Specific Review Sites for Final

Review these sites as a review for the final.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/circles/

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/thermalP/

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/waves/

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/sound/

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/light/

Physics Final Exam - what to study

Physics        Final Exam 2011            

Topics

Circular Motion

Gravity

Matter

Heat

Sound

Light

Electricity

Magnetism

Review/Study:

Class notes

some are still available online: https://sites.google.com/site/dandradeedusite/Home/physics-class-files

Packets 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12

Worksheets from Sound, Light and Electricity and Magnetism

Don’t forget to check the class blog site – right side column, for study tips and review materials

http://mrandradesphysics.blogspot.com/

Free resources for students - very useful, take a look

Free Resources for Students

Seniors - before you head off to college and your future endeavors, here are some free resources for you:

1. College Packing List - this site has some great tips on packing list for your trip off to college. You can even create a shopping list from it for any items you don't have.

2. BarCharts Tips for Success - this site has some free downloads for you.

KEYS TO COLLEGE SUCCESS, SURVIVING THE COLLEGE RIDE, and WHAT YOU WON'T LEARN IN COLLEGE. These are all free and have great tips, ideas, and resources for you.

3. Summary of Great Web 2.0 Resources for Students - this has a list of 13 free, online resources that can help you as a student. Note taking, organizing, online homework help, file backup, study tips, and much more.  You definitely want to check some of these out.

A couple of other good resources:

Citation Help (make sure you cite your sources correctly)

Get Yourself Organized to be a more efficient student

Web 2.0 Tools for Students - list of 30 of them

Advice and Tips to High School Students (tips before college):

https://sites.google.com/site/dandradeedusite/Home/files-for-all-classes

"Advice and Tips for High School Students.pdf"

Good luck next year!! Keep in touch!

(These are also useful for the Juniors too!)

Rockets - 1st part of project

Physics

Rockets WebQuest

 Mr. Andrade

This WebQuest will help students gain an understanding of rockets and rocket flight, how physics fundamentals are related to rockets, and how we will use model rockets.

1.    go to http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/index.html and read the page.

2.    click on “Guided Tours” on this page

3.    on the “Guided Tours” page (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/guided.htm ) go down the page to the “Rockets” section. You need to go through each section:

a.    Forces on a Rocket (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/rktfor.html )

b.    Types of Rockets (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/rktstomp.html )

c.     Rocket Systems (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/rockpart.html )

d.    Rocket Flight (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/bmotion.html )

After you read each page, click on the  

Make sure you click on the 

  

4.    http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/TRC/Rockets/history_of_rockets.html  read

Online Light Investigations

Go to:

•http://www.physicslessons.com/iphysics.htm

•Light

–Experiment 33 Prism

–Experiment 34 Convex Lens and Ray Diagram

–Experiment 35 Color Mixing - Additive

–Experiment 36 Color Mixing - Subtractive

–Experiment 37 Refraction

–Experiment 38 Refracting Telescope 

In each experiment, click the ?    button to see the instructions and information.

In each experiment, change the settings and observe what happens. What do you notice? Is it what you expected?