Week 8

Science Explorer Web

Hi All,
Starting with the week after spring break, you will only blog about the weekly question and ONLINE assignments that are in lieu of class. I will continue to post each week to include all assignments due during the week. This week we have quiz 2 over chapters 3 and 4 and will have a work day for your midterm projects on Thursday.

Have a great week,
Dr. E

Week 7

Newton's Laws for Kids! http://www.projectshum.org/Gravity/weight.html
Planet Foss http://www.fossweb.com/planetfoss/PlanetaryScience/

Hi All,
Can you believe we are almost at the half-way point of the semester? This week Read Ch 5 on Projectile and Satellite Motion. Answer QUESTION 6 Does changing the amount of a material, change the density? (Be specific and give examples). We will also be looking at another Planetary Motion simulation at the Foss website http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/ModelsandDesigns/index.html and an activity.
Have a great week.
Dr. E

Week 6

Kid's website: Way to Go, Einsten. http://www.amnh.org/ology/index.php?channel=einstein

Hi All,
Read Ch 4 Universal Gravitation ONLINE Assignment: Johannes Kepler and Planetary Motion Animation Interact with the simulation and write a three paragraph critical reflection about what you found and post to the blog http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/kepler6.htm  We will talk about momentum and gravitation in more detail and do an activity.
QUESTION 5: What is the difference between mass and weight? Be specific and give examples.

Have a great week,
Dr. E

Week 5

Hi Everyone,
This week we will be talking about momentum, gravitational motion and projectile motion. Please read chapters 3 and 4 and begin to work on your reading guide. We will talk about midterm projects due March 16,18 and construct a rubric together on Thursday. Next week you have an online assignment for Tuesday. Class on Tuesday only will be ONLINE. Thursday we will meet face to face.
This week's blog question is: How are impulse and momentum related? Be Specific and give examples.

Have a great week!
Dr. E.

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

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

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