IB Physics 1 -- HL/SL
Assignments -- First Quarter
Aug 24 to Oct 16 -- 2015
Welcome to (back to) Devil Physics
The Baddest Class on Campus
Tue, Aug 25
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Student Info Sheet | |
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Student Info Sheet | |
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AP Ball Bounce Experiment | |
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2015-2016 Devil Physics WebQuest | |
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2015-2016 Devil Physics WebQuest | |
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Thu, Aug 27
Floater Fifth
Due:
- Student Info Sheet to Focus and E-mail
- 2015-2016 Website Webquest
- Ball Bounce Experiment Report
Agenda:
- Lab Safety Lecture
Assignment:
- Read Lab Safety Handout
- Read Lab Safety Rules
- Read Lab Safety Checklist
- Take Lab Safety Quiz
- Parents and You Sign Lab Safety
Contract
- Student Info Sheet to Focus and E-mail
- 2015-2016 Website Webquest
- Ball Bounce Experiment Report
Agenda:
- Lab Safety Lecture
Assignment:
- Read Lab Safety Handout
- Read Lab Safety Rules
- Read Lab Safety Checklist
- Take Lab Safety Quiz
- Parents and You Sign Lab Safety
Contract
Lab Safety
Student Safety Handout | |
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Laboratory Safety Rules | |
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Lab Safety Checklist | |
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Lab Safety Quiz | |
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Lab Safety Contract | |
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Fri, Aug 28
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Due:
- Lab Safety Quiz
- Lab Safety Contract
Agenda:
- Issue Textbooks
- Review Ball Bounce Experiment
- Class Procedures Lecture: All About Devil
Physics
Assignment:
- 2015-2016 Class Procedures Quiz
- Reading Activity 1-1
- Lab Safety Quiz
- Lab Safety Contract
Agenda:
- Issue Textbooks
- Review Ball Bounce Experiment
- Class Procedures Lecture: All About Devil
Physics
Assignment:
- 2015-2016 Class Procedures Quiz
- Reading Activity 1-1
All About Devil Physics | |
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All About Devil Physics | |
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2015-2016 Class Procedures Quiz | |
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2015-2016 Class Procedures Quiz | |
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Significant Digits | |
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Reading Activity T1-1 | |
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Reading Activity T1-1 | |
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Words of Wisdom: She was only a whisky-maker, but he loved her still.
Wed, Sep 2
Due:
- 2015-2016 Class Procedures Quiz - Reading Activity 1-1 Agenda: - Lsn 1-1 Lecture Assignment: - HW Lsn 1-1, #1-22 - Reading Activity 1-2 6-Word Memoir: An awfully long and twisted roller-coaster |
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Words of Wisdom: A rubber-band pistol was confiscated from an algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption.
Milestones in Physics: Circa 3 Billion BC - Black DiamondsMilestones in Physics: Circa 3 Billion BC - Black Diamonds - In 2006, researchers Stephen Haggerty, Jozsef Garai, and colleagues reported on studies of [black diamond] carbonado porosity, the presence of various minerals and elements in carbonados, the melt-like surface patina, and other factors that suggested to them that these diamonds formed in carbon-rich exploding stars called supernovae . . . The black diamonds are 2.6 to 3.8 billion years old and may have originally crashed down from space in the form of a large asteroid at a time when South America and Africa were joined. (The Physics Book, by Clifford A. Pickover, Barnes & Noble, NY, 2013)
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Massive laser at National Ignition Facility takes baby step toward fusion
Smarter America / Published August 27, 2013 FoxNews.com
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/08/27/national-ignition-facility-laser-takes-baby-step-toward-holy-grail-fusion/#ixzz2dIhAMbGM
It’s one small step for energy -- and one giant blast for lasers.
Lawrence Livermore’s National Ignition Facility announced Tuesday a successful test of its ultrapowerful laser system, which melds 192 laser beams into a single incredible burst of energy. On Aug. 13, the facility was activated for 14 billionths of a second and aimed at a tiny capsule of fuel. The result: approximately 350 trillion watts of power -- hundreds of times more than the entire United States consumes at any given instant.
“We’re working in a place where no human has ever gone before,” Ed Moses, principle associate director for NIF and Photon Science, told FoxNews.com. “We’re working on the bleeding edge of fusion physics.”
Fusion is similar to fission, where atoms are split releasing massive amounts of energy. But instead of being torn apart, atoms are welded together in fusion. It’s the same ongoing energy process in the sun and other stars, a "perfect power" because more energy is released than used. Fusion could solve the world’s energy problems -- if it's possible at all.
In the NIF, beams of light converge on pellets of hydrogen isotopes to create a controlled micro-explosion. As the beams move through a series of amplifiers, their energy increases. From beginning to end, the total energy grows from one-billionth of a joule to a potential high of 4 million joules, NIF says -- a factor of more than a quadrillion. The current test reached 1.7 million joules (or megajoules), though a test last year hit a record high of 1.85.
“Our goal is to get fusion burn -- more energy out than we put in.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/08/27/national-ignition-facility-laser-takes-baby-step-toward-holy-grail-fusion/#ixzz2dIhAMbGM
It’s one small step for energy -- and one giant blast for lasers.
Lawrence Livermore’s National Ignition Facility announced Tuesday a successful test of its ultrapowerful laser system, which melds 192 laser beams into a single incredible burst of energy. On Aug. 13, the facility was activated for 14 billionths of a second and aimed at a tiny capsule of fuel. The result: approximately 350 trillion watts of power -- hundreds of times more than the entire United States consumes at any given instant.
“We’re working in a place where no human has ever gone before,” Ed Moses, principle associate director for NIF and Photon Science, told FoxNews.com. “We’re working on the bleeding edge of fusion physics.”
Fusion is similar to fission, where atoms are split releasing massive amounts of energy. But instead of being torn apart, atoms are welded together in fusion. It’s the same ongoing energy process in the sun and other stars, a "perfect power" because more energy is released than used. Fusion could solve the world’s energy problems -- if it's possible at all.
In the NIF, beams of light converge on pellets of hydrogen isotopes to create a controlled micro-explosion. As the beams move through a series of amplifiers, their energy increases. From beginning to end, the total energy grows from one-billionth of a joule to a potential high of 4 million joules, NIF says -- a factor of more than a quadrillion. The current test reached 1.7 million joules (or megajoules), though a test last year hit a record high of 1.85.
“Our goal is to get fusion burn -- more energy out than we put in.”
Mon, Sep 7
Sep 9th - Mandatory meeting for IB Juniors and Parents, 6pm, Cafeteria - CAS (heh, heh, heh)
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Tue, Sep 8
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Tsokos Lesson 1-2 Lecture | |
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Tsokos Lesson 1-2 Lecture | |
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Thu, Sep 10
Floater 5th
Due:
- HW Lsn 1-2, #23-34
Agenda:
- Review HW Lsn 1-2, #23-34
Assignment:
- Reading Activity 1-3
6-Word Memoir:
Anything is more fun than homework
- HW Lsn 1-2, #23-34
Agenda:
- Review HW Lsn 1-2, #23-34
Assignment:
- Reading Activity 1-3
6-Word Memoir:
Anything is more fun than homework
Reading Activity 1-3 | |
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Reading Activity 1-3 | |
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Fri, Sep 11
9/11
Due:
- Reading Activity 1-3
Agenda:
- Lsn 1-3 Lecture
- Start on HW Lsn 1-3, #35-46
Assignment:
- HW Lsn 1-3, #35-46
- Chapter 1 Test Review
6-Word Memoir:
Average life of a non-average girl
- Reading Activity 1-3
Agenda:
- Lsn 1-3 Lecture
- Start on HW Lsn 1-3, #35-46
Assignment:
- HW Lsn 1-3, #35-46
- Chapter 1 Test Review
6-Word Memoir:
Average life of a non-average girl
Tsokos Lesson 1-3 Lecture | |
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Tsokos Lesson 1-3 Lecture | |
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2015-2016 Chapter 1 Test Review | |
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Words of Wisdom: A hole has been found in the wall surrounding the set of “The Next Great Supermodel”. The police are looking into it.
Milestones in Physics: 20,000 B.C. - Boomerang". . . boomerangs used for hunting kangaroos or in war were heavy curved throwing sticks meant to break the bones of the quarry and not to return. A hunting boomerang, dated to around 20,000 B.C., has been found in a cave in Poland . . . The boomerang is initially thrown at a slightly off-vertical direction with the open part of the V facing forward. As the boomerang spins in the direction of the throw, the top wing of the boomerang advances faster than
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the bottom - which also contributes to the lift. Gyroscopic precession, which is a change in the orientation of the rotation axis of a rotating body, allows the boomerang to return to the thrower when thrown correctly. The combination of these factors creates the complex, circular flight path of the boomerang. (The Physics Book, by Clifford A. Pickover, Barnes & Noble, NY, 2013)
Line Of Best Fit |
Maximum and Minimum Slopes |
Wed, Sep 16Due:
- HW Lsn 1-3, #35-46 - Chapter 1 Test Review Agenda: - Review HW Lsn 1-3, #35-46 - Review Chapter 1 Test Review Assignment: - Study for Chapter 1 Test 6-Word Memoir: Heart of Lion. Ban from zoos. |
Words of Wisdom: Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other: 'You stay here; I'll go on a head.' |
Milestones in Physics: 250 B.C. - Archimedes' Principle of Buoyancy
"According to Archimedes' Principle of Buoyancy, named after the Greek mathematician and inventor famous for his geometric and hydrostatic studies, a body wholly or partially submerged in liquid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of displaced liquid. (The Physics Book, by Clifford A. Pickover, Barnes & Noble, NY, 2013) "The most famous story about Archimedes notes that he famously leaped out of the bath and ran naked through the streets of his native city shouting, "Eureka, Eureka," which means "I have found it, I have found it." What he found was that his body, when submerged in water, caused water to rise and that he was, at the same time, buoyed up by the water. Mathematically, he found that the upward, buoyant force on an object in water is equal to the weight of the water that is displaced by the object . . . Archimedes’ discovery was important in uncovering whether a gold crown commissioned by King Hieronymus, the ruler of Syracuse at the time, had been adulterated with a quantity of silver. Archimedes struggled to find an answer for the king; it was merely accidental that he came across the answer while in the bath." http://www.planetseed.com/relatedarticle/archimedes
People In Physics -- James Roche
James Roche is part artist, part skateboarder, part physicist, and full time funny man. Laughter rolls off of his tongue and soon everyone around him has a smile across their face and the look as if they are in on some sort of inside joke. This physicist and APS project coordinator knows how to make any experience fun and exciting. Physics after all, can be funny.
http://www.physicscentral.com/explore/people/roche.cfm
Photo: James Roche explains how LiDar and the squealing wall work at the Laser Haunted House at the 2010 USA Science and Engineering Festival. Photo courtesy of Mary Catherine Adam
http://www.physicscentral.com/explore/people/roche.cfm
Photo: James Roche explains how LiDar and the squealing wall work at the Laser Haunted House at the 2010 USA Science and Engineering Festival. Photo courtesy of Mary Catherine Adam
Mon, Sep 21
Due:
- Chapter 1 Test Review Agenda: - Chapter 1 Test Assignment: - Supplemental Reading Activity: Exploring the New IA 6-Word Memoir: I aim to please and succeed
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Wed, Sep 23
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Spring Constant, Elasticity | |
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Reading Activity 2-1A | |
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Reading Activity 2-1A | |
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Thu, Sep 24
Due:
- None
Agenda:
- Is the Spring Constant, Well, Constant
Practice Lab - Finish Data Collection
Assignment:
- Finish Spring Lab
- Reading Activity 2-1A
6-Word Memoir:
I am nice and sometimes funny
- None
Agenda:
- Is the Spring Constant, Well, Constant
Practice Lab - Finish Data Collection
Assignment:
- Finish Spring Lab
- Reading Activity 2-1A
6-Word Memoir:
I am nice and sometimes funny
Words of Wisdom: The
midget fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
Milestones in Physics:
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“According
to author Douglas Hubbard, ‘Our first mentor of measurement did something that
was probably thought by many in his day to be impossible. An ancient Greek named Eratosthenes mad the
first recorded measurement of the circumference of Earth.” . . . Eratosthenes
knew of a particular deep well in Syene, a city in southern Egypt. The bottom of this well was entirely lit by
the noon Sun one day out of the year, and thus the sun was exactly
overhead. He also was aware that, at the
same time in the city of Alexandria, objects cast a shadow, which suggested to
Eratosthenes that the earth was spherical, not flat. He assumed that the Sun’s rays were
essentially parallel, and he knew that the shadow made an angle that was 1/50th
of a circle. Thus, he determined that
the circumference of the Earth must be approximately 50 times the known
distance between Alexandria and Syene.
Assessments of Eratosthenes’ accuracy vary, . . . but his measurements
are usually deemed to be within a few percent of the actual circumference.” (The Physics Book, by Clifford A.
Pickover, Barnes & Noble, NY, 2013)
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How much physics would we have to re-think if we ever discover negative mass? |
"In general relativity, gravity is described as a distortion of space time. Most vulgarized books use the simplified image of a 2D plane being bent downwards by a mass, so that any matter traveling in the area would have to follow the bending of the plane, which would then explain why things are attracted to one another.
"Keeping the same simplified metaphor, could we imagine something that would bend the plane upwards, thus causing objects to be repelled? Would such a thing be considered to have negative mass? Is the concept theoretically possible?" Asked By: Thomas G. from Belgium Ask a Physicist Answers: http://physicscentral.com/experiment/askaphysicist/physics-answer.cfm?uid=20140818013234 |
Tue, Sep 29
Due:
- Reading Activity 2-1A Agenda: - Spring Constant Lab - Lingering Questions - Lesson 2-1A Lecture Assignment: - HW Lsn 2-1A, Pg 53-57, #1-4 - Reading Activity 2-1B 6-Word Memoir: I guess I did all right |
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Fri, Oct 1
Due:
- Reading Activity 2-1B - HW Lsn 2-1A, #1-4 Agenda: - Review HW Lsn 2-1A, #1-4 - Lesson 2-1B Lecture Assignment: - HW Lsn 2-1B, #5-24 - Reading Activity 2-1C 6-Word Memoir: I have done this 3 times |
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Words of Wisdom: A dyslexic
poet writes inverse.
Milestones in Physics: 125 B.C. – Antikythera Mechanism – Valerios Stais
“The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient geared computing device that was used to calculate astronomical positions and that mystified scientists for over a century. Discovered around 1902 by archaeologist Valerios Stais in a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera, the device is thought to have been built about 150-100 B.C. . . . ‘no one noticed at first, until it cracked open, revealing bronze gearwheels, pointers and tiny Greek inscriptions. . . . A sophisticated piece of machinery consisting of precisely cut dials, pointers and at least thirty interlocking gear wheels, nothing close to its complexity appears again in the historical record for more than a thousand years, until the development of astronomical clocks in medieval Europe.’ A dial on the front of the device probably carried at least three hands, one indicating the date and the other two indicating the positions of the sun and the moon.” (The Physics Book, by Clifford A. Pickover, Barnes & Noble, NY, 2013)
Infrared Nanoparticles Track Cancer TherapyTumor metastasis is associated with a physiological change in the tumor cells that gives them much greater mobility. A bone protein called BMP-7 is an important regulator of this physiological change. Researchers are studying the ability of BMP-7 to reverse the mobility of metastatic cells. In this image, researchers image the uptake of fluorescent nanoparticles (red) into kidney cell, whose nuclei are stained blue.
http://www.aps.org/about/physics-images/infrarednano.cfm Related Abstract NIR fluorescent chitosan-based nanoparticles for tracking and delivery of cancer therapeutic molecule in living systems |
Tue, Oct 6
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Wed, Oct 7
Due:
- Reading Activity 2-1C - HW Lsn 2-1B, #5-24 Agenda: - Review HW Lsn 2-1B, #5-24 - Lesson 2-1C Lecture Assignment: - HW Lsn 2-1C, #25-33 - Reading Activity 2-2A 6-Word Memoir: It's simpler than they tell you |
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Words of Wisdom: A vulture carrying two dead raccoons boards an airplane. The stewardess looks at him and says, 'I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger.'
Milestones in Physics: 1150 – Perpetual Motion Machines |
“Although the construction of apparent perpetual motion machines may seem like an unlikely topic for a book on milestones in physics, important advances in physics often involve ideas at the fringes of physics, especially when scientists work to determine why a device violates the laws of physics. Perpetual motion machines have been proposed for centuries, such as in 1150 when the Indian mathematician-astronomer Bhaskara II described a wheel with mercury-filled containers that he believed would turn forever as the moved within the containers, keeping the wheel heavier on one side of the axle. More generally, perpetual motion often refers to any device or system that either: 1) forever produces more energy than it consumes (a violation of the law of Conservation of Energy) or 2) spontaneously extracts heat from its surroundings to produce mechanical work (a violation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics).” (The Physics Book, by Clifford A. Pickover, Barnes & Noble, NY, 2013)
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The Science Behind World Cup Passing Networks
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Mon, Oct 12
Due:
- Reading Activity 2-2A - HW Lsn 2-1C, #25-33 Agenda: - Review HW Lsn 2-1C, #25-33 - Lesson 2-2A Lecture Assignment: - HW Lsn 2-2A, #34-46 - Reading Activity 2-2B 6-Word Memoir: My right hand… my go to |
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Thu, Oct 15
Due:
- Reading Activity 2-2B - HW Lsn 2-2A, #34-46 Agenda: - Review HW Lsn 2-2A, #34-46 - Lesson 2-2B Lecture Assignment: - HW Lsn 2-2B, #47-54 - Reading Activity 2-3 6-Word Memoir: No sorry I don’t play basketball |
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End of the First Quarter Grading Period is Friday, Oct 16th
Words of Wisdom: Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, 'I've lost my electron.' The other says, 'Are you sure?' The first replies, 'Yes, I'm positive.'
Milestones in Physics: 1200 – Trebuchet
“The dreaded trebuchet employs simple laws of physics to cause mayhem. In the Middle Ages, this catapult-like device was used to smash through walls by hurling projectiles, using the principle of the lever and centrifugal force to hold a sling taut. Sometimes the bodies of dead soldiers or rotting animals were shot over the walls of castles in order to spread disease. Traction trebuchets, which required men to pull on a rope trigger, were used in the Greek world and in China in the fourth century B.C. The counterweight trebuchet . . . replaced the men with a heavy weight and did not appear in China, with certainty, until about 1268. . . . The trebuchet was used by the crusaders and also by Islamic armies at various times in history. In 1421, the future Charles VII of France had his engineers build a trebuchet that could shoot a 1,760-pound (800-kilogram) stone. An average range was around 984 feet (300 meters). Physicists have studied the mechanics of the trebuchet because although it may seem simple, the system of differential equations that govern its motion is very nonlinear.” (The Physics Book, by Clifford A. Pickover, Barnes & Noble, NY, 2013)
The Higgs Boson ExplainedThe following video gives a semi-layman’s explanation of the Higgs Boson particle as well as a general overview of particle physics and its importance.
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