We began class today by doing a routine cleanup of our classroom. Here is a list of the different cleaning stations we had: We spent the next hour going over our project for the semester and how it involves happiness. We received handouts describing the project, the tasks we are supposed to complete, and a calendar with project due dates and the plans for each day. All this will probably be available on Andrew's DP later. We got open work time the rest of the day. Homework:- (Due tomorrow) All Unit 2 assignments must be turned in by tomorrow! You have the rest of the semester to turn in your final corrections, but any Unit 2 work turned in after tomorrow for the first time will only receive half credit.
- (Due Wednesday) Write a reflection on an experience that you feel brings you happiness. A paper further describing this assignment should be posted on Andrew's DP soon. Otherwise, send me an email and I can send you pictures of the paper.
- (Due two weeks from Friday) All Unit 3 assignments. Andrew's notes on measurement are up on his DP in the February 3rd post titled "Unit 3- Measurement." My notes are in the February 3rd post of this blog. If you would like this week's Weekly Planner, the Unit 3 worksheets, and parts 1 & 2 of one of this unit's labs, you can also find these on the post mentioned above. The density activity reporting criteria can be found on the February 6, 2014 post on his DP.
Today was dedicated to open work time. Keep in mind that tomorrow, we will be introduced to this semester's project and we will be doing our first monthly clean up in class. This will probably take up the majority of first period, which means we'll probably only have about an hour at the end of class to work. Homework:- Work on Unit 2 and Unit 3 assignments. (Andrew's notes on measurement are up on his DP in the February 3rd post titled "Unit 3- Measurement." My notes are in the February 3rd post of this blog. If you would like this week's Weekly Planner, the Unit 3 worksheets, and parts 1 & 2 of one of this unit's labs, you can also find these on the post mentioned above. The density activity reporting criteria can be found on the February 6, 2014 post on his DP.)
On a very quick note, Week 4, Day 5 (Friday) from last week was entirely dedicated to open work time. Today was mostly spent doing open work. We had a short, quick conversation in the beginning of class that was basically Andrew explaining to us what the week would look like. For those of you who don't know, we actually have a four day weekend coming up (we get Friday, February 14 and Monday, February 17 off), so attempt to have all your Unit 2 and Unit 3 assignments turned in by Thursday (February 13). We received our weekly planners today. Most of class time this week will be open work, with the exception of about a half hour on Wednesday where Andrew will introduce this semester's project to us. We will also spend about fifteen minutes of a day this week cleaning up and organizing the class. Homework:- Work on Unit 2 and Unit 3 assignments. (Andrew's notes on measurement are up on his DP in the February 3rd post titled "Unit 3- Measurement." My notes are in the February 3rd post of this blog. If you would like this week's Weekly Planner, the Unit 3 worksheets, and parts 1 & 2 of one of this unit's labs, you can also find these on the post mentioned above. The density activity reporting criteria can be found on the February 6, 2014 post on his DP.)
Today we spent the beginning of class finishing the Measurement Lab. We learned how to log our information and measurements into Microsoft Excel and do various calculations on there. We created graphs to show precision (the closeness of measurements to one another), and we calculated the percentage errors of our lab measurements to determine accuracy (closeness to actual value). Here is a picture of my notes on calculating the percentage errors of my measurements. All the information on how to complete the lab and the lab analysis is available on the Measurement Lab overview, which is on the February 3rd post on Andrew's DP titled "Unit 3-Measurement." The remainder of class was open time to work. Homework: - Work on Unit 2 and Unit 3 assignments. (Andrew's notes on measurement are up on his DP in the February 3rd post titled "Unit 3- Measurement." My notes are in the February 3rd post of this blog. If you would like this week's Weekly Planner, the Unit 3 worksheets, and parts 1 & 2 of one of this unit's labs, you can also find these on the post mentioned above.)
Today we spent all of our class time preparing for and conducting the Measurement Lab. The lab overview will be uploaded to Andrew's blog very soon. We were not able to complete the entire experiment in class today, so Andrew will give us time in class tomorrow to finish it.
Homework:
- Work on Unit 2 and Unit 3 assignments. (Andrew's notes on measurement are up on his DP in the February 3rd post titled "Unit 3- Measurement." My notes are in the February 3rd post on this blog. If you would like this week's Weekly Planner, the Unit 3 worksheets, and parts 1 & 2 of one of this unit's labs, you can also find these on the post mentioned above.)
The majority of class today was open time to complete work. However, we spent the first few minutes of class reviewing measurement conversions. Here are some of my notes from the discussion (they don't teach you anything, they're just to give you an example on what we did): We practiced solving scientific notation problems. If you need help understanding how to solve these, send me an email (my email is listed in the "Contact" page of this blog) and I shall attempt to explain them to you. Andrew has decided that if you choose to demonstrate an Open Experiment that you conducted to another class (such as a freshman class, a middle school class, your own class, etc), then you can earn an additional 5 points for the experiment. Tomorrow we will be doing the Measurement Lab experiment as a class. If you complete a lab report for this experiment, you will receive 30 points. Homework:- Work on Unit 2 and Unit 3 assignments. (Andrew's notes on measurement are up on his DP in the February 3rd post titled "Unit 3- Measurement." My notes are in the February 3rd post of this blog. If you would like this week's Weekly Planner, the Unit 3 worksheets, and parts 1 & 2 of one of this unit's labs, you can also find these on the post mentioned above.)
Today we began Unit 3 in class, which is focused on measurement. Here are pictures of the notes I took during the lecture/discussion:
Andrew's notes on measurement are up on his DP in the February 3rd post titled "Unit 3- Measurement." If you would like this week's Weekly Planner, the Unit 3 worksheets, and parts 1 & 2 of one of this unit's labs, you can also find these on the post mentioned above. Homework:- Work on Unit 2 and Unit 3 assignments.
Andrew gave us all of class today to work on our Unit 2 Assignments. Homework:- Work on Unit 2 assignments. If you would like the list of assignments, worksheets, and the criteria for labs, go to the Class Blog on Andrew's DP. You should be able to find Lab 2 on the January 29 post and Lab 1 on the January 28 post (there are two January 28 posts so look through both of them. One post has all the information regarding the lab experiment and the other post has the rest of the assignments).
Today was a very laid back day in class. Andrew began class by passing around our current grades in his class, and papers that described the Independent Experimentation Procedure and Write-Up. He gave us the rest of class to work on our assignments. Homework:- Work on Unit 2 assignments. If you would like the list of assignments, worksheets, and the criteria for labs, go to the Class Blog on Andrew's DP. You should be able to find Lab 2 on the January 29 post and Lab 1 on the January 28 post (there are two January 28 posts so look through both of them. One post has all the information regarding the lab experiment and the other post has the rest of the assignments).
Today, we did our second lab of the week. We played with dried ice, and the purpose of the experiment was to observe the process of sublimation, which is when a solid turns directly into a gas. Andrew spent the beginning of class showing us how to manage and safely play with the ice, then gave us a few minutes to look over the lab hand out, and the rest of the class time was spent playing with the ice. Homework:- Work on Unit 2 assignments. If you would like the list of assignments, worksheets, and the criteria for labs, go to the Class Blog on Andrew's DP. You should be able to find Lab 2 on the January 29 post and Lab 1 on the January 28 post (there are two January 28 posts so look through both of them. One post has all the information regarding the lab experiment and the other post has the rest of the assignments).
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