January 2011 Archives

We began discussions on the airless worlds, Mercury and Luna.

We reviewed for the test tomorrow, 1 Feb.

We covered and practiced Specific Heat:
Specific Heat WS.xls
Here is an outline of vocabulary for the test Tues. 1 Feb.

Homework assigned due tomorrow:
p. 163 #1,2,4,5
p. 170 #1,2,3,4,5

Here is the final version of the Heat ppt:
Heat.ppt

We covered the questions from the homework and took a quiz. Here is the back of the worksheet due tomorrow:
Planetology Problems.doc

Students turned in the homework, and we revisited gas laws after conversing about units of pressure...
Two sheets, given out on Friday, 21 Jan are due tomorrow, Tuesday, 25 Jan.
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CharlessLawWS.xls
BoylesLawWS.xls

two worksheets codifying comparative planetology were assigned. One side is due Monday 24 Jan, the other will be completed in class.

A quiz over the types of solar system materials is rapidly approaching.

A reminder of the homework due on Monday, 24 Jan:

p. 483 #1,2, 5
p. 489 #2, 3, 4, 5
p. 495 #1, 2, 5

To-day, we covered the "dead guys"... Archimedes, Pascal, Bernoulli, Boyle, and Charles.

We are delving into the subject of Comparative Planetology:

Our Solar System.ppt

We're back on track!
We finished up the questions about phases and phase changes. The information is located in the "Matter2.ppt" file on this website.
We will participate in a dry ice activity on Thursday, and then begin covering the HEAT topic:
Heat.ppt

The second semester syllabus was disclosed:
P S Syllabus - Spring 2011.pdf
We illustrated how to convert units using the Dimensional Analysis method.