Checking grades

Here is a link to the Parent Assist website. Many Grant teachers will use this district provided program to maintain and post their grades. You will also be able to monitor attendance and check personal information.
I will update grades after every major assignment or test.
To use this website you will need to get a personal code from the Grant High School office. If you have a code from last year or for any other child it should still be active.
Please let me know if you have problems accessing this site.

http://parent.pps.k12.or.us/

Welcome Back & General Information

The 2008-2009 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

rotation practice problem solutions.

Rotation Practice Problem Solutions

Publish at Scribd or explore others: Science & Engineerin problems solutions

Updates in AP Physics

Link to the MIT video website here.
Link to AP Central Student Site for Physics C with sample problems from 2002-2008 here.

Next Test is Friday March 20.

solution to practice problem 2/18

here it is

solution to practice problem 2/18

here it is

Make 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 we will sign in to my class and start the first assignment on next Wednesday. Be sure to bring your EID code and password on Wednesday.

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. (I stupidly chose the number 1 for our class. I didn't realize the purpose of choosing a more "unique number". Aren't they all unique?) Enter the number 1 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 2009 Spring). It will probably be the last one. 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 Ch 8 homework.