Sunday, January 31, 2010

Week 4

Hi Everyone,
This week we will be reviewing more of Newton's Laws, going over the Reading Guide -- Prologue, Ch 1, 2 Due to Dropbox by Thursday at midnight. Your quiz will be open. on Wednesday and close at midnight on Thursday in D2L. We will also talk about the midterm projects and have a workday on Thursday for it. ALL BLOG POSTS NOW DUE BY SUNDAY NIGHT.

Have a great week!
Dr. E

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Week 3

Hi All,

Welcome to week 3. Be sure to be reading Chapters Prologue, 1 and 2 in your textbook. Also, complete the reading guide by next week's quiz. Please visit this link http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=The_Moving_Man  interact with the simulation and blog about what you found. Be sure to compare as many types of motion as possible - constant velocity, acceleration, positive and negative motions and directions, for example. Post this by Friday along with your descriptions of our class activities. Be sure to answer your weekly question from the syllabus on the blog.

We will be discussing motion and Newton's Laws, this week.
Have a good week,
Dr. E

Monday, January 18, 2010

Week 2

Welcome back to our Blog. We are in Module 1 (see content area in D2L) Make sure that you are reading the Prologue, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 and have downloaded the reading guide into word so you can complete it as well. Please comment on this week's question.
Blog post QUESTION 2: What is a Critical Reflection?


Read about writing Critical Reflections here: http://www.une.edu.au/tlc/alo/critical1.htm

All blog posts are due by Friday at midnight, each week. Be sure to blog in separate paragraphs about the activities we did in class and the answer to the weekly question.
 
Take care,
Dr. E

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Welcome to Physical Science

Hi All,
This is your classblog where you will answer weekly questions and reflect on class activities. See you, soon.
Dr. E
Please comment on these two first week questions:

Blog Post QUESTION 1a: What is meant by the “nature of science?” According to this excerpt from Science for All Americans: http://www.project2061.org/publications/sfaa/online/chap1.htm

Blog Post QUESTION 1b Why do we use formulas to describe concepts in Physical Science?