Welcome to Physics!! Please find a seat at a desk Today’s agenda Find a desk/fill out chart Go over class syllabus What is physics? Last year’s results Survey About Me Seating Chart Fill out seating chart in pencil Student Handbook!!!!! Signatures Regents Physics SUPPLIES NEEDED: GRADING: Binder/Folder Participation – 15% Loose-leaf paper Classwork/HW – 20% Pen/Pencil Labs – 30% Scientific Calculator Tests and Quizzes – 35% Participation Start with 100% Each class is worth 2 points Points will be deducted at my discretion and cannot be earned back. If you’re absent you must come see me during one of my free mods when you return so I can catch you up. If you do not see me you will lose your two points. Homework Due the next school day unless I say differently. Homework is either checked at your desk or collected. Grading is based on effort and correctness. Late homework must be submitted to me in person during one of my free mods. If you’re absent on a day that a homework assignment is due you must turn it in the next day you are in school. Classwork Surprisingly we will do work during class. I’ll usually let you know if I’m going to grade it. When I think everyone deserves a free 100 When more than half the class is absent When one group isn’t doing anything productive Graded classwork will have different weights. Labs Signed lab agreement You must complete 1,200 lab minutes in order to take the Regents exam this June. I will not accept any labs after June 12th. Tests Tests will be at the end of each major topic. We will have a midterm exam. You have to take the Regents exam because it counts as your final exam. Each test will have a different weight in the grade book based on how important I think the topic is. Contact District website: http://www.windsor csd.org/MrVERSPOOR.aspx Post important dates, class notes, and helpful physics links. kverspoor@windsor-csd.org Twitter: @WCHSPhysicsDept Phone: (607)655-8250 ext: 6123 Homework Get the lab agreement and the syllabus slip signed and return it tomorrow. I’ll hand out your textbook soon! What is physics? It is the reason you had to take math classes. It is the end of an action movie. It is awesome. It is easy! It is mandatory. Bellringer Take out your signed green slips and lab requirement forms. Objectives Get to know a little bit more about me. Finish your first lab Topics Measurement and Math Electrostatics One Dimensional Electric Current and Kinematics Statics and Dynamics Projectile Motion Uniform Circular Motion Impulse and Momentum Energy, Work, and Power Circuits Electromagnetism Waves Sound Light and Astronomy Modern Physics Last Year’s Results Failures:3 16 Amateurs: 11 14 Masters: 19 12 Pass: 91% 10 8 Boys: 82.45% 6 Girls: 84.54% 4 2 0 0-50 51-64 65-74 75-84 85-94 95-100 Last Year’s Results 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Regents Score 48 64 73 74 75 79 83 86 87 88 90 91 92 93 95 96 97 98 Number 1 2 4 2 1 3 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 Survey 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. What is your favorite school subject? What is your favorite movie? What do you like to do for fun outside of school? What is your favorite band/singer and genre of music? What sports do you like to play/watch? What TV shows do you watch? What do you want to do after graduation? What questions do you have for me? About Mr. Verspoor Physics…duh What is your favorite movie? What do you like to do for fun outside of school? I enjoy playing and writing music, exercising, body surfing, playing sports, and playing Xbox. What is your favorite band/singer and genre of music? I can’t pick… My teams What TV shows do you watch? How have you used Physics today? Have you… Been in a car today? Dried/straightened/curled your hair? Tweeted? Checked Facebook? Used a cell/smartphone? Used contacts or glasses? Turned on a light? Been on Earth? If you said yes to any of these, guess what… Cartoon Physics http://www.lghs.net/ourpages/users/dburns/RRPhysics/ Road_Runner_Physics/Movie.html http://funnies.paco.to/cartoon.html Our first experiment!!! Does the color of the pom pom effect the firing range of the Bernouli cannon? Scientific Method State the problem Gather information Form a hypothesis Test the hypothesis Analyze data Draw conclusions Either modify hypothesis or repeat several times