Electric Field Hockey

Here is the link to the awesome applet we used in Physics 30. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/electric-hockey

Math Exams December 21

Math A30

Our Angles and Polygons (Trigonometry) exam will be on Tuesday, Dec. 21. You can find the review answer key here: PAGE 1 PAGE 2

Math 20

We will write the Consumer Math (Credit) exam on Tuesday, Dec. 21. The topics include, credit, credit cards, personal loans, installment payments, monthly payments, and property taxes. The answer key for the review is HERE.

The other classes will continue on after Christmas.

2nd week of December = Plethora of Exams

Math 20 - there will be an exam on graphing and analyzing graphs of quadratic functions on Tuesday, Dec. 7. You will receive the review and ANSWER KEY for the review in class.

Next we will look at Consumer Math - mostly focusing on Credit.

Math A30 - we will write our Unit 5: Exponents and Radicals Exam on Thursday, December 9. There will be questions from 5.1-5.10, but there will be a smaller focus on 5.1-5.4. You can find the three pages of answers for the review here: P1, P2, P3.

Next we will look at some Trigonometry!

Physics 20 - there will be a Light: Curved Mirrors and Refraction Exam on Wednesday, December 8. You can find the review answers HERE.

Before the Christmas break we will look at Optics - focus will be on lenses.

Physics 30 - our Work, Power, and Energy exam will be on Wednesday, December 8. The answers for the multiple choice section of the review are found HERE. The other part of the review is textbook questions. The answers may be found in the book.

Before Christmas we will get as much electricity done as we can!


NOTE: All of these classes will have another exam of some sort before Dec. 22.

Physics 30 Exam Pushed Back

The Physics 30 Exam is moved from Friday to Tuesday, November 23.

Physics Tests!

At the end of the week, we will have a Physics 20 test and a Physics 30 test!

Physics 20
The Light and Plane Mirrors Exam will be Thursday, November 18. The exam will deal with measuring the speed of light, the nature of light, pinhole cameras, and plane mirrors. You can find the review answers here: PAGE 1 PAGE 2

Physics 30
The exam will be on Friday, November 19. The topics covered will begin at Newton's Laws. The other topics covered are Gravitation, Mass/Weight, Friction, Free Fall, and Momentum. You can find the review answers here: PAGE 1 PAGE 2 NOTE #15 Multiple Choice is a 5.0 kg mass.

Please, if you are having any trouble at all, see me immediately! I want to be able to help you prepare for the exam, but please, don't leave it to the last possible opportunity.

Good luck!

Exams Before Remembrance Day

In Math A30 and Math 20 we want to have exams on our content before we are off for 4 days in a row.

Math A30

Unit 4 Polynomials and Rational Expressions exam will be on Tuesday, November 9.

You can find the review answer key here: PAGE 1 PAGE 2

Math 20

Unit 4 Quadratic and Radical Equations Exam will be on Wednesday, November 10. This class will be shortened for Remembrance Day, so we will have a shorter exam. I will discuss this more in class. You have the review answer key on the backside of your review.

Report Card Marks

Report Cards are coming out on November 5. I am required to have my marks in by Monday, November 1 9:00 AM.

If you want to improve your mark on the report, you will need to turn things in by Friday! No exceptions.

Physics 20 Waves Exam

In Physics 20 we will be writing a Waves Exam on Tuesday, November 2. The test will include multiple choice, diagrams, calculation problems, and written problems.

You can find the answers for the review HERE, and HERE, annnnd HERE.

If you would like to study using the Wave on a String applet, here it is! Wave on a String

2nd Chance Assignment

On Tuesday, October 26, during the noon hour, students are invited to come to the Physics Lab to write a Second Chance assignment. Since there are no exam rewrites in this class, this is your opportunity to have an exam mark of your choice eliminated from the Report Card.

What do you need to do?
• You need to arrive at 12:15 on Tuesday, October 26.
• You need to complete the Open Book Second Chance Assignment
• You must work on your own
• You must score at least 80% on the assignment
• You must indicate which exam mark you want eliminated

This is a great opportunity to improve your Report Card mark but as you can see, it will require a strong effort from you. Yes, the assignment is Open Book, but if you are not prepared, then 80% will be difficult to reach. If you would like, set up times to get help from me before the Second Chance to improve your chances of scoring 80%. Come prepared and you will be on your way to a much better mark!

Note: if you are in two classes with me this semester and want to write the Second Chance in both classes, you may write one on Tuesday and one on Thursday (you may choose the order in which you write them). If you do not show up on Tuesday, then you cannot write on Thursday.

Math A30 and Physics 30

On Friday, October 15 there will be a Math A30 Functions Exam and a Physics 30 Vectors exam.

You can find the review answers for Math A30 here: PAGE 1 PAGE 2

You can find the review answers for Physics 30 here: PAGE 1 PAGE 2

Markbook Updates

The Markbooks on Maplewood have been updated for Physics 20 and Math 20 (current as of October 6).

If you can't sign in to Maplewood, please contact the office at HCI.

October is Test Month!

I am just kidding about the title; every month is test month!

Markbooks for Math A30 and Physics 30 have been updated on Maplewood. The other classes will be updated next week.

What's happening:

Physics 20 - Heat exam coming up on Thursday, Oct. 7. The review will contain the answers to the calculation questions on the sheet. There will be nothing posted on here. The exam will be multiple choice, plus 12 problems. Of the 12 problems approx. half are calculations and half are written answers.

Physics 30 - we just started Vectors. Vectors will take us about two weeks to complete. After that we will be looking at Newton's Laws and studying dynamics (the reasons behind why an object moves).

Math 20 - we will be writing our Unit 3 Rational Expressions Exam on Tuesday, Oct. 5. The Review Answer Key can be found HERE.

After this exam we will be going back to Unit 1 to complete it. Unit 1 mostly deals with square roots.

Also, I offered students the opportunity to write the Factoring Exam again. Most students are beginning to see the importance of factoring and if they choose to write it again, they should do much better. They just need to see me and arrange a time when they feel that they are ready.

Math A30 - we have just begun Unit 3 Functions. A lot of this unit will be using skills from Math 10 dealing with slope and lines. Another large portion of the unit will be looking at Parabolas again, which we looked at in Math 20. This unit is quite long, so we are probably 2 weeks from an exam.

Thanks for stopping by.

Latest Updates

Math A30 - In math A30 we have ripped through the second unit on Data Analysis. On Friday, Sept. 24 we are writing our culminating assignment.
We have started chapter 3 which deals with Functions. This chapter will have a strong focus on our understanding of lines from Math 10 and parabolas from Math 20. This chapter will take us close to 3 weeks.

Math 20 - we have been on unit 3 (our 2nd) for a while. The unit is Rational Expressions. It really relies on our ability to factor, so practice, practice, practice if you are still having trouble factoring. If you are feeling behind or swamped, please follow these steps:

• ask questions in class
• make sure to finish your homework and assignments on time
• ask for help out of class

I am more than willing to assist you, but please I urge you to find the courage to ask in class. You are not the only one having troubles, and if you ask you will be on your way to fixing the problems. Please do not remain silent.

Physics 20 - Why the Fizz has come and gone, which is a relief for most. We are well into our Heat unit. We will be exploring a lot more applications of heat and how this physics can explain many things in our everyday world. An exam is still a ways off ~1.5 weeks.

Physics 30 - we have our first exam on Tuesday, Sept. 29. The exam covers our study of kinematics. The topics are periodic motion, distance/displacement, speed/velocity, acceleration, and OF COURSE all the graphs that go with it!

Click HERE and HERE to see the answer key for the review. Please, ask me for help with the multiple choice if you can't get one.

Math A30 Exam

Our Unit 1: Solving Systems of Linear Equations exam will be Tuesday, Sept. 14. Click HERE to see the answer key to the review.

Exam format will be 8 multiple choice questions. These questions deal with the process needed for different questions as well as classifying systems. Then there is a question for each method we learned (excluding graphing calculators). After that there are 2 questions with rational coefficients and also a word problem. There is a total of 29 marks (remember only 8 of these come from the multiple choice).

Remember, to get your bonus mark you must complete the review with work shown AND have it signed by your parent/guardian. You must hand it in BEFORE the exam!

Physics 20 Intro Review

HERE are the answers to the Physics 20 intro review. Both classes are writing the exam on Monday, September 13.

A reminder of the Why the Fizz? Assignment. It is due for all Physics 20 students on Wed, Sept. 22. Please, ask any questions you may have about it.

Also, to get your bonus mark you must complete the review with work shown AND have it signed by your parent/guardian. You must hand it in BEFORE the exam!

Ready to Rock!

The summer is wrapping up. As much as I would like to stay on vacation forever, I look forward to seeing everyone at school again next week.

Enjoy the last few days!

Summer

I hope everyone is having a good summer. Have fun, but PLEASE stay safe.

I look forward to seeing everyone at school in the fall.

Reviews from the year

Here are all the reviews from the year if you lost your's.

Physics 20 Just click the link and you will find all of the reviews. Download and print any that you are missing.

Math A30 Just click the link and you will find all of the reviews. There were no reviews for Unit 2 or 6. Download and print any that you are missing.

Math 20 Just click the link and you will find all of the reviews. There were no reviews for Unit 2, 6, 8, or 9. Download and print any that you are missing.

ANSWERS?? Remember that all of the answer keys are already posted on the blog. Just scan through old postings to find them. You can search for postings on the right of the page.

Math A30 Counting Exam!

There will be our final Math A30 exam on Tuesday, June 15.

You can find work for the odd questions for the review assignment HERE.

Prototype Departmental Exams

Follow the link! http://www.education.gov.sk.ca/prototypes

2nd Chance Assignment for Term 2

The 2nd Chance Assignment for Term 2 is Wednesday, June 16.

If you can't remember what the 2nd Chance is, here is the info I provided in Term 1:

"...during the noon hour, students are invited to come to the Physics Lab to write a Second Chance assignment. Since there are no exam rewrites in this class, this is your opportunity to have an exam mark of your choice eliminated from the Report Card.

What do you need to do?
· You need to arrive at 12:15 on Wednesday, June 16.
· You need to complete the Open Book Second Chance Assignment
· You must work on your own
· You must score at least 80% on the assignment
· You must indicate which exam mark you want eliminated

This is a great opportunity to improve your Report Card mark but as you can see, it will require a strong effort from you. Yes, the assignment is Open Book, but if you are not prepared, then 80% will be difficult to reach. If you would like, set up times to get help from me before the Second Chance to improve your chances of scoring 80%. Come prepared and you will be on your way to a much better mark!"

Physics 20 Optics Exam

The Physics 20 Optics Exam will be on Thursday, June 10.

Physics 20 Optics Review

We still have two small sections to complete before our Optics Exam. You can complete the entire review except for the final question. The answers may be found here: PAGE 1 PAGE 2

Math A30 Exam Monday, May 31

There is a Math A30 Exam on Monday on the Trigonometry unit. The review may be completed and signed for bonus.

You can find the review answers here: PAGE 1 PAGE 2

Physics 20 KWL Sheet

Here is the KWL sheet for the Physics 20 Sound Inquiry:

CLICK HERE!!

Math 20 Consumer Math Exam

There will be a Math 20 Consumer Math exam on Thursday, May 20.

The topics covered will be credit, credit cards, installments, simple interest, and cost of borrowing. For those topics expect questions and calculations. There will also be general questions about Property Tax and Income Tax, but there will be no calculations.

The answers to the review may be accessed HERE

LASIK Video for Physics 20

Physics 20 Eye Quiz

There will be an eye quiz in Physics 20 on MOVED TO Wednesday, May 19 due to TRACK. You should be familiar with the parts of the eye and the basic ideas behind how it works.

Email Presentations to...

ryan.banow@hzsd.ca

Math A30 Exam Thursday

There is a Math A30 exam on sections 5.5-5.10 on Thursday, May 13.

The review is the same review that we used for 5.1-5.4. If you complete it and get it signed you will receive bonus on this exam.

The answers are here: PAGE 1 PAGE 2 PAGE 3

Physics 20 Exam

There will be a Curved Mirrors and Refraction Exam on Monday, May 10.

Don't let what happened to you on the Curved Mirror Quiz happen again; study!!!!

The answers for the review can be found HERE.
Note: there is no work shown, so ask for help on Thursday if you need! I will be away on Friday. On the weekend you can email with basic questions and I can try to help.

Math 20 Exam

There will be a Graphing Quadratics Math 20 Exam on Thursday, May 6.
Half of the exam will require graphing calculators and the other half will be done manually.

A Quiz and a Test!

There is a Physics 20 Curved Mirror Quiz on Thursday, April 29.

In Math A30 there is an exam for the first half of Unit 5 on Friday, April 30. The review contains all of Unit 5. Only complete #1-4. The ANSWER key for the entire review is here: PAGE 1 PAGE 2 PAGE 3

Physics 20 Exam

There will be an exam on Light and Plane Mirrors on Thursday, April 22. The review solutions are here: PAGE 1 PAGE 2

A couple of dates

Math 20 - there will be a small exam on sections 4.3 and 4.5 on Friday, April 16. Make sure you know the proper problem solving steps. Also, the review from all of chapter 4 may be handed in this day for bonus if it is signed and completed. The answer key is HERE.

Also, in Math 20 we will be having a Probability Mini-Exam on Thursday, April 22.

On Thursday, April 22 we will write a Homework Exam on Units 4 and 6.


Math A30 - our Unit 4 exam will be on Wednesday, April 21. This will cover all of the sections in Unit 4. Please, speak to me immediately if you want to come for help/tutoring. Here is the answer key: PAGE 1 PAGE 2.

Marks Are Up!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to check their review answers!

Your up to date marks are now up on Maplewood. Go check them out!

Also, if you were absent for the exams you should plan to write upon our return to school.

Exams and Quizzes before Easter

We will have a few exams and quizzes this week.

Physics 20 - Waves Exam on Thursday, Apr.1 You can find the review answers here: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3

Math 20 - Solving Quadratics and Radicals Exam on Thursday, Apr. 1. This will be 4.1, 4.2, and 4.4. We will do 4.3 and 4.5 when we return. Review answers HERE. (remember, only parts A and B for now)

Math A30 - Sections 4.1-4.3 Quiz on Thursday, Apr. 1. This quiz will be for marks.

2nd Chance Assignment Term 1 April 13

Second Chance Assignments

On Tuesday, April 13, during the noon hour, students are invited to come to the Physics Lab to write a Second Chance assignment. Since there are no exam rewrites in this class, this is your opportunity to have an exam mark of your choice eliminated from the Report Card.

What do you need to do?
· You need to arrive at 12:15 on Tuesday, April 13.
· You need to complete the Open Book Second Chance Assignment
· You must work on your own
· You must score at least 80% on the assignment
· You must indicate which exam mark you want eliminated

This is a great opportunity to improve your Report Card mark but as you can see, it will require a strong effort from you. Yes, the assignment is Open Book, but if you are not prepared, then 80% will be difficult to reach. If you would like, set up times to get help from me before the Second Chance to improve your chances of scoring 80%. Come prepared and you will be on your way to a much better mark!

Note: if you are in two classes with me this semester and want to write the Second Chance in both classes, you may write one on Tuesday and one on Thursday (you may choose the order in which you write them). If you do not show up on Tuesday, then you cannot write on Thursday.

Math Review Answers

Here are the review answers for Math A30: PAGE 1 PAGE 2

Here are the review answers for Math 20: HERE
NOTE: for Math 20, your review does not contain 3.1 and 3.2. If you would like review on those, click here to see a review that has those sections.

Be sure to talk to me for extra help if you can't get any of the questions.

Remember, get the review completed and signed for BONUS on your exam!!!

Math Exams

There will be two math exams next week:

Math A30: Tuesday, March 23

Math 20: Tuesday, March 23

Good luck in your exam preparation! Be sure to set up a tutorial time with me if you want any extra help. If you are at all worried, please ask!!!

Physics 20 and Science 21 Exam: NOW TUESDAY!

Due to the need to provide a bit more time and to avoid a Monday exam, our Heat Exams have been moved to Tuesday.

Remember, complete your review and get it signed for a bonus mark on the exam.

Physics 20 Heat Exam on Friday

There will be a Physics 20 Heat Unit Exam on Friday, March 12.

Maplewood Online Marks and Attendance now Available

Students and parents can now login to http://sis.hzsd.ca and check attendance and marks. Teachers have the login information.

Math 20 Factoring Exam Friday

The title says it all. Make sure you are prepared because the exam is tough. Always start with the GCF!

A30 Open Book Exam Moved

The Math A30 Open Book Exam has been moved to Thursday. We will write the homework exam the following class (Friday).

Happenings of Friday

Since I was away on Friday, I thought I should fill everyone in on what is happening.

Physics 20 - you should have the questions from p. 226 #3-5 and p. 231 #4-6 complete. The Expansion Problems sheet is also due on Monday.

Math A30 - on Friday you covered Percentiles. On Monday we will go over anything that you may not have understood. We will also begin chapter 3. On Tuesday is our Data Analysis Open Book Exam. You will use Graphing Calculators as well.

Math 20 - you covered factoring Trinomial Squares. On Monday we can look at any problems with with the assignment and then we will complete a hand-in assignment. We should have an exam by the end of the week.

Why the Fizz?

Just a reminder to Physics 20 students that Why the Fizz? is due on Wednesday. I hope you have been thinking about it or are even done it already!

Have fun!

Answer Keys for Reviews

Here are the answer keys to your reviews.

Remember, to get your bonus mark you must complete the review with work shown AND have it signed by your parent/guardian. You must hand it in BEFORE the exam!

Physics 20 Review HERE

• Exam Format will be very similar to review. There will be parts A-H just like the review. All answers will be short answer/written. No multiple choice or anything like that.

Math 20 Review HERE (scroll down to 2nd page)

• Exam format will be similar to the review, except the exam will be split up into more sections. There are absolute value, reducing roots, adding/subtracting, and multiplying/dividing sections; these sections are all labelled. The exam is out of 61 marks. I will provide you with a perfect squares table. Also, there are a five marks devoted to definitions; you should be aware of the few terms that we covered in this chapter.
  

Math A30 Review HERE

• Exam format will be 8 multiple choice questions. These questions deal with the process needed for different questions as well as classifying systems. Then there is a question for each method we learned (excluding graphing calculators). After that there are 2 questions with rational coefficients and also a word problem. There is a total of 29 marks (remember only 8 of these come from the multiple choice).
  

You should complete this review on your own and then check your answers. Based on my experience, your studying will be much more effective that way. Make sure to correct any questions you get wrong. If you can't get it, see me Friday morning between 8:15-9:00 AM!

The down side of time off...LOTS OF EXAMS!

The first week went great in all of the classes. Thank you very much to my great students.

Before the break we will be having exams in all of the classes.

Math A30 - our exam will be on all on unit 1 and be on Friday, Feb. 12.

Physics 20 - I would like our exam to be on Thursday, but it may be on Friday depending on how much we can get done on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday is a shortened day.

Math 20 - Unit 1 exam will be on Friday, Feb. 12. It will contain Absolute Value and then all of the operations with square root radicals.

Thanks for stopping by!

Welcome to the New Semester!

If you are here, then you are probably in one of my classes: Welcome! I look forward to teaching and getting to know you better over the next few months. If you have any issues, questions, or concerns, please let me know in person or email me.

Thanks for stopping by!

Departmentals - Show up Early!

If you are writing a Departmental Exam, it is customary to arrive about 15 minutes early to complete the necessary paperwork. Doing this ensures that you will have the full time allowed to write the actual exam.

Please, tell others if you read this.

Physics 20 Optics Exam moved to Wednesday

See title!

Update!

Math A30 Review Odd Answers found Here

Math C30 Review Answers found Here

Exams: Math C30 Proof Exam Thursday, January 14

Math A30 Counting Exam Friday, January 15

Physics 20 Optics Exam Tuesday, January 19


Physics 30 Nuclear Presentations begin Wednesday. There will be no Unit Exam.

Math 10 will have a hand-in assignment and no exam.


ALSO, Monday, January 18 are the Second Chance Assignments for term 2. If you have a mark you would like to be omitted for term 2, come and write your open book assignment. If you score 80% or higher you will have a mark eliminated. It is a great opportunity, but only come if you have prepared! 80% is not a cakewalk.


Close to semester change!