Tomorrow's Final Exam

Hello Physics Students!

First, let me say "Great job!" You all did wonderfully with your presentations yesterday, and we got some very positive feedback from Ocean Shore's principal. I'm very proud of what you all have accomplished this semester.

Now, for tomorrow's final exam: there will be 51 questions for a total of 54 points.  The questions are split roughly evenly between the following categories:

Thermodynamics

Waves and Sound

Light

Electrostatics

Current Electricity

Magnetism

You will be able to use your notes and your book, and you will have the full period to work. You may want to organize your notes tonight, and/or mark important pages in your book with sticky notes.

Please bring a book to read silently in case you finish early.

See you tomorrow!

Reminder for tomorrow's Ocean Shore visit

Tomorrow is our big day at Ocean Shore!  A few reminders:

You must be at Ocean Shore Elementary (411 Oceana Blvd) no later than 8:05am. Please plan accordingly.  If you would like to ride with Mr. Gould or Mr. Holthaus, you must be at Oceana High School by 7:30am.

If you are helping haul equipment (Joey, Rachael, and Joann), you must be at Oceana High School by 7:30am.

If you have not turned in a signed permission slip, you must turn it in tomorrow morning! If you lost yours, please email Mr. Gould and he will send you a copy.

Some of you have posters and equipment in the physics room.  We are only planning to move the Van de Graaff generator, the wave table, the microwave and plasma tubes, and the turntable/bicycle wheel. If you need something else for your presentation, you will have to make arrangements to get it to Ocean Shore!

See you tomorrow!

Rubric for Final Project

You can get it here:
http://physics.ggould.com/Project_Rubric.html

Office Hours Today (5/7)

I will be holding office hours today after school--if you have any questions about the presentations tomorrow, need to make up lab work, or just want to talk physics, stop by!

Reminder for Great America tomorrow

If you are going to Great America tomorrow and you plan on doing the extra credit, don't forget to bring a calculator and a watch with a stopwatch function (or at least a secondhand!). You will also need a protractor to measure angles.

Don't forget sunscreen!

If you are not going to Great America, you still have the option for extra credit points by completing 1, 2, or all 3 of the following worksheets.

6 points:
http://www.cbakken.net/cga/packet/highschool/stayhomepacket/stay1.pdf
http://www.cbakken.net/cga/packet/highschool/stayhomepacket/stay2.pdf

3 points:
http://www.cbakken.net/cga/packet/highschool/stayhomepacket/stay3.pdf

3 points:
http://www.cbakken.net/cga/packet/highschool/stayhomepacket/whereisit.pdf

All extra credit is due this Monday, May 6.