Unit Test ---Oct. 29
Homework due -- 10/17 and 10/24
Lab due -- 10/20
Monday, October 11, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Installing Logger Pro At Home
As a Grant High School student, you have access rights to our site license for Logger Pro. When you graduate, you should uninstall this program.
To download it to your home computer requires several steps:
1. Go to the PPS Virtual Office Webpage, which allows you to access your student X drive remotely.
https://files.pps.k12.or.us/vo/servlet/portal?render=on
Use your PPS log in: initials and student ID.
(This link is also on the Grant Web Page, a handy feature for transferring files to school.)
2. Download the Logger Pro installer.
To get to the installer first choose the NETSTORAGE icon on the right. Then Choose DriveX@Dept, followed by Student Files, and finally Logger Pro 3. It's a big file. You might not want to try this if you're still using dial-up.
3. "Unzip" the installer. The file is large and compressed. Your computer may do this automatically, or you may need to download a program to do this. Here is a link to a free utility to do this. http://www.7-zip.org/
Once the folder is open, you want the SETUP application - not the setup bitmap, or document, etc.
Good Luck with this let me know if it doesn't work.
To download it to your home computer requires several steps:
1. Go to the PPS Virtual Office Webpage, which allows you to access your student X drive remotely.
https://files.pps.k12.or.us/vo/servlet/portal?render=on
Use your PPS log in: initials and student ID.
(This link is also on the Grant Web Page, a handy feature for transferring files to school.)
2. Download the Logger Pro installer.
To get to the installer first choose the NETSTORAGE icon on the right. Then Choose DriveX@Dept, followed by Student Files, and finally Logger Pro 3. It's a big file. You might not want to try this if you're still using dial-up.
3. "Unzip" the installer. The file is large and compressed. Your computer may do this automatically, or you may need to download a program to do this. Here is a link to a free utility to do this. http://www.7-zip.org/
Once the folder is open, you want the SETUP application - not the setup bitmap, or document, etc.
Good Luck with this let me know if it doesn't work.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Making an Online Homework Account
Please go to this link and start an online homework account. Click on "get started" and then choose "I need a UT EID". In the next window choose "get a UT EID". After you submit your information it will send your ID code to your email account. With this code you will will sign in to my class and start the first assignment. You may proceed to sign in now or bring your EID code and password on Wednesday. On Wednesday we will log in as a class, I will start accepting your enrollment and we will start the first assignment.
This is how to sign in:
Return to the link above and log in.
You will then need to select a class based on a unique number. For AP Physics the unique number is 223. Enter the number 223 and then select look up course info. Scroll down by clicking the arrow on the window that appears through the many other classes designated with that unique number until you find AP Phys (Grant High school 2010 Fall). It will probably be one of the last ones. Select it and then select request enrollment.
I will have to admit you into the class. The next time you log in, after I admit you, you will be able to use the "select course" and "select assignent" windows to start the Kinematics homework.
This is how to sign in:
Return to the link above and log in.
You will then need to select a class based on a unique number. For AP Physics the unique number is 223. Enter the number 223 and then select look up course info. Scroll down by clicking the arrow on the window that appears through the many other classes designated with that unique number until you find AP Phys (Grant High school 2010 Fall). It will probably be one of the last ones. Select it and then select request enrollment.
I will have to admit you into the class. The next time you log in, after I admit you, you will be able to use the "select course" and "select assignent" windows to start the Kinematics homework.
Unit 1 Key dates
Unit 1: Kinematics in 1 Dimension – the basics
Homework: Due Date
Letter to Teacher & Safety Contract Wed, 9/9
Lab 1 data presentation Mon, 9/13
Lab 1 report Mon, 9/20
Quest homework assignment Tues, 9/28
Unit Test : Friday 10/1
Homework: Due Date
Letter to Teacher & Safety Contract Wed, 9/9
Lab 1 data presentation Mon, 9/13
Lab 1 report Mon, 9/20
Quest homework assignment Tues, 9/28
Unit Test : Friday 10/1
AP Physics General Information
The 2010-2011 has started. Welcome to AP Physics.
Here's some course information:
Grades: Approximately 50% Tests, 30% Labs, 20% homework
Tests: About twice a quarter, with semester finals also. Almost always items from old AP tests, which I’ll grade by their scoring system. This will cause me to adjust the overall grading scale. See below.
Labs: Although we’ll have weekly hands-on lab assignments, I’ll only have you write up formal lab reports about twice a quarter. (The first one will be due Sept. 21.) Most lab activities will be accompanied by a short worksheet to complete. Late labs are penalized at 10% a week.
Homework: Most homework will be submitted online through the web site https://quest.cns.utexas.edu/ It will be graded for accuracy, but on a sliding scale because I recognize that homework is practice and created to find mistakes. Students who have difficulty getting internet access should talk with me. Accommodations will be found. No late homework accepted except for excused absences.
Grading Scale: 100-85 A, 85-70 B, 70-55 C, 55-40 D, 40
Supplies:
Textbook
Notebook, or section of a notebook
Calculator
Protractor
Graph Paper
Here's some course information:
Grades: Approximately 50% Tests, 30% Labs, 20% homework
Tests: About twice a quarter, with semester finals also. Almost always items from old AP tests, which I’ll grade by their scoring system. This will cause me to adjust the overall grading scale. See below.
Labs: Although we’ll have weekly hands-on lab assignments, I’ll only have you write up formal lab reports about twice a quarter. (The first one will be due Sept. 21.) Most lab activities will be accompanied by a short worksheet to complete. Late labs are penalized at 10% a week.
Homework: Most homework will be submitted online through the web site https://quest.cns.utexas.edu/ It will be graded for accuracy, but on a sliding scale because I recognize that homework is practice and created to find mistakes. Students who have difficulty getting internet access should talk with me. Accommodations will be found. No late homework accepted except for excused absences.
Grading Scale: 100-85 A, 85-70 B, 70-55 C, 55-40 D, 40
Supplies:
Textbook
Notebook, or section of a notebook
Calculator
Protractor
Graph Paper
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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