions. Think about/answer the following questions: If the track were…Read More

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January 13

01/8-13 AP Physic: Energy

Wednesday & Thursday, Jan 8 & 9 We added energy equations and the work work/energy theorem to our energy knowledge. In physics, work is used to add or remove energy from a system. Class/homework: Page 151, # 9-18 Friday, Jan 10 We worked on an energy simulation using the PhET…Read More

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January 9

1/10 AP Phys 1: Energy problems

Here are the slides from Wednesday and Thursday Video tutorials Solution for Problem 14:

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January 5

01/06 PotU Introduction to energy

Today we compared and contrasted money and energy, then described the ways that energy can be stored.

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2020
January 23

1/23-24 PotU Sound waves: The Doppler effect and harmonics/harmony

Thursday: The Doppler effect Warm up Copy and complete the following sentence by entering one word: Water waves travel in the shape of a ______, sound and light waves travel in the shape of a _______. Some notes you should have Sound is a longitudinal (also called compression or pressure)…Read More

January 22

1/22 AP Phys: Energy in springs: Hooke’s Law and Spring constants

Goals Analyze the relationship between how far a spring is stretched (Δx) and the force required to hold it at that distance. Develop a model for energy in a spring based on (ΣE) + W = (ΣE) If the spring has no initial energy, then the work done on the…Read More

January 21

1/21-22: PotU Modeling waves with online simulation

Resources for today and tomorrow PhET Waves Intro simulation (also visible at the bottom of this page). Waves activity packet (all in PDF format) Part 1: Water Part 2: Sound Part 3: Light Tuesday, Jan 21 Complete Part 1 of the packet and turn in before you leave. Wednesday, Jan…Read More

January 17

01/17 PotU: Sound, energy, and music

Today's lesson include two videos to better understand the energy of sound, and how sound moves energy from one place to another.

January 16

01/16 PotU: Sound energy

Notes from today Metronome: A device that keeps the rhythm; aka the “beat” The shorter something is, the faster it vibrates. We had a demonstration of the vibrating bar from the fall final; the shorter the bar was, the faster it vibrated. Both string and wind instruments depend on lengthening…Read More

January 15

01/15 Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday

Dr. ML King Jr. mugshot from 1963 Birmingham arrest

On January 15, 1929, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born. In 1955, at age 26, he was a leader in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. 1956-1963, Dr King was secretly investigated by the FBI. In 1963, at age 34, he gave his famous “I have a dream” speech in front…Read More

January 14

1/15 AP Phys: Conservation of energy with springs & ramps

Learning objectives The student is able to describe and make qualitative and/or quantitative predictions about everyday examples of systems with internal potential energy. (Science Practices 2.2, 6.4, and 7.2) Introduction Observe the demonstration and take notes on your observations and questions. Think about/answer the following questions: If the track were…Read More

January 13

01/8-13 AP Physic: Energy

Wednesday & Thursday, Jan 8 & 9 We added energy equations and the work work/energy theorem to our energy knowledge. In physics, work is used to add or remove energy from a system. Class/homework: Page 151, # 9-18 Friday, Jan 10 We worked on an energy simulation using the PhET…Read More

January 9

1/10 AP Phys 1: Energy problems

Here are the slides from Wednesday and Thursday Video tutorials Solution for Problem 14:

January 5

01/06 PotU Introduction to energy

Today we compared and contrasted money and energy, then described the ways that energy can be stored.