Wow, September is a crazy month. There are so many sports and other activities happening!
Math A30 - Data Analysis Open Book Culminating Assignment: Wed, Sept. 30
Math C30 - no major assignments at this time!
Physics 20 - WHY THE FIZZ! Due on Tuesday, Sept. 29!
Physics 30 - Lab 2.1: Monday, Sept. 28
- Hand-in #2: Tuesday, Sept. 29
~we decided to forego an exam at this time. We should expect one in approx two weeks which will cover Vector and Non-Vector Kinematics.
Math 10 - Our exam marks were lower than expected. A refocusing is occuring in class. No exam for quite some time.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
New Physics 30 notes!
The next chapter of Physics 30 notes are now posted at http://homepage.usask.ca/~rnb024/!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Physics 30
If you weren't in class Friday, I just wanted to let you know that we didn't get to any of the Constant Acceleration problems from p. 65 or 73.
For Monday have p. 62, 67, and 69 done as well as Hand-in Assignment #1.
Have a good weekend!
For Monday have p. 62, 67, and 69 done as well as Hand-in Assignment #1.
Have a good weekend!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Lots of Exams and Assignment Dates
Math A30 - Unit 1 Exam Thursday, Sept. 16
Math C30 - Conics Graphing Assignment Tuesday, Sept. 22
- Conics Unit Exam (plus 6.1) Thursday, Sept. 24
Physics 20 - Why the Fizz? Tuesday, Sept. 29 (take this seriously, it will be a major mark for the first term)
Physics 30 - Hand-in #1 Monday, Sept. 21
- There will be an exam very soon, we need to set the date
Math 10 - Unit 1 Exam Tuesday, Sept. 22
Math C30 - Conics Graphing Assignment Tuesday, Sept. 22
- Conics Unit Exam (plus 6.1) Thursday, Sept. 24
Physics 20 - Why the Fizz? Tuesday, Sept. 29 (take this seriously, it will be a major mark for the first term)
Physics 30 - Hand-in #1 Monday, Sept. 21
- There will be an exam very soon, we need to set the date
Math 10 - Unit 1 Exam Tuesday, Sept. 22
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Still a Whirlwind
It seems like things just aren't slowing down at school at all (it doesn't help that Soccer and my brother's wedding are both this week as well). Anyways, things are wrapping up in the intro units of most of our classes.
Math A30 - the first unit will wrap up early next week and we have our first exam on Thurs., Sept. 17. After that we will move into Data Analysis, which has the students working with data to create box and whisker plots. It will be a very short unit.
Math C30 - our first exam is about 1.5 weeks away. We only have one more conic to learn, but we have a few more sections to cover before we will review for the exam. The "fun" artsy math assignment was handed out today. It is due Tuesday, Sept. 22. I hope students find it fun and challenging. I am still very impressed with everyone's work ethic.
Oh yea! This week we did a cooperative learning activity and some in the class couldn't stand not being spoonfed the method, but the groups ended up doing really really well!
Physics 20 -this unit is getting pretty boring. Review begins tomorrow and leads to an exam next Wednesday, Sept 16. The next chapter will be on heat. It will also not feature much hands-on work, but it has a lot of day to day concepts to explore. Make sure you are working on the "Why The Fizz?" assignment! I expect work that looks like it was done over 3 weeks by a grade 11 student, not one night by a grade 6er!
Physics 30 - we are really getting into the bulk of the first chapter now. We will be doing a lot more practice problems over the next week. Position-time graphs and velocity-time graphs are going to be the major concept over the next few classes and then we will be doing a lot of work with acceleration. We should expect an exam in about 1.5 weeks. Things are starting to settle in and students are working well. One thing to note is that students should make sure that they are copying all of the examples, your printed notes don't have everything!
Math 10 - this class is still having major focus issues. I will take part of that blame. We just need to keep in mind that our number one goal is achievement. We are all tired, but we need to focus as if it were 10 AM. We will be finishing up our first chapter (which has us solving lots of equations) over the next week. An exam is about a week away.
The next chapter will be a review of polynomials. I will spice it up by working with Algebra Tiles.
Thanks for stopping by!
Math A30 - the first unit will wrap up early next week and we have our first exam on Thurs., Sept. 17. After that we will move into Data Analysis, which has the students working with data to create box and whisker plots. It will be a very short unit.
Math C30 - our first exam is about 1.5 weeks away. We only have one more conic to learn, but we have a few more sections to cover before we will review for the exam. The "fun" artsy math assignment was handed out today. It is due Tuesday, Sept. 22. I hope students find it fun and challenging. I am still very impressed with everyone's work ethic.
Oh yea! This week we did a cooperative learning activity and some in the class couldn't stand not being spoonfed the method, but the groups ended up doing really really well!
Physics 20 -this unit is getting pretty boring. Review begins tomorrow and leads to an exam next Wednesday, Sept 16. The next chapter will be on heat. It will also not feature much hands-on work, but it has a lot of day to day concepts to explore. Make sure you are working on the "Why The Fizz?" assignment! I expect work that looks like it was done over 3 weeks by a grade 11 student, not one night by a grade 6er!
Physics 30 - we are really getting into the bulk of the first chapter now. We will be doing a lot more practice problems over the next week. Position-time graphs and velocity-time graphs are going to be the major concept over the next few classes and then we will be doing a lot of work with acceleration. We should expect an exam in about 1.5 weeks. Things are starting to settle in and students are working well. One thing to note is that students should make sure that they are copying all of the examples, your printed notes don't have everything!
Math 10 - this class is still having major focus issues. I will take part of that blame. We just need to keep in mind that our number one goal is achievement. We are all tired, but we need to focus as if it were 10 AM. We will be finishing up our first chapter (which has us solving lots of equations) over the next week. An exam is about a week away.
The next chapter will be a review of polynomials. I will spice it up by working with Algebra Tiles.
Thanks for stopping by!
Friday, September 4, 2009
First (HOT) Week
Well, the first week has wrapped up. Things have gone quite well, for the most part. I will break down each class:
Math A30 - we have been working on Solving Systems of Linear Equations. Basically it means finding where lines cross. Our whole first unit is on this concept. We have been moving a bit slower than we need to be moving, but next week we will get on track. The students are working hard in class, so I am impressed.
Math C30 - this class is a great group! We started with the Conics chapter, which deals with graphing circles, parabolas, and a few other shapes. I am very impressed with everyone's math abilities and work ethic - and everyone helps each other out too. Just great. This chapter will take us about another two weeks - there will be a fun but hard assignment where we will make "art" by using conics. Circle quiz on Tuesday morning, by the way!
Phys 20 - We have had a lot of fun. We are just getting our head around some physics ideas and are working on different math skills we will need for physics. We have had a couple of things handed in already. Our one assignment, which involved asking a science question based on the videos we watched and then researching the answer, was due today. A number of students were not done - this is a not a very good way to start the year. We need to tighten that up.
The Why the Fizz? assignment, which will be done all on your own time will be due on Sept. 29. We will talk more about it on Tuesday.
Phys 30 -The week seemed to fly by. We just have so much to do! We reviewed our math skills for physics and are now looking at motion. We have an assignment to bring a toy and describe the physics of the toy. Students will be presenting over the next month and a bit - remember your presentation date! Next week we will really be getting more into the course and will be using our textbooks on a daily basis. Things will get harder and I hope everyone is ready to work. This week has me concerned about some students because of their lack of focus in class - but I know the heat in the room didn't help.
Math 10 - I know that you want to have fun in class - but math is our first order of business! This classroom is boiling by 2:30 and the students are pretty riled up, but we do need to work on staying focused. This will be our goal over the next week. So far everyone seems to be doing pretty well. We are working on a review of basic operations and algebra skills right now. We are moving at a great pace. The review of past skills will continue for a lot of the month.
Oh, by the way, the common denominator of 6, 7, and 15 isn't needed when you are multiplying! Just look for something to reduce. You only need a common denominator for adding/subtracting.
Have a great weekend everyone and I will see you for a short week next week. Hopefully the temperature drops a bit.
Math A30 - we have been working on Solving Systems of Linear Equations. Basically it means finding where lines cross. Our whole first unit is on this concept. We have been moving a bit slower than we need to be moving, but next week we will get on track. The students are working hard in class, so I am impressed.
Math C30 - this class is a great group! We started with the Conics chapter, which deals with graphing circles, parabolas, and a few other shapes. I am very impressed with everyone's math abilities and work ethic - and everyone helps each other out too. Just great. This chapter will take us about another two weeks - there will be a fun but hard assignment where we will make "art" by using conics. Circle quiz on Tuesday morning, by the way!
Phys 20 - We have had a lot of fun. We are just getting our head around some physics ideas and are working on different math skills we will need for physics. We have had a couple of things handed in already. Our one assignment, which involved asking a science question based on the videos we watched and then researching the answer, was due today. A number of students were not done - this is a not a very good way to start the year. We need to tighten that up.
The Why the Fizz? assignment, which will be done all on your own time will be due on Sept. 29. We will talk more about it on Tuesday.
Phys 30 -The week seemed to fly by. We just have so much to do! We reviewed our math skills for physics and are now looking at motion. We have an assignment to bring a toy and describe the physics of the toy. Students will be presenting over the next month and a bit - remember your presentation date! Next week we will really be getting more into the course and will be using our textbooks on a daily basis. Things will get harder and I hope everyone is ready to work. This week has me concerned about some students because of their lack of focus in class - but I know the heat in the room didn't help.
Math 10 - I know that you want to have fun in class - but math is our first order of business! This classroom is boiling by 2:30 and the students are pretty riled up, but we do need to work on staying focused. This will be our goal over the next week. So far everyone seems to be doing pretty well. We are working on a review of basic operations and algebra skills right now. We are moving at a great pace. The review of past skills will continue for a lot of the month.
Oh, by the way, the common denominator of 6, 7, and 15 isn't needed when you are multiplying! Just look for something to reduce. You only need a common denominator for adding/subtracting.
Have a great weekend everyone and I will see you for a short week next week. Hopefully the temperature drops a bit.
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