Unit 1: Kinematics in 1 Dimension – the basics
Homework: Due Date
Letter to Teacher Thurs, 9/8
Lab 1 report Tues, 9/20
Quest homework assignment Wed, 9/28
Unit Test : Friday, 9/30
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Welcome Back and General Information
The 2011-2012 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. 20.) 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. 20.) 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
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Monday, October 11, 2010
Unit Two - Motion in 2 dimensions
Unit Test ---Oct. 29
Homework due -- 10/17 and 10/24
Lab due -- 10/20
Homework due -- 10/17 and 10/24
Lab due -- 10/20
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.
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